North Carolina to award $12 million in road and bridge contracts
The North Carolina Highway Commission plans a January bid open for over 12 million dollars in road and bridge work, the largest single program in state history. Projects span eight districts with paving, extension of secondary routes, and several bridge constructions, covering dozens of miles across Bertie, New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, and other counties.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Mutsiinnies
First District
Williamson
Windsor
Caniton Court House
Currituck County
Tno
New Hanover-Brunswick
Brunswick River
Macau
Burgaw
Duplin County
Hard Surtain
Guilford Leads in Automobile Licenses in North Carolina
Guilford County maintains the lead in motor vehicle registrations in North Carolina as of January 1, 1924, with 14,700 machines. Mecklenburg 11,025, Forsyth 10,808, Wake 9,?6. The state total 208,297 marks a gain of 90,463 from the previous year and a half. Graham is noted as the only county with fewer than 100 vehicles.
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Guilford
Guildford County
North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Wake
Guilford County
Secretary of State
Tis Mountain County
Graham
Paroled larceny convict McNeill and state notices
Governor Cameron Morrison signed the parole for Joe McNeill of Wilkes County who was convicted of larceny in 1921 and sentenced to report every six months for two years. in 1933 he failed to report and the bond was forfeited, with six months on the county roads. Also listed are notaries public commissioned by the governor, and a report on a 1 March hearing for a water union petition in Wilmington. Federal agents captured 133 stills in December in Salisbury and related seizure totals, with substantial property seizures and arrests.
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de McNeill
Cameron Morrison
Joe McNeil
Wilkes County
Superior Court
McNeill
Commission
State Ship and Water Transportation Commission
General Assembly
Commission Institute
Corporation Commission
Norfolke Portsmouth Freght
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Salisbury
North Carolina
Blickt
A. B Coltrane
Ember
United States Treasury
Clemency Gases Announced by Governor Morrison
Governor Morrison announced clemency actions including four paroles one respite and one commutation. Paroled individuals include Charlie Martin Buncombe County for assaulting his wife and George McRae Robeson County for assault with a deadly weapon. Other paroles cover H F Merce Guilford County and Henley Guilford County, with a thirty day parole for a Guilford inmate and a three month reduction in a prohibition sentence for one offender. One commutation affected Lee Green Rowan County case.
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Morrison
Charlie Martin
Buncombe County
Cameron Meltne
Asheville
George McRae
Robeson County
N. A. Sinclair
T. A. McNeill
H.F. Merce
Recorder’s Court of Wilmington
Henley
Prigor
Guilford County
Superintendent of Public
Granyulo
National convention scramble and politics across parties
Edward W. Pickard surveys the looming Democratic and Republican conventions in New York and Washington. He notes bill proposals on tax reform and debt, routing proposals for bonus payments, labor tensions, and shifts in foreign policy as speakers and leaders discuss currency stability, navy fuel, and economic recovery amid global turmoil.
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Coolidge
Ballon
Congress
Melton
Longworth
House
Senate
Pirates and Thieves Haunt New England Ports in Old Tales
A compiled account by George F Dow and John H Edmonida gathers records on pirates who sailed from or frequented New England ports and those captured and tried by Admiralty courts. It traces Dixey Bull as the first New England pirate, notes Capt Edward Hull as brother of mint master John Hull, and mentions Rhode Island officials’ leniency, illicit goods warehouses near Stamford, and smuggling and pirate activity along the eastern Long Island shore.
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Aly
Lakehurst
Anton Heinen
Filsers
New York Harbor
Shenandoah
Merenew
Heinen
New England
George Francis Dow
Society For the Preservation of Newland Antiquities
John Henry Edmonida
Massachusetts
Admiralty Court
Charles River
Old Boston
Dixey Bull
Edward Hull
John Hull
Rhode Island
Stamford
Conn
Boston
Long Ie
Makes Flowers Bloom With Low-Intensity Sunlight
Researchers claim electric light at one quarter sun intensity can trigger flowers to bloom on a set schedule and speed up vegetable maturation by two to three weeks versus standard planting to ripening, enabling controlled growth timelines.
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Raya
Boundary crossing crisis and tax data blur reports
Army incursions across the U S Mexican border are approved by Arizona and Texas governors to move troops toward Juarez and El Paso amid revolutionary tensions. Separate tax data show per capita and total collections in 1922, with federal receipts detailed. A train wreck near Mexico City disrupts munitions supplies, while naval dirigible plans and whiskey seizure in New York highlight varied postwar headlines.
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Atle
Mexico
United States
Itt Paso
Texas
Jurex
United States Territory
Obregon
State Department
Washington
Arizona
Hunt
Tw,dson
Iter
Ani
Jesus Maria Aguierre
Chars
el Paso
Juares
New Mexico
Jalinca
Coshatta
Laredo
Texan
Mexico City
Lareda
Doings in the Tar Heel State
In various North Carolina locales, a mixed docket of incidents and developments unfolds. High Point donors back Guilford College funds, rail and demurrage bureaus are discussed in Raleigh, and local crimes, accidents, and civic projects appear across Jamestown, Asheville, Rocky Mount, Mount Olive, Wilmington, and more, highlighting community concerns from education to transport and public safety.
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High Point
J. B. Duke
BN. Duke
Guilford College
Warriington
Thesi
Paul i
Bruce
Mare Tin
Mary F Wight
Southern Railway
Hee
Sie
Aidringht
Jamtsrton
John Flagil
Wm. Cwwall
Vernon Townsend
Pembroke
Threadway
Goldebore
Rocky Mount
Siet
Emc
C. P. Clark
Carolina
Romvine
Gallerie
Clark
Fed
Bateman
Turing
United States
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Wimington
Cape Fear
Salisbury
Rowan
Wianton-Salem
Devin
Maxton
Tl. Hlaa
Peeshy- Terien -Churshies
Crossal Pneumndale
Auondien
Lens
Eas Ross
Elizabeth
Hickory
Southern Power Company
Elizabeth City
Elisabeth City
Looma
Raleigh
Lee Jones
Rex Hospital
Henry Smith
Wilmington Street
Blount
Ze Smith
Am Automo
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State Line
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W._ C. Crump
Sunbury
J. Harrell
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BW. Kilgore, Jr
le W. Norman
Hertford
C. C. Parker
Ida M. Sawyer
A. Shipp
Tarboro
Ida B. Bates
B.D. Collis
Hareollsville
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W. Fulton
Mr. Airy
Q. W Hale
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Julia Harris Greynville
W. ¥. McCabe
Wildwood
Mf. Philips
Lamberton
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Benson
W. B. Savage
Wilkmington
Madge Spurrier
Charlotta
New Corporation
Round Mountain Orchard Company
North Wilkesboro
Frank Hackett
WM. Shepherd
J. W. Simpson
United American Mechanics Home Company
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J. H. Dayton
W. Barlow
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R. J. Bateman
J. H. Gregg
G. D. Carter
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