Entrance rules outlined for statewide high school debates
The High School Debating Union announces the statewide contest, inviting about 240 high schools to enter. The query for 1922 asks if the entailable war debt should be counted, with rounds held March to determine finalists to Chapel Hill in April for the Aycock Cup competition. Elizabeth City won last year. Durham aims for the cup.
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Chapel HL
North Carolina
Datta
Jal E. Rankin
Gebtosi
Issie Wills
Mureh
Chapel Mul
Durham
Tne
Elizabeth City
Enporartty Ie
Beach Becoming Winter Resort at Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach shows growth as a winter resort with more families spending the season there than ever before. Four years ago only one family stayed through winter, Dr ED Hanby and family, while in recent years nine families wintered there and several counties spent the cold months at summer homes, marking a notable shift in the beach’s seasonal use.
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Beach
Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Wellshore
Werightsville Beach
ED. Hanby
Radio for Tubercular Patients at Guilford Hospital
Dr L Spruhl, superintendent of Guilford county tuberculosis sanatorium, asserts radio aids treatment. A new room and set were installed, with local groups Kiwanis Lions Civildana possibly aiding. Early patient use shows encouragement, and further exams are planned to expand access.
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L. Spruhl
Guilford County
Siohng Motary
Kiwanis
Lions
Cividlana
Sprill
Dunn to Seek Cape Fear Water Supply
Dunn plans to obtain water from the Cape Fear River about four and a half miles away. The town currently depends on deep wells, but growth has outgrown the supply, prompting a mass meeting where the river option was favored over drilling more wells. No votes were cast in favor of utilizing wells.
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Dunn
Cape Fear
Graham Resigns from University Trustees Board
Major John W. Graham of Durham resigns from the University of North Carolina board of trustees and its executive committee. The resignation, tendered to the Governor for acceptance, was announced by De Josepham, an alumnus and son of a noted trustee. He joined the board in 1876 and soon after the executive committee.
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Durham
John W. Graham
Rstees
University of North
Romation
de Josepham
Spencer Boys Skate 16 Miles on National Highway
A group of six Spencer high school athletes skated 16 miles from Spencer to Lexington in 1 hour 45 minutes, claiming it may be the longest distance ever skated locally. Participants included Jay Stoudemire Hendrill Self James Cooper Sydney Lee Riden Lester Slate and Charles Ellis.
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Spencer
Lexington
Spencer High School
Jay Stoudemire
Hendrill Self
James Cooper
Sydney Lee Riden
Lester Slate
Charles Ellis
Physical Training Popular At Trinity College
Durham In round numbers 400 students of Trinity are taking or will take part in major athletics as try outs for varsity teams during the present year. Add freshmen through juniors required to take exercise in or out of the gym, and the statistics show more than nine tenths of the 1928 students are taking physical training in some manner.
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Durham
Trinity
North Carolina Agents Plan Next Year’s Agricultural Push
State College and Department of Agriculture officials and district agents in North Carolina concluded a one day conference on 1924 agricultural activities. The Live at Home campaign will be emphasized with pledge cards and new blanks to be distributed by county agents.
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B. W. Kiktore
State College
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
North Caroline
Chi
Kilgore
North Carolina distributes 1.25 million to counties for school aid
Counties receive state funds to supplement their school budgets with a total of 1 250 000, the shares varying from two percent to thirty percent of needs. Wilkes County gets up to thirty percent while Hyde counties tax rate stands out for special legislation. Distribution totals about 900 000 allocated to counties based on local revenue. State aid stops when a county exceeds the state standard, with Hyde County noted for nonconformity and a 70 cent tax rate. An expert staff aided calculation announced by Superintendent AT Allen.
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North Carolina
Bude
Wilke
Uist
Artont
Kuueition
Jn Aero
Hyde County
Chowan
Wilkes
Tuberculosis Deaths in North Carolina Rise in 1922
A statistical study by Dr FM Register shows more women than men died from tuberculosis in 1922 North Carolina. Whites suffered 1240 deaths, colored 1185, 10 Indians. overall 4580 deaths. The report notes higher female fatalities and a 266 more female deaths due to household contact factors.
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North Carolina
Hite
FM. Register
Income Tax Blanks Await Returns in March Deadline
About 60,000 income taxpayers have received returns to be filled out for both the Federal and State Governments. Each agency has its own due to employees of each branch being exempt from the other tax. Commissioner R. A. Doughtom and United States Collector William Grissom are both receiving returns, but most taxpayers are expected to file closer to March 15.
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R. A. Doughtom
United States
William Grissom
New Charters Issued for Local Firms
Bryan-King Motor Company in Jacksonville authorized capital 20000 with 2000 subscribed by W T Bryan and Cleora F Brayn and W H King and L R King of Folkstone. W H Allen Company of Loutaburg, general merchandise, livestock, fertilizers, buggies, wagons and farm implements. authorized capital 60000 with 5000 subscribed by Anne Wilder, W H Allen and W H Allen Jr and M Mall of Tomtahnew.
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L. R. King
Folkstone
W. H. Allen Company
Loutaburg
Anne Wilder
W. H
W. H. Allen, Jr
M. Mall of Tomtahnew
British Socialist government takes power in historic shift
Edward W. Pickard outlines the rapid formation of Britain's first Labour ministry under MacDonald and Snowden, the swift transfer of roles, and early challenges from the railway strike and industrial unrest as the new government assumes control. Leninist shifts in Russia and global tensions are noted alongside U S policy debates, League of Nations stances, and domestic economic measures amid farm relief and wheat program debates.
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Large Garnet Quarry in Adirondack Mountains
An article describes the North River garnet plant near North River in Warren County New York. It details the quarry as America's largest producer of abrasive garnet and explains how geological processes created its superior garnet. Garnet paper’s rise as a quartz competitor is noted with its hard, sharp edges aiding abrasives since the 1880s.
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North River
Warren County
New York
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Detroit News
Miners Survive After Lancashire Mine Blast Rescue Efforts
Dozens of miners perished in the Barnes and Tucker Coal Company disaster at Shanktown. Seventeen bodies recovered and nine men were rescued, aided by J B Parker and a Pittsburgh mine rescue team. Women and children received aid from Red Cross and Salvation Army as morgue details were arranged. John Rice discovered nine survivors amid smoke, finding an air passage and guiding them to the surface.
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U S Warships Leave Tampico After Rebel Blockade
United States warships ended the Tampico blockade as destroyers Cory and Hull sailed to Veracruz and the cruiser Richmond proceeded to Galveston. Rebel gunboats Zaragoza and Tampico stayed outside the port, not hindering merchant traffic while Federal troops under General Córdoba claim victory in the Tuán Caslano Los Naranjos area and retrench near Zazamixtie. Federal forces also reported assembling machine guns and cavalry equipment received from the United States.
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Admits Murder of Wife and Brother in Concrete Block
Aurora report states Warren J. Lincoln, an eccentric lawyer and horticulturist, confessed to shooting his wife Lina Lincoln and her brother Byron Shoup. He allegedly hacked, buried remains, sealed heads in concrete under a porch, and dumped pieces in a city dump.
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