Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-08-05

Sheriff ], A. Kitchen, of Robson
county, on the night of July 2, gave
himself UP to an officer in South Caro-
lima and is now in jail here.
Newton.-P. A. Hoyle Of Newton,
was elected president of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance association,
Catawba and Burke branch, and M. A.
Abernethy of Newton, secretary and
treasurer at the annual meeting OF
the association.
Weldon.-The street bridge over
the Roanoke river at Roanoke Rapids
has been purchased jointly by North
ampton and Halifax counties and the
town OF Roanoke Rapids and hereafter
will be operated without cost to the
traevling public.
Charlottesville town OF Myers
Park will not conduct school dur
ing the coming school year, it was an
nounced by Mayor c. H. Cover. fal-
lowing an investigation and report by
the school committee named recently
by the mayor and commissioners Of
the new town.
Greenshoro.-C. A. Edwards, Of
Needles. Calf, is dead and Harry D.
Mullins, of Washington, D. c., and
Robert league of High Point, are in
local hospital seriously injured, the
result OF freight train striking the
automobile in which three men were
riding at street crossing here.
Henderson.-Work on repairing
paved streets in Henderson is to be
started. The R. G. Lassiter company
are now unloading the necessary
equipment al the railroad freight sta
ton. This work is to be finished by
| September LIST so that it will be In
good shape by time the tobacco mar
ket opens.
! Durham.-Don RosZel, seven yea
! old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Roszel
of this city, shot and probably wound
ed William Jones, seven year old son
| of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Jones, also o.
Durham, in a play DEL at the ROSIE
home.
Wilson.-Two were inetantly klllet
and three others probably fatally in
jured at Stantonsburg, 20 miles east
| Of here, when Norfolk Southern pas
senger train crashed into an aM'cmo
bile on l. grade crossing.
Raleigh. Beckett has par
| doned Gus Katsandas, of Forsyth
| county, serving II months for br'birs
an officer, and Allie Taylor, of Lanc;;
county, serving rear for retailing
The formers pa'don is unconditional
Waynesvllle.-Out Of twenty odd OF
| the editors in attendance on the press
| convention just adi)prnel here sele =
| ed at random ard interviewed On the
question of woman suffrage, only one
was found decidedly opposed TO it.
Greensboro.-Jay Pierce, Of High
Point, was placed in the Guilforc
county Jail here to await trial at the
September tesm Of court here on
charge of bigamy. The city court o.
the Furniture City found probable
cause and ordered Pierce bound over
under a bond Of $1,000.
| Salisbury Salisbury's new fire
truck La France gear motor hose
truck, has been accepted by the city
after public tryout in which the
truck more than made good. With
40. pound pressure, about half of its
capacity, the truck threw water ovel
the city's tallest buildings, something
like 140 feet in the air.
Washington, N. C.-That the state
legislature will pass an "anti-tick bilP
at its special session next month now
seems practically assured according
to advocates of the measure in this
section, who are preparing5to r.'sh II
strongly.
Salisbury The Kesler Manufactur
ing company started up its cotton mill
this morning, after an enforced shut
down of seven weeks, following a dis
agreement between employer and EN-
ployes. The day passed quietly on
the hill and trouble is expected.
Raleigh. AFTER q lapse Of quarter
Of century, Trinity college and Dur
ham will resume intercollegiate foot
ball this season with schedule Of six