The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-13
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
Latest News Of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.

Raleigh.-tA case of smallpox de-
veloped recently at St Marys School
in most unaccountable manner.
Washington Joe A. Brown, of
Chad bourn, told friend here that
The would he candidate for congress
against Representative Goodwin next
year.
\ Salisbury. - Salisbury streets pre-
seted an interesting scene recently
with Mayor w. H. Woodson clad in
overalls, leading crowd or road
workers.
Raleigh. wake county issto join the
increasingly large number of coun-
ties of North Carolina that hold
county commandments for the pub
lic schools next spring.
FMckory.-Work was begun on the
new postof1ice building by the George
C. Stiles Construction Company, or
Chicago, who have the contract tor
the erection of the building.
Greensboro Considerably improv-
cd arrangements for providing
duu NOWu1S
with weather reports have been made
by the weather bureau.
Greenville.-The market sold $751;
473 pounds of tobacco in October.
This runs the sales for the season
over 100000 pounds. Prices remain
good.
Southpor t.--The barn of Mr.. C. F.
Drew, located mile from town, was
burned to the ground recently. A
mule two cows and lot of feedstuff
are included in the loss. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
Mt. Holly.-At Rhyme & Hollands
ginnery Mr.. John 7. West, the vic
tim, was horribly mangled by being
caught in the beginning. recently. One
leg, one arm and one hand were bro
ken and his skull crushed.
Washington Representat1ve Webb
got the postof1ce department to prom
Use recently to establish rural mail
route from Bakersville February 1.
This will be the first rural route for
Mitchell county.
Washington Senator Overman said
one day recently that he had told
the postoffice committee of the SEN
ate that he would no longer oppose
the confirmation of E. L. Amman as
postmaster at Asheboro.
Wilmin gton.-Adopting the recon-
mendation of the board of directors
the stockholders of the Murchison Ma
honal bank have increased the capital
stock from 1926, 900 to $1,O00,OOO. The
stock has been Issued and is ready
for delivery.
Elizabeth City.-W. T. Davenport
of Washington county was arrested
here charged with wife murder, upon
instructions wired here to arrest and
hold him Davenport was located at
the home Of his brother and was taken
in charge by the police and locked
up.
Salisbury-A report made by R. W.
Freeman, farm demonstration for Ro-
wan county to the county board Of
commissioners shows that there has
been an increase of 1900 acres in
this county of cover crops as COM
average for the preceding years.
Duke.-The growth in attendance at
the graded school here this year has
been marvellous. In spite of the fact
that the school opened up with a larg
er attendance than ever, the little
folks have continued to enter from
time to time and at present the at
tendance is more than 100 above the
average for the precedig years.
Tarboro. - Lieutenant Governor
Daughtridge of Rocky Mount, who
was here for the Edgecombe fair, an
nounces that if nothing unforeseen
happens he will be Candidate for gov
ernor in the next campaign. For some
time his friends in this section of
the state have been. urging his candf-
dacy. - .-.
Greensboro.-Dr R. L. Morris,
book salesman of Norfolk, Va, was
found dead in his room in the McAdoo
Hotel recently. Whether he committed
suicide OR took too much of a drug
accidentally is matter of conjecture
the former theory. He is said to have
wife in Sanford, Fla.
Durham.-Raymond Hall was ar
rested recently on a charge OF as
saulting N. A. Gee, Saturday after
noon in the police station.
Mooresville-The Mooresville Steam
Laundry, which has been running
here fora little more than two years,
closed down recently for an indefi-
mite period.
Washington.-Meck enburg county
will have deputy collector and a
deputy marshal when the patronage
is parceled out. Every county in
in the Ninth district will have at least
one deputy, under either Collector
Watts or the marshal
Kinston.-James S. Smith, one of