North Carolina Officials Weigh Races and Licenses Amid Reforms
Raleigh reports Willard Dowell weighing a bid for State Auditor with Baxter Durham in the field and others considering runs. Licenses for 1936 go on sale December 15 with prices cut by the 1935 Assembly. Insurance licenses issued to 106 applicants. 28 failed. A test case challenges a $10 out-of-state sales tax on autos before licensing. Direct WPA relief ends. state to assume work relief duties. Examinations for law practice licenses set for January 27. 41 filed. State WPA reports 48,655 unemployed aided to date. New Highway and Public Works Commissioner Be. F. Allen sworn in. $800,000 in highway contracts awarded. Attorney General Sea well files brief for the National Security Board.
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North Carolina
State Insurance Department
Dan C. Boney
Jeanette Reece
Durham
Vivien R. McKenzie
Southern Pines
Albert G. Atkins
Scotland Neck
Henry M. London
The
Star Bar
BE. F. Allen
Lenoir
Ehringhaus
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Luther Hodges
Spray
Heriot Clarkson
Commis
General Assembly
Seawell
North Carolina moves to host new health facility near Asheville
The state plans a Western North Carolina tuberculosis hospital two miles west of Black Mountain near Asheville. A $400,000 plus project will run four units for about 400 patients with a superintendent’s home later. Federal funds and bonds will cover costs, with construction starting soon and completion targeted for January 1, 1937.
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Lina
Black Mountain
Asheville
General Assembly
State
Sanitarium
Hoke County
Recorder Court Docket Includes Seven Cases and Fines
The Recorder Court held a regular session on Tuesday December 10 with seven cases. Roosevelt Mack charged with carrying a concealed weapon and being drunk and disorderly. prayer for judgment continued on payment of $10 fine and costs. Leon Smith pled guilty to reckless driving. license revoked 80 days. E Everette pled guilty to reckless driving. judgment continued to December 31 1935. Reddick Pittman pleaded guilty to assault with deadly weapon. sentenced to sixty days. T J Griggs not prosecuted for driving offenses with leave. Jasper Ellis pleaded guilty to driving while drunk. fined $50 and costs. license revoked 12 months. Mollie Silver pleaded guilty to liquor. four months in jail. copy to issue on motion of solicitor. Noted attendees include Mr. and Mrs. W C Williams and children and Miss Helen Thompson at Koch program. Mrs. Allen Chauncey of Washington NY visiting.
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Roosevelt Mack
Leon Smith
Prayut
Hb. E. Everette
Reddick Pittman
T. J. Griggs
Jasper Ellis
Tie
Icense
Mollie Silver
Copias
Solivor
Town Talk notes on local visits and travels
Local society notes report numerous residents visiting nearby towns and cities. Names include Mr and Mrs J H King, Miss Edith Morris, Miss Irene Bridgman, Misses Margaret Dunning Ruth Jackson, W A Thorne Elizabeth Thorne, Mrs Harvey Saunders, J R Foley, W T Thomas Elm City, E C Griffin Wilson, Ned Manning Frank Harris T R Manning, Mrs Frank Harris Henderson, L L Harvin, Miss Annie Mac Odell, Mrs Atkinson Wilmington, Augusta Robbins, Hattie Humphrey Ella Brown, Virginia Odum Raleigh Ahoskie.
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W. A. Thorne
Elizabeth Thorne
Airlie
Harvey Saunders
Norfolk
J. R. Foley
Durham
W. T. Thomas
Elm City
E. C. Griffin
Wilson
O. Griffin
Ned Manning
Frank Harris
T. R. Manning
Richmond
Henderson
L. L. Harvin
Petersburg
Annie Mac Odell
Atkinson
Wilmington
Augusta Robbins
Hattie Humphrey
Ella Brown
Virginia Odum
Raleigh
Ahoskie
City
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Merain
Willard L. Dowell
N. C. Merchants Association
Baxter Durham
Chester C. Bell
Prison Department
Geo. Adams
Wake Superior Court
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
W. A. Powell
Rockingham County
Danville
WPA
George W. Coan, Jr
A. A. F. Seawell
National Security Board
Chicago
Robert Lemans
Eldred
Iil
Hampshire
Silver Light
Recorder Court
J. H. King
Littleton
Nettie Morris
Edith Morris
Draper
Irene Bridgman
Norfok
Margaret Dunning
Ruth Jackson
Calvert
Tomorow
aCalvert Distiling Co
Omou
New York
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