Third Conference on Freight Rates Progress Report
The North Carolina Corporation Commission reports some progress toward settling interstate freight rates with railroads and will hold a third conference with freight traffic managers on June 24. Representatives from all lines attended, with hopes for a final agreement and continued negotiations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Corporation Commission
North Carolina Lines
Travis
Lee
Maxwell
Old Point Comfort
Washington
State Nurses Elect Officers and Examinations Result
The North Carolina State Nurses Association elected officers for the coming year with Cleone Hobbs of Greensboro as president and Rose Ratterham of Asheville as second vice president. The board of directors includes Miss Reese of Asheville and Miss Lowry of Wilmington. The state board announced many nurses passing examinations. Maneuver grounds bill advances in Congress for militia mobilization in several states. R F D Carriers Association of Stanly and Rowan counties met in Albemarle. Davie County approves $175000 road bonds in an earnest campaign led by local leaders.
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Asheville
North Carolina State Nurses’ Association
Cleone Hobbs
Greensboro
Mary Wyche
Durham
Rose Ratterham
Constance Probs
Winston-Salem
May Williams
Davidson
Reese
Lowry
Wilmington
State Board of Examiners
Misses May Williams
Macie Stanford
Lillian Coxe
Anna Lewis
Essie Kelley
Lillian Toomer
Ulah Coxe
Lillian Williams
Grace Barringer
Catherine Dunham
Margaret Nichols
Margaret Bryson
Lillie Mackey
Annie Whisnant
Stella Evans
Anna Mc
Elizabeth Eyre
Flora Newton
Ruth Larron
Gertrude Campbell
Anita Walton
Lyndney Cassady
Pearl Goodpasture
Ida Wilson
Annie Thompson
Elizabeth McIntosh
North Carolina
Overman
Senate
Secretary of War
Tullahoma
Tennessee
South Carolina
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabam
Georgia
Florida
House
Burns
Lea
Wh. F. D. Carriers Association
R. F. D. Carriers’ Association
Stanly
Rowan Counties
Albemarle
M. L. James
Collum
Collum School of Music
C. J. Black
Big Lick
A. C. Honeycutt
James T. Avette
Norwood
Davie County
Grant
Jacob Stewart
J. H. Clement
Col. W. K. Clement
Byerly
County Good Roads Association
Road Work Preparations Underway in Rutherford County
Preparation for road work in Rutherford County has been made by the purchase of a traction engine three road machines and a power plow. Superintendent Valentine is arranging for an early start.
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Rutherford
Valentine
Advertise For Bids On New Hanover Road Bonds
The Board of County Commissioners authorized Chairman Willard to advertise for bids on 25 000 of the 100 000 road bonds voted in the election. Bonds run 25 years at 4 12 percent interest and cannot be sold below par. Proceeds cover the Northeast River bridge at Castle Haynes and ongoing permanent road work with the remainder held for sale later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hanover
Board of County Commissioners
Willard
Castle Haynes
New Officers Elected as North Carolina Dental Society Meets
The State Dental Society elected new officers for the coming term. Charles F. Simithson of Rocky Mount was named president, with R. O. Apple of Winston-Salem as first vice president and J. D. Carlton of Salisbury as second vice president. Hendersonville chosen for next year’s meeting, with Asheville as backup. Papers on children’s dental care and life of Dr. Snell were read, and minutes from 1875 to 1897 will be published.
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Board of
Dental Examiners
Hendersonville
Asheville
J. C. Watkins
Winston-Salem
C. A. Bland
Charlotte
A. S. Camorlce
H. Snell
D. L. James
A. H. Fleming
Louisburg
R. E. Ware
Shelby
J. R. Edmundson
Wilson
R .H. Jones
J. H Wheeler
Greensboro
J. H. White
Elizabeth City
J. G. Dennis
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association Meet in New Bern
The North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association will meet in New Bern on June 11 12 and 13 with a busy program of entertainment to ease business routines. Local secretary C D Braham leads New Bern druggists in showing eastern hospitality to visiting peers.
Governor Grants 60 Days Reprieve for Wells
Governor Craig grants Lon Wells a 60 day reprieve from a theft sentence after doubts about his guilt emerge. Wells’ supporters claim Wells’ wife stole the clothing and vanished, while an appeal to the Supreme Court was dismissed for record defects.
