Freight rate actions and policy debate in North Carolina
Governor Locke Craig addressed a major conference in Charlotte on reforming discriminatory freight rates affecting Carolina towns. The event featured the freight rate commission and several civic leaders, with discussions of specific discriminatory practices, a banquet, and a formal address touted as among the most effective delivered in the city. The report also notes Wake county farmers adopting the Torrens land-title system and local business charters, plus political notes on a Mecklenburg Cabarrus district judgeship replacement.
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Charlotte
State of
North Carolina
Locke Craig
Carolina
Charlotte Shippers and Manufacturers’ Association
Greater Charlotte Club
Craig
Freight Rate Commission
E. J. Justice
Greensboro
W. B. Council
Hickory
N. B. Broughton
Raleigh
C. W. Hillman
Louisville
Selwyn Assembly Hall
Justice
Broughton
Mecklenburg and
Cabarrus
Charles H. Duls
J. W. Keerans
Collectorship Contest Engages Western District Leaders
The western district collectorship race takes a new turn as several candidates emerge. Dr Henry Q Alexander a popular farmer ally from Mecklenburg county aims to succeed Collector George H Brown. Other contenders include A D Watts Iredell Garland E Webb Samuel L Rogers Macon W C Dowd Henry Q Alexander Mecklenburg A H Boyden Salisbury with the final selection pending.
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Henry Q. Alexander
George H. Brown
Providence
Mecklenburg County
A. D. Watts
Iredell
Garland E. Webb
Samuel L. Rogers
Macon
W. C. Dowd
Mecklenburg
A. H. Boyden
Salisbury
North Carolina Rises in Farm Product Value Ranking
Commissioner W A Graham notes the government crop bulletin places North Carolina third among Southern states in agricultural product value. The report shows NC climbing from nineteenth to fifteenth in the nation over three years. Texas and Georgia lead the South.
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North Carolina
W. A. Graham
Texas
Georgia
Directors dispute over Croom seat at state hospital
The Raleigh report details a clash among state hospital directors over whether A B Croom of Burway can replace R H Saulsbury of Martin as director. Governor Craig appointed Croom. Saulsbury was named by Governor Kitchin. The recess appointment sparks legal debate on term and senate sanction. Judge Manning doubts the move, leaving the board without a fixed organization as plans for a new superintendent stall. Dr Albert Anderson appears favored, but no vote is taken.
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Raleigh
State Hospital
A. B. Croom
Burway
R. H. Saulsbury
Martin
Supreme Court
Croom
Craig
Saulsbury
Senate
Kitchin
Mr. Croom
J. S. Manning
Manning
L. J. Picot
Albert Anderson
Tariff bill slashes duties and frees raw wool
Washington reports a Democratic tariff revision proposing heavy free-list expansions for food and clothing materials including raw wool and sugar, with broad duty cuts across chemicals, textiles, and paper. The plan aims to cut revenue by about 80 million dollars yearly and fund changes through a new income tax.
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Washington, D. C
Custom House
Webb to Relief of Mill Men Will Seek Tariff Change
Washington reports Representative Webb plans to amend cotton tariff schedules arguing current rates are indefensibly low. He will seek Democratic caucus support from North and South Carolina Georgia Massachusetts and will back a small lumber revenue duty. Senator Overman backs cotton schedule revisions citing unfair cuts. John H Finney for Aluminum Company of America urged Senator Summons to oppose aluminum duty cut connected to North Carolina power interests.
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Washington
Webb
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Massachusetts
Overman
Senate
John H. Finney
Aluminum Company of America
Senator Summons
Southern Aluminum Company
Whitney, N. C
Dr Friedmann Tests Tuberculosis Cure in Washington
Dr F F Friedmann claiming a TB cure prepared to test at George Washington Hospital before Surgeon General Blue and a notable crowd of local and foreign physicians. Willing patients gathered early while he selected his subjects. Bryan and diplomats invited, plus former physicians in Congress. He visited the White House to greet President Wilson before inoculating the first patient.
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Friedman
Washington
F. F. Friedmann
George Washington Hospital
Surgeon General Blue
Public Health Service
Friedmann
Bryan
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
White House
Wilson
John Pierpont Morgan Buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery
J P Morgan is laid to rest in Hartford Connecticut. He rests on Cedar Hill Cemetery crest beside family graves with a small brown headstone marking John Pierpont Morgan 1836 1913. The sixth Morgan to be buried there, his plot lies west of the great red granite monument.
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John Pierpont Morgan
Belgium Strike Begins Quietly Across Nation
Brussels reports the great strike by Belgian workingmen demanding manhood suffrage began Monday with widespread quitting of work. By nightfall an estimated 200,000 workers were idle, well below Socialist predictions, while Clericalist papers label the movement a pitiable fiasco.
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Belgium
Brussels
Chairman Underwood Sick Briefly Confined
Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee was ordered to bed by his physicians with a slight fever and danger of breakdown from work on the tariff bill. He may be confined for several days. The illness did not interfere with the House caucus.
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Underwood
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Disappearance mystery grips Memphis man in London
Joseph W. Martin of Memphis Tennessee has been missing since April 3. Police first suspected murder after finding his torn pocket book but now consider he may be alive and concealing his location. Thames dredging and river patrols continue as authorities search for any sign of the man.
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Martin
London
Joseph W. Martin
Memphis
Tenn
Thames
United States Trade Share in World Imports and Exports
Government statistics show the United States accounts for 14 percent of foreign imports and 9 percent of exports annually. This equals about 2.375 billion dollars in imports and 1.352 billion dollars in exports. The U S share in Roumantia imports is only six tenths of one percent, lower than its shares with Cuba Honduras and Panama.
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Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
United States
Cuba
Honduras
Panama
Pure Drugs and Toiletries Serves High Point Community
A local shop in High Point markets itself as a household name for 25 years offering pure drugs and toilet articles with delivery to any part of the city.
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High Point
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H. M. Pressly
A. R. Shaw
J. L.caldwell
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Queen’s College
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Jessie Field
Page County
Towa
W. J. Martin
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R. O. Celf
State Senate
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Perquimens
Forsyth
Perquimans
Beaufort
Secretaries’ Association
A. W. McKean
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
J. H. Warburton
North Carolina Sunday School Association
Congressman Underwood
Ing
Mation Drug CO
Independent Telephone Lines
Concord
Sali Isbury
Spencer
China Grove
Winston-Salem
Asheboro
Randleman
Thomasville
Lexington
Kernersville
North State Telephone CO
J. F. Hayden
Matton's
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High Point Milling Company
Rexall
Ring Drug Co
British Woolen Mills
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B. F. McClure
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