The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-06-22
STATE NEWS.

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old son of Nj. and Mrs. James Nc
Corke, of Salisbury, was instant
" killed Thursday morning by
falling from a taxicab and being
run over by the rear wheel. The
mother of the child, In company
with her young daughter had
started to the home of a sick
friend, and the infant in some IN
accountable way fell from the
cab, the rear wheel passing over
his head, death resulting within
an hour.
Rev. Daniel Albright Long, A.
NJ, D. D., L. L. d. of Graham re-
eeived a telegram last week from
the trustees of Union Christian
College, located at Merow, India
ma, telling him that he had been
elected president Of said college
to succeed the distinguished Dr..
o. B. Whitaker. The telegram re-
quested DR.. Long to go to Indiana
at once to take charge of the at
fairs of the college. He left Ora
ham at once for Morrow. He
will return to North Carolina in
a few days as he has accepted an
invitation to deliver the Fourth of
July address at Graham.
Ar 18-months-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Earnest Bason, of Ora
ham, fell into a tub of water and
was drowned. This occurred near
Haw River. The mother had
gone out to draw a bucket of wat
er and the baby fell into. the tub
of about sever inches of water
and was drowned before it was
noticed. 1t was an ordinary lard
tub, which easily allowed the in
FAINT to overbalance and fall into.
The members of the First Bap-
list church of Wadesboro, contem-
plate the erection of a new par
sOnage at an early date and a COM
mittee is at work now on the mat
ter of a site and have several un-
der consideration. This church
has not yet secured a pastor to
succeed Rev. T. w. Chambliss,
who resigned several months ago.
The congregation called Rev. DR..
W. G. Tyree, but he declined and
then a call was rendered to Rev.
j. G.. Reddish of Gastonia. Mr..
Reddish has not yet accepted the
call and the matter is still open.
With the presence of DR.. J. Y.
Joyner, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, President D. H.
Hill of the A. and M. College and
Mrs. W. N. HUT, Durham coun-
ty sent through rousing resolu-
tions Saturday for one of the farm
life schools, not a dissenting voice
being heard when the call for a
vote was made. The unanimity
with which it carried almost
makes certain that the election to
be held later will authorize it.
The farmers inclined to suspicion
when, new things are offered,
were carried away with the adj
dresses and promised to become
evangelists the moment they
emerged from the court house.
A contract has been let for ex-
tensive Improvements on the Pres
byterian church at Lexington. A
Sunday school room will be
added and a number of other i'm
portant changes will be made.
The wonderful growth of the
school and of the church
during the past few months
makes this expansion necessary.
The new rooms will cost $4,000
and the work will be done under
the supervision of Nh. w. N. Kin.
ney, contractor.
Last Saturday President J.. F.
of Catawba College re-
a check for $500 from Miss
Marie e. Santee of Philadelphia.
same to be applied to the needs
of the institution as may be die
rected by the college authorities.
The gift came most Unexpectedly
and was therefore the more ap-
preciated. Last summer Miss
Santee donated $1,000 to the col
Iege for equipment, etc.
Citizens of Spencer are stared
N the face with a water famine
IN account of the failure of an
artesian well of the Spencer Wat
# Company, a corporation which
has an agreement to furnish the
own with water. All sorts of de-