The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-30
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs Of State News That
Has Been Collected For Busy Peo-
pie Of State. q

Washington .-Lexington will have
free city mail delivery after May /.
Three carriers will be selected be-
tween now and then.
Southern Pines-A waterpower de-
velopment of considerable magnitude.
followed by a new cotton mill of g..
600 spinldles, and electric power for
lighting the various towns of the
county is the newest development in
Hoke.
Wnson.-The Methodist women of
eastern Carolina, representing the
Women's Foreign and Home Mission
airy Societies of the North Carolina
Conference, are holding their annual
meeting with the Wilson Methodist
church.
Dunn.-The town and community
are very much interested in different
reports that are being circulated in
regard to where some of the proposed
railroads headed in this direction will
eventually go. Surveyors are at work
in and around here, but nothing def
mite can, be learned.
Wilson-At a mass meeting of the
citizens of Wilson, held in the city
hall, voted for the issuance of $780,
600 in bonds for streets and power
plant improvements; also an investi-
cation into the feasibility of NUM-
cipal ownership of a telephone and
| gas system.
Lexington.-Mr. Bird S. Coler of
New York City and Mr.. T. J.. Jerome
of Salisbury, representing the North
! Carolina Public Service Corporation,
were here several days ago comforting
with the Board of Aldermen relative
to street railway system and gas
plant for Lexington. The board heard
the two gentlemen with interest and
promised to give their proposition
immediate attention.
Statesville. - The Iredell County
Poultry Association closed its show
having made wonderful success OF
it's second attempt at an exhibition
Of wellbred birds.s BY actual count
there were GIG entries, which is the
largest poultry show held in this part
of the Southern States this season,
which means that it is the best held
to date.
observation-disclosures is plan
ming Great White Way" It is pro
posed by the merchants Of the town
to place along Elm street and other
prominent thoroughfares iron posts
with four brilliant lights and to have
the lights on both sides of the street
so that at night one may look for 10
or IL blocks and see lighted path
way.
Lumberton.-C County Superintend-
ent of Health Page stated that there
are now rs or 80 cases of smallpox
in the county, but all of mild form.
Four cases of scarlet fever, reported
several days ago in East Lumbert4n,
are reported as improving. The ply
sicians are urging all who have not
been vaccinated within a reasonable
length of time to attend to this mat
| ter at once.
Greensoro.-Charlot gained prac-
tically all the officers and Greenville,
s. c., was selected as the place of
meeting in 1914 at a business session
of the meeting of the Young Mems
| Christian Association of North and
South Carolina. 1t was decided to
also hold a summer meeting of the in
terstate committee at the Blue Ridge
| Conference grounds, at Black Noun
tain, in July.
Asheville.-A bill has been sent to
the local Representatives and Sena-
| tor in the General Assembly asking
that the name of the Buncombe Coun-
| ty Reformatory be changed to the
Buncombe County Training and In
dustrial School. In the proposed act,
the judge of the police court is given
the power to sentence public school
students who are unruly and hard to
manage to the school for an indefi-
mite period Of time.
Goldsboro, Commissions have
been issued by the adjutant general
to Zeno Hallowell, appointing him
first lieutenant, and to George Free
man, appointing him second lieuten-
ant of company E, second North Car
DINA regiment Lieutenant Hallowell,
who was secc~' lieutenant, succeeded
First Lieute1- y. F. Adams, resign
ed land Lieutt.-: 1T Freeman, who was
first sergeant, succeeded, Lieutenant
Hallowell promoted.
MISUNDERSTANDING the value Of a
finger at $4,000 Maggie Murdoch, fer
mer1y employed by the Asheville Cot
ton Mills, has instituted suit against
that firm, alleging that through the
fault of her former employer she suf-
fered the loss of one of her fingers.
Neutrality-suspicious. A. Smith, of
Bessemer City, who was the Repub-
lican candidate against Congressman
Webb in the last campaign, has not
filed a statement of his cmpaign e1.
penses The law which demands such