Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-21

orS and business IHen Monuoy hoin'
ing. January II, under the auspices
~ the American Cotton association,
for the purpose OF beginning drive
for stock In the American Products
Export and Import corporation.
ExGov Richard I, Manning. OF
South Carolina. will be one of the
speakers. Mr.. Manning is president
Of the corporation.
Rocky Mount-Creation OF an al.
dermanic purchasing committee, In
structions to the mayor to advise the
county representatives In the legisla-
ture to secure permission from that
body for the city to sell $4,000 tsas
Improvement and construction bonds
as low as 95, and the selection OF Mr..
J. L. Suffer to succeed Mr.. J. l..
Horne, Jr., resigned, as alderman
from the first ward were the out.
standing features Of the regular SEES
sion OF the board.
Durham.-More than 40 Durham
Shrineis met In the local chamber OF
commerce rooms and organized the
Durham Shrine club.
The Shriners are planning for
banquet on the night OF January 20,
with Past Potentate William A.
French, OF Wilmington, and the poten-
tates OF the Oasis and Sudan Shrine
temples as invited guests.
Wadesboro-The Arson Sanato-
rium, the local hospital, has recently
been enlarged by the addition Of two
large annexes. It is now one OF the
best equipped hospitals in the state.
The X.ray department Is under the su-
D rvision OF DR.. James M. Covington.
who won distinction as an X-ray spe-
cialist while In charge OF hospital IN
France during the world war.
Raleigh-The North Carolina Mas
ter Printers Association organized at
Greensboro on December 5 for the
betterment Of the printing industry In
dustry in North Carolina, will hold Its
second meeting In Raleigh January
10. Sessions Of the association will
be held in the morning. and afternoon
with a banquet at night.
Goldsboro. With quite sum OF
money and other valuables on his per"
son the dead body of Mckay Wig
gins, a we'll known farmer OF Fork
township, this county, was found In a
field near Whitleys on the Southern
railway, about eight miles from Colds
boro, with two pistol shot wounds
over his heart.
Greensboro-Henry B. Warner OF
Lexington, must furnish counsel for
Mrs. Florence Warner, his wife, with
specific amplifcation OF certain ale
cations against her character, Judge
James f. Boyd, Of the western district
OF North Carolina. federal court. ruled
here.
Concord.-Frank Blackwelder, Tom
Letter and Luther Smith, three white
men held In connection with the
shooting OF NJ. W. Altman, promi.
nent white man, have been carried to
Jail in an adjoining county for safe
keeping.
Kinston. The health bureau here
has drawn another ex-army man to
direct its activities. DR.. Robert 8.
McGeachy, who has assumed charge
of the bureau, was with the 12Oth In
fantry and other units during the war.
Asheyille.-Elmer Hughes, aged 20.
came to his death by accident. and
was not murdered, as first reported.
according to the finding OF the cor
oners jury.
Cotton Mills Merged.
Davidson.-At meetings OF the stock
holders OF the Linden Manufacturing
company and the Delburg cotton mills
held here, II was voted unanimously
by those concerned, to combine the
mills under one management, as soon
as the combination can be effected.
As a matter Of fact the two mills are
for the most part owned by the same
! persons.
;, The plans by which the two mills
> will be united is the formation OF a
new company known as the Delburg'
Linden company.
Want Direct Trade Relations.
= Durham.-Durham is considering d.
|. rect trade relations with Czecho
q Slovakia. Elimination Of importer
jobber and middhmen, and OF
tremendous transportation overhead
4 Is contained in suggestion received
D. by the Durham Chamber Of Commerce
from Franz ]. Schinkel, exporter o.
q Haida, Czecho-Slovakia.
G Schinkel desires TO send glass ware
e including fine qualities OF cut glass
a. into Durham, dealing directly will
IS wholesalers and retailers of this city
Schinkel did large pre-war business
Work on Baptist Hospital.
"a MISUNDERSTANDING hospital build
ing committee of the State Baptist con
;" vention will come to Winston-Salen
IS to confer with the local committee re
10 garding plans for the new hospital
IN Arranging preliminaries and launch
Ing active building operations hav