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Raleigh
Craig
Lon Wells
Wells
Supreme Court
North Carolina News Roundup Includes Murders and Rail Plans
A compilation from Statesville to Shelby notes J W Nicholson death in Chattanooga, crop worries from L D McKinnon, and a Salisbury fire destroying three houses with losses over 1500. Washington reports nine NC postmasters confirmed. Waynesville hosts interurban rail stock purchases. A Canton nominee cleared in post office case. Pisgah Forest timber inspection by Vanderbilt officials draws attention. Laurinburg features giant cabbages sold locally. Winston-Salem reports federal court activity with over 100 cash cases and penitentiaries. Lexington records a self-inflicted death by Mrs Hinkle. Central Highway progress in Haywood and Buncombe counties. Douglas Academy shooting during graduation week leaves one dead and several injured.
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Statesville
J. W.nicholson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Laurinburg
L. D. McKinnon
Asheville
Merida Williams
Zimmerman
Salisbury
Yadkin River
Infanta
Washington
Senate
North Carolina
J. H. Weddington
Charlotte
Nettie G. Rowland
West Raleigh
George L. Whitfield
Franklinton
W. E. Gray
Henderson
Ira T. Hunt
Kittrell
J. E. Ligon
Lillington
Elijah B. Perry, Jr
Littleton
M. M. Faison
Roanoke Rapids
R. S. Galloway
Winston-Salem
Waynesville
Canton
Clyde
Hazlewood
Dellwood
Alden Howell
Bank of
John P. Swift
Eufola
D. J. Kerr
Post Office Department
Gudger
Kerr
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Lane
Department of the Interior
Garrison
Department of War
Lee
Georgia
Graves
Smith
Forester Hall
National Forest
Mark Morgan
Laurel Hill
McLaurin & Shaw
Holton
Wilkesboro
Federal Court
Lexington
Laura Hinkle
Haywood County
Buncombe County
Haywood
Shelby
Douglas Academy
Lawndale
Fleck Williamson
Democratic caucus tightens control on bills and committees
House Democrats restrict the extra session program to tariff currency and emergency appropriations elections cases. A new Committee on Good Roads is created with Shackelford of Missouri as chair and Dickinson to the Ways and Means Committee. Debate over Labor chairmanship arises amid complaints of favoritism. Japan accepts in principle Bryan plan for universal peace. Meats and flour remain on the tariff list with nominal duties to align with the Underwood bill.
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Washington
House
Underwood
Ways and Means
Representative Shackleford
Missouri
Committee On Good Roads
Representative Dickinson
Boehr
Tribble
Georgia
Maher
New York
Hensley
Representative Lewis
Maryland
Committee On Labor
Lewis
Representative Tribble
Organized Labor
House Committee On Labor
Banking and Currency Committee
Farmers
Japan
Bryan Washington
Senate Finance Subcommittee
Williams, Shively
Gore
Harriman Merger Plans Received for Evaluation
Washington Attorney General Mc Reynolds received from Union Pacific copies of dissolution plans for the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger. He will begin analysis to determine the government's attitude.
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Harriman
Washingon
Atorney
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Study of Balkan Campaign By Army War College Experts
Washington military experts at the Army War College completed a study of the Balkan campaign. They scanned hundreds of reports to extract lessons from the aggression by the Allies and the Turkish defense. They found fighting qualities of both sides evenly matched, but Turkey fought a losing battle from the start due to unpreparedness.
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Washington
Army War College
Turkey
Insidious Lobby Denial Heard From First Senate Witness
The first senator to testify in the senate tariff bill investigation said he knew of no improper influences, no money used, and none of them had tried to improperly influence other senators. He admitted talking with manufacturers and hearing arguments, but considered such talks legitimate and did not regard the men he spoke with as lobbyists.
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Washington
Senate
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Lacy
B. R. Lacy
Legislative Commission
E. J. Justice
T. M. Owen
Norfolk
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Halifax
W. A. Withers
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
G. S. Smith
Seaboard
North Charlotte
St. Peter's Hospital
W B. Stevens
Stewart & McRae
Knights of Pythias
Caldwell Lodge
Express Company
Southern Express Company
Del
J. H. Kilpatrick
John Kitchen
R. Johnson
John Moseley
Charles
F. Smithson
Rocky MT
Bank of Denver
Lincoln County
Capital
John S. McKnight
Wilkes County
Wilkes
Hickory
Burke County
Kanipe and
Jolly
H. W. Jones
Charles Deaton
Long Leaf
Bips
Representative Shack
Leford
Matton's
High Point
Matton Drugs CO
Independent Telephone Lines
Concord
Saliisbury
Spencer
China Grove
Albemarne
Winaston-Balem
Asheboro
Rancieman
Thomasville
Kernersville
Noath
Hayden
HIQ@H POINT MILLING CO
High Point Milling Company
Rexall
Ring Drug Co
British Woolen Mills
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