Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-09-01

'Michael, wife of L. P. Michael, died
suddenly, while taking bath at her
homo hsse. Physicians said apoplexy
was the cause of her death.
Mount Olive.-Brombley Jennette,
the young man who sustained dis
located spinal column, as a result or
q dive in White Lake, died in a Fay
etteville hospital.
Fayetteville.-The contract for the
erection OF the club house of the Fay
etteville Country club was awarded to
Luther Gentry, Of this city, at a meet
ing Of the directors of the club.
Extraordinarily 500 fire fighters !
representing almost so North Carolina !
municipalities registered for the an
nual state firemen's convention in ses.
sion here
Newton.-A number Of the leading
Jersey breeders of Catawba county
met at the farm of Henry Lutz ana
organized a County Jersey Breeders
association.
Charlotte. - The American Trust
company was the successful bidder
for Charlotte school bonds Of $150,000
sold by the board of commissioners.
The local banking house bought the
bonds at par.
Lexington.-Several business men Of
Thomasville and this city will meet
in Thomasville for the purpose Of or.
ganizing new bank, which win take
over the affairs of the defunct Bank
Of Thomasville
Charlotte.-Two of the four Chad
wick.Hoskins mills, the Louise and the
Hoskins started up their machinery
and ran through the day quietly ana
without disorder, 1t was reported by
mill officials.
Winston.Salem- tract OF 50 actes
here, purchased by the R. ]. Reynolds
Tobacco company, is to be used Tor
the erection of large storage ware
houses, four OF which will be built i'm.
mediately.
Charlotte R. E. Veazy had his COL
lar bone broken and other occupants
we're slightly injured when an automo-
bile turned over four miles beyond
Matthews. e
Gastonia.-Hidden away in a dense
thicket with swamp on one side and
a steep hill on the othep tlthckade
still between 40 and so gallons capa-
city was captured in the Beaverdam
section.
Winston. Salem. 49, The funeral Of
Capt. M. L. Pankey, special agent of
the Southern railway who was found
dead in his office chair here, was held
and the body was shipped to Alverado'
Texas.
Charlotte.-An airplane, piloteh by
Mike Palm, OF Lincointon, and curry
ing an extra passenger, crashed into
a telephone post in making Ian ding
in field adjacent the Plaza. The Ewo
men were uninjurpd. /,
Morganton.-Eighteen years at hard
labor in the state prison was the SEN
tence pronounc ed by Judge BrEson
FOR Sidney Kinca1d, Burke County
commissioner, whose trial on charge
Of wife murder had been in progress.
Murphy.--Charles Watkins special
deputy, is dead, Allen Dean, another
deputy, is dying; and Ben Fox, form
erly county commissioner, is serious
ly wounded as the result Of pitched
battle with two alleged blockaders.
Chapel Hill-Owing to its central
location, as we'll as to the splendic
record Of Guilford county in road
building, 1t has been decided to hold
the twenty-frst annual convention Of
the North Carolina Goods Roads asso-
citation in Greensboro, October II
and IL.
Newton.-The historic institution,
Catawba college, opens its new year
Sep4. s. The enrolment indicates the
incoming of the largest student body
for some years, five states being rep
resented and five denominations rep
resented in the faculty.
Winston. Salem.-A Contract was
awarded to ]. L. Grouse, of Green's
boro, for immediate construction Of
double cottage on the campus Of the
Methodist Children's Home, the build.