Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-03
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS

Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.
A majority of the negroes of the
o%ational army will be called out for
mobilization at the training canton
ments with the contingent of draft
forces summoned for October 3.
Despite the cry of war times, high
| cost of material and the scarcity ant
high price of labor, building operations
are at a high tide in Cherryyille.
Many dwellings are going up.
Plans now being worked out by Tho
! Division of Farm Demonstration OF
the Agricultural Extension Service
call for the planning Of demonstration
| orchards in each township in every
county where agricultural agents are
now at work.
r. F. Beasley, commissioner of pub.
lie welfare, has relinquished the act-
i've editorship of The Monroe Jour.
nal. which is owned by him and his
BROTHER, G. M. Beasley, in order tina
he can devote his entire time to his
new duties. John Beasley is the new
editor.
A "spark1er," an innocent looking
frework from a child's prize box,
caused the death of Josephine Moor
ing here. The girl, nine years Of age,
lighted the sparkler in the yard
at the residence of her parents, Wi
lev B. Mooring and wife, SIT Waters
street. and accidentally ignited her
clothes.
Superintendent A. B. Cook, Of the
Standard Knitting Mills, Gastonia'g
latest textile enterprise. states hat
30 per cent of the machinery had ar
rived and is being installed rapidly.
He expects that operations will be
commenced not later han October IL
and perhaps a few days earlier.
me SLdIC 1Ot 6SlSI- D.. ~, III
who is also acting director of the
North Carolina Geological and Eco
1omic Survey during the absence Of
Major Joseph Hyde Pratt with the
10th Regiment Of Engineers. has Just
been appointed a listing officer for the
Second Forestry Regiment. known as
the goth Engineers CForest) Regiment
by Mr.. William L. Hall, assistant for
ester. Washington, D. c., who has been
requested by the war department to
organize this regiment.
At the end of it's second week Of
work the University of North Caro-
lima has 1000 students registered in
the various courses. There has been
only a very slight falling off in the
academic courses. the largest decline
in attendance coming in the law, phaT-
macy and graduate departments
where the men are older.
John Long, who for the past week
eluded armed and angry posses Of
citizens and officers in Mangua town
ship, Durham county. came to the
county court house at Durham, and
surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Joe
Peasants. Long was wanted on the
charge of shooting and seriously
%wounding Miss Nellie Bail. pretty
daughter of Dave S. Ball, as she knedt
at a spring near her home at Bahama.
Governor Beckett and Adjutant Cen
eral Young are to utilize the county
councils of defense in the formation
of the selected military organizations
that are to be made up from the 5000
men who are to be called into ser
vice for home guard purposes. These :
county councils are to make uD the
list OF meN to be asked to serve the
county organizations and report them
back to the governor through the adm
tant general.
All the papers that were turned
over to me by Mr.. Dooling," say Sole
itor Hayden Clement, ARE now in the
office of the clerk Of the superior
court of Rowan county and l am per
fectly willing to show them to Mr.
Means attorneys at any time they de-
sire to see them" In a lengthy inter
view explaining the papers," the So
licitor states that the papers brought
to North Carolina and turned over to
him consist of one package of letters.
He has not yet examined them, but is
sure from what Mr.. Dooling says they
will be Of no benefit to either the
state or to Means.
Morganton's cement streets are at
tracing quite a lot of interest now
and many requests are received for
photographs and information from
other towns in different states.
H. E. Kendall "a prominent druggist
in Shelby for 25 years, made a volun-