The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-07
STATE NEWS.


Governor Kitchin granted a reprieve
Saturday for Richard Neville of Ala
nance county, under sentence to five
years in the penitentiary for stealing
a mule. He is man of excellent past
character and was convicted on testf-
mony of witness who had, himself,
taken the mule to Virginia and sold it.
1t was announced from headquarters
Of the railroad at Wilmington Satur-
day night that effective December 1,
general increase of salary will be al
lowed all clerks, agents, agency en-
ployes, etc., over the entire Atlantic
Coast Line system. Several thousand
employees will be affected. The in
crease is said to average four per cent. /
Rev. L. w. Swope Of Louisburg has.
accepted the call extended him by the
First Baptist church of Shelby and he
filled the pulpit there Sunday for the
first time as it's pastor. Rev. Mr.. |
Swope is an able and eloquent man, |
evangelistic in spirit and an untiring !
worker. The pulpit was made vacant I
by the resignation Of Rev. A. G. Jenk- |
ins, who has moved to Clayton to de- |
vote the remainder Of his life to Htera- |
ture.
Thursday of last week the convicts |
at the camp mile north of Shelby |
were served bountiful dinner by the |
good citizens living along the new
sand-clay roads. Mrs. A. P. Weathers
and Mrs. Julius L. Smith conceived the
idea of feastfng the convicts and had
all the people to contribute. As re-
suit thirty or more chickens, two
whole cheese, three dozen leaves OF
bread, several hams, coffee, pickles,
cigars, ETC., were sent in. The con-
victs number forty-eight and they all
seemed to enjoy their Thanksgiving
remembrance.
Last Friday morning mans body
was found face down in the water near
the western shore of North river, about
three miles from Beaufort. The man
had evidently taken off his outer
Iclothes, as they were piled on the bank,
and waded into the river clad in under
wear, hose and shoes and fallen on his
face in the shallow water. The clothes
contained only watch, pocket drink
ing cup and 20 cents in silver. The
dead man arrived in Beaufort on the
IL o'clock train Thanksgiving Day. He
went to the Innlet Inn, where he reg
istered as G. Hauber, Washington, d.
c., had dinner and was shown to a
room. His body was found next morn
ing at the above place by Mr.. Full
cher.
Caught in the act of pur1oining a
sack of coal from the yard of the Win
ston-Salem Light & Fuel Co., near the
Norfolk & Western Railway tracks,
three blocks from the court house
square, Marvin Williams, young ne
gro. was shot and instantly killed Sat
urday night, presumably by one OF the
employees of the company, who was
standing guard at the place. A sacR
of coal was found near where the mau
fell.
The Office of the Fayetteville Ice &
Manufacturing Company was complete
ly wrecked and the windows and win
dow frames of nearby dwellings blown
! from the walls Saturday when twenty
= pounds of dynamite exploded during
i, preparations for blasting operation
by III. w. Alternately, an expert iron
/ Charlotte, who with his clothing ablaz
fed from the range of the double ex
plosion in time to escape with-h1s life
III Inc All0Rudny 1SoSAOA0 @Ao0OOAS~~AO-
will hold its first session in Spart
Saturday morning, December 10. Prof
s. w. Brown will deliver the address
of welcome and response will be mad
nv A. s. Carson, editor of the ALE
ghany Star and s. F. Thompson cler
Of the court.
It is announced that the John Deer
Company, manufacturers OF plows an
farming machinery, will open branc
Office and warehouse in GreensDor
for Southern territory.
G. 8. Sullivan, aged 80 years, We
slectrocuted in the Atlantic Coast LII
shops at Rocky Mount last week..
NAM Concord suffered $4,000 fire la
week which destroyed the dormitory
- Mount Amonae seminary. No one
jured.
At a largely attended meeting OF e
Hunted Commercial Travels OF Green
boro Sunday night, it was decided
rive banquet at an early date and
Tite Gov. Kitchin to be present 81
make the principal address.
John Moxley Saturday shot and ri
cd Mitchell Wilson, q respectable far1
ar OF Glado Creek township, Allegna
county. -5f:
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