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Wilmington Post

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Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1879

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Nomination fights and Senate plans in North Carolina

The record outlines the North Carolina legislature discussions January 1879 with Judge Ralph P. Buxton as Republican Senate candidate. It covers Merriman’s withdrawal letter and a long Senate House agenda including debt plans, tax proposals, pay scales for General Assembly officers, landlord and tenant changes, and investigations into Swepson and Littlefield.

Buxton Ralph P. Buxton United States Ralph North Carolina Perquimons Bryan Pender W. P. Oldham Ky “Ie. Beyan Mr. Bryan General Assembly Uort New Hanover County Atkinson Messrs Jones Vaughan Bryson Harrison House Senate Graham Tincoln Board of Charitable and Pen Treasury Supreme Court Superior Court Capitol Board of County Commissioners Blocker Brown Yadkin Turner Committee of Three Swepson Messrs Cooke Carter Buncombe Lockhart Covington Foard Norment Etheridge Bernard Clarke Dann Richardson Columbus Deans Reynolds Warren Lowrie Ewing Fenal Institutions English Mebane Harrell Reid McDowell Wheeler Laetherwood Ritchie Carroll Robeson Bonner Dixon Hobbs Henderson Aldrey Colwell Davis Catawba Lewis Grant Burroughs Woodhouse Cobb Coyington Wake Bizzell Gore Osborn Grant, Melson Hines Lamb Ferrell Bird Cale Carster Goldstein Coffield Haywood, Brown Mecklenburg Rawley, Richardson Chadwick, Meares Lutterloh Miller, Bateman and Wynne Swepson-Littlefield R. Vaughan Mr. Vaughan Bynant Mailis Morganton W.P. Oldham Judiciary Committee

City Items Reflect Growing Activity and Notable Local News

Street cars will run to the cemetery each afternoon as city lots draw stronger demand and higher prices. The Africa-American Presbyterian debuts from Rev. D. J. Saunders, with excellent typography. Elections, town districts, ship news, and local incidents including a race for legislative certificates, a sunken barque near Kitty Hawk, and notable deaths are reported along with school funding and cemetery officers.

D. J Saunders Cape Fear Fayettville Geo. Davis Benner Hiden Greenville Kitty Hawk Hamburg C. FP. Dickson First Presbyterian Church Tuscaloosa Ala Oakdale Donald McRae James H. Chadbourn Edward Kidder Wm. J. Yopp Geo. BR. French A. J DeRosset Norwood Giles Sap Centru James W. Lippitt Savannah Pulaski House Evergi Y

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