Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-19
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings in
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.

AL knc TCOP'C.
Kinston public schools will have a
brass band this year
The women of Kinston ave sEgan-
lied for national defense.
Durham has awarded a contract TOT
so, 900 yards of street paving.
The freshman class at A. & E. Col
lege is as large as ever this year
The community club of Hickory IS
making plans for a reception at she
new high school building Friday even
ing, September 21, when an address by
DIR. J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent
of public instruction, will be one N
the features. The new building Will
be dedicated at that time.
After their demand for an Increase
of six and cne-half cents an hour in
nav had been refused about 400 negro
helpers employed in machine shops
of theAtlantic Coast Line railway at
Rocky Mount went on strike. u
road, it is understood, offered the
men an increase of four cents an hour
but this the workmen declined.
Martin Dennis, who was arrested
in Stanly three weeks ago upon a
charge of having violated section . OF
the selective edraft, was given a pre-
liminary hearing before R. c.. Hill,
United States commissioner, and was
bound over to the United States term
| OF Federal court for the Western dis
trict, at Salisbury, OF October 3, 1917,
AS a. result of an aecl-
/ dent IA miles below Salisbury on the
road to Badin, J. w. Zeigler, aged ~,
of Winston-Salem, is dead, and his
brother, George l.. Zeigler, is in Sal
isbury hospital suffering with bruises
B. F. Southern. a passenger, was
bruised and L.. C.. Hodgins and r. c.
Shields, also passengers and all from
On- Cdp6u illJuIs.
Athletics at Wake Forest College re-
ceived a sever blow when it was an
nounced that Mr.. J. Richard CroZier,
for 10 years director of the gymnasium
and the pioneer basketball coach OF
the state, had resigned to continue
his studies in medicine at the AmeFi-
can School of Osteopathy at Kinks
Vile. Mo. Mr.. Crozier leaves on Sep
TENDER IS to assume his new duties.
7 The city of Raleigh has planned to
make itself a model for the cities and
towns of North Carolina in the matter
of gardens, having taken as a motto,
"a garden for every home IL months
in the year" For the accomplish
ment of its purpose, two trained
women have been employed as garden
supervisors, and a course in elemen-
tary agriculture has been introduced
in the city schools.
Miss Mamie l. Kersey, who has
been head nurse at the North Carolina
State hospital at M%organton several
years, has resigned, on account OF
failing health, to take a much needed
rest. The great responsibility of this
position and the duties connected
with it are very trying and few peo-
pie have been able to hold it more
than a few years.
Speaking of the Keating-Owens
child labor law and the recent decis-
ion of Federal Judge Boyd in declar-
ing it unconstitutional, United States
District Attorney J. O. Carr declared
that the person or persons who violat-
ed this statute are gambling with the
supreme court. for if this tribunal re-
verses Judge Boyd's decision, those
who have violated the statute will be
.ndictable, despite anything that
Judge Boyd may have said relative to
the constitutionality of the law.
Lindsay Britain, IL years old, OF
Rocky Mount, son of John Britton Of
that place, was drowned in the old
rock quarry just east of Wilmington.
He was out wadil.g with a number OF
other boys when he stepped into a
hole over his head. Unable to swim
he went down before assistance could
reach him. The body was recovered.
The lad was visiting relatives at Will
mington.
]. Wesley Helms, young white man
Of Monroe, vas given a hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner NJ.
L. Flow a few days ago on the charge
of having failed to register. His age
was established at Fl and he was
required to register in addition to be
ing bound over to the federal court,
which in Charlotte the first
Monday in October. At first young
Helms denied having attained his ma