The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-13
NEWS or NORTH cARoLIaA
Short Paragraphs Of State News That
& Has Been Collected For Busy
People OF State.

@CarOlIna Guard ASSOCIATION at the final
business meeting of the soldiers.
Washington. - Hundreds of North:
Carclinians are writing to their Con-
gressmen for seats for the inaugural
parade and the Inauguration ceremo1.
les at the Capitol ss
NeWbern. That NeWbern is rapidly
growing and developing is evidenced.
by the fact that another new suburb
an section is to be thrown open to the
public at an early date.
Asheville. Within three hours after
he had moved his faEily into the new
home, the residence of S. j. Phillipson,
on Hillside street, was badly damaged
by fire and much of the furniture
ruined.
Washington, D. C.-The Webb bill
to prohibit the interstate shipment of
liquor into dry states for purpose Of
sale "or in any manner used" in viola
ton of the state laws was passed by
the House of Representatives.
Salisbury. There was a mass-meet-
Ing Of citizens in the court house re-
Gently for the purpose of discussing
the commission form of government.
for Salisbury. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Theo. F. Kluttz and T.
G. Furr acted as secretary.
Asheville.-The Buncombe County
Farmers Union is DESTROYS of having
Ashey1lle named as the next place of
meeting of the state organization, and
with this end in view committee
has been appointed to extend the in
vltation and work for the convention.
Greensboro. = At q well-attended
meeting of stockholders in the Farm
ers' Union State Warehouse here it
was determined to establish the Caro-
lima Warehouse at Greensboro, with
the object of advancing the interest
of the farmer in both buying and sell.
ing.
Wilson. - Thirteen-year-old Frank
Wade, formerly of Fayetteville, who
was under bond awaiting the action of
the grand jury as to the killing of
twelve-year-old Jim Horne in this city
on the 31st day of last December, was
realeased-the grand jury failing to
find true bill against Horne
Fayetteville.-A special committee
of five members, was appointed by the
Cumberland bar at it's last meeting, to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of request
| ing the Legislature to establish a re-
corder's court here and all questions
involving changes, so far as Cumber-
land county is concerned, caused by
| the judicious reform bill.
Raleigh.-The House disposed of the
| Senate bill to increase the borrowing
power of building and loan associa-
tons from 25 to SO per cent of assets,
fixing the limit at 30 per cent. An
mendment by Williams of Cabarrus
| to this effect was adopted; also an
amendment by Young of Harnett to
make the per cent of money paid in
| the base instead of assets.
Fayetteville-As second attempt in
two days to effect a Jail delivery by
! the prisoners, was frustrated recent
ly when Sheriff McGeachy and Deputy
Sheriff Monaghan, on round of in
| spection, discovered that three bars of
the cell of two white men had been
bent land battered almost enough to
| allow egress of the prisoners.
Washington, D. C. = The Senate
committee on commerce acted favor
| ably on Senator Simmons amendment
| to appropriate f$1,199,999 for continu-
ing work on the harbor of refuge at
| Cape Lookout. The committee fran.
| ed the amendment SO as to make $780,
600 available Immediately and the re-
mainder for continuing contracts.
Greensboro.-E. P. Wharton, presi-
| dent of the Greensboro chamber of
commerce says that he intends urging
the state Chamber of Commerce
at it's next meeting to take up
| and push vigorously the idea of a
deep water harbor at Southport. Mr..
Wharton regards this step as of ut
most importance to North Carolina.
| hington.-Messrs. Davis & Da-
! Wis, Washington patent attorneys, re-
| port the grant to citizens of North
Carolina of the following patents: E
Ia. I1dullttOu, LuMU0fLOu, IuUU0T
stamp; L. G. S. Money, Haywood,
| Whirligig; J., E. Noah, Greensboro,
raw-stock dyeing machine; R. G.
Shepherd, .Ronda, grinding machine.
Asheville. - Four-year-old Dolthan
Harkins, the son of Mrs. g.. Brown,
| who resides on Factory Hill, died a
horrible death at the Mission Hos
pital, as the result of serious burns
| he sustained when he fell into the fire
several days ago.
Charlotte.-Mr. J. Lee Sloan of
Davidson states that while there has
been good deal of talk as~to the De-
stability of new county made up
out of portions of Iredell, Mecklen-
burg and Rowan, with possible slices
Of Lincoln and Catawba, there has
been no organized movement on foot
with this in view.
| Durham.-A defamation contest is