Compulsory Education Law Debate in State Legislature
The six months term proposal splits opinion with officials like Superintendent Joyner and the Attorney General agreeing the amendment makes county boards implement compulsory attendance statewide. Funds redistribution shifts from a 225 000 pool to expand terms while local levies may be needed, amid debates on the law’s true scope and county powers. The report also covers a county marriage, rail car theft penalties, and a public road essay contest for youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville Gazette News
County Board of Education
Joyner
Washington, D. C
C. C. Carlin
Alexandria
Congress
Carlin
Federal Department of Justice
Governor commutes Sam Thompson sentence to life in prison
Sam Thompson, a colored neighbor of Gus Alsobrooks who was convicted of killing Alsobrooks near Monroe, has had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Craig. The case, appealed to the Supreme Court, saw execution delayed for weeks as jurors and local citizens urged clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Thompson
Craig
Gus Alsobrooks
Monroe
Alsobrook
Alsobrooks
Thompson Aet
Tfe
Union County
Mestor Stack
EB. A. Purser
E. A. Purser
North Monroe
Fife
New Hope
New Salem Township
Christian Herald
Frank M. Ryan
Indianapolis
International Association of Bridges and Structural Iron Workers
Ryan
Hock~ In
Fen
Lnne
List Takers Appointed In County Tax Districts
County commissioners appointed list takers for the county including Buford T C Bull, Jackson T Da, Sandy Ridge G W Sutton, Vance J M Harkey, Goose Creek I A Clonts, New Salem W H Brooks, Marshville F W Ashcraft, Monroe M L Flow. Under the new law list takers serve as before 1911 with owners visiting takers. May marks tax listing. Charles T Conners retires as editor of The Lancaster News due to ill health.
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Mat
Buford
Bull Jackson
T. da
Sandy Ridge
G. W. Sutton
Vance
J. M. Harkey
Goose Creek
I. A
Bridges to Join Stanly With Calon and Ansa, Mbomarle Enterprise
Efforts under way to build steel bridges across Rocky River linking Stanly to Anson in the south and Union to the west. Anson residents have subscribed 5600 dollars. Stanly capital is growing. Eweh county may take stock of 500 dollars each. Toll bridge to cross at Davis ford, old Winfield road used by early travelers to Cheraw. A stock company will sell holdings at cost to counties when purchase is desired. A Stanly Union bridge plan prompts early joint county conference to define rights and steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanly
Calon
Ansa
Mbomarle Enterprise
Rocky River
Anson
Union
Eweh County
Davis Ford
Winfield Road
Wadesboro
Cheraw
Armfield Elected Town Warden In Chesterfields Vote
In Chesterfield town election Dr H Trott was elected Intendant and Emsley Armfield along with R Eddins M S Watson and H M Odom were chosen Wardens. Trottie served well last year upholding law.
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Chesterfield
R. Eddins
Watson
M. Odom
Trott
Cheaterfield
Raleigh Mass Meeting Nominates McNeill For Mayor
Citizens gather in Raleigh to name candidates under the new commission government system. Franklin McNeill, former chairman of the corporation commission, is nominated for mayor amid warnings that filth and disease threaten public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Commission
Franklin McNeill
Corporation Commission
Death and Life In Memoriam by Nan Carlile Titanic Disaster 1912
A meditative poem contrasts death and life after the Titanic disaster with solemn imagery. It notes a seamless transition of souls, unseen partings, and a heaven-bound union, attributed to Mrs Nan Carlile. Also mentions public school diplomas and a county superintendent note on sanitary index using flies as a sign of filth.
