Statesville—Three walls of the freight depot were knocked down and considerable damage was done to freight when westbound train No. 87 ran into the house track unexpectedly.
High Point—A beautiful memorial to the veterans of the World War will be erected here on Broad street just off of Main street by Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Wrenn. Tarboro—Tarboro’s two auction warehouses for the sale of leaf tobacco opened here with sales of 95,000 lbs. at an average of $24.20 per hundred lbs.
Asheville—Josiah Norton is dead and Grant Sams, a young man, is being held in the Madison county jail at Marshall as a result of a shooting several nights ago in the Shelton-Laurel section. No motive has been assigned for the deed.
Charlotte—The Noll construction company was awarded the contract for paving seven miles on the Yorkville road at approximate cost of $186,000. The road is to be the same type of construction as the Camp Greene road. There were three bids.
Greensboro—The Southeastern Passenger association, Atlanta, Ga., announces reduced passenger fares for the American Legion convention, department of North Carolina, to be held here September 8 and 9.
Goldsboro—The boll weevil and water covers the finest cotton crops in Wayne county. For 30 days the water has been standing in the finest cotton fields in the county, B.C. Thompson, the largest cotton buyer in the county, said.
Greensboro—Claude Schoolfield, a young white man of Guilford county, was convicted in the Guilford Superior court of swindling the America Exchange National bank here out of $10,000 last April by means of a forged check.
Wake Forest—Mrs. Bettie Stell, of the cotton mill district of Wake Forest, was instantly killed here when she was struck by Seaboard train No. 11. The train struck her about a mile from the Wake Forest station and opposite the Royall cotton mill.
Durham—Local authorities have been unable to find a clue as to the identity of the mother of a pretty 4-months-old baby left at the door of Dr. E.H. Bowling’s office in the Greer building. The baby is in the local Salvation Army home, where it will receive temporary care.
Greensboro—Dr. J.W. Long, president of the North Carolina Medical Society, has appointed a committee of 30 members of the society to take some action on the proposed four-year medical school to be established by the University of North Carolina.
Shelby—The Kiwanis club has launched a movement to improve the baseball park at the high school, two blocks from the court square, and convert it into a general playground for grown-ups as well as children.
New Bern—W.D. Allen, prohibition enforcement officer, announced the capture of a solid copper 250-gallon distilling plant and 200 gallons of corn whiskey on the Perry farm up Brice’s creek, about 10 miles from New Bern.
Rocky Mount—Work on the Main street beautifying and improvement program, which was adopted by the board of aldermen some time ago, is progressing as rapidly as possible since a gang of workmen began preliminary steps towards laying the underground cable for the White Way to the business section early this week.
Lenoir—Sheriff J.A. Triplett captured a large home-made copper still of Bee mountain, about seven miles north of here. The still was of about 75-gallon capacity, and was still warm at the time it was captured although there was no one at the mill.
Lumberton—The Lumberton graded and high schools will open for the fall term on Wednesday, September 9. Prof. W.B. Crumpton Jr. will superintend the schools this year and practically all of the faculty has been selected.
From the front page of The Watauga Democrat, Boone, N.C., Aug. 24, 1922
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