North Carolina Legislature Day by Day Condensed
State Senate defeats sub section A of anti trust bill by thirteen to thirty three. Senate passes education bill funding four month schools and tax machinery. House clears local bills and passes firemen relief fund. Committee reports on state treasurer auditor and insurance commissioner findings issued. bills on pensions, hospital expansion, and university trustees elections advance in both houses.
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State Senate
Reuben Reid
Rockingham
Senate
House
Bickett
Cr. Gordon
Morganton
Raleigh
Doughton
Goldsboro Hospital
Council of State
Meekins
Insurance Commissioner
Mitchell
Dockery
Nimocks
Spence
San
University of North Carolina
Ashen
Alleghany Counties
Virgini Carolina Southern Railway
Cox
Wake
Capitol
Ewell
Underwood
Stubbs
North Carolina
Dowd
Daniel Boon Association
Pharr
The
Corporation Commission
Carolina
Elliott
Bill to enforce game laws in Beaufort and Currituck Passes
Discussion spans county fee collection and Audubon Society critique. Measure advances after hours of debate with Representatives Page and Ponce noting costs and minority objections. Fort Monroe report: ship Ohio sails as victor in steam trophy voyage highlighting coal and water economy rules.
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Ole Day
Senate
Beaufort
Currituck Coun
Tion
Audubon Society
Representative Page
House
Imer
Ponce
Ohio
Fort Monroe
York
Guantanamo
Hampton Roads
Alabama Father Kills Alleged Attacker of Daughter
In Bessemer, Alabama, James Robinson shot and killed Jim Brown while Brown sat handcuffed in the sheriff's office. Four shots fired without warning as deputies stood nearby. Robinson surrendered after the incident as Brown was being moved for a preliminary trial.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Jim Brown
James Robinson
Brown
Jnson
Robinson
Fire destroys two Columbus blocks in overnight blaze
A Friday morning fire in Columbus Ohio leveled a four story building and spread to an adjacent five story brick structure causing an estimated loss of 500000 dollars. Senator Tillman astonished the Senate by introducing a resolution to audit whether recent presidential messages and reports should be excluded from the mails as obscene literature.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tillman
Senate
Washington
Committee On Post Offices
Congress
Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Papers For Seminole Men In South Carolina
Sheriff W. H. Coleman traveled to Nashville to serve requisition papers on the Tennessee governor for John Y. Garlington accusing him of obtaining money under false pretenses. Requisitions also issued for M. J. Jeans and J. S. Young on charges of conspiracy to defraud. Young and Jeans were not yet arrested. Garlington led the Seminole Securities Company.
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Columbia
S. C
W. H. Coleman
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
John Y. Garlington
M. J. Jeans
J. S. Young
Young
Poem Or Freedom Theme Reframed In Fetter Debate
In a Kansas City Journal excerpt a girl's father reflects on a shift in attitude toward poetry. He recalls a time of skepticism but now views filling a fetter with poetry as not such a bad idea. The remark uses old time phrasing and a coy moral tone.
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Kansas City Journal
Senators Flee Tennessee to Nullify Election Laws
Thirteen state senators fled Tennessee to thwart election laws passed over Governor Patterson's veto. The absentees were declared in contempt and pursued by the sergeant at arms, leaving the legislature without a quorum for 22 days. If they stay away, Patterson could lose control of election machinery and the vetoed measures cannot be acted on.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
State
Senate
Patterson
Governor Pardons Louisville Herald for Criticizing Officials
Governor Augustus E. Willson of Kentucky pardons the Louisville Herald Publishing Co for criminal libel charges in Calloway and Trigg circuits. He defends the paper’s right to criticize Judge Thomas P. Cook and Commonwealth’s attorney Denny P. Smith amid Western Kentucky night rider troubles. The governor argues press criticism serves duty when local officials fail to enforce law and order.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Frankfort
South
Augustus E. Willson
Herald Publishing Company
Louisville Herald
Calloway
Trigg
Thomas P. Cook
Commonwealth
Denny P. Smith
Bill to Help Prohibition Enacted in House
Washington special report notes Representative Brownlow of Tennessee introduced a bill to allow states to enforce prohibition fully. The measure provides surrender of control over the liquor traffic to the states.
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Washington
Special
Tennessee
Brownlow
Taft Corrects Misquote on Tariff Plan and Commission
President elect Taft denounces a misrepresentation of his remarks in New York about tariff revision. He stressed the need for immediate revision at the March 15 extra session and endorsed a permanent tariff commission to study the new law and guide future policy.
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New York
Taft
Taft unveils full cabinet with MacVeagh as Treasury
Unofficial but reliable report confirms Franklin MacVeagh of Illinois accepts the treasury post under President Taft completing the cabinet. The lineup includes Knox as Secretary of State, Dickson War, Wickersham Attorney General, Hitchcock Postmaster, Meyer Navy, Ballinger Interior, Wilson Agriculture, Nagel Commerce and Labor. Taft walked in Central Park with Hitchcock and met New York financiers amid cordial calls and a Taft family reunion at Henry W. Taft house.
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New York
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
Taft
Treasury
Franklin MacVeah
Illinois
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tennesee
George W. Wickersham
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Navy
George von L. Meyer
Massachsetts
Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Washington
James Wilson
Iowa
Commerce
Labor
Charles Nagel
Missouri
Central Park
New York City
Henry W. Taft
Hutchins in Sad Condition Amid Navy Shuffle
Washington reports Capt. Ham ilton Hutchins of the battleship Kear sarge is to be examined by a special medical board for mental and physical state after being relieved by Admiral Sperry near Gibraltar. His condition is described as pitiable as anxiety led to the posting. The Columbus Memorial Commission awarded Lorando Taft of Chicago the contract to sculpt a Columbus statue for Union Station plaza funded by a 100000 dollar appropriation plus a large fountain feature.
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Washington
Hamilton Hutchins
Kear
Sarge
Admiral Sperry
Gibraltar
Hutchins
Columbua
Columbus Memorial Commission
Columbus
Union Station
Lorando Taft
Cicago
Congress
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Charles Scarlett
Durham
N.C
Orange Counties
John W. Graham
Paul C. Graham
Graham
Attorneys-at-Law
Hillsboro
Alamance
Granville
Person and
Orange
SM. Gattis
N. C
A. W. Graham
Oxford
Pergon
Supreme Court
R. J.S. Spurgeon
Churton Street
Chamberlain
W. A. Hayes
Wood
S T. W. Wood & Sons
Eedsmen
Richmond, Va
Crone
Patel
Aeroe
Teh
Toro
Aimerican
All Newsdealers, & Co
Omoe
Rghai
Ormond
House Judiciary Committee
Alabamian
Daughter
Feta
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