ISSUED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THE USE OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION 1917 COMPILED AND EDITED BY R. D. W. CONNOR SECRETARY NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION RALEIGH EDWARDS & BROUGHTON PRINTING COMPANY STATE PRINTERS 1917 PREFACE. This volume is issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission in order to furnish to the members of the General Assembly of 1917, in convenient form, information about the State which otherwise would require much investigation in many different sources. It is also hoped that it may prove of value and service to others who desire to have in succinct form such data about North Carolina. Similar Manuals, issued in 1903, 1905, and 1907 by the Secretary of State, and in 1909, 1911, 1913, and 1915 by the North Carolina Historical Commission, have proven of very general utility and interest. Requests for copies have come not only from all over North Carolina, but from most of the States of the Union, and the demand for them has been so great that all of these editions except those for 1909 and 1913 have long been exhausted, and it is now extremely difficult to secure a copy. The Historical Commission trusts that the members of the General Assembly of 1917 will find this volume of service to them in their work. |