Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-15
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE Old NORTH STATE


cAkoLlNiAks.
Oxford. ITO avoid { water famine
N Oxford a request has been issued
BY Mayor Stern TO ali citizens to con-
serve the. supply by esasing to use
water for unnecessary purposes. g
Hickory.--With peospects for an an.
rollment that win tax the capacity Of
the Institution. the fall term Of Lenoir
college began matriculation requiring
most Of the day.
SalisburyThe Rowan county ad.
ministrators in special session fixec
the tax rate at eightytwo cents ON
the hundred. This Is ON valuation
ten per cent less. than last year, when
the tax rate was So cents.
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Concord. The expected return to
work Of striking textile operatives
failed to materialize. The strike Of
more than 1000 min people is there
by continued and new difficulties and
differences are perhaps added.
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Goldsboro. Practically 100000
pounds of tobacco were handled on
the local market, the average being
20 to rs per cent better than last
years opening.
Some sold as high as 80 cents. 4
Albemarle Colonel r. @. Mabry,
Sr.. one of Albemarle's oldest resi-.
dents and Confederate veterans was
found dead in his bed at the Maralice
hotel. Colonel Mabry was 70 years OF
age.
Salisbury. Samuel M. Kenerly, an
aged man, died suddenly soon after
returning home from Spencer. where
he attended the Cyclone Mack re
vival. Mr. Generly had also attended
the meeting in the afternoon.
Spencer Following close upon the
heels of Labor Day 1t is stated that
the working force at the Spencer
shops was increased by about fifteen
per cent. 1t is understood that all
departments were affected.
Winston-Salem. Virgil Aired, a
young farmer, residing near Mount
Airy accidentiy shot and killed him!
self while out hunting squirrels. He
was alone, and just how the accident
occurred win probably never be
known. Il
Statesville. -The directors Of the
Davis White Sulphur Springs Hotel
company met at the hotel at Hide
night and voted to sell $4,000 worth
OF Z per cent preferred stock in the
company, the money TO be used to i'm
prove the hotel and grounds.
Statesville. Mrs. Charity Hicks, 103
years old, Of Winston-Salem. is spend
ing the week with her son, S. B. Hicks,
of Harmnoy. Mrs. Hicks is a native
OF Iredeil county, but removed to Win
ston-Salem some time ago.
Mount Olivee--The first bale Of new !
cotton, raised by William Leslie. a
nearby farmer, was sold at auction
here and brougt the fancy price Of q |
cents.
Raleigh. William A. King ceiebrat-
ed HIS ED birthday in House Creek
township. The event was a real cele-
bration for hundreds of friends and |
relatives in House Creek township
and from Raleigh.
Asheville. Announcement was
made that the French Broad Hospital
association is planning to remodel the
sid Chapman residence at T. Souti |
Broad Avenue, into a modern hospitai
for the treatment Of medical and sur
gical cases.
Kinston. Hines, u, promin-
emit lumber manufacturer. died at his
home here. He had been in failing /
health many months. Mr.. Hines was
a native Of this section. He was
known in lumber circles throughout
the east and south.
Reidsyille. One of the largest law
suits ever recorded in Person county
f71.