Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1916 — GIRL ACTS AS GOVERNOR [ARTICLE]

GIRL ACTS AS GOVERNOR

Executive Was Cut Off From Reaching Office and Wires Were Down Raleigh, N. o.—The record breaking storm that swept over this section of the Atlantic seaboard, causing th'’ loss of several lives and dietruction of property estimated to have been worth millions of dollars, also had the effect of placing North Carolina under the administration of Miss May F. Jones as acting governor. Gov. Craig was at Asheville when the storm and flood struck there, and was marooned. Every wire between that noted resort and this city was out of commission. Miss Jones is the governor’s private secretary, and as such she took hold of the affairs of the office, dlsppsing of those which were of an urgent nature and keepin the others in proper shape for at ten tion when Gov. Craig returned. Her administration is declared to have been quite efficient.