Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-07-11

OLD NORTH STATE NEWS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.
Seventy-six marriage licenses we're
issued in Wake county during June.
Many picnics and barbecues in this
state are being postponed until the
war is over.
A. Brown Walker, aged 81, we'll
known farmer and Confederate vet
eran of Cumberland county, died at
his home neal Linden recently.
Thirty-six counties have reported
additional selective draft registrations
since June 5 that total 538, of which
255 are white and 283 colored.
Kinston Daughters of the Confeder-
acy set in motion a movement to give
impetus to the raising of a fund for
a North Carolina monument at Gettys-
burg.
The actual work of surveying the
two proposed cantonment sites near
Fayetteville has begun by detachments
from engineer companies A and B., Of
the North Carolina national guard.
Members of the North Carolina d.
vision, United Confederate veterans,
will hold their annual reunion in Dur
ham August 81 to 20, inclusive, it was
announced today by officials of the
Durham chamber of commerce.
Major General Leonard Wood, CON
mander Of the department of the
southeast and ranking officer of the
United States army, visited Charlotte,
Thursday.
The water has reached the height
in the Badin dam where it has com.
menced to plunge through the fumes
and the great turbine wheels COM.
menced to turn and the Badin alumni
mum factories are now being operated
by electricity manufactured by cleo
trio power just at hand.
A. l.. Fletcher, who is federal pay
master for the North Carolina ex-
pense of the selective army draft pre-
liminary work, says there are large
numbers of the registrars and board
members who make no charge for
their service and turn in no expense
account to amount to anything.
In the state department of educa-
ton there are being forwarded to
every county seat in the state the Of
fetal questions for the examination
Of applicants for licenses to teach
school and for county superintendent,
the latter being only for incoming SUI
pe%rintendents. those already in office
being exempted by the legislative act
that created the state board of exam
liners and institute conductors.
The erection Of eight modern brick
school buildings in Lenoir county to
replace about As small frame houses
now in service was proposed by DR.. J.
NJ. Parrot, retiring chairman of the
board of education, just before he re-
linquished office in favor of G. V. Cow
per, named chairman for the coming
six years.
Following a personal investigation
into the condition of the fishing in
dustry in Eastern North Carolina wa
tiers, Governor Tickett announced his
determination to make no changes in
the personnel of the Fisheries Com
mission Board save that the necessary
filling the vacancy of Mr.. W. M. Webb,
of Morehead City, caused by resigna-
ton. In his place, Governor Beckett
appointed S. P. Hancock, ~ex-sheriff
Of Carteret county, who lives at Beau.
fort.
Speeding north at thirty-five miles
an hour, Seaboard Air Line extra No.
312 crashed head on into local freight
train No. SO four and one-half miles
above Franklinton a few minutes after
$50 Saturday morning, killing Engi-
neers Samuel G. Linkous and H. Cas-
kin, Fireman o. L. Wells and Brake
man George R. Napier, seriously injur-