French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17

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Wake Forest-The Wake Forest
unit of the student army training
corps was officially indicted into the
government service in front of the
college administration building in the
presence of a large number Of town
people.
Salisbury.-Mrs. H. C.. Daniel has
received word from a brother, Dick
Russell, that he was injured some days
age in action in Europe, receiving a
bullet wound in his right shoulder.
Winston-S Salem. - Former Governor
r. B.. Glenn, who has been quite sick
since his return from a business trip
to New York, was reported to be rest
ing more comfortably. A weak heart
is the cause of his illness.
Kinston.-The army and navy have
stripped the local fire department Of
nearly all its volunteer runners with
the machines" Thomas Moseley, the
volunteer chief, says only 10 or IL are
left to answer alarms now. The city
council at it's next meeting Will be
asked to draft" men suggested by the
chief and foremen.
Asheyille.-Black Mountain town.
ship, in the heart Of the Blue Ridge
! mountains, reported to central head
quarters that 1t had gone ver the top
in the fourth Liberty Loan campaign
by subscribing five times the allOt-
ment, making a total subscription Of
$3.50, 900 for this town in the town
ship.
Special from Washington.-Repre-
sentative Claude Kitchtn is i'll at his
home and is believed to be a victim
OF Spanish influenza, while he had
high temperature. He was reported
as improved. Representative Zebulon
Weaver of the AshevilIe district has
also been a sufferer from the new NAL
ady in a mild form fer several days.
He has a room at Providence hospital,
but is not dangerously i'll.
Lumberton.-Alex Johnson, a young
white man of the ST. Paul's section,
accidentally shot himself recently.
Mr.. Johnson was found in the woods
near his home with a hole shot in his
breast and he Is not expected to re-
cover.
Carthage.-A cablegram has just
been received here announcing the
safe arrival overseas of Lieut.. Henry
L. Graves of the Air Service Casual,
with the American Expeditionary
Forces in France.
Charlotte.-A. contract for the con
struction within the shortest possible
time of a salad oil plant here for
Swift & Co., was awarded to a Char
lotte contractor.
Lumberton.-In order to do all pos
sible to prevent the spread of Span
ish influenza in Lumberton, the mayor
and board of aldermen have passed
an ordinance q~uarantining against
Charlotte, Wilmington, Fayetteville
and all points in Bladen and CImber-
land counties.
Kinston.-Peritior ars fer an injunc-
ton against the levying CT a special
tax for schools in the KinsJun district
having appealed from Judge Frank
Daniels order dissolving Judge w. P.
Stacy's temporary injunction, the mat
ter will come up for trial il the Su-
preme Court at Raleigh.
Reidsville.-WilIiam E. Price, of
Madisca, who attended the Plattsburg
Training Camp with the U. Y. C. unit,
has been commissioned q second lieu
tenant, and ordered to Moravian Col
lege, Pa, as military instructor.
WalIace.-Since the opening Of the
market here $3.50 OGO pounds of tobac-
co have been sold at the high prices
which have prevailed throughout the
State. Donations Of tobacco by the
farmers and warehousemen now
amount to 1897.
Fayetteville.-The eighth name was
added to Cumberland county's honor
roll when Machinist Raymond Man
chea Gallup, U. s. N, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Y. Gallup, Of this city, died in
q naval hospital at New London
Conn, after a brief illness.
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