The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-05-01
NEWS OF NORTH CARoLlRa
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Condensed For People
Of the State.

y Washington. = Messrs. Davis &
Davis, Washington patent attorneys,
report the grant Of two patents to J.
o. Beckham of Henderson, being de-
vices for railway-rail fastening.
Lexington.-Returns from the bond
election held recently are about all in.
Only one township, Healing Springs,
remains to be heard from, and the
majority against the road bonds will
run over 1900.
Hendersonville.-At convention of
the Republicans of this city, D. S.
Pace was nominated as candidate for
mayor and A. J. Gibbs, J. M. Stepp
and Wiltshire Griffith were nominated
as candidates for the position of Town
Commissioners.
'Statesville.-Fred Davis, a small
negro boy of Rowan County, gets ono
year in the National Training School,
District of Colum bia, for the theft of
one cent. The trouble with the pick.
aninny was that he tempered with the
mails taking penny that was in.
tended to pay postage on a card from
a rural letter box.
Raleigh.-In Wake Superior Court
Judge Frank Carter made a compli-
Gated ruling in the Tucker will case
He finds with the general contention
of the plaintiffs in the main, but rec
ognizes complications that are expect
ed to make adjudication through a
definite decree in anything like salts
factory terms very difficult
Asheboro-The residence of Mr.. S.
w. Crowson, who lives five miles west
of Asheboro, was destroyed by fire
recently. There was no one at home
at the time, except Mrs. Crowson
and a small grandchild. While trying
to save some of the household effects
about the face.
Wadesboro. - The moving picture
theater here, owned by M. R. Hawley,
burned, with a loss of $4,000, partial
ly covered by insurance. DR.. w. F.
Grays office, which was situated
above the theater, was damaged 10y
water. The theater was in the Smith
building, and the fire was caused by
the reels igniting.
Fayetteville.-The tenth district
convention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy met here recently.
Mrs. J. H. Currie, director of the dis
trict, presided over the session,
which was held in the rooms of the
Civic Association. The proceedings,
which were mostly routine, was fol
lowed by recitations, music and re-
freshments.
Hendersonville.- encounter
ed great deal of red tape for year
or more the trustees Of the local
Carnegie library fund are now On a
good working basis, having awarded
the contract for erecting the building
to w. P. Bane, the erection and fur
nishing of the library to cost $4,000
the amount donated more than a year
ago by Andrew Carnegie.
Maxton.-The new passenger sta.
ton will be completed and occupied
by both the Seaboard Air Line and
Atlantic Coast Line on May l. No
more complete station is to be found
in any small town of the state It
comes, however, no sooner than need
ed, as the passenger business at this
point has for many years been greater
that the old station could accommo-
date
Gastonia. sanitary exercis-
es were observed at the Central
School auditorium here recently with
schools and an address by DR.. I. w.
Faison of Charlotte. Doctr Faison was
introduced by Superintendent Joe S.
Wray of the Gastonia schools as the
"best man that could be found in
Charlotte" to make a speech on the
subject of sanitation.
ensboro.-Hundreds of names of
business and professional men have
already been affixed to petitions plac-
ed in circulation here, calling upon
Governor Craig to call an extra ses-
sion of the North Carolina General
Assembly, if necessary, to handle the
freight rate question. There are four
sets of petitions and the circulation
of the papers and the placing of
names thereon went ON as brisk|y as
when the petitions were first present
ed.
Rutherfordton.-In the municipal
primary here the following were nom.
mated: For mayor, J. P. Bean; for
aldermen, M. L. Justice, Poe Esk-
ridge, Will Reid and F. c.. Geer; for
School Board, A. F. Miller, G. c. Reid
and J. F. McLain. Two Republicans
are to be suggested and endorsed.
Hickory-Mr. G. F. Rink, an old
Confederate soldier, 76 years of age,
died at his home, east of this city.
Some months ago he went to hospit-
al for an operation which gave him
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