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17027
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Marion, county seat of McDowell County, is featured in The State's series on North Carolina cities.
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17101
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Brigadier General William Bryden is the new commanding general at Fort Bragg, the nation's largest field artillery post.
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17540
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The author explains the statistical breakdown of state and local taxes between 1900 and 1938, noting increases and decreases by decade and the burden on city, county, and state.
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17546
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This issue is dedicated to the states' history from the Colonial Period to the 1930s. Specifically, the author examines the growth and division of the state into counties and includes a brief history, statistical data, and a list of public officials for each county in 1937.
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17008
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North Wilkesboro, founded in 1890 and located in Wilkes County, is featured in The State's series on North Carolina cities. Among the topics are farming and the Champion Poultry Farm, the school system, industry, and a very progressive Kiwanis Club.
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17096
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Not many people would start a company in the midst of the Great Depression, but H. D. Horton of Charlotte did. In 1930 he organized a trucking company--Horton Motor Lines. Today, the company has over 350 trucks on the road, operates over 600,000 miles a month, and serves through its sixteen terminals 35,000 customers in ten states on the Eastern seaboard.
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17136
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Government organizations are inextricably linked with the judicial system and law enforcement. Expanding government roles after the revolution created an interconnected group of systems on the local, county, and state-wide level that affects the law and how it is carried out. Such changes were born out of necessity to manage the State''s increasing population.
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17135
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Outlined are the members of the judicial organization from the judges themselves to the police enforcing approved punishments. The study attempts to retrace the history of the State''s judicial system to improve current practices and understand the shift in public perception of the court system. Primary data is included regarding types of crime and the appropriate repercussion.
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17134
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Punishments administered, and those administering punishment, for a number of crimes during the State's colonial history changed greatly by the early 20th-century. A general trend emerges from corporal punishment, locking prisoners in stocks and beating/maiming them depending on the crime, to more civil sentences, varying lengths of imprisonment. Another shift occurs in the governing body doling out punishment from the crown in England to a judicial system within the state.
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17107
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Pasquotank County and Elizabeth City, its county seat, are featured in The State's series on North Carolina cities and counties. Among the topics are agriculture, industry, commerce, and schools.
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16988
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The Kieckhefer Container Company is constructing a large pulp mill in Plymouth in Washington County. The project employs six hundred men to build the mill, recreational center, and new homes. When operational in October, the mill will use 450 cords of wood daily, employ a workforce of almost 400 at the mill, and about 1,500 men in the forests to cut the timber and haul it to the mill.
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17137
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Government expansion has been great in the State''s history from not just merely carrying out the law but to building roads and ensuring the population''s health. With growth comes greater responsibility for elected officials and an expanding base of offices to fill. In light of these problems, the author suggests a reorganization of government administration.
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17157
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Governor J. Melville Broughton provides a program of action for the home front as offices and seamen launch on the U.S.S NORTH CAROLINA. North Carolinians along with the Institute of Government and other North Carolina institutions will work together to focus on public water supplies, wartime and emergency duties of police, and public purchasing and financing, while a large portion of North Carolinians are away at war.
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17439
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Four new amendments are on the agenda for North Carolina voters come November 1948--legislator's pay, debt limitation, property tax limitations, and majority votes in special elections.
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16845
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State archaeologists excavated pipe bowls from a Pamlico River site near Beaufort in the autumn of 1985. These bowls contained a residue that was tested by Dr. Alan Rodgman, director of Research and Development Section of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Using specialized equipment, Dr. Rodgman dated the tobacco residue to about 800 A.D.
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