Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-01

Fayetteville. contract for the
erection of the club house of the Fay
etteville Country club was awarded to
Luther Gentry, of this city. at 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 County Jersey Breeders
association.
Charlotte. = The American Trust
company was the successful bidder
for Charlotte school bonds of $1S0,00O
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 brownsville for the purpose OF or,
ganizing a new bank. which will take
over the affairs of the defunct Bank
of Thomasville.
Charlotte 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, it was reported by
mill officials.
Winston Salem.-A tract.of SO 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
Eediately. .-~Is:ssr- ''~''Sa4.satA4as4
Charlotte, R. E. Weary had his col
lar bone broken and other occupants
were slightly injured when an automo.
bile turned over four miles beyond
Matthews.
Gastonia. Hidden away in denst
thicl.ot with a swamp en- one side and
steep hill on the other, blockade
still between 40 and 80 gallons capa
city was captured in the BeaVerdaEl
section.
Winston Salem. = 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
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. Charlotte.-An airplane, piloted BY
Mike Palm, of Lincolnton, and carry
| ing an extra passenger, crashed into
| a telephone post in making a landing
in field adjacent the Plaza. The two
men were uninjured. .
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Eighteen years at hare
labor in the state prison was the sen
tence pronounced by Judge Brysor
for Sidney Kincaid, Burke count!
commissioner. whose trial on charge
! of wife murder had been in progress
Murphy Charles Watkins specia
deputy, is dead; Allen Dean. anothe
deputy, is dying; and Ben Fox, form
erly a county Commissioners, is serious
" wounded as the result of pitche'
battle with two alleged blockaders.
Chapel Hill-Owing to its centra
location. as we'll as to the splendi
record of Guilford county in roa
building, it has been decided to hol
the twenty-first annual convention Q
the North Carolina Goods Roads asst
citation in Greensboro. October ]
and II.
Newton. historic institution
Catawba college, opens its new yea
Sept. 5. The enrolment indicates tn
incoming OF the largest student bod
for some years, Ave states being rel
resented and FIVE denominations rel
resented in the faculty.
Winston.S alem.-A Contract wa
awarded to J. L. Grouse, Of Greeni
boro, for immediate construction OF
double cottage on the campus Of D
Methodist Children's Home. the built
ing 70 be completed in 80 days. :
win be known ah the Tise building.
Ashevills.--James Trantham, age
80 years, and one Of the Oldest res
dents Of Buncombe county, died at b
residence in Fairview after a shot
: iistees.
"A. Asheville.- 1.-The presence Of Gcvs
nar Cameron Morrison, ex-Governt
Locke Craig, Commissioner of Ag1
culture w. A. Graham, and other me
OF state-wire and more than state-vie
z prominence marked the Buncoml
,counsy farmers annual picnic. he
i ct the state test farm. near Sxn
nanoa.
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