Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-06-06

IO[D NORTH STATE NEWS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.
Plans have been accepted for a new
| school building at Burgaw.
Fire which destroyed several bust
ness houses in Burlington, doing dam
aoe to the extent of $4,000 or $4,000,
for a time threatened the entire town.
Information has reached Spencer
that every employee in the Southern
Railway shops will receive an increase
in wages of six cents per hour.
Governor Bicket reappointed all he
members of the state board OF cleo
tions for another term. Col. Wilson
G. Lamb, of Williamson, is chairman.
R. O.. Everett, president of the
North Carolina Agricultural Society,
has appointed the executive commit
tee of the society for 1917 and notices
are being sent to them for acceptance.
William Wallace Bean, aged SO, city
editor of The Knoxville Sentinel and
formerly news editor of The Asheville
Citizen, died at Ashevile at the home
of his wife's mother, Mrs. N. J.Rey-
nolds.
Citizens of Wilson met recently
and organized what is to be known as
Wilson Community Store" Over
$4,000 in stock was subscribed.
Everett Carrigan, 14-year-old son Of
Sam A. Carrigan, of Mill Bridge, Ro~
wan county, is dead as a result of in
juries received when a tree fell on
him.
Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago will
build a model manufac curing town
four miles west of Martinsville, Va,
this statement authorized by George
W. Fraker, resident manager at Spray,
for the company, which has mills at
Spray, Leaksville and Draper.
ohm Lucas, executive Secro"
tary of the North Carolina Food Con-
servation Commission, in reviewing
the food situation in this state gave
out a lot of good advice in his sug-
gestions of ways every person can
help improve the food situation.
While the farmers of Carteret coun-
ty make a specially of raising sweet
potatoes, this years Irish potato crop
will exceed $4,000 barrels. During the
past two weeks farmers of this COM
mun1ty have shipped 5000 barrels at
prices of ST to $3.50 a barrel.
There came to Governor Beckett an
invitation to deliver the address be-
fore Tammany Hall, New York, for
the Fourth of July celebration of this
famous political organization, The
governor cannot accept for the reason
that he is scheduled to deliver an adj
dress on that date for the Baptist
Assembly at Wrightsville Beach.
A summary of the statements OF
conditions of North Carolina State
banks at the close of business May 1.
shows 23,406, $40 increase in resources
for the past year, present aggregate
being SIT, 99S, 600. Deposits increas-
ed over $40, 900, 90 for the year. There
are 442 banks with twenty-five branch
banks. Capital paid in is $12, Ola, 900,
a gain of $601,00 for the year. The
surplus fund increased 1922 900, and
the undivided profits $526,000.
1t was authoritatively learned that
the State Firmen's Association will
hold their annual meeting at More
head City on July "a, Is and 26th. The
association was to have met with
Asheville and also hold a tournament
but on account of the war that meet
ing was postponed until 1918 and this
years business session will be held
at Morehead City, lasting for three
days.
To bring the freight claim depart
ment of the Southern Railway System
more closely in touch with the ship
ping public to the end that quicker &C.
ton may be had in the adjustment Of
freight claims, a central freight claim
office will be established at Chatta.