The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-02
OVER THE OLD N0RTn STATE

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Erief Notes Covering Happenings in
This State That Are Of interest to
All the People.
Mount Gilead is now lighted by
electricity
Several whales have been reported
recently off the North Carolina coasts
Elkln now has the largest and most
complete veneering plant in the state,
Members of the First Methodist
church at Salisbury will erect a new
place of worship soon.
The IS members of the Caldwell
County Boys Corn Club reported 3.438
bushels of corn, an average of 45S
bushels per acre.
William F. Burbank, who died in
Oakland, Cal, recently, was owner
OF the Twin City Sentinel, an after
noon paper published at Winston
Salem.
Larry managers met in Charlotte re-
Gently and organized the Creamery
Managers and Butter Makers Assoc
cation OF North Carolina The next
meeting will be held in Lincolnton ia
April.
only four carloads of northern rails
Gu seed irish potatoes have been re-
celVed at Mount Olive so far this
spring. 1t is said that there will be
one more carload The cars average
around ESQ barrels the car.
FIRE which is believed to have been
Oh lncendiary origin destroyed sec.
uon OF the long bridge connecting
Beaufort with Morehead City recently
and caused the suspension of traffic
over that section for several hours.
Norfolk Southern Railroad officials
nave been comforting with persons
at klnston over the proposed extern.
sion of the Kinston- Snow Hill Rail.
road, Norfolk Southern subsidiary
from Snow Hill to Walstonburg or
Inc Norllna graded schools build
ing, for the erection and equipment of
which bond issue was voted last
May, has been completed and imue-
11ately occupied fer school purposes
Inc building is modern in everv "a |
'pect, the largest and mos: modern IN
Warren county
Six hundred boys and girls will an.
oil IN Durham corr, pig and tomato
'luDS, according to estimates beinp
made by Supt. c. w Massey of Dur
lam county schools. Many of the bovs
ire entering the canning club and sew
'ral girls have enrolled to contest for
'orn club honors.
Durham, Granville and yobns+,,
ountles nave become identified with
II IDEA that has as it's ultimate pur
'ose the cooperation OF the banker
nd the school children of the rural
lstrlcts for the common end of road.
uildlng and the Improvement of
routes.
marry rally, the youLg Charlotte
ian VINO was so fearfully injured in
lie football special wreck in the Sails.
ury yards of the Southern the night
e1ore Thanksgiving and who has
nee been in a Salisbury hospital, was
'ken to Washington City for further
eatment on his jaw.
A frlghtful accident occurred at th.
;ld plant of the Rosinau Extract I
ompany at Brevard a few DAYS ago 9
men an "outer ciave" in which two I
'rds of acid wood was being boiled a
lddenly burst or gave way throwing
e oolllng contents on young man n
the name of Smith and literally p
lrning him to death. d
The first meeting of the stockho1d- II
s OF the National Festival Chorus
ub OF America was held at Black b
ountaln at which an organization c
as perfected and arrangements made a
the erection of the greatest audi o
rum in America. The structure will IL
st 100000 and will seat 21,5OO peo- IL
e. 1t will be built of reinforced con- G.
etc, steel and stone and will be 81
ady Or the opening event in August g
the singing of oratorios in one Z
and united chorus of 1000 voices
der the direction of Walter johann d
S Damresch. who is head of the n
1slcai organization of the club. o.
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