Legislation Delays Prompt Debate On State Financing
Raleigh officials report major appropriations and revenue bills stalled in the House-Senate joint committee, delaying adjournment past March. The forecast shows an $83,164,593 two year appropriation plan with school cuts and higher general fund and highway totals, amid tax and bank holiday debates. A constitutional convention may address changes and the 18th Amendment.
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Raleigh
N. C
Joint Committee of
House
Senate
General Assembly
Budget Bureau
The
Grange
the Merchants and the Economy League
Commissioner of Banks
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Gurney P. Hood
A. D. MacLean
Recorder Court Opens Busy, Clears Docket Fast
Judge G M Suddreth presided at the first recorder system session with Solicitor Charles T Zimmerman. Verdicts included Roby South possession ten dollars cost six months suspended, John Snyder possession and carrying weapons ten dollars each, two months suspended, A L Dotson possession dismissed, Burton Church possession not guilty, Everett Story possession six months suspended with costs, Walter Bumgarner possession sixty days on road, Roger Ashley possession four months suspended on costs, Tra Cornell and Arnold Ford larceny ten dollars each with costs, William Farr and Lee Thompson larceny, action withheld awaiting information from West Virginia where they are said to be wanted.
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G. M. Suddreth
Recorder’s Court
Charles T. Zimmerman
Roby South
John Snyder
A. L. Dotson
Burton Church
Everett Story
Walter Bumgarner
Roger Ashley
Tra Cornell
Arnold Ford
William Farr
Lee Thompson
West Virginia
Get Acquainted Meetings Preview Education’s Future
Appalachian State College honors first get acquainted session with juniors and seniors and faculty. President Dougherty and Dean Rankin address education conditions, stressing teachers colleges must prove value or cease to exist. They urge graduates to develop character culture and scholarship plus skill as essential for degrees.
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Appalachian State College
Dougherty
J. D. Rankin
Lovell Auditorium
Dr. Dougherty
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Dean Rankin
Dr. Rankin
Two Escape From Watauga Bastile
Clyde Combs and Parker, held on charges of immoral conduct and larceny, escaped from the Watauga jail by sawing a bar from a window Friday night. Outside aid was suspected, with steel softened by heat from a blow torch and a hack saw finishing the job. No clues exist on their whereabouts.
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Watauga
Clyde Combs
Parker
Bastile
Sheriff's Office
Death of Higgins Under Investigation by Two Counties
James H. Higgins of Lenoir died in a hospital after six weeks of treatment for cerebral injuries from a fall at an Boone apartment house where relatives live. Caldwell and Watauga sheriffs probe the incident with no arrest. witnesses differ on whether a fall or a blow caused the skull fracture. Further grand jury action possible. no Boone citizen implicated.
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James H. Higgins
Lenoir
Boone
Tolbert
Caldwell and
Howell
Watauga
Higgins
Caldwell
Rev and Mrs Brendall Host Boone Methodist Board Stewards
The Rev and Mrs J H Brendall hosted a four course turkey dinner for Boone Methodist church board stewards in the Caro Jean Inn dining room Thursday night. Attending were Dr J D Rankin E C Hahn Fred McDade Tracy Councill Luther Clay Austin South R L Bingham James Counfess Brantley Duncan Paul Coffey Dr J M Gaither and the Brendalls.
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J. H. Brendall
The
Boone Methodist Chan
Caro-Jean Inn
J. D. Rankin
E. C. Hahn
Fred McDade
Tracy Councill
Luther Clay
Austin South
R. L. Bingham
James Counfess Brantley Duncan
Paul Coffey
J. M. Gaither
Brendall
Lees-McRae Debaters Defeat Wingate and Rutherford
Lees-McRae College debaters defeated Wingate and Rutherford College teams in Banner Elk with unanimous judge votes. The issue was canceling inter allied war debts, Lees-McRae arguing the negative. Melvin Sumpter and John Forbes faced Rutherford, Fate Beal and Alex Arledge faced Wingate.
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Rutherford and
Wingate
Catawba County Sweet Potato Growers Set Low Prices
Catawba County sweet potato growers sell crops at 40 to 50 cents a bushel at the curing house doors. Growers say the price is low but in line with other farm prices.
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Catawba County
Government Ready to Make Loans to Farmers
Applications for seed and fertilizer loans are ready from the Secretary of Agriculture. Maximum loan is 300 dollars, minimum 25. Borrowers pay recording fees but county total is reduced to 1 dollar thanks to local officials. Applications processed in the office of S C Eggers with prompt service.
