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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

News From Across North Carolina, Oct. 2, 1919

From The Review, High Point, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 2, 1919

State News Briefs

Charlotte—That the petition asking for the recall of Mayor Frank R. McNinch, A.H. Wearn, commissioner of public works, and G.A. Page, commissioner of public safety, presented to the city clerk and declared in improper form by the city attorney, will be straightened out and presented in proper form, was the information given out by D.W. Howell, chairman of the committee presenting the petition.

A ticket to oppose the incumbents in the election as a result of this petition said to have been endorsed by “laboring men of Charlotte” was also announced by Mr. Howell.

The ticket is composed of the following:

W.r. Matthews for mayor and commissioner of finance

D.L. Kistier for commissioner of public works

W.H. Hall for commissioner of public safety

Mr. Howell stated that he had been misinformed by an attorney as to the proper method of certifying to the signatures on the petition and “went off half-cocked,” but that it would take only a short time to have the men who circulated the 12 sheets of the petition to certify to the signatures on their respective sheets.

Kenly—A committee of five representing five farmers union lodges met in Kenly and discussed a fair price to pay for the picking of cotton.

New Bern—At the close of the sales on the floors of the local tobacco warehouses it was estimated that 1,250,000 pounds of the weed had been sold on the New Bern market during the three weeks that the warehouses had been opened. September, $1.25; October, $1.50; November, $1.75; December, $2.

Fayetteville—The congregational committee appointed to inspect military camps and aviation fields with a view to acquisition by the government had made its first inspection, going over Camp Brsgg and Pope Field here with a group of army officers.

Asheville—The water situation in Asheville gets worse each day as the already long drought continues. The stream which fills the big tank with water has dwindled from a rushing flow of water to a trickling rivulet and the water is fast going down.

Concord—The board of aldermen, in adjourned meeting, awarded the contract for the erection of a new municipal building. The erection of the building will cost the city $17,975, plus the architect’s fee and the cost of the electrical, plumbing and drainage.

Salisbury—In order to safeguard the children of the Ellis Street school, city authorities have created a school zone for automobiles and require a slow rate of speed and more careful driving in the neighborhood of the school. The streets for several blocks have been designated as a school zone.

Hickory—With five blockade stills, four of them large outfits, destroyed recently by internal revenue, county and city officers, and with citizens throughout the county showing more interest in law enforcement, Sheriff John A. Isenhower was confident today that the major portion of these illicit plants could be put out of business soon.

Winston-Salem—Miss Dewitt Chatham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Chatham, and one of the Twin City’s most charming and attractive young ladies, has been chosen to christen “Winston-Salem,” one of the new boats to be built by the United States government.

Elizabeth City—The 5-year-old daughter of Mr. Marvin Lister was killed outright when she was run over by a car driven by Mr. George Winstow of this county. Mr. Lister stopped his car at the gasoline station on the corner of the road. As he did so the child stepped out of her father’s car to the street and directly in front of Winstow’s car. The child’s neck was broken, her lower jaw fractured and the base of the brain dislocated by the blow. Death was practically instantaneous.

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