Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-08-26
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GENERAL STATE NEWS

Fg The board or aldermen or concord
have let $4,000 contract for paving
The grand encampment 7 20. @. r
OF North Carolina after two day
session at Kinston adjourned Thurs
day to meet next year in Weaverville
Goldsboro was chosen for the next
meeting place for the state convention
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanic at the meeting in Charlotte
last week. SO
i ]. e. Stack & Co.. of Monroe, bought
the first bale of cotton sold in North
/ Carolina last Wednesday, from j.. A.
Arant. Of Chesterfield county. s. G.
! Mr., Williams, % years DID, who was
employed as a bookkeeper at Spray,
/ was killed by an automobile in which
| he was riding. turning turtle Sunday
morning.
The Union Manufacturing & Trading
Co, of Sanford, capital $4,000. have
secured charter for the manufacture
OF harness and all manner of articles
out of leather.
The Peoples Bank and Trust Com
pany is the name of Charlotte's ninth
banking institution Of which ex-Maycr
Charles A: Bland is the chief promo
ter and will be president.
A charter has been granted to the
Union Manufacturing company, OF
Canton, capital $4,000 authorized, and.
$25 900 subscribed, for the manufac-
ture of sanitary dinner pals.
The state council. Jr. o. U. A. M.
held in Charlotte last week, just be-
fore adjourning appropriated $1,000 for
carrying out the moonlight school idea.
ty, has been awarded an extra 800 for
Columbus High School in Polk coun-
tor Of High School because Of recog-
nized efficiency and good attendance
This makes: total of $500 Columbus
High school viii receive from the
State. s@.< sserS
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company has Just placed orders for
the early delivery of $50 new freight
cars and 10 locomotives according to
statement just made by President
John r. Kenly.
The families of Prof. A. p Whisen-
hunt and President ]. D. Andrews OF
Catawba college, at Newton, have
canned tbout 1900 cans of corn, to-
matoes and beans, each-near1y 4,00e
cans in all-this summer and they are
still at 1t.
Thousands of dollars worth of new
buildings, remodeling, repairs and
painting and all sorts of improvements
is said to be in evidence throughout
the town Of Newton.
J., C. Steele & Sons Of Statesville
have blue prints and specifications for
shells, coming from the war depart
lment at, washington. II, the firm de-
sffes to bid on the manufacture OIL
shells for the government, It is re-
,quested to do SO. So.
Greensboro has. sold $4,000 worth
Of 30-year, five per cent bonds at "a
premium Of 1864. The proceeds Of the
sale will be used to construct school
buildings and improve those already
in use Contracts have already been
let for two new buildings to cost
about $4,000 complete.
Fifty teachers attending Foryth
County Institnte nredged themselves
To aid in obTiteratinp adn1t f1Tiferacv
in the state and esneciaIIv in Forsvth
county, by organizing as early az pos
slp!e IN the Iah teIIn ItoonHsu6
SCHOOLS s. IN cmeir respeS ,tS c0lnnioni-
tAoS' piAnss1p"itS 10A' HuH'
A. contract has been awardeGf the
their school f1Inf nv the sfatfs Tnanec-
EIIiott Bnifdinee esnmnany of Hickory
for the bnfldfng Of q hie dam for the
Morganton fiir6t E. Power Co across
the Catawha river at = noint near
Nebo. The contract csIIs for . ranum-.,