Carolina Municipal Association reelects Bland president
The fifth annual Carolina Municipal Association meeting at Wrightsville Beach elected Charlotte Mayor Charles A. Bland as president and Dunn Mayor O P Shell as secretary treasurer. Officers named include Dickin son Wilmington Moore Winston-Salem Eaton Greensboro Wellens Smithfield Hartsell Concord. The group chose Charlotte as next meeting site and endorsed Fayetteville Mayor John Underwood for Ottawa Consul amid protests.
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Wilmington
Carolina Municipal Association
Charlotte
Wrightsville Beach
Charles A. Bland
Charlote
O. P. Shell
Dunn
W. S. Rankin
Raleigh
State Board of Health
Chase
John Underwood
Fayetteville
Ottawa
Canada
Underwood
State association delegates praise Iredell roads and facilities
Statesville hosts the State Association of County Commissioners with most delegates leaving impressed by Iredell County’s $400,000 bond funded road program and modern court house jail and county home project. They anticipate similar bond efforts elsewhere and note a luncheon in Anderson Hall with about 200 attendees.
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Statesville
State Association of County Commissioners
Iredell
McEachern
Wilmington
W. G. Bradshaw
High Point
Beckwith
Raleigh
Armstrong
Pender County
W. D. Turner
M. A. Feimster
Dorman Thompson
N. B. Mills
Thos. E. Anderson
State Farmers Convention to Convene at West Raleigh
The eleventh annual State Farmers Convention will meet August 26 to 28 at Pullen Hall, A and M College, West Raleigh. Officers include C W Spruill, E B Moore, J H Currie, I O Schaub. Rail rates and dormitory lodging offered. meals 25 cents. Also notes on county home relocation, a serious assault charge in Lumberton, and local institute reports in Rutherfordton, Elkin, and Statesville with addresses by educators.
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I. O. Schaub
West Raleigh
Inttrean Bild of
State Farmers' Alliance accepts transfer for high school
The twenty seventh annual State Farmers Alliance convention at Alliance headquarters near Hillsboro Orange county closes after a two day session. Seventeen counties with forty four members attend. The major action is transferring Alliance property valued at twenty thousand dollars to the state for running an agricultural high school.
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Raleigh
State Farmers’ Alliance
Alliance
Hillsboro
Orange County
Land of the Long Leaf Pine local brief items across North Carolina
Raleigh Arnold A McKay a UNC 1913 graduate becomes principal and English teacher in Washington NC. Commissioner Osborn says revenue rises despite prohibition. Whiteville county set five cent real estate tax and twenty cent per poll for new courthouse. no architect plan yet. New Bern Ike Benders shot dead in card game. Raleigh Raleigh post office reconstruction resumes using outer walls. Asheville robbers steal $100 and papers from H J Olive. Rockingham slaves reunion dinner honors masters. Smithfield Noah Massengill sentenced to 20 years for second degree murder of Ed Strickland. Gastonia Modena Mill home contest prizes awarded for cleanliness and sanitation. Washington Theodore Sterinfeld warns aluminum free-listing would drive development away from Whitney. Scotland Neck map markers and county highway distance signs proposed. Fayetteville John L Smith funds 3 miles of road. completes 17 mile loop. Newton streets contract awarded to H B Abee. Spencer alumni exercises draw large crowd. Kinston duel leaves two men awaiting trial. Fayetteville damages claim against city over obstructions on public thoroughfare.
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Raleigh
Arnold A. McKay
Lumberton
University of North Carolina
Washington, N. c
Washington
W. H. Osborn
Internal Revenue
Whitevile
Newbern
Ike Benders
Till Kenyon
Asheville
H. J. Olive
Rockingham
Richmond County
North Carolina
South
Smithfield
Noah Massengill
Ed Strickland
Grimes
Gastonia
Modena
Dave Gladden
J. B. Ham
J. F. Armstrong
Theodore Sterinfeld
The
Southern Aluminum Company
Kenyon
Whitney
Yadkin River
Scotland Neck
Iit
Halifax County
County Highway Commission
Fayetteville
Cumberland County
John L. Smith
Cumberland
Hickory
Long
Spencer
Churchland
Davidson County
G. Hasty
J. G. Hudson
Enterprise Cornet Band
Kinston
Ellis Jarman
Hargett Davis
D. K. Taylor
Board of
County Commissioners
Mexican Affairs Nearing a Crisis in Relations
Mexico threatens to sever diplomatic ties with the United States after notes exchanged with Secretary Lind demand recognition. Senor Urrutia confirms a note exchange and calls the action an ultimatum while President Huerta’s stance hardens. Unity in Washington rests on recognizing Mexico within hours.
