The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-14
: A NEWS ITEMS !.

= STATE NEWS ITEMS.
The Bank Of Ellington, Harnett coun-
Y, will begin business On September Isl.
Elm City Will vote on proposition to e
tablIsh a dispensary on the 9Th oI August.
Prof. .. x. Moray has been elected sd
rerintendent Of the Hickory graded school.
Prof. D. NJ. WeatherIy has been elected
principal Of the FranklinyiIle High school.
Graham, \. c., July 10-W. H. Forshee
has been elected chief of police Of Graham.
A stock law election was held in Car
thage last Friday and resulted in a vic
tory for the no fence advocates.
Morven township, in Arson county, IN
creased its assessment OF property from
$3.50, S97 to $~31S,551, or l. per cent.
IIendersonviIle \. c., July 1O.-Dr. w.
- L 0IitI ~ dltd q = dN I'll A4'
Sth instant, was buried with Masonic
honors at Tryon this morning.
Fayetteville, n. c., July 10.-Mr. Paul
Nichols, of Gray's Greek township had be-
tween four and five hundred dollars in cash
recently stolen from his residence.
The small boy has to stay off the streets
by the provision of the order of the
Board of Commissioners requiring the
Juvenile citizens to be home by 8 p. m
Lenoir Topic.
At the first meeting Of the new Board Of
Education on last Monday, Prof. r. l..
Moore, principal of Mars Hill College, was
elected county superintendent of public
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Mr.. VIM. Saunders, near Straw, while
frying eggs for breakfast the other morn
ing, found a we'll developed egg, shell
and all. inside of the one he broke That's
a new kind.-Wilkesboro Chronicle.
Mr.. j. A. Murphy. from seven rows
about 100 yards long, has sold $1S.05 worth
Of snap beans within the last three weeks
and he Will sell seven bushels more from
those vines today.-Thomasville News.
While off on his vacation, Rev. T. J..
Troy, of Durham, who was in the city to
day, managed to find time to get two
girls in the Rescue Home for fallen women
at Columbia. s.. C.-Greensboro Record.
Prof. w. ]. Horney. of Greensboro, was
| here last week. He has been chosen SUI
| perintendent of our school. He is a
11~aran+ oan4laponn aoI arv on b1JSiaSti p
in the cause of Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Bank OF Union, held last Thursday night,
a seml-annual dividend OF 5 per cent was
declared. The sum of $4,000, undivided
| profits. was carried to the surplus fund
Monroe Enquirer.
The Sanitary Board was in session to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of destroying OF
~fumigating the small pox house near
Warren Plains. 1t was decided to burn all
the furniture and d~isinfect the house
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The bug jice'' III Wilkes IS being sup
| planted by the bug only. Nh. J. d. Smith
| showed US a sample Of the bug without
| the juice last Week., anu II > IL NuOppeI.
The bug without the juice is less harm
ful than the bug with the ~juice.-Wilkes
boro Chronicle.
Hamlet, N. G., July 10.-Congressman
Page has recommended George T. Everett,
of Laurinburg. for a cadetship at the
United States Military Academy at West
Point. There were but three competitors
at the examination here, Mr.. Everett
making the highest average.
Graham, n. c., July 1O.-Lightning
struck the house occupied as a residence by
Mr.. George Fowler last Sunday and seri-
ously injured Roy Fowler. a twelve year
old boy. He was burned on the arm and
leg, and a splinter flew up from the floor
and inflicted a severe wound to one of his
hands.
Charlotte, N. G.. July 10.-Tiarry, the 5
year-old son of Nh. S. B. Marsh, of Marsh
vile, was struck by the engine of a work
train, at M~arshville, and painfully, though
not seriously injured. 1t was while try
ing to save the life of his dog that he
was struck.
1t has been agreed among the pastors
and their respective charges that during
the warm weather they Will have preach
ing only at one church on Sunday night,
all the congregations meeting IN such ser
vice. Next Sunday night the first of these
union services will be held in the Baptist
church.-HendersOn Gold Leaf.
A Chronicle correspondent of the Lin
coin Journal says: 'Mr. j. F. Killian III
forms us that to his great surprise he has
not had an application for whiskey since
the Watts law went into effect. Mr.. XII
liam, we are reliably informed, has offered
the Denver authorities $1,000 for the
privilege of making brandy inside the cor
porate limits of Denver
Rev. w. R. Coppedge has been elected
County superintendent of Schools in Rich
mond county. 10 per cent. of the schooi
fund was reserved as a building fund and
ope-sixth set apart to bring weak dis
tricts UP to a four months term. An al
portionment of 40 cents per capita was
made to run the schools, says the Rock