Roanoke Rapids Polls On State Amendments See Light Turnout
In Roanoke Rapids Township the election drew a very light vote with 126 ballots cast from roughly 600 eligible voters. Amendments were carried overall though the Taxation Amendment narrowly failed in this township. Detailed counts show approval for amendments including substitution of language regarding the Civil War, governor inauguration timing, and emergency judges, while Amendment 7 about revenue and taxation and Amendment 9 opening towns to special charters faced mixed results.
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Roanoke Rapids
Carpet Bay
United States
General Assembly
LMU
North Carolina
James J. Britt
Gudger
Claude Kitchin
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture Discusses Meat Shortage
Chicago October reports show Secretary Houston of the US Department of Agriculture telling stock raisers at the National Dairy Show that meat shortages threaten American agriculture. He backs large ranches, urges farmer involvement, and calls for eradication of hog cholera, cattle ticks, and tuberculosis. Government data claim meat output fell 3 billion pounds over 14 years while population rose 22 million.
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Chicago
Houston
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Mission Services Set At Roanoke Rapids Church
Episcopal Church announces Rev A W Taylor will conduct mission services at the Roanoke Rapids church starting Monday evening November 16 at 7 30 with a Holy Communion service Sunday morning November 22 at 1 and a final mission service Sunday evening November 22 Everyone is invited to worship with us and beside the visiting preacher the narrative also highlights the work of Reverend Hertram E Brown rector of Calvary Church Tarboro North Carolina.
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Rosemary Church
Hertram E. Brown
Calvary Church
Tarboro
Episcopal Church
Roanoke Rapids
O'Cloek
Roanoke Couple Quietly Wed at Magistrate R W Brown
Mr Curtis Mosely and Miss Lizzie Harris both of Roanoke apids were quietly married last Saturday evening at eight o'clock at the residence of Magistrate R W Brown who performed the ceremony. They will reside in Roanoke Rapids.
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Lizzie Harris
Roanoke
R. W. Brown
Mosely
Roanoke Rapids
Co operative Farming Spreads Through Rural North Carolina
In this era of cooperation manufacturing and commercial interests have merged to boost development. Co operation is entering rural life, replacing individualism and cutting farming costs. North Carolina farmers lead the movement, extending into wider community life.
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North Carolina
North Carolina Hay Crop Yield Falls From 1913 Level
North Carolina farmers produced 358000 tons of tame or cultivated hay in 1914, per USDA preliminary estimates. The 1913 yield was 419000 tons. Average price is 18.00 per ton, up from 15.00 in 1913. Yield per acre is 1.15 tons. quality to date is below the ten year average.
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Washington, D.C
Crop Reporting Board
United States Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Washington, D. C
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