The Man Behind the Plow Explored for NC Farmers
The Commonwealth prints lengthy extracts from Mr. Walter Page s commencement address at A M College Raleigh. It urges farmers and laborers to improve literacy and work habits to raise agricultural output and wages, noting carelessness hurts results and prosperity depends on workers becoming indispensable.
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Walter Page
A. & M. College
Raleigh
Statenville
Greenville
North Carolina
Mr. Page
Assessing Property Taxes Across North Carolina
State tax assessors begin work amid calls for diligent valuations. The News and Observer and Chatham Record urge honest, accurate assessments to fund good government. Bunn warns against evasion, noting tobacco shipments moving to evade taxes as examples of avoidance. SAS 7TORITA. Did You Rare Ainags leagu
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News and Observer
North Carolina
Tax Commission
Chatham Record
Nashville Graphic
B. H. Bunn
Nash County
Whatie Due
Bunn
American Tobacco Company
Rocky Mount
Durham
Danville
Lynchburg
Education Reform and the Lost Old Time School Spirit
J H Southgate Trinity College president argues modern education overly easy and play oriented, eroding the discipline of hard study. He cites the old log schoolhouse as yielding strong mental character and a worthy ambition to succeed, urging primary and secondary schools to restore rigor before college habits endure.
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Commonwealth
J. H. Southgate
Board of Trustees
Trinity College
Schoo
Dawson Roses Correspondence from Collins Wealth
Dawson, N. C. June 8, 1903. Miss Lizzie B Pittman of Mullens again heads public school here with warm welcome. Mrs. Bob Simmons spent 2 ster while in Scotland Neck visiting her mother. Mrs. J. T. Lawrence improved after illness. Miss Mamie Barnes attended V H F A commencement at Scotland Neck last week as guest of Miss Kelle Weeks. Mrs Ernest Lawrence of Tillery visiting. Sallie Fleming flew to Scotland Neck Thursday. J J Partine went to Scotland Neck to consult Dr Hassell about his limb. Mr and Mrs J C Branch of Enfield visiting relatives here. Lewis returned from a Raleigh trip.
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Collinlon
Dawson
N. C
Lizzie B Pittman
Mullens
Bob Simmons
Scotland Neck
J. T. Lawrence
Mamie Barnes
Kelle
Ernest Lawrence
Tillery
J. D. Lawrence
Sallie Fieming
J.J. Partine
5. Hassell
J. C. Branch
Enfield
Lewis
Winterville News 1903 Farmers Buy Handy Trucks
Winterville North Carolina June 9 1903 news notes praise for Handy Tobacco Trucks from A G Cox Mfg Co claim labor savings and quick payback to farmers ministers weddings and local visits with short notices on tobacco flues and shipments and a piano concert at Oxford Orphan Asylum yielding 511 dollars.
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A. G. Cox
Mfg. Co
Haywood Granted Bail After Habeas Corpus Hearing
Ernest Haywood, jailed on a murder charge for the February killing of Ludlow Skinner in Raleigh, was released after a Supreme Court habeas corpus hearing before Justices Douglas and Walker. The court ruled he is entitled to bail, bond set at $10,000, to await Wake Superior Court in July.
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Ernest Haywood
Ludlow Skinner
Raleigh
Douglas and Walker
Supreme Court
Wake Superior Court
Farmers and Their Sons Feature Highlights for Rural Readers
This Commonwealth piece targets farmers and their sons with readable pieces. Page address printed in full and a piece on Country Life offers practical reading. The editors urge careful reading of these articles by the farming community.
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Page
Ladies and Children Invited: Easy Little Early Risers
An advertisement invites ladies and children to try DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, touting them as non purging non upsetting laxatives that won’t gripe or sicken, hailed by users W H Howell of Houston and Bob Moore of Lafayette as superior to other pills. Sold by J T Whitehead.
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W. H. Howell
Houston
Tex
Bob Moore
Lafayette
Ind
DeWitt
J. T. Whitehead
Tornado Hits Gainesville Factory District Killing Many
A tornado blasted Gainesville Georgia last week striking the factory area. About one hundred persons were killed and many more injured, with women and children among the dead in the disaster.
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Gainesville
Wilson criminals bailed after murder charge
Five men held in Wilson charged with the murder of an insurance man named Jones are released on bonds of five thousand dollars each after habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Brown. The judge granted bail after reviewing the evidence.
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Wilson
Jones
Ball
Brown
Bal
Death of Editor Duffy Ends Career At 60 In Wilmington
Associate editor of the Wilmington Star Mayor P F Duffy died in Wilmington last week after a brief illness. He was more than sixty years old and respected for his long newspaper career and standing among local editors.
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P. F. Duffy
Wilmington Star
Wilmington
Roanoke Rapids Notes on Junior Order Exercises
Two weeks ago the Junior Order of United American Mechanics held exercises in Roanoke Rapids. The event spanned Tillery Hyll and featured Mayor Sands Gayle as chair, Mayor G E Hood of Goldsboro delivering an address, and Rev M L Kesler advocating graded schools. A Bible and flag were presented to Roanoke Rapids public schools and accepted by J C Simmons. About five hundred attendees witnessed a highly interessados event.
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Order of United American Mechanics
Roanoke Rapids
Tillery ,Hyll
J. B. Bagley
Sands Gayle
G. E. Hood
Goldsboro
M. L. Kesler
J. C. Simmons
Florida the Place for Farmers in Halifax to Florida Move
A letter advocates moving to Florida as a profitable decision for farmers. It cites land prices from 80 cents to $1.50 per acre, potential sugar and syrup yields, corn per acre, and strong prices for hogs poultry eggs sweet potatoes cowpeas velvet beans. It notes several North Carolinians who became wealthy after relocating and suggests Florida supports outdoor work year round despite hard times. It mentions publishing the view in a Commonwealth letter to a Sir.
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Orrer Creek
Fun
Eorror Commonwealth
Halifax County
Florida
Gulf
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment shines as top salve
The formula blends dissolved sulphur with antiseptic unguents, marketed as the greatest salve for cuts burns and open sores. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
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Hancock
E. T. Whitehead & Co
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