Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-03
Carolina News
Items Of Interest and Mention Of Peo-
pie TrOughtOut the Old North State.

pie throughout the Old North State.
China Grove is to have knitting
mill. It is expected that work vii
begin soon About 100 hands will be
needed, it is said.
The so Baraca and Philatfrea class
es of Charlotte will entertain the 1,00C
classes of the State at the third an
Inual Baraca-Philathea State Conven-
ton that is to be held in that city
April 12-15.
An unknown white man, probably 20
Years old, was found dead in a ditch
by the Atlantic Coast Line track one
and a half miles north Of Pembroke
Saturday morning by the crew on a
s~outnbound passenger train.
Two locomotives were partly demol-
ished and a negro fireman was injur-
ed in a collision between two Atlantic
Coast Line freight trains, which &C
CURED at Fayetteville Friday.
A charter has been issued for the
Ocean City Corporation of Wilmington,
capital $4,000 authorized, and 5 5000
subscribed by w. G. Hall, j. R. Step
henson and others for a real estate
and insurance and brokerage business.
At a coIored school closing at Fair
mont, near Lumberton Norwood Dunn
shot and killed Charles House. Dunn
was arrested by Sheriff Lewis and
paced in jail. He admits killing. He
nodo M 0@fononf IN oca0nn $780,
The Harvard club of North Carolina
gave tbs annual dinner in Durham at
the Commercial Club Thursday evening
March 27. Prof. George Lyon Kilt
redge, of Harvard, was the speaker of
the evening.
J.. Conley Of Asheville has brought
suit against the Bee Tree Lumber COM
pany, claiming damages. in the sum of
$4,000 for alleged personal injuries
claimed to have been sustained while
in the employment Of the lumber COM
pany.
At a special conference at which
there was much enthusiasm by a large.
attendance, the members of the First
Baptist Church of Kinston decided to
erect a $25 900 church building, to
take the place -of their present house
of worship.
Late Saturday afternoon, Kenny
Suit, a small colored boy, in some
manner that has not been explained
fell under the moving wheels Of a
Durham & Southern train in the yards
at Durham and had both legs crushed.
50 that they were amputated just below
the knee.
Acting upon instructions from
Thos. J. CARING of Macon, Ca, SUI
preme chancellor K. of P, Capt. I'D.
Meares of Wilmington, supreme !
master of ~exchequer, Saturday night
transmitted by telegraph $500 of Py-
THAN funds to the order of James w.
Walker, grand chancellor Cleveland,
o., for the relief of the food sufferers.
George NJ. Thompson, of Tyro, Dav-
idson county, is a candidate for I'm
tied States marshall for the Western '
North Carolina district. He secured
the solid endorsement of the Salisbury
Bar association and is making a strong
fight for the appointment. The place
was held by ex-Sherif T. j. Allison
OF Iredell county, under the last DEM
administration.
For the benefit of western North
Carolina Baptists who are interested in
the evangelical work of the church
and who are unable to attend the con-
ferences at various chatauquas, DIR.
Calvin B. Waller, the pastor Of the
First Baptist church of Asheville, has
arranged a summer conference which
will be held theer ten days, beginning
june 8.
Kitchin Watson, of Wilson county,
reports that during the last crop year
with eighteen plows on his farm he
sold produce amounting to $27,372.97
and has in addition 800 barrels of corn
and considerable other feed. He states
Will Bullock, a negro tenant on
his farm, working one mule has sold
produce amounting to $3.003.76.
Deputy Ed. Strickland of Raleigh
was stabbed to death and Deputy Stan
ley badly cut Thursday about 9 o'clock
by NOEL Massengiu, an, escaped con-
vict, whom they were attempting to-
nine miles from Smithfield.
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are in pudsuit.
Revenue officers last week arrested
w. F.. Byrd, a white man, and three
negroes on a charge of running a still
On Watts street Durham, one of the
main residential sections of the city,
and one of the most exclusive. The Fl
officers reached the still just as the .
men were making preparations to put
t into operation. !
Raleigh's school board is preparing
or the erection of a 100000 public
school building for the Glenwood Sec s
ion of the city. 1t will be of fi~reproof 4
construction, with 10 class rooms and ]
If modern design. An assembly room t
will be secured through the use of ron- /
# partitions between two of the Iarg-jt
st rooms. y
In a defamation contest, held at
selmont Saturday night for a gold med
I offered hv9Mr g Rnvoo ~ Cas- IN