Glenn Sworn In as North Carolina Governor in Raleigh
The ceremony in Raleigh featured Governor Glenn arriving with a large crowd and bands. The new governor took the oath, delivered a lengthy inaugural address, and pledged to govern for all citizens while pursuing education, law and order, and state prosperity.
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Raleigh
Governor Glenn
Union
Third Regiment
Maxton Guards
Mr. Glenn
James R. Young
E. T. B. Glenn
Georgia
Evir
Yarboro
Sherwood Higgs
Capitol
Baptist University
Academy of Music
Glenn
Aycock
Robert Kotenn
North Caro
Thor
Iu Ty
General Assembly
Friends
United States
Congress
Far East
North Carolina
Matthew W. Ransom
Legislative Proceedings and bills in North Carolina Legislature
A summary of a busy week in the North Carolina General Assembly. Electors met in the Senate Chamber and cast votes for Parker and Davis. A joint session canvassed state officer results with Glenn winning governor. A proposed 62 hour work week for factories, multiple bills in both houses, and Cunningham’s child labor bill dominated the week with debates and committee referrals.
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Senate
Parker
Davis
Frank S. Spruill
Washington
Messrs. Abernethy
Spruill
Crawford
Bond
Turner
Guion
Maxwell
House
Hackett
Representatives
Winborne
Hertford
Finny
Alleghany
Grant
Davie
Burton
Miller
Glenn
Harris
Winston
Supreme Court Library
Historical Commission
Audubon Society
Institutions For the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Raleigh
Morganton
Insurance Commission
Graham
Lincoln
Lincoln County
Harrison
Halifax County
Crisp
Granite Falls
Caldwell County
Harrrison
Allen
Currituck County
Taylor
Brunswick County
Stronach
Butler
Sampson County
Rector
Henderson County
Turlington
Mooresville
Granville
Committee On Rules
Craven County
Nuese River
Scales
Cunningham
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Present for Retiring Governor Aycock Receiver
Governor Aycock received gifts from state officers including a watch. Dr. B F Dixon presented the timepiece in affectionate terms noting affection for Charlie Aycock rather than public service or state achievements.
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Aycock
B. F. Dixon
Charlie Aycock
Carrier Pigeon Remembers Its Home
A quotation from Country Life in America notes pigeons imported from Belgium and kept prisoner for years will attempt to return home after liberty. It recalls a French homing pigeon released after ten years in captivity near Paris, which immediately flew back to its former home.
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Belgium
Atlantic
Paris
Hame
America
Terrapin Industry Wiped Out by Storm at Hunting Creek
The large terrapin ponds of Frank C. Lewis at Hunting Creek were destroyed by a Wednesday night storm. Lewis, a major Chesapeake Bay terrapin raiser, ships hundreds of diamond back terrapins to New York hotels, Washington DC restaurants, and customers nationwide. The storm flooded the ponds, drowned about 1,500 terrapin valued at $4,000, driven ashore and killed by waves. Onancock correspondence Baltimore Sun.
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Maryland
Frank C. Lewis
Hunting Creek
Mr. Lewis
Chesapeake Bay
New York
United States Senate
Washington
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Veneto
J.C. Webb
R. B. Glenn
Executive Department
Eller
Salem
Wright
Toms
Supreme Court
Ward
Coxe
Williams
10Th Judicial District
Terrapin
Great Eastern Railway
England
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