The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-10
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Short Paragraphs o. State News That
Has Been Condensed For People
Of State.

of State.
'Raleigh-The last days report Of
the receipts of the North Carolina
Red Cross showed $133 for the food
sufferers of the West.
Lexington ]. M. Car
land was killed here several days
ago by Lee Ford. The cause of the
tragedy is shrouded in mystery and
no one, not even the family of the
man who did the killing, nor the fam
lily of the dead man, can throw any
light on the subject.
Spencer.-Of the 10 aspirants for
appointment as postmaster at Spen-
Ger, H. M. Cooke, a well-known drug
gist here, is the first candidate to
drop out of the race. Mr.. Cooke was
a strong candidate, but states thse
the duties of the office would require
too much of his time.
Asheville.-H W., ]. M. and w. B.
Hunt have purchased tract Of Land
of $50 acres, two miles wet ef
Hazelwood, the deal having been
closed recently. The new owners
of the property are residents Of
they will conduct an apple orchard
on their land.
Charlotte. c.. E. Clark, for the
past two years county demonstrated
of agriculture, will tender his resig-
nation to the Board of county COM
missioners at their monthly nesting
He will go to Scotland county where
he has accepted a position as general
manager of the large Gates property
consisting of 10000 acres of timber
and cotton lands.
Concord.-A meeting Of the exe"u-
tive committee of the North Carolina
Press Association will be held at the
Empire Hotel in Salisbury in the near
future to fix the date and make ar
rangement for the annual meeting OF
the association at AsheviAe. THIS
announcement is made by Secretary
J. B. Sheriff. and President James
H. Cain.
Newton.-The 22nd reunion of Com
pany /, 49th regiment, was held at
Sherrills Ford. This company was
organized fifty-one years ago with an
enlistment of 142. Only thirty-six ara
now living and only fifteen answered
to the roll call An address was de-
livered by Rev. Beverly Wilson. The
next meeting will be at Catawba Sta
ton on April /, 1914.
Raleigh.-To advance the cause Of
the Philathea Home for working
girls in Raleigh, the Raleigh Baraca-
Philathea Union begins the raising of
funds for the construction Of that
home. This movement began
month ago when Mrs. A. v. Joyner
presented impressively the need of
home for working girls in the city
and urged the Barracks and Philatheas
to undertake its provision.
Statesville. - Statesvil1e's contribu-
ton to the flood sufferers of Ohio totals
1852 to the present and there are.
many who say they will make con-
tributions if further appeal for help
is made. OF this amount the city
of Statesville contributed $50. Most
of the money was left at the Office Of
The Landmark volunt \ily and the
remainder was collected by Messrs.
G. E. French and w. L. Gilbert The
money is being sent to the Red Cross
Society.
Durham.-Joe jackson, John Nc
Lean and Butler Spivey, three oper-
atives of the West Durham mills, were
tried on a charge Of assaulting Roy
Wilkerson, another West Durham
man, with intent to kill. Mclean was
fined SO, Spivey released and Jack
son was sent to the roads for five
months. The case grew out of the
assault of Wilkerson about week
ago, when the three men passed by
his home and raised a disturbance.
Kinston.-At a meeting of the di-
rectors of the local chamber of com
merce a committee was appointed to
confer with officials of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad and the leading
citizens of Pollocksville, Jones coun-
ty, relative to the extending of the A.
". L. liO1u Lue IoTuiludl OIL tne Wea-
don-Kinston branch here to the Jones
county town. The line which the
members of the chamber desire to
have built from this city to Pollocks-
vile as contemplated would touch at
Trenton and would put the richest
section of that county in a closer
touch with the outside world
China Grove.-Mr. Posey c. Snuff
Ter, aged 20, died here from grippe.
The deceased was reared in Burke
county and moved to China Grove
20 years ago. He served through
the Civil war, under Capt. Stewart,
Company E. Fifty-eighth North Caro-
lima regiment
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