Government freight rates for Cape Fear river project
North Carolina regulators set special railroad rates for crushed stone and gravel to Elizabethtown for Cape Fear project works at Wilmington Fayetteville. About 30 000 tons needed. Rates listed between Cranita Mount Airy and Lilesville Lillington to Elizabethtown with 80000 pound minimum. Also reports on state committee meeting plans and insurance moves for Methodist churches.
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The
Corporation Commission
Elizabethtown
United States
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Cranita
Mount Airy
Lilesville
Lillington
Walter Shelton's Sentence Commuted by Governor Craig
Walter Shelton, condemned to death for his wife’s murder in Rockingham County, receives a life imprisonment commutation from Governor Craig. The governor cites crime circumstances and affidavits showing Shelton was not in normal condition due to drugs and alcohol, arguing diminished premeditation and deliberation.
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Walter Shelton
Rockingham County
Craig
Governor Grants Two Pardons for Health and Banishment
The governor pardoned Steiner Huffine of Guilford County after one year of a three year sentence for larceny and receiving due to serious health from Judge Peebles and Solicitor Gattis and county officers. George W. Brincon of Pasquotank County, who served a few days of a 12 month term and paid a $200 fine, was pardoned after being banished with permission to leave the state and later returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steiner Huffine
Guilford County
Guilford
Peebles
Gattis
George W. Brincon
Pasquotank County
North Carolina Apples Displayed at Dallas National Corn Show
North Carolina apples are shown in Dallas Texas at the National Corn Show. The Southern Railway Company’s land and industrial department shipped a large quantity of fruit from Asheville to attract visitors. The exhibit aims to highlight North Carolina as a premier apple region.
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North Carolina
Dallas
Tex
Land and Industrial Department
the Southern Railway Company
Asheville
Texas City
Fertilizer Trade Surges at Wilmington and Mistrial Declared
Freight movement at Wilmington reaches about 300000 tons marking a 10 percent rise from last year while imports since July 1 total 135372 tons, up 20479 from the prior year. In Norfolk a federal case on a 25000 note tied to Newton-McArthur Lumber ends in mistrial as jurors are deadlocked 10 to 2.
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Wilmington
Northeast storm devastates New York and Georgia
A powerful northeast storm sweeps from southwest Georgia to the Atlantic coast, bringing heavy snow and gale winds. New York reports three deaths from snow and collapsed roofs, widespread telegraph and train disruptions, and ships held offshore. Philadelphia wires fail and train service halts between Philadelphia and New York.
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Savannah
Georgia
South Georgia
Atlantic
Central Bureau
Washington
Fort Monroe
New York
Cape Hatteras
Albany
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Reading
Shipping trust findings urge ICC control of pools
Washington report says foreign and domestic shipping are tied by agreements and conferences that would cripple trade if dissolved. The House committee urges placing shipping combinations under strict ICC oversight and potentially expanding the commission to handle added work.
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House
Washington
United States
Merchant, Marine and Fisheries Committee
Shipping Trust
Interstate Commerce Commission
Debts of 48 States Total 342 Million in 1913
Preliminary census figures show the 48 states’ total indebtedness excluding sinking funds at 342,251,000 as of June 30, 1913, up 107,342,000 from ten years earlier. Including sinking fund assets the total debt rises to 419,157,000 with about 19,000,000 floating debt and funded debt near 400,000,000.
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Washington
W. J. Harris
States of the Union
West Named Senator in Georgia After Bacon Death
Governor Slaton appointed William Stanley West of Valdosta to fill the unexpired term of late Senator A O Bacon who died in Washington on February 14 West a longtime Georgia political figure and lawyer from Lowndes County was born in Marion County on August 23 1849 educated at Mercer University and held multiple state legislative and senate terms before his 1908 national Democratic convention delegate role West commented he sought broad support from friends across south Georgia prior to the appointment.
