Lenoir—The 26th semi-annual session of the Caldwell County singing convention will be held at Harris’ Chapel on Pearland and Caja Mountain Road Sunday, October 4.
Burlington—E.L. Graves, 59, long a resident of Burlington, and one of the best known and highly respected citizens, died at Rainey hospital, where he underwent an operation two weeks ago.
Bonlee—Raymond Howard Brooks, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Brooks, died here at the home of its parents following an illness of five months with meningitis.
Greensboro—The North Carolina state board of examiners of trained nurses will hold examinations in Raleigh October 21, 22 and 23. Applications for examinations may be procured by writing Mrs. Z.V. Conyers, P.O. Box 1307, Greensboro.
Rocky Mount—Appointment of J.P. Warren of Hazard, Ky., to the newly created position of city engineer was announced in a formal statement issued by Major L.L. Gravely.
Winston-Salem—Jessie V. Boyles, 57, died at a local hospital after an illness of about two weeks, attending physicians pronouncing death as the result of poisoning which originated as an abscess of the arm.
Greensboro—Committees of business men representing Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, met at Sedgefield, near here, to make arrangements to induce the post office department to name a spot convenient to the three cities for a stop on an air mail route.
Charlotte—The city of Charlotte added a woman, Mrs. Eloise Brown, to its police staff, as war on mashers is begun. Her duty is to see that the streets are made safe for young women, some of whom have been insulted lately by mashers.
Shelby—Rewards totalling $150 are now out for Dillard Deane and the masked men who freed him from the county chain gang camp here. The last reward offered is by the county commissioners and offers $50 for the capture of the masked leader and $25 for each of the other members of the party.
Concord—Warrants charging transportation of liquor have been issued by local police officers for Marvin and Dewey Mayberry and Everett Martin of Elkin, as a result of the destruction of a Studebaker car by a Southern passenger train here. Five 5-gallon tins, four of them full of liquor, were found by officers after the car was truck by the train.
Greensboro—Licenses of two physicians were revoked by the State Board of Medical Examiners meeting here, on account of charges of violations of the narcotic laws. The charges were made by Federal agents and have been aired in the courts.
Statesville—Funeral services for Milard F. Nash, prominent citizen of Shiloh township, Iredell county, who was instantly killed on the Buffalo Shoals road when he was run over by an automobile driven by two negroes, were held at Pleasant Hill Baptist church.
Durham—Final rites for Tommie Thompson, 29, of 1113 West Main street, who was killed when a motor truck in which he and two others were riding overturned on a short street leading to the New Hope Valley road near Forest Hills, was conducted from the home.
Kinston—Authorities throughout this section are seeking Walter Wood, a negro, alleged to have broken into the dwellings of E.E. Daughterty, Will Richardson, Dan Beddard, Jacob West and Thomas Dunn, the last named a negro, in and around Dover. Wood is described as a desperate character and an ex-convict.
Rocky Mount—John Burgess, postal clerk, was shot through the abdomen here when he attempted to frustrate the efforts of four white masked bandits to rob the local post office. The bandits escaped. Burgess, at a local hospital, said that he was shot with his own gun in the affray. His condition is regarded as serious.
Wilmington—Announcement is made by David H. Scott that the location for the fertilizer plant to be erected near this city has been secured and that work will be started on construction of the factory in the near future.
Burlington—William Poteat, negro youth, 16 or 17 years old, was drowned in the Haw River between Haw River and Swepsonville when he dived from the boat in mid-stream.
Rocky Mount—Last week’s sales on the local tobacco market, according to official figures obtained from E.g. Johnston Sr., secretary of the tobacco board of trade, totaled #1,576,346 pounds, which brought an average of $15.60 per 100 pounds.
Burlington—Three of five convicts who escaped from the Alamance county road gang several days ago have been captured and returned, the recovery of the remaining two is expected soon, it was stated by Sheriff C.D. Storey.
Charlotte—The Charlotte Cotton Oil Company has been chartered with $150,000 capital by John T. Stevens and Fred E. Culvern of Kershaw, S.C., and T.E. Hemby of Charlotte, who have purchased the property of the Elba Manufacturing Company.
Wilmington—During the 31 days of the past month there were a total of 117 births, 69 white and 48 black, reported at the office of the health department. During the same period there occurred in the city and county a total of 55 deaths, 41 in the city and 14 in the county.
Reidsville—Robert Woolens, 28 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Woolens of Monroeton, seven miles south of Reidsville, was killed at Brunswick, Ga. His death resulted from injuries received in an airplane accident.
Statesville—W.H. Tarpley of Atlanta, Ga., died in a local hospital as a result of injuries received while engaged in erecting a cotton gin at Bear Poplar, Rowan county. He was thrown by a revolving pulley against a concrete floor.
Raleigh—The Mount Mitchell Association of Arts and Sciences, which Thomas Dixon and Associates have incorporated for the purpose of building a summer colony of creative artists, scientists, authors, educators and patrons of the arts, received its charter from the secretary of state and the actual constitution is now under way.
Selma—Mrs. B.A. Henry was bitten by a mad cat while she was in her back yard dressing a chicken. The kitten had recently take up at the home and the children had petted it, so no one suspected that it had rabies.
High Point—Purchase of a site of over 42 acres for High Point’s new half million dollar high school was announced by members of the school board. The property is in the northwestern section of the city and was deeded to the school board by W.G. Jones for a consideration of $120,000.
Asheville—While hundreds of people were crowding the down town district, a bold thief broke down the screen door at the box office of the Imperial theater, shoved the attractive cashier aside, grabbed several rolls of money amounting to $400, ran across the street and made his escape.
Gastonia—Local officials of the Manville-Jencks Company, owners of the Luray here deny that the plant has been sold to Henry Ford at a figure between $6 and $7 million It is being rumored here that the automobile king is using it to make tire fabrics.
From page 2 of the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., Wednesday, September 23, 1925
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