Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-19
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Pinehurst-One of the distinguish
ed guests of honor at the Sandhills
Fair at Pinehurst October so will be
: Col Donald Walter Cameron, chief of
the Clan Cameron in Scotland.
Charlotte-James Wilson Rushing,
age 81, died at the Presbyterian Hos
pital after suffering two days from
wounds received in a cototn gin where
he was working at Mint Hill.
Raleigh-The district meeting of
the North Carolina Education Asso-
citation will meet in Raleigh, Novem-
ber 2-3, as part of the Regular Teach
ers' Assembly The statewide meet
ing will be held in the spring in Win
ston-Salem.
Charlotte The city purchased as
site of new city hall, the Liddell square
on East avenue, the price being S275,-
600 The property is city block. 1t
was first owned by late Colonel
Thomas H. Brem.
Henderson-Sales on the Hender-
son tobacco market for the past week
went at price that averaged almost
tothe 20-cent level, or 1899 per hun
dred, to be exact Sales amounted tc
1854 pounds, which brought S43.-
77796, according to figures made
public.
Kinston.-Josephus Daniels, former
Secretary of the Navy, will be the
speaker at the unveiling of a war
memorial in Queen Street Methodist
church here the latter part of this
month or early in November.
Charlotte-A verdict of $4,000 was
awarded in Civil Court before Judge
Harding by jury in suit of Mrs. Mar
garet Blum against the Southern
Railway for death of her husband,
George ]. Blum, September, 1922, at
Linwood, Rowan county.
Raleigh.-Col D. A. Bodenhamer
auctioneer of Kernersville, was in
stantly killed. Will G. Allen, promin-
ent Raleigh real estate man, was ser
iously, if not fatally, injured, and w.
P. Murchison, W. E. Mangum, Wake
county deputy sheriff, and c. A. Payne,
motor dealer, were slightly hurt when
the cars of Mr.. Allen and Officer Man
gum crashed head-on on the New Bern
avenue road about mile from
Raleigh.
Rocky Mount-Four negroes were
injured, one fatally, near Proctor's
,x,b
an automobile driven by Joe Moore,
another negro, ran down crowd of
negroes. who were just leaving a
wagon to start picking cotton in
nearby field.
Kinston,-A Civil War projectile
weighing nearly 13 pounds was ex-
cavated by the State Highway workers
near here recently. The bullet" was
seven inches long and four inches
thick Authorities on such things
said it was made for 12pounder,
field gun commonly used in the Con
federate forces.
Boone.-The work on the new build
ings of thee Appalachian Training
School is moving on well. The first
six weeks of the normal work has
closed and several of that department
have gone to their work as teachers.
Professor Wilson of the normal de-
partment, is planning well for the
recreational feature of the school.
| Charlotte.-A watermelon seed swal-
lowed by Heron Gay, eleven months
old. OF Allen, N. c.. week ago, and
which had completely shut off the
functioning of the right lung, was re-
moved by DR.. C. N. Peeler. at the
Charlotte Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Hospital.
Wilson. Black Creek township
claims negro who is 102 years old.
The records on this are pretty clear
since the negro who is named Hay
wood Sauls belonged to the father Of
MIR. Lee Sauls, who if he had lived,
would have been 103 years of age.
He contended that he was just ten
months older than the negro.
A distressing death occurred at the
home of Misses Lizzie and Lucy Nor
wood, near Bullocks, when their sis
ter, Miss Hunter Norwood, was burn
ed to death. The deceased was suf
ferer from heart trouble, and it is
thought she fell from the chair in
which she was sitting with an attack
which caused her death.
umberton.-Franche Locklear, In
dian, died in a hospital from wounds
received in a gun battle with Robeson
county officials at still in Gaddys
township. Sheriff R. E. Lewis, ac-
companied by half dozen rural po-
licemen and deputy ,sheriffs. was fired
on as he approached the still by
Locklear and another man who es-
capped, one using a gun and the other
pistol.
Durham.-Dr. A. S. Campbell. Dur
ham county physician, has entered
suit against John Robinson's circus
for $3.50 damages alleged to have been
done when one of the big trucks Of the
circus ran into his car on Driver
| evenue on the night of the circus.
Winston-S -Salem.--A mis-trial was or
dered in the Superior Court in the
case of the State against G. B. Flynn,
and June Ball. charged with the lar
ceny of automobile equipment and ac,
oaccoriac This wos hrouCht about