Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-05-04

being Mesdames ]. d. Rodwell and
Joe Rogers. They will serve in the
arst and second wards.
Scotland Neck.-Hon. Claude Kitch-
in. representative in congress from
this district, and his family, who have
been making their winter home In
Washington, have returned to Scot.
land, Neck for the summer.
Oxford. - Former Sheriff s. Craw-
ford Hobgood, Of Granville county,
died at his home here, following a lin
gering illness. Mr.. Hobgood was a
member Of one of the most prominent
families Of Granville county, and his
death has caused profound sorrow in
this section.
Goldsboro.-A. G. L. train No. 48
has been followed every day for the
past week by q special express train
composed Of from eight to twelve
cars filled with strawberries, and the
largest shipment Of strawberries for
many years is being made by growers
of Rose Hill and other places between
Goldsboro and Wilmington.
Scotland Neck.-Scotland Neck has
Just enjoyed its second "Ye Old
Tyne Fiddlers' Convention" and the
Dixie theater here, where the conven.
tion was held, was packed to the
doors. Many notable fiddlers, banjo.
lists and harpists, as we'll as clog and
buck-and-wing dancers from all over
North Carolina were participants and
the program was one of the longest
that has ever been held in eastern
North Carolina.
Gastonia.-Announcement Is made
that A. A. Armstrong has sold his in.
terest in the Gastonia Hotel company,
and that ], A. Griffith has assumed
the management Of the hotel.
Salisbury.-Clay Holshouser. young
man. Of Faith, had leg amputAted at
a local hospital as result Of injuries
sustained when his motorcycle was
struck by large automobile near
Salisbury.
! Newton-The remains OF David H.
Efiller, whose body was found on the
Southern railway tracks, near Angus.
ia, Ga, on April "a, were brought to
Newton, his former home. and inter
red in the city cemetery.
Monroe. - Mrs. Mack Ford had an
arm and three ribs broken in an a,ato.
mobile accident when the Ford car in
which she and her husband were rid.
ing turned turtle on the Morgan Mil
road two miles north Of town.
Gastonia.-Th case of Arthur Ben.
der, young white man who was, ar.
raigned for trial in superior court on
a charge Of burglary, was concluded
when Judge T. B. Finley pronounced
the judgment Of the court that the de.
fendant should be confined in the state
prison for 20 years at hard labor.
Wilmington. controlling inter.
est in common stock of the Tidewater
Power company, a public utilities con-
cern, owned by Hugh MacRae, fnan.
cier, Of this city, has been purchased
by A. Il. Fitkin & Co., Of New York,
Mr.. McRae announced. The amount
involved was not announced.
New Bern.-Stonewal Jackson, ma.
yor Of the thriving little Craven town
Of vanceboro, included another feature
among the duties Of his office when
he slipped away long enough to cap.
ture a whiskey still some thYee n)1les
this side Of vanceboro. "a a deputy
of Sheriff J. D. Williams, Mayor Jack.
son has found variation o.3 law EN-.
forcement jobs for his section Of the
county but that little stunt was al
ready given him the title of "raidins
mayor"
Raeford. - Edward A. MGNeill, an
aged farmer who lived near Raeford'
shot his heaif on with q shotgun this
week. He had been i'll for seevral
weeks, and symptoms leaned danger
ously towards insanity.s g.
Greensboro. The pool ROOM night
will be decided here ON May 8, when
the city counsel, meeting in the coun
ty courthouse to take care Of the bic
crowd Ct interested people. will heal
the 'fors' and "sgainsts" giving ev
erybody . chance to speak thst'
minds. ~ ~ 4.