North Carolina Primary Draws Broad Political Interest
North Carolina braces for its first statewide Republican ticket primary with about half a million voters at stake on June 7. The U S Senate race dominates attention as Estep challenges Simmons Bailey for the party's support amid wet and dry debates. GOP entrants include Dorsett Tucker Butler Pritchard with a crowded field behind the banner race.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
United States
Thomas Letcher Estep
Sinitora
Estep
Furnifold McLendel Simmons
Senate
Josiah William Bailey
Simmons
Mr. Bailey
Alfred E. Smith
Bailey
H. Grady Dorsett
Wake Forest
Irving Tucker
George Butler
Clinton
George M. Pritchard
Asheville
875000 Public School Students On Vacation
The piece notes that 875 000 public school students will end the year with graduation exercises in about 6 000 schools. Governors and officials addressed the students as they prepared for summer, with many moving to field work or summer jobs while others anticipate more schooling.
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Taleigh
Only One Joker in Platform of Robeson County Hopeful
In Robeson County North Carolina Bing Wishart runs for Sheriff with a temperate platform. He pledges no arrests in bad weather or raids on whisky stills without 48 hours notice. He proposes disposing of captured whisky to deputies and the county home for the aged and infirm.
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Robeson County
North
Caroolina
Bing Wishart
Plan Feed Supply for Dairy Cows With Summer Legumes
Dairymen should secure cheap home grown feed by planting summer legumes like soybeans for hay. Varieties such as Laredo Herman and others fit regional climates. If drought continues, plant Sudan grass for green forage. For ten cows or more, plant a good acre of corn for silage to feed through winter.
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John Arey
State College
Laredo
Coastal Plain
Sudan
Arey
Growing Chicks Need Green Feed Daily
Extension poultryman C F Parrish urges daily green feed for growing chicks. He notes alfalfa or other greens, plus 1 1/2 pounds per 100 chicks eight to ten weeks old, increasing with age. Clean quarters and water support growth. North Carolina poultry business expanding with blood-testing plans.
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C. F. Parrish
Extension
State College
Mr. Parrish
Parrish
Pledge Critique on Sheriff Salary Platform
The platform outlines salary positions for the sheriff, with claims it reveals voters’ exact stance. It notes candor among politicians in the field but dismisses one joker for promising to turn over the remainder to the aged and infirm at the county home as hokum.
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Bing
Hokum
Ex Sheriff Jim Deaton Dies on His Birthday
Ex Sheriff J M Deaton of Iredell County longtime Wataugans dies on May 21 at Longs Sanatorium Statesville after a brief illness and recent surgery. Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church with Dr Raynal. interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by widow nine children two sisters and three brothers.
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J. M. Deaton
Iredell County
Long’s
Statesville
First Presbyterian
Deaton
Raynal
Chav
Oakwood Cemetery
The Blue and the Gray by Francis Miles Finch
A poem reflecting on Civil War dead and shared sorrow, contrasting the blue and gray soldiers. Images of graves, flowers, and the Judgment Day convey mourning, unity, and peace beyond battle. The verse traverses sorrow, equality in death, and timeless mercy.
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the Blue and
the Gray
Francis Miles Finch
Thieves Target Goldfish in Fountain Pool Heist
In Burlington, between 2 and 3 am Friday, three men and an automobile attempted to steal goldfish from a fountain in a city street. Mrs. R H Andrews awoke, saw two men in the pool and one handling a hand seine while another held a bucket, as the thieves fled in a car driven away.
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Burlington
Fountain Place
R.H. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
North Carolina’s Independence Dates Highlighted
State flag notes two key dates May 20 1775 and April 12 1776. Mecklenburg delegates declared independence in 1775. Halifax convention in 1776 urged NC to join other colonies in separating from England. Mecklenburg led by example in breaking ties to Britain.
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North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Halifax
Continental Congress
England
America
North
Carolina
The Flying Enemy Exposes the Fly’s Spread and Danger
This feature explains how flies breed in filth and spread disease. It notes high germ counts found by researchers, rapid generations every ten days, and the link between flies and typhoid fever cholera and other illnesses. It stresses the need for sanitation.
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Faton
Mason
Unemployed Man Listed as Dead in Census Form
A Lee County resident was recorded as unemployed on a census sheet with the reason marked dead. Supervisor T. C. Council noted the man died suddenly after part of the form was completed, the enumerator finishing the blank.
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Raleigh
T. C. Council
Greenwood Township
Lee County
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