Record #:

11514

Author(s):

Sadler, W. J.

Abstract:

In this continuing series of articles on the various departments of North Carolina state government, Sadler discusses the State Industrial Commission. The 1929 General Assembly enacted the law which created the commission, which \"aims for full cooperation and better understanding of mutual interests between employer and employee.\" Matt H. Allen of Kinston is the Commissioner.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 42, Mar 1934, p11, 26, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina State Industrial Commission

Record #:

11515

Author(s):

Grimes, Alice Dugger

Abstract:

Duels were fought between some well-known North Carolinians in the 19th-century, and some were fatal. One of the earliest took place in 1802 in Craven County between John Stanly and Richard Dobbs Spaight, a former Governor and member of the Continental Congress.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 42, Mar 1934, p25

Subject(s):

Dueling

Record #:

11543

Author(s):

Lucas, Wade H.

Abstract:

In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Giles William Cover, Jr., from Cherokee County, who was elected to the House of Representatives at the age of twenty-three.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 42, Mar 1934, p21, por

Subject(s):

Legislators--Cherokee County; Cover, Giles William, Jr., 1909-1943