Six Days' Work of the North Carolina Legislature
A condensed review of six months of legislative action in North Carolina. Petitions from Rutherford county mill workers against labor-contract limits and from Wayne and other counties for a six month school term. Bills passed or read cover road bonds, school funding, probate and jury rules, and measures on labor, education, and taxation. The week featured debates on emergency measures, constitutional amendment processes, and efforts to advance six month schools without harming state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Rutherford County
Wayne County
Wayne
Durham
Madison
Forsyth
Cabarrus
Bryant
Jones
House
Woodrow Wilson
State ‘Fish Commission
Oxford Orphan Asylum
Lillington
Cleveland
W. C. Council
E. J. Justice
N. B. Broughton
North Carolina
North State Central Railway
Maria Nixon
Recorder’s Court
Nash County
United States
Farmers’ Unions
Iredell
Davidson
Watauga
Rockingham
Wake Counties
Junior Order Councils
Statesville
Burlington
Haywood
Stokes
Greensboro
Guilford
Institute For
Kinston
Wake
Woodsdale
Pearson County
Research Club of
Roxboro
Twentieth Century Club
Raleigh
Senate House
Representative Young
Harnett
General Assembly
Shelby
Cleveland County
J. Y. Irvin
J. Y. Joyner
E. W. Sikes
Wake Forest
J. A. Bivens
State Inspector of High Schools
E. C. Brooks
Trinity College
N. W. Walker
University of North Carolina
North Carolina fair improvements debt retirement
The North Carolina Agricultural Society ordered a 50000 bond issue to retire 22600 debt and fund permanent improvements at the fair grounds. President John A Mills presided as Col Joseph Pogue and Sanford Rotter led the secretary's report noting 1912’s activity, revenues, and the need for new livestock and exhibition facilities. A rail tour surveyed grounds with plans for a $10000 livestock building, $25000 exhibition hall, $10000 grandstand, and $5000 stockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Agricultural Society
Fair Grounds
Chamber of Commerce
John A. Mills
Joseph £. Pogue
Sanford L. Rotter
Colonel Pogue
Pogue
North Carolina News Roundup From Raleigh to Greensboro
Raleigh and Gastonia named for next NC Guard meeting and a parade pageant in Washington. Newbern shows rapid growth with a new suburb planned. Asheville home fire damages property. The Webb bill to curb interstate liquor shipments passes the House. Salisbury debates city government, while Buncombe County Farmers Union seeks Asheville as next state meeting site. Greensboro votes to establish a Carolina Warehouse to aid farmers. Wilson reports a juvenile release in a killing case. Cumberland bar pushes for a recorder’s court and county reforms. Raleigh House limits borrowing for building loans with amendments. Jail delivery attempts in Fayetteville thwarted. Cape Lookout harbor funding advances in Senate commerce committee. Greensboro pushes deep water harbor at Southport. Patent grants to North Carolina residents noted. Colthan Harkins dies from burns in Asheville. Davidson’s J Lee Sloan discusses a new county split. no movement advances. Durham hosts declamation contests. one man and three black defendants bound over in federal blockading case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Gastonia
North Carolina Guard Association
Washington
Capitol
Newbern
Asheville
J. Phillipson
Hillside Street
Washington, D. C
Webb
House of Representatives
Salisbury
Court House
Commission
Theo. F. Kluttz
T. G. Farr
Buncombe County Farmers’ Union
Fayetteville
Cumberland Bar
Recorder’s Court
Cumberland County
House
Senate
Williams
Cabarrus
Young
Harnett
McGeachy
Monaghan
Senate Committee On Commerce
Simmons
Harbor of Refuge
Cape Lookout
Greensboro
E. P. Wharton
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of
R. C. Shepherd
Colthan Harkins
E. Brown
Factory Hill
Mission Hospital
Charlotte
J. Lee Sloan
Davidson
Iredell
Mecklenburg
Rowan
Lincoln
Catawba
Durham
Durham High School
Federal Court
Skinner
Rooster Pawned in Carlisle for First Time
William H. Stonesifer dealer in second hand goods in Carlisle notes a Wilkes-Barre attorney and former Dickinson student Robert Challis borrowed money on a live rooster. The affectionate bird followed Challis home, woke him with crowing, and the rooster was transferred to Stonesifer to end the obsession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
William H. Stonesifer
Robert Challis
Challis
Stonesifer
Bear hunter claims historic Old Clubfoot kill in Idaho
Idaho Falls farmer R L Scott ended a 17 year pursuit by killing the notorious bear known as Old Clubfoot after repeated encounters beginning with a trap incident that left bear tracks and a larder raid. Separate ad copy touts KARIN Kidney and Bladder Pills with endorsements from prominent locals. A quip questions suffrage among wives, noting some women deserving and others not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
R. L. Scott
Scott
Ambiguous Quote Fragments From an Old Page
The text contains scattered phrases about insults words and art with references to Dr Pierce and tiny granules. It reads like a damaged ad or column fragment with unclear context and no identifiable events or entities beyond generic names.
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AL Assembly OF North Car
Olina
Constitutional Amendment Commission
Elkin
Franklinton
Drexall
Burke County
Barnes
Davidson County
Hickory
Youngsville Township
Franklin County
Lenoir County
New Hanover County
Kellum
Miller
Senate Committee On Education
Teachers’ Assembly
County Superintendents Association
Yadkin
Davie
Hawes Ferry
Liberty
Randolph County
Duplin County
Orange County
Justice
Ashe County
Bowie
Ashe
Doughton
Anti-Saloon League
State Department
Charlotte Park and Tree Commission
Clayton Township
Johnston County
South Atlantic and Western Railroad Company
Transcontinental Railway
Jackson
Webster
Sylva
Connore
Stephenson
Gries
Connor
THE
NG. State Fair
North Carolina Agricultural
Ciety
Mr. Pogues
Port
New Enterprises
Necronsett Mills
Cumberland
J. N. Houston
Philadelphia
Alfred H. Mason
Albert Wade
Dawson Drug Company
Rocky Mount
Capital
J. H. Blount
Coggins Lumber Company
J. C. Dockery
G. W. Coggins
Rowan County
Aycock County
Randolph
Beaufort
Carteret County
Fisheries Commission
M. A.marshall
Walter Longest
Eugene Yeomans
Dick Mason
T. ©.Wade
Seth Gibbs
M. C. Holland
C. L. Abernethy
Fish Commission
News OF
North) Carolina
Rooster
Big Brain
Burwell & Dunn Co
Mfrs
N. C
Mr. Meekton
Fletcher
Woolford
Manyon
Kodak
Optical K
PARSO
King ST
Charleston
Raleigh Times
Review
Times
New York
ae Compan _ ion
McCall's Magazine
High Point
Independent Telephone Lines
Gopper Lines
North State Telephone GO
J. F. Hayden
High Point Milling CO
High Point Milling Company
Rexall
Ring Drug Co
British Woolen Mills
G. Dunbar
B. F. McClure
C. Dunbar
North Main St
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