...Harry J. Leon Copyright © 1927 by Duke University Press 1927 ONE HUNDRED PER CENT ROMANISM HARRY J. LEON University of Texas IF THERE is any value in Roman tradition, the imperial city began as a village, the original settlers of which were shepherds and the dregs of the neighboring towns...

...Chris Bongie 2001 by Duke University Press 2001 Chris Bongie A Street Named Bissette: Nostalgia, Memory, and the Cent-Cinquantenaire of the Abolition of Slavery...

... upon the conservation of its traditional The Distinctiveness of Southern Culture 121 culture. The Census of 1930 shows by divisions of states the fol­ lowing percentages of white population of native parentage: East South Central (Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi), 96.5 per cent; West...

... and women enrolled and their representation in various faculties were questioned. The summaries of questions asked and answers received are in percentages. Responding to the statement, The German people is responsible for the war and should bear the punishment for the crimes committed by it, 4.5 per cent...

... of poorer countries relative to that of the United States. The lower die income, typically, the greater the degree of under­ statement; a more accurate picture might be obtained by increasing the foregoing figures by some 50 to 100 per cent. But even such large adjustments leave it obvious...

.... In 1906 Ohio led off by reducing the maximum passenger rate on all her railroads from three to two cents a mile. The new rate has been in force some­ what more than nine months. Virginia, in the same year, passed an act which empowered and required the State Corporation Commission to fix and prescribe...

... information cover a very wide range. In the counties of the northeastern section of the state 2 120 The South Atlantic Quarterly the range of the time purchases is from 95 to 20 per cent of the total purchases made by the landowning and landless farmers. A fair average may be, I think, approximately 60 per...

.... They are not all reprints. Among some notable recent titles are: Mario Pei and Fedor I. Nikanov, Getting Along in Russian a phrase book for travelers, 35 cents; Bernard Myers, 50 Great Artists, with many plates, some in color, 95 cents surely one of the cheaper con­ tributions to mass culture; and a text: Spanish...

... to levy a school tax of thirty cents per one hundred dollars of property. If the proceeds from this tax were not sufficient to maintain the schools according to state standards, the re­ mainder would come from the equalizing fund'. The second most expensive function of the counties was the maintenance...

... people were living on nearly seven million farms in 1935. About half lived in the South, 40 per cent in the North, and less than IO per cent in eleven states of the Far West. One out of five gainfully occupied persons in the United States is employed in agriculture. In ten states those engaged in farming...

... of about 610 per cent and 30 per cent respectively in the consumption of cigarettes and of snuff. At the same time there were de­ creases of about IS per cent and 18 per cent respectively in the consumption of smoking and chewing tobacco and of cigars. In the case of cigars, most of the decrease...

... company, was also a holding company since it owned 100 per cent of the voting stock of the North State Beach Development Company. But the Tide Water Power Com­ pany was controlled, along with a number of other important companies, by Seaboard Public Service Company, which owned 99 per cent of its voting...

... are: The Mentor-UNESCO Art Books at 95 cents each, including Ab­ original Paintings from Australia, Introduction by Charles P. Mountford; Buddhist Paintings from Shrines and Temples in Ceylon, Introduction by D. B. Dhanapala; Czechoslovakian Miniatures from Romanesque and Gothic Manuscripts, Introduction by Jan...

... at substantially the values sworn to by the owners of the prop­ erty; 20% were substantially increased, and 5% were de­ creased. These figures show that at least eighty per cent of the tax payers conscientiously tried to answer the questions fairly and honestly, without reservations or concealment. The following...

.... In the early history of our country the tariff was not a national issue. It was not a sectional issue; it was purely a local question. The debates on the first tariff bill in 1789 exhibited an interesting variety of local in­ terests. For example, representatives from Virginia desired a three cent duty per...

... the fact that Federal expenditures now absorb 48 per cent of the gross national product in contrast with less than one third in 1917-18. The universal scarcity that comes in the wake of war did not develop at once in the United States. Monthly war expenditures rose from a peacetime level of one-half...

... by a large majority three constitutional amendments proposed as a part of the revaluation reform. These amend­ ments, all to Article V of the Constitution, prescribed $1 and $2 respectively as the maximums for county and state poll taxes, limited the combined state and county tax on property to 15 cents per...

... in this country, the Bantam Books pre­ sent standard, or modem classical, works at an extremely modest price. They are not all reprints. Among some notable recent titles are: Mario Pei and Fedor I. Nikanov, Getting Along in Russian a phrase book for travelers, 35 cents; Bernard Myers, 50 Great Artists...

... that subscribed 100 per cent, of Tiie Negro and War Savings in North Carolina 37 their War Savings allotment and the counties that have the greatest percentage of Negro population shows that the Negro is not responsible for the state having failed to raise its entire War Savings allotment. To December 1, North...

... on Iowa prices: Com, 34 bushels @ 58 cents per bu19.72 per acre That same year North Carolina farmers had yields and returns on cotton and tobacco, their two leading crops, based on North Carolina prices as follows: Cotton, 225 pounds @ 9.6 cents per pound $21.60 Tobacco, 765 pounds @ 12 cents 91.80...