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D. M. Hale
Register of Deeds
S. C. Eggers
Secretary of Agriculture
Miss Helen Underdown
A. E. South
Ens County
Hale
Doughton to Get Important Place
The election of Henry T. Rainey as Speaker is expected to elevate Congressman Robert L. Doughton to the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee. The panel handles key tax and tariff legislation, boosting North Carolina influence in the Roosevelt era. The Ways and Means chair was previously held by Claude Kitchen, with a meeting set for Thursday and a prompt election outcome anticipated.
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Henry T. Rainey
National House of Representatives
Garner
North Carolina
Robert L. Doughton
Ways and Means
Claude Kitchen
Doughton
North Carolina grower profits from market garden
J B Taylor of Newland Avery County reports a two acre market garden yielded 400 dollars in sales to tourists and hotels plus 15 dollars in gifts and 400 quarts canned for winter. Seed and fertilizer cost 20.80 dollars leaving a solid labor income with crops including peas lettuce onions beets carrots spinach and more. He also sold potatoes berries and strawberries from a small extra acreage.
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North Carolina
J. B. Taylor
Newland
Avery County
H. R. Niswonger
State College
Taylor
Niswonger
Chicago Mayor dies after assassination attempt
Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak dies in Miami after a bullet meant for President Roosevelt struck him. He suffered 19 days from the wound and its complications. Giuseppe Zangara, the assassin, faces trial for his life on Thursday.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Giuseppe Zangara
Banner Elk Trades for Cashless Debt Settlement
Lees McRae College announces a weekly trade day starting March 11 to ease the current financial crisis. Debtors from the college and Edgar Tufts Memorial Association are invited to barter goods or work off debts at the college exchange with commodities including corn, wheat, livestock, eggs, canned goods, and household items.
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Grandfather Orphans Home
Grace Hospital
Association
Mr. Tufts
Carl Silver
Association Farms
Lees-McRae College
Tufts
Plans Under Way for Beautifying Highways
highway officials plan Arbor Day planting of trees along Boone roadways. Resident Engineer James Councill seeks civic clubs and citizens to cooperate and contact him. highway crews will assist on March 17.
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Boone
James Councill
Councill
Reed mine yields 21 ounce gold piece in Cabarrus
In Concord, a 21 ounce gold nugget valued around 350 dollars was found at the Reed mine by Mr. Honeycutt who lives on the mine grounds. The discovery sparked a local gold fever as residents hunted the site with shovel and pick. The text recalls the first North Carolina gold discovery in 1799 by Conrad Reed, then 12, son of owner John Reed, at Meadow Creek on the property.
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Concord
Reed Mine
Honeycutt
North Carolina
Conrad Reed
John Reed
Meadow Creek
Bank holiday modified as banks reopen in North Carolina
Following Roosevelt's proclamation banks nationwide closed until further notice. The move supports a new banking program to be sent to Congress while small deposits and old accounts are protected. In NC the holiday was modified to resume essential services and salaries for those banks not operating under prior restrictions. Boone merchants report calm, normal business and strong retail activity despite the shutdown.
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Roosevelt
Congress
North Carolina
Boone
Enrollment at Appalachian State Teachers College Tops Previous High
Enrollment at Appalachian State Teachers College reached 1,082 students at the start of the spring quarter, the highest in its history. President Dr. B B Dougherty, a leading state finance figure, notes the college operates with a fraction of the per capita state funding of other institutions. Last year 41 of 58 graduates secured teaching positions locally or elsewhere.
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Appalachian State Teachers College
B. B. Dougherty
Pellagra Deaths in North Carolina Decline in 1932
The state health bulletin reports North Carolina pellagra deaths fell to 465 in 1932 from 696 in 1931 and 1015 in 1930, with Wayne County leading at 59 deaths. Burke and Guilford followed, while Watauga shows four-year totals of 0 0 1 and 2.
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North Car
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
March Health
Wayne County
Mecklenburg
Burke
Guilford
Forsyth
Wake
Durham
Buncombe
Gaston
Henderson
Watauga County
Weather Summary for Week Ending March 4 1933
The Weather Bureau report from State Teachers College shows an average max of 44, min 24 and mean 34 degrees with a 20 degree daily range. The greatest daily range was 41 on Feb 28, highest 64 on Feb 27, lowest 17 on Feb 28, no days with measurable precipitation, five clear days, two cloudy days, high winds on Feb 26 Mar 1 and Mar 2.
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Weather Bureau
Co-operative Station
State Teachers College
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