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Senor Urrutia
Mr. Lind
Mexico
Washington
United States
No Trace of Harry K Thaw Still At Large
Sundown Monday marked the thirty sixth hour since Harry K Thaw vanished and police in the United States and Canada have yet to locate him. He is sought not as the slayer of Stanford White but on a warrant issued at Poughkeepsie charging conspiracy with Howar Barnum the asylum keeper and five managers. Albany factions vow strict inquiry and every effort to secure his capture on a technicality.
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Harry K. Thaw
New York
United States
Canada
Stanford White
Poughkeepsie
Howar Barnum
New York State
Albany
Are Examinations Too Rigid Washington
The Navy Department will refer the question of whether Naval Academy entrance exams are too rigid to a jury of 2,000 educators nationwide. After repeated charges of unfairness and illogic, officials seek a broad ruling from high school principals and college professors.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Navy Department
United States
Governors to Meet August 25 in Colorado Springs
Governor ONeal chair of the Rural Credits Committee telegraphed committee members to meet August 25 at Colorado Springs to prepare a report for the conference. The wire named Governors Hadley Missouri Cox Ohio Mann Virginia Foss Massachusetts Plaisted Maine Carey Wyoming and Johnson California.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Conference of Governors
Colorado Springs
Hadley
Missouri
Cox
Ohio
Mann
Virginia
Foss
Massachusetts
Plaisted
Maine
Carey
Wyoming
Johnson
California
Fight to Seat Clayton Begins in Senate
Washington. The fight to seat Henry D Clayton as Senator from Alabama began in earnest. Senator Bankhead asked for permanent public printing of the opinions behind Governor O Neals action. Clayton's credentials would be presented to the Senate later.
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Clayton
Washington
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Robinson
O'Neal
Johnston
Senate
Bankhead
Permait
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State Association OF Rulers
Craig
Guilford
Bud Myers
Iredell Superior Court
Thomas Breese
Guilford Court
H. A. Forshee
Durham
Frank Carter
Alamance
Forshee
Georgia
Sidney Carr
Durham County
George Nance
Seaboard
Macon
State Board of Accountancy
David Stern
M. R. Lynch
J. D. Hightower
George G. Scott
Greensboro
Wrightsville
Statesville Hospitality
State Association of County Executives
R. H. Rogers
Metal Tobacco Hogshead Company
Capital
B. E. Byrd
J. B. Mason
W. T. Umstead
W. M. Fallon
Lumber Company
Tarboro
Harnett
H. B. Warner
Lexington
F. F. Young
J. R. Baggett
J. W. Halford
Harnett County
Pitt County
Pitt
Buncombe County
A. M. West
W. J. Clontz
County Health
Carolina
John M. Faison
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
Watts Memorial Hospital
General Blue
Farmers’ Meeting
A & WM. College
W. R. Harvey
County Board of Commissioners
John Carver
Wishart’s
Hope Mills
Rutherfordton
Franklin Sherman
A. L. French
Cascade
W.N. Hutt
Clement
Mocksville
Elkin
Southern Railway Co
Winston-Salem
Wilkesboro
Institute
J. H. McIver
Hudgins
I. C. Griffith
Marion
EB. E. Sams
Foust
State Normal and Industrial College
Huerta
Wilson
Republic
Mexico City
N. Y
Martin H. Glynn
Sulzer
Thomas Carmody
Mitchell
Carmody
Matton's
Surroundin
Matton Drug CO
Independent Telephone Lines
Wor
Concord
Salisbury
China Grove
Albemarne
Asheboro
Randleman
Thomasville
Kernersville
HORTA
High Point Milling CO
High Point Milling Company
Rexall Cherry
Ring Drug Co
Pris
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