North Carolina Senate Finalizes Revenue Bill and Public Notices
The Senate completed the revenue bill with some sections reserved for conference committee review over taxes on express telegraph and telephone firms and a tobacco products tax dispute. A separate measure set April 12 as a legal holiday for Halifax resolutions and funded a Wyatt monument with local fundraising existing funds. The chamber passed numerous S B and Revisal amendments, while heated battles over Ashe’s History and education funding sparked House votes, culminating in a late session headed toward adjournment.
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Henry L. Wyatt
Selma
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Ashe
North Carolina
Speakr
Graham
Dowd
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Registers of Deeds
Soldiers
Colored Orphan Asylum
Oxford
Waterloo
Mecklenburg
Wyatt
Edgecomb
Hei
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Raleigh
J. Bis Rya
Supreme Court
Greensboro
Pharr
Manning
State Board of Health
Statesville Air Line
Murphy
Guilford
Henderson
Baltimore Emerges from Isolation on Sunday Breakthrough
Baltimore’s isolation since early Thursday morning ended Sunday as the AP office gained direct wire contact with New York headquarters. The relay relied on cooperation from the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company at one end and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at the other.
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Baltimore
Associated Press
New York
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mikado Complimented by Japanese Pets Fruit Opinion
The Washington Star notes a vogue for epicurean arguments and suggests the Mikado could be praised by Japanese pets fruit. It mentions assurance that Immon is a favorite.
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Washington Star
North Carolina Legislature Closes Amid Busy Session
Lawmakers push through many local bills while adjourning delays spill into Tuesday. Highlights include Kluttz high way commission plan and New Hanover clash ending in defeat for the opposing side. Gifts and speeches mark adjournment efforts as Senate and House honor leaders and pass numerous measures.
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Senate
Whitehead Klutz
Highway Commission
Kitchin
New Hanover
General Assembly
Rosny
Dockery
Newland
Nawland
Mills
Khutz
Rowan
Maxwell
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Kluttz
Underwood
Representative Morton
Morton
State Conservation Commission of Natural Resources
Cameron Road
Insurance Commissioner
Taft Calls Special Session of Congress for March Fifteenth
President Taft issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Sixty-first Congress to convene in Washington on March 15 1909 at 12 o clock noon. The order directs all eligible members to attend as required by law. Secretary Knox is listed as the official signatory.
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Taft
Congress
Washington
Sixty-first Congress
United States of America
Congress of the
United States
William Howard Taft
Capitol
Sixtieth Congress Ends as New Session Opens
The Sixtieth Congress adjourned at noon and the Sixty-First begins with the Senate set to meet Friday to consider Taft nominees. The House remains out until the extra session starts on the 15th. Vice President Fairbanks gave an address thanking him for his conduct in office.
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House
Senate
Taft
Fairbanks
Arkansas Tornado Deadly Sweep Hits Brinkley and More
A violent storm swept western eastern and southern Arkansas late Monday causing four deaths and numerous injuries. Reports say three were killed at Brinkley and a midnight telegram indicated Brinkley was on fire as the only railroad line connected Brinkley with Little Rock.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Ben
Brinkley
Hearst Victory In Guthrie Over Haskell Seizure Case
Scott MacReynolds for William R. Hearst wins a complete victory against Governor Haskell. Judge Strang rules the writ of search and seizure invalid as the affidavit claimed MacReynolds possessed papers intended for publication.
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Hearst
Guthrie
Okla
Scott MacReynolds
William R. Hurst
Haskell
Strang
MacReynolds
Taft Family Begins White House Era Quietly
President Taft and brother Charles Taft attend morning services at a crowded Unitarian church. Taft rides 12 miles on Potomac speedway with aides, sees no callers, and plans a modest White House social program under Mrs. Taft who assumes duties without ceremony and reorganizes domestic life for greater privacy.
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White House
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Unitarian Church
Hestrode
Sterrett
Hot Springs
Clarence R. Edwards
Archibald Butt
Roosevelt
McDermott
Potomac Speedway
Burned at Stake in Rockwell County Tragedy
A Black man identified by Mrs. Arthur McKinney as a suspect in an alleged crime was seized by a mob in Rockwell County last Sunday night. He was chained to an iron stake and burned to death in front of about a thousand onlookers.
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Rockwell, Tex
Arthur McKinney
Anderson Ellis
Rockwell County
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