French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-08-08


5E4 - IS
81 Shelby-HeGVy rains have been
falling 1hFoughout C1epoaand county:
Cor several days.. All btPOans are
psWOllen and land hshadfy washed.
Farmers think hoWeVeE,:thst this wet
weather will h11s tendency to,
check the damage Whboh the red spt,
der: 10 doing I'm the cotton HeRGG
GRaleigh-W1M .178 enRietments 20.
its credit, the Raleigh Navy ROcPu
ing Station hast week ranked first IN.
enroNments in the Fifth Naval Dis
trfctswhich mn composed of-NOEtA
Carolina and Virginia. The station,
also stood fourth In the entire BasG.
Grn DistF8e4 a
W1nStO41SGlem-1n -raapon0e TO q
call issued by Mayor G6EFeM the @
dermen and hundreds, of citiSons gath
ute OF respect SO the late R. j. Ray
noldA. Prominent ctttsenS gave brief
expression OF appreciation OF Mr.. Rey-
holds. Prominent citizens gave brief
expression of appreciation of Mr.. Rey-
holds as a business man, citizen and
community builder. .
Raleigh-Deputy Sheriff T.tH. Wall,
Of Wake county, Policeman C. A
Smith o8 Apex and others, citizens Of
the community. Sunday afternoon de-
stroyed what in said to be the largest
still ever found in this county. IT'S
capacity was ECO gallons. Six thou
sand gallons of beer was destroyed.
Nobody WAS captured.
Charbotba-Between 10000 and L..
coo people in Charlotte have NO city
water connections and use open, shall
low we1b and springs which r cas-
iIy oOataminatedy according to q state
ment issued by DIR. C. C. Hudson, city
health onicer, %on the typhoid 1aVaR,
situation I'm the city.
Ralefgh.-Dr. H. II. Bonner, Raj
eigh specialist, has been recommend
ed to succeed Dr.. A. w. Knox as a
member OF the Wake county exemD
ton board. His appointment is ex:
pected al am early date.
Kinston-while L. D. Bland cured
tobacco On the plantation Of R. E.
Bland some miles from here q five
foot RATHER paid: him arvisft. The rep
tile made itself quite playground the
place, presumably counting the heat
within the curing barn. Bland also
got busy and killed the snake. 1t was
a healthy specimen, having II rattles
and a button, indicating the snake to
be ;1S years old and unlucky.
Elizabeth Cfty-The most success
full session of the Elizabeth City
State Colored Normal Summer School
closed July Is. A very large number
of teachers were In attendance. The
summer schools Of to-day r entirely
different from what they were in the
past, today we are considering the
industrial, agricultural, and hOrticul'
tural subjects, and IN addition pouL
try and hog rising are emphasized,
-Fayetteville.-H. ". d King, .secre
taFy of the Fayetteville chamber OF
commerce, accompanied by Messrs. +.
H. Stedman and T. G. McAfister left
for Warrington to present Fayette
>ville's brief to the inland waterways
Wnmtngton.-The death OF LAeuten
sRnt James LOder, q nA&fse Of this city,
who Was reported In 'press dispatches
~ having been M@aWEMAHs; Enn
IRE on the A1aneA4R6e mont, was
CONFIRMED IN o Telegram from the a.
5M4nnt general 10 tho family.
%f1stonSalem-A community can
merry will be put fR operation here, at
once. The enterprise is the work OF
the local women's committee of the
.CouncH of National Defense and was
made possible through the Rotary
club.
MorgantOn.-Joe Allen, g farmer
living near Euola IN Burke county,
was found dead az his home, where he
lived alone. Hs head had been
crushed With acme blunt Instrument.
No cIae has beea fcnnd iQdioatiag t4e
identity of the a~Esaflaat.