French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
OVER H LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.


Raleigh.-Senator Simmons has se-
cured the appointment OF Miss Ruth
Newton, of Person county, to\a $1,000
position in the war risk board, and
Miss Eleanor Swain, Of BERTHE, gets
a similar place.
Dunn.-County Superintendent Cen
try and the township chairmen are
organizing the county for the Wal
Thrift Drive this month. Harnet has
to sell nearly half million and u
put it over.
Observation-Disclosures were ap-
pointed by Mayor Moore to arrange
for a celebration by the >foreign-born
citizens and sons of foreign-born c1t1-
zens, which will be a big feature OF
he observance of the Fourth Of July.
Washington. - Advanced freight
rates ordered by Director General Nc
Adoo go into effect without further
modification. The railroad administra-
ton announced that local reVisions
will be worked out later.
Notwithstanding pension appro-
priation bill for the fiscal year 1919
provides approximately $4,000 for
North Carolina, out of a total of $780,
05O, 900. There are 800 cival wal PEN
sioners in the state. That is a goo9
sized army within itself.
AlE[El.
Rutherford College.-The subscrip'
ton fund for Weaver Hall at Ruther-
ford College has been brought to 49,
900 on the. $25,O 900 sought. In his ad-
dress at the college commencement,
Governor Beckett exhorted the friends
Of the college to buy and give Liberty
bonds and wal stamps to Weaver hall.
Boone.-The Appalachian Training
School is moving on most satisfactory
ly, with the work of it's summer term,
which opened on the 18th with an un-
usual number for the first day. Stu
u6uIS nave COAI1140CU ~ 44N N
the term promises to be one of the
largest the school has had.
Salisbury.-WAen Chief of Police
Steele assumed his office he warned
whiskey handlers that he was going
after them. In beginning to make
good this promise the new chief col
lected four gallons from a citizens
residence and had said citizen furnish
a $500 bond for appearance later.
Charlotte.-S. H. Lea, former city
engineer, suing the Southern Public
Utilities Company in the present
term OF civil court for $4,000 for alleg.
ed injuries sustained when his buggy,
in which he was riding, collided with
a street car January IL, 1917, was
awarded the full amount asked by
the jury.
Morganton.-The labor situation in
and around MOrganton has become
critical, and two labor agents have
been placed under arrest and bond
here this week for soliciting labor for
supposedly government work without
proper credentials.
Durham.-Word has been received
from the Carnegie library commission
Of New York city that Durham has
been awarded the $4,000 asked for by
the local library for the purpose of
establishing a Carnegie library in
Durham.
Charlotte.-Thomas Jonathan Jack
son Christian, grandson of General
StOnewall Jackson and a native OF
Charlotte, has recently been promoted
to the rank OF major and is now sta,
toned at Camp Logan. Major Chris.
tian's mother, Julia Jackson, was the
only child of "StOnewall" Jackson.
He and his sister, Mrs. E. R. Preston
of Charlotte are the only grandchild.
rem of General Jackson.
Saltsbury.-Farmers in Rowan and
surrounding counties have purchased
a nUrnbnr ne G~uorn co.y hoiforS colo ho