Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-08-31
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olina, will speak in New Bern Septem-
Der 1 before the boys Of the Hi.Y
club Of the local Y. M G. A., Secretary
Beemer Harrell stated.
Charlotte-J. Lawrence Jones, po.
noe court Judge, has resigned from
that Office. His resignation is effec.
tive November /. The Office inter.
feres with his law practice, he says.
Salisbury.-C. w. Belts, Of the Eve
ming POST advertising force, is in a
local hospital at the result Of. getting
. foot caught and badly injured in
. printing press.
Fairmont-Fairmont sold at auc-
ton during the week ending August
1s, 9s7,5ss pounds Of tobacco for
s214.142.16, making an average Of
$1,000. During the season up to- Au-
gust 1S, 1,648,O68 pounds were sold
for $373 3,3S2.27, making an average Of
322.66.
Asheville. - A passenger arriving
here reported that the Memphis'to-
Now York train Of the Southern rail-
way was fired upon near Cleveland,
Tenn. The passenger making the re-
port stated that a bullet entered tho
car about two inches over his head.
Bmithfeld. - Martin Shepherd and
his son, John Shepherd, charged with
the killing Of James O'Neal In the up
per end Of Johnston county, near Wen.
dell, surrendered to Deputy Sheriff
Hinton, OF Middle township. and were
sent to the Wayne county jail in Colds
boro.
wilson.-A young white man claim.
ing that his home is in Augusta. Ca.
and that he is a striking boiler maker
from the railroad shops In Augusta.
was arralgned on the charge of retail.
ing whiskey, ant on his own admission
he was adjudged guilty and sentenced
to the roads for four months.
Wadesboro.-Byron Vance Henry, a
former law partner Of Judge Walter E.
Brock and one Of the most promising
attorneys of this section, suddenly
passed away at the Anson sanatorium
after an illness Of only four days.
Acknowledgment r. P. Satter.
field shot Private John Kannon
through the abdomen at Camp Bragg
during a crap game in the tent OF
Sergeant June Smith. Kannon Is in
the hospital in Fayetteville in Sc
rious condition, while Satterfeld, who
was ordered turned over to the civil
authorities by Adjutant General j.
Van B. Meets, 10 out under $1,000
bond.
Durham. - Col. James Marks vii.
liams, Coast Artillery, Urited States
army. Of 62s Perry streA Montgom-
cry, Ala, his WIZ = M. VIII.
liam,s, and a Mi ~ also OF
Montgomery, were Instantly killed
when Southern passenger train No. %
struck an mobile in which they
were riding at a grade crossing three
miles west Of this city.
Goldsboro.-W. B. Taylor, aged civil
war veteran, who had his hand injured
when he stepped on the trigger Of the
trap Of explosives he had set to fright.
en- away boys who had been stealing
his grapes, Is now watching his vine
yard with a double-barrel shotgun He
says this Is because he has now dis.
covered that the vandals are young
men and not boys.
Btatesville. fox hunters Of Ro
wan, Wilkes and Alexander conntH
m iafAed 10 JOIN the Dx hunters Of
lrvdeh IN a community day picnic IL
be held al oool Springs on Wednss
day, Aptsst 20.
Greensboro. o.-Mrs. Lou Thacker oe3
ebrated her 111th birthday at the home
of her granddaughter. Mrs. J. M. Ed
mundson, Of the Proximity mill village
whom she is visiting.
Rocky Mount. - Charlie Rowland
the popular and hard-hitting catcher
Of the Tar Heels. has been sold to the
Philadelphia Athletics, according to
statement made by the local baseball
club.
Greensboro. Nance, younl
white man, was badly hurt on street
when a motorcycle he was riding col
lided with an automobile driven by
J. B. Ingram He was taken to hos
pital where II is thought he will re
cover.
Wilmington. Lewis andABruce
Griffith, attempting trans.continenta
flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles
via Wilmington, Washington and Cin
cinnati, had a narrow escape when the
airplane In which they were hyinl
made a forced landing in cotton ffelt
near Lumberton. The engine snllet
at an attitude Of 5000 feet and Val
wrecked In landing.
Saatesville. -statesville is 70 ha~(
another modern hospital. The new
enterprise will be known as the Davh
hdSpftn end is being promoted BS Dr.
James W. Davis, who has been asso
ciaeed with the CArpenter-Davis hos
pit1l a. tenerll surgeon for the paS
two years. ----.--------