Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-04-11
OVER THE LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE.
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.

Clayton, ~ c., subscribed its quota
of Liberty Loan Bonds before the is
sue was opened.
Selection of Wilmington N. c., as
the site of one of the shipping board s
new concrete shipyards was definitely
announced by Chairman Hurley.
Captain Albert T. Barr, a native
North Carolinian, has disappeared
from Camp Sewer, Greenville, and de-
rpita thorough search no trace can
be found Of him.
General Cameron personally gave
permission for publication of news OF
the completion of the movement to
Camp Greene Of 5000 mechanics OF
the aviation section, signal corps.
Three daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
George Hart, of Conwell, were burned
to death while they slept by a fire
which destroyed the Hart residence
Their ages were T. II and IA years.
Thomas Royal and Frank Royal and
James Wagner, the latter SO years of
afe, all living near what is known as
foot OF the Blue Ridge, near Wilkes
boro, died recently. They were veter-
ans in the war between the states.
The Southern railways overhead
bridge across the Dan river on the
Greensboro-Madison branch line. locat-
ed short distance from Madison, was
practically destroyed by fire Saturday
afternoon, supposed to have originated
from engine sparks
S. T. Meares, of Clarkton, editor Of
the Bladen Journal, has been ap.
pointed to job in the ordnance de-
partment and has gone to Washington
to take up his duties. He will draw q
salary of $1,000. Mr. Meares has been
editor Of the Bladen Journal about FIVE
years, and edited a creditable weekly
Because his sweetheart, Miss
Claudia Lynn, spurned his offer to
marry her, Julius Young, of Henry,
near Hickory, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to kill her and then turned the
gun upon himself, infllicting wound
in the head that makes chances about
even against his recovery.
The stockholders of The Enterprise
Publishing company Of Albermarle,
have announced that they have just
closed contract with Judge Frank
Carter, Of Asheville, selling out the
entire equipment of the plant to Judge
Carter.
Five men were killed and wreckage
and cargo hurled over adjacent build
ings when the steamer Annie blew up
at her dock at Elizabeth City Just after
arriving from Norfolk. The vessel
was loaded with -four and sugar and
the cause Of the explosion remains a
mystery.
The work Of construction of the gov
eminent hospital buildings at Azalea,
Asheville, is now we'll under way, and
already two large buildings are almost
completed, while many more have
been started. The plans call for no
less than 66 different buildings, and
will require approximately 100000
to complete them.
A vigorous protest" to Governor
Beckett against the action Of the dis.
trict exemption board, at Statesville,
which was described as arbitrary and
unreasonable" was forwarded by Col
T. L. Kirkpatrick, chairman Of the
Charlotte exemption board. The pro-
test grew out of the action of the dis
trict board removing registrants for
the draft from Glass to Glass and 2.
Mortormap John Shackleford of
Winston-Salem, charged with being
responsible for the death of Conduct.
or Roy Petree, when the car operated
by the first named crashed into an.
other one the south side while Con-
ductor Petree was standing in the mid
die Of the track adjusting his trolley,
was given a preliminary hearing be-
fore magistrate. Shackleford was
held in $500 bond for the grand jury.
As result Of hearing before State
Food Administrator Henry A. Page in
Raleigh the Forsythe Roller Mills at
Winston-Salem was peremtorily Or
dered to cease operations and will
probably be closed down until the next
wheat harvest