French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-09-20

The Central Carolina fair will be
held at Greensboro October 9-12.
Wake county grand jury are wrest-
ling with the blind tiger proposition
again.
James Simpson, just a mere lad "a.
Monroe, has been sent to the JACK
Training school for stealing a colI
button.
.Catawba county commissioners have
sold to Sidney, Splitter and company,
of Toledo, Ohih, 100000 worth Of
bridge bonds.>
The Red. Cross chapter of Newton
has asked the people of Catawba to
unite with them and give the 40 draft
ed men, who are to leave soon a grand
send OFF. .-AN&
G. p. Mullis, a business man of Nor
canton, recently made a canvass OF
Burke and discovered that over $4,000
worth of bottled drinks were sold q
year in that county.
Front Street Methodist church at
Burlington has recently installed a
handsome pipe organ and the opening
recital was given Wednesday night by
Professor Browning, of the Greens
borc College for Women.
]. S. Wray began mis- seventeenth
year last week as superintendent vi
! the Gastonia schools. The schO il
opened with an enrolment of 1904, the
largest by about 200 in the history of
the schools.
DR.. E. w. Knight, Wake ~county's
school superintendent, has announced
that Wilders Grove school district has
ordered a $1,000 truck and will carry
the distant children to school.
Lieutenant Andrew Monroe and
Lieutenant Sam Parker, young Mon
roe men who received commissions. at
Fort ~Oglethorpe. have sailed for
France, according to advices received
in Monroe.
While watching another person
thorwing rocks at some chickens.
Matte, young daughter of l.. A. With
erspoon of Catawba county. was
struck just above the eye by n Oh
the stones and her skull slightly
fractured.
Governor Beckett has made an or
der committing to life Imprisonment
the death sentence of eddie Lee, con-
demned in Pasquotankk county for
first degree burglary. Lee is only 20
years old.
One of the improvements at the A.
& e. college this year which will be
kelcomed by all the students is tho
new laundry which is operating on the
campus. The rates are reasonable
an dthe students are required to have
all laundry done on the campus.
The construction of an Office build
ing to cost $25O,0O0 or more has been
decided upon by the American Elk
change National bank. of Greensboro.
work to commence the first of the com
ing year.
With the arrival in Greenville, S. c.,
Sunday, of approximately 1000 men ca
three special trains, the mobiliL. ton
of North Carolina troops at Camp Sc
vier is now complete. The three reg
ments have a total strength of $500
men.
Rev. Frank B. Rankin, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Rutherfordton.
had had his PASTORAL relations dissolv-
ed through the King'sMountain presby-
terry in order that he might enter the
army Y. M. C. A. ~secretarial work. t1e
is to be stationed at Camp Greene.
Mayor McNinch Of Charlotte has
placed the city auditorium at the dis
posal of the soldiers on Sunday afte1
Moons. 1t is proposed to keep the au-
ditorium heated and lighted on Sun
days through the winter properly main
tanned as a recreation and resting place
for soldiers off duty on Sunday.
What is believed to be the severest
rainfall in Is years in eastern North
Carolina caused Saturday night and
Sunday an overflow of rivers ami
streams thai took toll of three lives
and caused property and crop damage
varfously estimated at from fifty thou
sand to one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
The farmers of the Mt. Olive section
Of Catawba county held the first COM
munity fair last Saturday yer held III
the county. The fair was a great sue
cess IN every way. Inc display WINCH
consisted of all kinds of farm pro-
ducts, hogs, poultry, etc., was as fine
in quality as ever seer anywhere.
Rockingham's colored population
are to take up Red Cross work. A
meeting has been arranged for their
benefit at the colored Presbyterian
church at which time Mrs. w. F. Webb,
head of the local Red Gross chapter,
will explain the meaning of Red Cross
work and five colored speakers will
also be heard.
Baxter Cain of Rowan county has
! been sentenced by Judge Cline to die
on November 9 for the murder of Abel
Harris. Cain was the regular watch.
man at the Salisbury street car barn
and Harris was substituting for Cain