French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-08-22
OVER H LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.

Granite Falls.-Fritz Barlow, g
young man about Is years old, employ
ed by the Granite Falls Manufacturing
Company, was drowned in the com
pany's pond.
Greensboro.-Fire today destroyed
he Hardwood, a large boarding
house in the center of the city, caus-
ng a loss of $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
Durham.-Mr. William D. Carmi-
chael Jr., known to his friends as
Billy" left about ten days ago for
Washington, D. c., where he success
fully passed examinations for the avl-
alton corps.
Asheville.-Joseph Meyers, a mer-
chant of West Asheyill,e was serious
~ injured when a Ford truck he was
driving got beyond control on JEFF
ferson drive as he was passing a wag-
on, and hurled itself and driver down
q 30-foot bank.
MISUNDERSTANDING amount left
by the late R. J. Reynolds for the col
cred hospital here is $12O, 900, instead
of $12,0 as printed in a dispatch from
here, due evidently to an error in
transmission. The total OF requests Is
$240.000.
Raleigh.-Fifty-siX markets in North
Carolina sold a total OF 249,033,374
pounds Of tobacco during the fiscal
year ending July 81, 1918, according to
the annual repor; Just released by the
Commissioner Of agriculture. This is
a gain over 1917 OF 54,594, $50 pounds.
Gastonia.-The 3;vision of four min
ute men of the f~1aral committee on
publication is to = actively represent
ed in Gastonia G-II that Immediately,
according to e announcement by
Leake Carraway. - Charlotte, district
chairman of the .-Ir minute men for
this section.
Wake Forest warehouse of W.
c. Brewer & Co. Of this place, was
burned. The bu-G.ag contained gen.
eral merchandise. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, partially covered by
insurance.
Morganton.-EIcavy damage has
been done in Burke the past few days
by hail and Windstorms. In many
places the. corn has been leVeled to
the ground and many fields of alfalfa
and other crops have suffered severe
ly. This is a rather hard blow to
Burke after a shortage in wheat.
Observation-Disclosures Manning and
Thomas Shelton, white boys apparent
ly IS or 10 years of age and claiming
Charlotte as their home, are in the
city Jail charged with burglary and
the police officers are on the lookout
for two other youths who were with
them at the time the crime they are
charged with was committed. .
Charlotte.-Overcome by the heat s.
e. Corbett, a travelling salesman,
whose home was said to be in Green's
boro, fell unconscious on the sidewalk
in front of the Western Union Tele-
| graph office. He was removed to the
Selwyn hotel. His condition was re-
ported as favorable, and it was said
he would o
Raleigh-About two hours after the
home of Mr.. E. C. Richardson, Of 31S
South Person street, was entered and
robbed, Robert Allen, a negro, was ar.
rested upon the charge Of burglary
when Officer Nichols two bloodhounds
carried officers from the scene of tbs
burglary to the negro's home.
Gastonia.-Miss Olive Ratchford,
who has been a student nurse at the
City Hospital training school for
nurses, was graduated recently and is
now taking a brief vacation at her
home in CASTOR county. Miss Iva
L~ineberger will be graduated from
her home in Glover S. c., route 4, for
the present. Both Miss L~inebergeT
and Miss Ratchford are planning to
enter the Red Cross overseas nursing
force il the fall.
North WiF1esEoro. = Miss Nellie
Shepherd Of Ferguson was killed
when she was thrown from a horse
Meager details of the accident have ii
that she was returning from an enter
tainment to her home nd that her
horse became frightened at a passing
vehicle, throwing her iCto the road
She was taken 20 the home of Mr.
Chas. Hartley, near the scene Of the
accident and requested that her PEG
pie net be noti@ad until the next
morning. The next morning she was
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