North Carolina Legislature Passes Bills and Debates
Reports from the North Carolina General Assembly show Governor messages on anti trust and a $5,700 claim against the University. The Senate and House passed many local and general measures including charters, education boards, tax and debt provisions, prison segregation rules, and new bills on licenses and elections. A Lincoln birthday resolution was adopted.
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Senate
David L. Swain
State University
Edgeecombe Railroad Co
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Judiciary Committee
Board of Medial Examiners
Morton
New Hanover
Elliott
Charter
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
North Carolina
Dockery
Dockery and Elliott
Blow
McWilliams
Board of Education
Mattamuskeet
Gordon
Secretary of State
Dowd
Coughton
Graham
Geological Survey
Tive
Manning
Abraham‘ Lincoln
Cullowhee High School
Senator Peele
Barringer
Cotten
Harmetti- Almend
Scott
X Morton
Barnes
Hertford
State House
Hageman
Appalachian Training School
Linney
State ‘Board ‘of Education
Fatal Fire Claims Rescuer at Clayville Mansion
In Powhatan county near Clayville a fire destroyed an old mansion on Saturday night. A man named Johnson died attempting to rescue Mrs. Robert Skipwith, an aged member of a prominent family, who also perished as the house burned. Johnson and his wife were tenants in the dwelling.
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Robert Skipwith
Johnson
Clayville
Powhatan County
Skipwith
Severe Storm Destroys Church. Casualties Reported in Mississippi
A northwest storm hit Learned Mississippi Sunday about 2 PM, blowing down a negro church and killing Dick Harris' wife and one of Maggie Bennett's children, injuring eight or ten others. About seventy five people were inside when it collapsed. the arched ceiling likely saved more lives.
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Mississippi
Miss
Dick Harris
Maggie Bennett
May Send War Vessel to Liberia Amid Global Tensions
The State Department weighs sending an American warship to Liberia where British and French nationals face danger in the customs service. Britain has already dispatched a warship and troops to Monrovia. Officials warn the crisis could strip vast territory of allegiance as tensions rise.
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Liberia
Washington
State Department
Republic
Monrovia
Red Cross funds orphanage in quake zone and France mourns two stars
The American Red Cross grants 250000 to Queen Helena to establish an orphanage for children left parentless by the disaster. France mourns poet Catulle Mendès and actor Coquelin Cadet. Germany and France settle disputes amicably over Morraeed. Roald Amundsen receives 18000 for a Norway expedition launching from spring in Fram with a crew to seek the North Pole and acquire American dogs.
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American Red Cross
Helena
France
Catulle-Abraham Mendes
Ernest Alexander Honore Coquelin
Coquelin Cadet
Germany
Morraeed
Roald Amuindsen
Norway
North Pole
Taft Homeward Bound Appeals For Canal Support
President elect Taft spoke to cheering crowds in Hattiesburg Mississippi and urged backing the Panama Canal project. He defended army engineers, warned against sensational headlines, and promised to push the work from the rear platform thanking supporters for the reception.
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South
Hattiesburg
Miss
Birmingham
Special
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Hattiesburg, Miss
Panama Canal
Dow
Buncombe
House of Representatives
Army
United States
Policeman Fatally Shot in Salisbury After Arrest Attempt
Special-Policeman W A Monroe and Policeman Sheroff confronted John A Jackson a negro on North Church street as he beat his wife. Jackson shot Monroe in the abdomen and escaped. Monroe died at Whitehead Stokes Hospital about 50 years old a longtime Salisbury officer. A $150 reward was posted for Jackson’s capture.
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Salisbury
W. A. Monroe
Sheroff
North Church Street
John A. Jackson
Jackson
Monroe
Whitehead Stokes Hospital
Scarlet Fever Quarantine Aboard Hancock at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Between 200 and 300 men aboard the receiving ship Hancock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard are under quarantine due to a scarlet fever outbreak. Eleven men with the disease have been moved to the naval hospital on Fiushing Avenue in Brooklyn. Care is taken to prevent further spread at the yard.
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New York
Hancock
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Naval Hospital
Fiushing , Avenue
Tuberculosis Exhibit Opens Sunday in Philadelphia
The international tuberculosis exhibition opened Monday and drew many nurses and school teachers Sunday. A full week program is planned with each day focusing on a different aspect of the disease or its treatment.
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Philadelphia
Roanoke broom company forms with Yeatman Fox as principals
Gleanings from day to day report a Roanoke Va broom-maker organized with ample capital. James Yeatman and Charles S. Fox are named as principal stockholders in the new firm.
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Roanoke
James
Yeatman
Charles S. Fox
West Virginia Penitentiary
Barkantine Matanzas
Philadelphia
Fernandia
Fla
Diamond Shoals
D. E. Hydrick
Spartanburg
S. C
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Lakeland
Pia
Charlie Crumly
Dante
Bostic
N. C
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
Lincolnton
Harry Samson
New York
Admiral Sampson
National Bureau of Forestry
California
Sioux City
Roby Baskin
W. Y. Hudson
Houston
Miss
T Illinois Central
Chicago Flyer
Martin Stanton
Memphis
Veggman
Laurens
Sheeny Mike
Cunard Line
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Llins
Charles Scarlett
Durham
Orange Counties
Johnw. Graham
Paul C
Raham
Graham Attorneys-at-Law
Hillsborqd
N.C
Alamance
Granville
Person
Orange
S. M. Gattis
Hillsboro
A. W. Graham
Oxford
Pergon
Supreme Court
J. S. Spurgeon
Chucs
John W. Graham
Chamberlain
W. A. Hayes
Wood
T. W. Wood & Sons
Richmond
York
van New DR
Pharr
Spence
Virginia Carolina Southern Railroad Company
South Dakota
Wray
Joint Committee On the Deaf and Dumb
Morganton
Algiers
Australia
Alboran Island
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Taft
Washington News
C. H. Martin
Senator Overman
Fred L. Carr
Roosevelt
Admiral Sperry
Chesapeake
National House of Representatives
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