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Nan Carlile
R, N
Nesbit
County
Alice Wentworth
Florence Turner
Hector Merrill
Roger Lytton
Wentworth
Mary Maurice
Hector
Julia Gordon
P Jess Gang
Marriage of Miss Fairley and Mr. Seales at St Pauls
Miss Cornelia Fairley, daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Fairley, married Mr Key Seales last Thursday at St Pauls Episcopal church with Archdeacon Hardin officiating. Franks Fairley Fred Smith Frank Sloan Winston Scales were groomsmen. Northa Smith Evelyn Wolfe Cor Ella Thomas and Miss Hardin served as bridesmaids. After a reception at the Fairleys home, the couple left for Richmond and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder-Huntley Company
Monroe
Huntley
Stewart
R. W. Lemmonds
New Recorder and officials named for Monroe office
The article reports sworn in Recorder H B Adams Jr sub Recorder J C M Vann and Prosecuting Attorney W J Pratt with praise for former Recorder Rene Stevens. It notes local civic 후보 selection for mayor and aldermen, listing candidates Jene McRae and ward officials. It also mentions a bear robbery incident near Falling Creek and minor court cases including Blair and Payte Stitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Adams, Jr
J. C. M. Vann
W. J. Pratt
Rene Stevens
Lemmonds Gather for Family Reunion in Selwyn Hotel
Spartanburg teacher Mr. A. W. Lemmond, former penmanship instructor to Secretary of Agriculture D. Ston of Darlington, brought a January 20, 1880 autograph specimen of Dr. Houston. The family reunion drew Lemmonds from New York City, local counties, Spartanburg, and Monroe, with reminiscences of scholars starting lessons by the pledge to show true penmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmond
Houston
Charlotte Chronicle
A. W. Lemmond
Spartanburg
MM. Lemmond
New York City
J. E. Lemmond
W. T. Lemmond
Flora Davis
Monroe
Mr. Moore Seeres to Attend Education Conference in Richmond
Mecklenburg County officials report Mr. C. C. Moore travels to Richmond as a governor appointed delegate of the Greater Charlotte Club to invite the Southern Conference to Charlotte in 1914. He aims to secure Secretary Houston for the Mecklenburg County Fair in October and makes a plea as a Charlotte native and former playmate of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Houste Tharlotte
C. C. Moore
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Richmond
South
Moore
W. W. Moore
Locke Craig
Greater
D. FP. Houston
Houston
Charlotte
Monroe
Mecklenburg County
Monroe Voters Address Mayor and Aldermen Elections
An early notice urges Monroe residents to elect a mayor and aldermen for the next term listing candidates by ward and at large positions. The piece references J. D. McRie C. Lee D. Blair D. B. Snyder J. W. Fowler and T. J. Payne. It mirrors a period voice and civic campaigning.
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Monroe
J. Ene McRae
T. Ward
C. Bale
Snyder
W. I. Norwood
J. W. Fowler
McRie
C. Lee
D. Blair
D. B. Snyder
T. J. Payne
Wilson Tariff Critique and Income Tax Plan Debate
Clyde H. Taveaner discusses tariff changes and an income tax, criticizing trusts and wealth exemptions while praising Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The piece also lists donors to a county commencement band, naming individuals and amounts from local sponsors.
Wilsons Wait on Themselves in White House Anecdote
Washington dispatch recalls Eleanor Wilson and Helen Woodrow Bones alighting from a White House car and calmly handling their own baggage at Baltimore bound train. The piece notes self reliance in the First Family and mentions postmaster recommendations by Congressman Coughton and Gudger for Albemarle Lenoir Black Mountain.
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Washington Dispatch
Msn
White House
Union Station
Eleanor Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Baltimore
Eleanor
Coughton
J. D. Bivens
The
Stanly Enterprise
Albemarle
W. D. Guire
Lenoir
Gudger
W. C. Ro
Black Mountain
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Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Page
E. C. Winchester
Mabel Reid
Wilmington
J. J Parker
Frank Laney
B. C. Redfearn
Sores
A. Houston
Jersion Street
Virginia
Dale Sy Leak
Edgar Allen Poe
Anta Blair
Old Virginia
Mesdames Shannon
Koehtuaky
Ulmer
Templeton
Moores Ville
Pat Adama
Ancaster
Col
Leroy Springs
Washington
American Manufacturers’ Association
Fort Mill
Springstein
Chester
Colonel Springs
Wilson
Democratic Party
Charles T. Conners
Lancaster News
Emsley Armfield
Chesterfields
Kinston
Falling Creek
Lenoir County
Booth
Scarborough
Recorder's Court
George Beare
Allego Blair
Payte Stitt
Mr. Moore
Seeres
Por Mayer
Mdernen
J. D. Meltae
J. L. Everett
M. Waller
J. N. Presson
H. A. Shute
T. J. Payn Cirizel
H. Q. Alexander
Farmer's Union
Internal Revenue
Sparta
Alleghany County
Mercury
Hendersonville
Joseph B. Burgin
Governor Craig
Old Fort
Mr. Wilson
Clyde H. Taveaner
Dewerate
John D. Rockefeller
Sugar Trust
Woolen Trust
Lumber Trust
Beef Trust
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Bend
Lee & Lee
Belk Bros
Bruner
Heathrow Co
Ashcraft Bros
Ashcraft
R Smpson
W. W. Purser
Ty Nh Nisbet
Blakeney
Cash i Polk Bros, Sic
B. F. Houston
Vann Punderburk
Nbayers Se
Plow & Phierent
Mrs
Earle Shute
Cash
Very Truly
RN. Nisbet, Co
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