A motion was denied by Judge Daniels in the Wake Superior Court Monday to postpone the trial of Jesse Wyatt charged with killing Attorney S.S. Holt of Smithfield a few weeks ago until the July or September term. A special term for the trial has been called. Judge Daniels gave attorneys for Wyatt until July 1 to prepare their case.
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A thorough investigation into the Caswell Training School is to be made by a commission to be appointed by Governor McLean. Dr. Rankin will be an advisory member of the committee. It is desired to determine the real scope of the work that has been attempted by the school and also what can be wisely attempted by it. Dr. McNairy, superintendent since the inception of the school, has been replaced by Dr. Dixon of Ayden.
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Dr. Mike Roberson, one of the six Durham physicians under indictment for the sale of narcotics, was convicted in the Federal court at Raleigh Tuesday. The case of Dr. E.H. Boling next went to trial. Judgment was withheld by Judge Meekins in the Roberson case till the completion of all the six cases.
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It is stated that there are probably 4,000 negroes in the North Carolina summer schools for that race.
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A severe hail storm Sunday did much damage in Gates and Bertie counties. At Windsor the hail is reported as covering the streets to the depth of five inches.
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Mrs. J.J. White of Rockingham county is reported as having made $1,300 extra money on the farm last year by the sale of potato slips, eggs, poultry, etc.
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Tom Jimison, recently deposed Methodist minister, is studying law at Wake Forest College. Jimison is a live wire and his entry of the bar will mean hot old times in the courts in which he shall practice.
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Deputy Sheriff D.F. Wooten of Watauga county is under charge of killing a young man after an unsuccessful whiskey raid Saturday night. Much indignation has been expressed in the state, but Wooten will plead self-defense.
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Frank Parker, agricultural statistician, recently made a trip over certain counties of the cotton section in an airplane, taking 102 pictures of the cotton crop at various points. He thinks that this kind of observation gives a more exact idea of the crop prospects than any formerly used.
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Dr. R.H. Lewis of Raleigh and Dr. E.J. Tucker of Roxboro have been reappointed for a term of six years as successors to themselves on the state board of health. Dr. W.L. Best of Greenville succeeds Dr. Fred Day of Winston on the board of examiners in optometry.
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Claude Wheatley of Beaufort, a Republican, has been appointed as successor to John E. Cameron of Kinston as highway commissioner for the second district. Mr. Camerion a few weeks ago voluntarily entered the state hospital for mental treatment. Mr. Cameron is a Republican.
From the front page of The Chatham Record, Pittsboro, N.C., Thursday, June 25, 1925
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