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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1897

Page

4

North Carolina Legislature Debates Dispensary and Court Reforms

The session introduces numerous bills across counties, including a proposed Cleveland County dispensary located in Shelby, a plan to form a criminal circuit covering Mitchell and surrounding counties, and changes to election laws, education funding, deer protection, and road improvements. Debates center on local measures, charter amendments, and authorizations for bonds and taxes, with votes recorded on various second and third readings.

Dixon Cleveland Cleve 'd County Shelby Inn Forest Lusk Ferrell Justices of the Peace of Wake Green Nelson Caldwell Yancey Burke McDowell Watauga Mitchell Hancock Daffy Quaker Bridge Road Joney Ridgers North River Freeman C. M Pace Henderson State Board of Education Bryan Wilkes Bila Durham L Xingma Western Criminal Circuit Court Rae Oikridge McDowell County Lexing Run Catlettsville Caldwell County James Baker Lumber Company Barrow Louisburg J. McCrary Dockery Johnson County Cross Creek Concord Monroe Asheville Wilmington Ice Board Alexander Ardledge Arrington Brower Chatham Edgecombe Burgess Candler Chapin Carlcutt Cook Crews Currie Dancy Daniels Deyton Deweesery Duncan Elliott Fagan Grubbs Hare Harris Halifax Hodges Newsom Hertford Ramsey Southern Mining, Smelting and Manufacturing Company Greensboro N.C. Earnhart Uriah Miller Person Lyon Walker Mayodan Rockingham County Asley University of North Carolina Normal and Industrial School University Chatham County Onslow County Halifax County Madison County Marion Anson County Secord Reading Haywood Jackson Southern Pines Forest City Rutherford County Leakeville Mercantile Company Bank of Enfield Surry County Horticultural Department Abeil Rey Atwater Universit Ayes Mesers Abell Anderson Anthony Barringer Butler Clark Dickson Earnhart Geddie Harrison Hyatt Justice Merritt McCarthy Parker Alamance Randolph Patterson Ray Ramsay Roberson Rollins Scales Sharpe Wilson Iredell Shaw Smathers Utley Whedbee Noel Barker Cannon Early Moye Newsome Odum Wakefield Yeager Colored Grand Lodge of K. of P. of North Carolina Southport Redmond Senate Messrs Rameey Scales and Anthony Criminal Circuit Court Buncombe Madison Circuit Court R.kins R R. Com Neuse Bull Davidson Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad North Carolina and Western Railroad Reading Spruill Beaver Dam Township Washington County Ward Airy Young Colored State Normal School Clerk Long Richmond ‘Superior Court de Ya. Burgess Ensley Moore County Somera Wilkesboro Currie Lumberton Blackburn Yadkin Goldsboro Cumberland County Fremont Mr. Olive Z T. Long Richmond County Beaufort Lenoir Court House Gaston County Dallas Gastonia Moseley Hall Township Lenoir County Isis Hauser Hauser Brown Babbitt Prince Hall Lodge A. F A. M Southern Trust and Guarantee Company Surry Capitol Dennis Simmons Lumber Company Bravercreek Jones J. M. Worth Worthville Manufacturing Company Worth Sil Ee Coun Raleigh Brunswick County Northampton Central Industrial Institute Columbus Polk County Laurinburg Lamberton Bladen Merrill Onslow Bladen County Cunningham J. W.umstead Sutton Mars Hill Madisan County New Hanover Sampson Perqlmanus Bertie Washington Newbegan Creek Parquotank County Ashe Mt. Airy Mecklenburg County Newbern McCrary Lexington United States North Carolina Hardison Supreme Courts Palmersville Academy Stanly County Mair Guilford County H. O. Kearney Franklin County North Carolina Land and Lumber Company Neuse River Hope Fire Company Greenville Supreme Court Charlotte Township Graham County Supremes Court Littleton Croatan Normal School Robeson County Pollocksville Jones County Vance County Margarettesville Northampton County

Senate Calendar Summary of Bonds and Local Acts

The session considered bonds for Hige combe and Selma stop counties, amended charters and liquor sales restrictions near schools, churches, and towns. Measures include probate jurisdiction, relief for E F Morrison, abolition or expansion of circuits, church incorporations, and fish and animal food regulations. The body passed several acts, tabled others, and adjourned after continued on sixth page.

Higecombe County Selma John Stop Senate Rocky Mount E F Morrison Iredell County Circuit Criminal Court R Boson County McDowell County Criminal Circuit Guilford Country Deep River Vance County Circuit Criminal Court District Parkerebug Academy Sampson County Big Falls Christian Church Alamance County Polk County Haywood County Freaklin County Abell Justices of the Peace Parker Alamance Halifax Clark Presbyterian Church Louisburg Franklin County

Five Hundred New Subscribes Sought This Week

Notice announces a campaign to add five hundred new subscribers within the week. It emphasizes rapid signups and broad outreach to grow the readership.

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