Greenville—The Pitt County Fair Association announces that the Pitt County Fair will be held during the week of October 14 to 17 inclusive. Prospects are that the best aggregation of exhibits ever displayed in these parts will be put on before the public.
Wake Forest—High tribute to the standard of work given at Wake Forest is seen in the appointment of C.C. Crittenden as instructor in freshmen history at Yale University. Mr. Crittenden was graduated from Wake Forest in 1921 and took his M.A. in 1922.
Greensboro—Ralph Bennett completed here a100phour nonstop drive of an automobile between here, Burlington and High Point. H was chained to the steering column throughout the drive. As he approached exhaustion, a nurse and physician attended him and an ambulance followed the car.
Wadesboro—The district meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary of Mecklenburg Presbytery has recently been held at the Morven Presbyterian church about 10 miles south of this city. The meeting was unusually well attended, the attendance banner being awarded to Wadesboro church.
Asheville—Efforts are being made to have the United States Geographical board, designate an unnamed peak in Swain county as Mount Kephart. The peak is northeast of Clingman’s Dome at the head of the left prong of Deep Creek and is 6,255 feet above sea level. The peak is to be named in honor of Horace Kephart of Bryon City, author of “Our Southern Highlands.”
Reidsville—Vincent Dehart, chief of the Leaksville Fire Department, was injured when, going to a fire, the fire truck struck an electric pole cutting it in twain. Dehart’s head struck the pole, but he was not seriously injured. The old Church Street Motor Company building, a frame structure, was burned to the ground.
Warrenton—One of the chain of Pender Stores is soon to be opened at Lillington. The four new brick stores being built by W.G. Coppersmith will be completed about October 1,and one of these will be occupied by Pender.
Rocky Mount—Representatives of the civil service commission and the Post office Department have been in the city interviewing candidates for the local postmaster’s position for the purpose of making a report and recommending to their respective agencies in Washington.
Greensboro—The body of Walter Dodson, who died in a hospital at Raleigh, following injuries received in an automobile accident, was buried in Green Hill Cemetery. Funeral services were held at Bethel Church, near here, conducted by Rev. J.W. Kennedy.
Winston-Salem—Application has been made to the Secretary of State for a charter for the Hanes Dye and Finishing Company. The paid in capital of the company will be approximately $300,000, and while officers have not yet been elected, it is stated that Ralph P. Hanes will be secretary and treasurer and actively in charge of the operation of the company’s plant.
Reidsville—Attorney F.W. Gildewell returned from Raleigh where he was successful in securing from Governor Morrison a reprieve for W. Austin Carter until November 15.
Durham—A court of honor of the Boy Scouts met here to investigate the deed of 16-year-old Claude Hull, of this city, in saving the life of E.L. Morris at Lach Lilly some time ago when the boat in which the latter was rowing capsized.
From the Polk County News, Oct. 2, 1924
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