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Atlanta
Slaton
William Stanley West
Valdosta
A. O. Bacon
Washington
West
Capitol
Senator Bacon
South Georgia
James
Mary A. West
Lowndes
Marion County
Georgia
Mercer University
Ciceronian Literary Society
State Senate
Denver
Col
Snow Covers the South as Blizzard Hits Atlanta
A severe snowstorm sweeps the South with Atlanta among the last cities touched. Snow extends from Richmond to New Orleans, reaching Charleston and Savannah first, then mountain towns, with only small parts of Florida spared.
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Atlanta
Charleston
Savannah
Richmond
New Orleans
Florida
Becker May Be Freed After Becker Case Reversal
The New York Court of Appeals annulled the murder conviction of ex police lieutenant Charles Becker in the Rosenthal case and granted a new trial. District Attorney Whitman doubts retry is possible under the new ruling. Becker said in Sing Sing he notes a long lane with turning. The gunmen Whitey Lewis Lefty Louie Gyp the Blood and Dago Frank face likely execution in March pending clemency.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Courts of Appeals
Albany
Charles S. Whitman
Whitey” Lewis
Lefty Louie
Gyp the
Dago Frank
Rosenthal
Becker
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
Women Vote In Snowy Chicago Primary Rush
Chicago women braved a snowstorm to participate in city council primaries marking their first real ballot box experience. Many campaigns sought women voters while suffrage leaders urged nonpartisan support. turnout lagged as dress codes prompted removal of headwear in court.
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Chicago
Jim Conley Begins One Year Chain Gang Sentence
Jim Conley starts a one year sentence on the chain gang after a jury verdict in his accessory after the fact role in Mary Phagan’s murder by Leo Frank. He reportedly smiled when told he “had got off light” as the second day of trial developments continued without sensational developments.
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Jim Conley
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
Leo Frank
Conley
Texas Ranger seeks cross border suspects in Vergara killing
Governor Colquitt declines invasion but asks Secretary Bryan to confirm authorities to pursue Clemente Vergara murder suspects. Ranger Captain Sanders reports Mexican soldiers crossed at Rio Grande, seized Vergara's horses, lured him across, and killed him after a skiff crossing. Vergara, Webb County native, had a pass signed by Webb County Sheriff and Galan.
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Austin
Texas
J. Sanders
O. B. Co
Quitt
Clemente Vergara
Hedalgo
Pidras Negras
Mexico
Qo. Quitt
Bryan
Vergara
Sanders
Apolonio Rodrigue
Rio Grande
United States
Hidalgo
Piedras Negras
Webb County
Sherif Sanchez
Galan
Colquitt
Nuevo
Clemente Vergatti
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Charles A. Webb
Democratic Executive Committee of
Senate
Mr. Webb
Methodist Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Statesville
State Department of Insurance
North Carolina Methodist Conference
Methodist
Reformer Publishing Company
Durham
Capital
W. S. Young
W. T. Wodard
G. W. Adams
Rural Hall Supply Company
Rural Hall
Forsyth County
N.S. Jones
Agenral Agricultural
Pope Brick &Trading Co
Coats
Harnett County
P. FE. Pope
C. D. Overby
Bethlehem Telephone Company
Walkertown
R. L. Joyner
F. M. Jordan
State Supreme Court News
Supreme Court
Roper Lumber Company
Richmond Cedar Works
Camden
Gates County
Brown
Leroy
Steamboat Company
Currituck
Carter
Strickland
Nash
Bullock
Cottonseed Oil Company
Edgecombe
State
Lee
Bertie
Fenner
Halifax
Gupton
Vance
Johnson
Draining Manufacturing Company
Rooker
Rodwell
Warren
Whitehead
Pittman
Vance County
John D. Gupton
Charles Snyder
Snyder
U. S
POOLS
Uncle Sam
George
Decision
Goff
Maud McLure Kelly
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Kelly
Bryyay
Senate Comptee On Agriculture and Forestry
Smith
South Carolina
Secretary of Agriculture
Gulf
Everglades Lom
Kansas City
R. H. Mart
Joseph Borders
Kansas
van Valken
Martin Adders
Lands Co
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