Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-02

hsheyille, was drowned in the French
Rroad river near his home last week. !
W, X. Reid, a prominent banker of
11ickorv. hes been appointed by the
,rosi6ent of the North Carolina Bank
prs Association as a member of the
legislative committee.
Efghtv-eight applications for license
- nTactice law in North Carolina was
Made last Friday before the Supreme
court.
Five hundred men in Wake county
oro to be presented to the grand jury
a. Wake county in September for tall-
ure to list their property.
william Robinson and his wife, EN-
Pohinson, of Barber Junction were
fonnd dead in a room in Washington,
&c e last week. Death was caused
by asphyxlatlon
Melvin Reed, colored, is in Buncombe !
county iail under 1000 bond for at
tomnting to derail or wreck SOUTH
ern freight train as it descended swan
nanoa Hill.
Builders and contractors of Char-
1otte report that construction actlVlt1
is gradually getting around 10 uor
NAL shape after lapse Oh seFe"'
months.
T, shuford of Hickory stated
,-1iio in washington last week that the
furniture business in Hickory, Lemon
ond other western North Carolina
towns has improved wonderfully re-
Gently, and is very good now
Tho NJ G. Farmers Convention, at
Raie: oh last week, adopted resolutions
for holding the present crop OF cotton
soon to he picked and asking that tne
hon1xers of the State lend their nelp
in sustaining the market
Tho eighth annual Wilkes county
p,i- rs15 he he1d this year. ertemner
% % and go. and will be a gala occa-
sion for the farmers of the surround
inc counties as well as the citizens ol
Wilkes.
Dasnondent because of her long SUI
fering, Mrs. Amelia Stancill, 90 years
of age, of Asheville, Thursday, enoeu
her life by swallowing the contents Oh
a vial of carbolic acid.
The NJ. .Josey Guano Company,
which operates fertilizer plants az
Scotland Neck and Tarboro, will erect
a mixing plant in Wilmington at cost
of between $4,000 and $4,000. The
plant will be ready for operation by the
next season.
Joe Smith, a negro living near Tar
boro. CAPTURED a nest of baby SPUR
rels in tree after killing the mother:
Smith took the squirrels home and
gave them to a cat Instead OF d1nlns;
upon the three babies, the cat adopted
them. They are reported as dong
nicely.
Caswer Askew, aged "a years, was
found dead at a boarding house III
Newbern last Thursday. There were
several knife wounds in his throat
one of which severed the jugular vein
A coroner's jury rendered a verdlc'
that deceased came to his death at NJ
own hands,.
Teachers of Wake county are deepl!
interested in the moonlight school
movement throughout the State, anc
have pledged their support and ser
vices in organizing and conductlns
a school during moonlight schoo
month" in the district where they vii
teach.
o. G. Klfngman, formerly manage
for North Carolina of the j. |. Gas
Threshing Machine company, VINO ols
appeared from Greensboro ABOUT
year ago, leaving an apparent shortas
in his accounts of some $5O,OOo' na
been captured bv detectives in Seattle
Wash.
Mrs. S. F. Watson. a well-knowl
Catawba county school teacher, wa
almost drowned Friday morning Wne,
she attempted to cross a sWolIe
stream on a footlog. The creek was
roaring flood, made so by the heaV
rains, and Mrs. Watson lost her bal
ance, and sank twice before she wa
swept against the bank and caught hol
of a limb.
In order to teach members of tn
Durham police force military tactic
J. L. Morehead who was for severe
years in the United States Cavalr'
has been elected lieutenant chfer an
will take active charge of this ne
feature of the police department.
Maj. Graham, Commissioner OF Agr
culture, states that he has Travelled J
many sections of the State recentl
has observed crop conditions close
an dis convinced that North Carohr
is in the midst of realizing about Il
biggest yields of farm products gene
ally in the history of the State. I
says the wheat crop this season WI
enough for a full barrel of -four Il
everv man, woman ar5 oh II ~ r
State I'D that t.,..sf5 4s4a - sStls
to b Ear and T1s .seE