Rate Concessions Reported for North Carolina Freight Rates
The North Carolina corporation commission presented its report on railroads freight rate concessions to Governor Craig and the council of state. The proposal includes a 20 percent overall reduction with zone based adjustments, fruit and carload rate cuts to cities such as Raleigh Greensboro Salisbury Charlotte and Asheville. Preliminary talks aim for harmonized conclusions through conferences at Old Point Comfort involving the governor and the Just Freight Rate Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Commision
North Carolina
Craig
Council of State
Legislative Freight Rate Commission
Just Freight Rate Association
South
Greensboro
Salisbury
Charlotte
Asheville
Caroline
Corporation Commission
Old Point Comfort
Hope Mills
Gibson
Godwin to Name Postmasters in Four North Carolina Towns
Washington dispatch says Representative Godwin will recommend postmasters for Duke Maxton Rowland and Whiteville before month end though offices not vacant until next fall. He expects endorsements in all towns, with a conference with North Carolina senators pending. He also offers a trip to Washington to corn club winners in the sixth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Washington
Godwin
Duke
Maxton
Rowland
Whiteville
North Carolina
Corn Club
Treasury Department
Confederate States of America
Ta University
Trinity
Davidson
Wake Forest
Salem
Meredith
State Normal
Biddle University
Shaw University
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
State Library
Olivia Raney
Wilmington
North Carolina National Guard
Winston- Salem
Pardoning Power Debate Over Restoring Citizenship
Governor Craig declined to grant pardons for three university hazers convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Orange County. The cesation follows father L J Merriman’s push for clemency, while Chief Justice Walter Clark argues pardons cannot restore citizenship for manslaughter convicts and that only courts can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Windsor
J. P. Kerr
Craig
Orange Superior Court
L. J. Merriman
Wilmington
Walter Clark
Judge Clark
North Carolina
Tax valuation gain reported in county for 1913
A county auditor's report shows a net increase of 1,041,332 in real and personal property valuations for 1913 versus 1912, with potential additions of about 250,000 from street improvements and about 50,000 from bank stock and railroads. In Rowan county a hookworm campaign draws large crowds and 621 people were examined last week, with 41 treated for hookworm and other parasites. A Sunday School Convention in Concord drew around 200 delegates from 16 schools. Asheboro notes Lufton R. English remains jailed on appeal bond. Supreme Court timetable could push trial to December or March. Fayetteville mayor presses for penalties from city court. seeks to avoid legal steps if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Orrell
Rowan
Salisbury
Rockwell
Salibury
Lurton English
Asheboro
Lufton R. English
Jack Armstrong
English
Supreme Court
Fayetteville
John Underwood
Recorder’s Court
Underwood
Bickett
North Carolina News Roundup Highlights Local Incidents
Jailer responds to alarm as ten prisoners are missing from a jail in Edenton. A Lexington Asheville injury transfer, a Raleigh revenue rise, and a Durham spur-track dispute mark a string of county notes from Rowan to Wayne. Officials consider underpass, wheel, and school repairs plus a $36,000 Supreme Court building project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edenton
E. S. Wait
Asheville
Women of America
Durham
Southern Railroad
Seaboard Air Line
Board of Aldermen
Alston Avenue
Franklin
Board of County Commissioners
Macon
State Board of Health
Lizabethton
Jim Smith
Cumberland County
Washington Mexico policy unchanged after Senate talks
Washington reports show no shift in U S stance toward Mexico after a two hour meeting with President Wilson Secretary Bryan and the senate foreign relations committee. John Lind sails to Mexico City to press for free constitutional elections while the administration rejects recognizing Huerta. The session aimed to align senate and administration on Mexican policy with Lind as on the ground observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
John Lind
Mexico City
Huerta
Lind
Washington Administration
Senate
Smith
Arizona
Stone
Missouri
New York
Francisco de la Barra
France
Public High School Budget and Expenditures Summary
A fragmentary 1913 budget entry lists funds for Public High Schools including buildings, repairs, furniture, supplies, and rent. It records miscellaneous expenses such as census mileage, county board per diem, teacher meetings, taxes, and notes unreconciled totals. Some numbers describe installments, interest, and building fund repayments with unclear organization.
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Berth Carolina
The
Legislative Commission
Officers of
the Just Freight
Rate Association
Forsyth
Lane
Forsyth County
Walter Shelton
Reidsville
McMichael & Stiers
Rockingham
Caswell
Meeting of Friends
the Friends
L. L. Hobbs
Guilford College
J. J. Tall
American Peace Society
Board of
Cabarrus County Commissioners
Ben Walker
Brown
Roland Wall
Cedar Grove
Wall
Walker
Cabarrus
Messrs
H. M. Lynde
F. R. Baker
J. Lee Crowell
Rowan County
Bradford Mill
Iredell County
Greenville
North Carolina Good Roads Association
Morehead City
Joseph Hyde Pratt
John H. Small
Henderson
Coler Road
Sanrday
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
High Rock
Carolinaa & Yadkin River Railroad
J. J. Farris
Bird S. Coler
N. C. University Hazers
Tice Clark
Concord
No. 12 Township
Central Graded School
David C. Caldwell
Association
W. B. Werner
Trinity Choir
McGill Street Baptist Church
Spencer
L. E. Moore
Whitehaad-Stokes Sanitarium
Lexington
Revenue Department
Rowan County Commissioners
W. H. Heglar
No. 1
S. S
Williams
Raven Inn
Skyland
F. E. Domental
J. Domental
P. Brooks
Durham Traction Company
Angler Avenue
East
Traction Company
Angler
Newton-McArthur Lumber Company
Elizabethtown
J. C. Biggs
Carolina
Coast Artillery
Fort Caswell
C. L. Shaver
Waynesville
Martha Jones
Billie Smith
Cora Leedford
Fantcide
W. J. Haynes
J. P
Tucker and Laxton
Venico
Madero
Ing
Hampton Roads
Mediterranean Sea
Daniels
Barger
Kenyon
Senator Kenyon
Aluminum Trust
Cenley- Atlanta
Herbert Schiff
Leo M. Frank
National Pencil Factory
Frank
Mary Phagan
Schiff
James Conley
Orange County
AGRO
Chapel Hill
Wumuna
Tehite
Aquasacs
Boarai
Boars
Reading Circle
Iy Weve
Ablic High School
County Board of Education
Lockhart
Hillsboro
N.C
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