Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-11-09
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
The OLD NORTH STATE
SNORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
cAROLikiAks


father, and others, were riding, ran on
a bridge on the Stokes Ferry road.
Raliegh-Trial of the suit OF Mrs.
Louis E. Gerow. as administrator oi
the estate of the late Herbert w. Ge-
row who was killed in an engine eA'
plostion on the Seaboard AIT Line
railway. was opened here. The suit
is against the railroad company anu
$4,000 damages is asked.
pinehurst.- by horse races
c1assed as excellent by persons VINO
saw them and by the new feature OF
automobile polo, the Sandhlll rair
opened with a large attendance. The
weather was Ideal
Chapel Hill.-President Chase OF
the University of North Carolina Went
on record as disapproving the publ
cation by students OF The Carolina
Boil Weevil, comic magazine, SO long
as Steve Brody. business manager ac-
cused by the faculty executive com
mittee of unethical business practices
remains in office.
Salisbury.-The Rotary club had
nearly hundred farmers from dif'
ferent sections of the county as guests
at the annual luncheon !t the fad'
kin hotel. Dr. T.. c. Brooks, OF ia
leigh, was principal speaker, J. f.
Hurley presided and short talks were
made by a number Of Rotatrlans ana
guests.
Raleigh Representatives OF y
high schools in Eastern Mort caro-
lima met here and arranged their
schedule for the elimination games in
The annual interscholistic high school
contest which is conducted under the
auspices OF the extension department
of the University of North Carolina.
Duke.-Cliford Matthews, of Lii
lington, was instantly killed and three
other men probably fatally injured
near Duke when the automobile in
which they were riding is said to have
become unmanagable on the Cape
Fear bride and plunged through the
guard rail to the rocks, so feet below.
Concord-The resignation OF Sher-
iff w p Maberry, which was pre-
sented to the county commissioners
several days ago, was accepted by the
ooard at spec'ai ii'ee''ns ne'u =, az '
courlhouse' Depu'' one''n
wen, 'i'' was appo'ns1 .o.,,.
OF Mr.. Maberry.
Raleigh Hearing OF the petition OF
49,. co,,.hrn po,,,ar comp.rv for in
-, h,...o e,oo,rio rouor rates
u ~ ..a,o .ri,r;,a,Iv cot for Nove,,-
10. 20 u,.s ros,ronad bv the state
cor,orat;on commission until the fol.
lowing dav November IA
,,,,, IT.. ..i., -, I;,,,,or
o,, $1,000 a rooner Tbomas
coona- and Horace Cooner indicted
- oonnoo,;o, NTH tho ,a;,rre ~ tho
Commarci.l National Rank here last
December viii, NOT come nm at the No
yember term of Federal court, owing
to the inability Of C. r. Tull, Depart
ment of Justice agent, who is a mater.
ial government witness, to attend.
Federal authorities said.
High Point.-Dr. ]. T. Burrus, a WELL
know surgeon here, has been made a
Fellow OF the American College Of
. surgeons at tne l0lCaRO meetlnSx
Wilmington.-Nayy Day, the ami
versary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth.
was appropriately observed in Will
mington, the entire cttizenry taking
part in an elaborate program arrang-
ed for the occasion.
Oxford-An incident seldom known
in the annals of Granville County
courts. was enacted in Oxford when
Joe Roberts. who killed his uncle,
surrendered himself to the sheriff. He
marched into the sheriffs office, ac-
companed by a friend and gave I'D.
Hickory Badly mangled by a pre-
mature explosion of rowder. on the
Blowing Rock highway two miles
above Patterson, F. T. Adams. 2S.
died in Hickory hospital, and Lon
Campbell, 81. was not expected to live
through the night. Adams is survived
by his wife and three children.
Henderson.-Dr ]. H. Wheeler
young phvsician of this citv who b.s
served as county coroner for three
years, was sworn in as sheriff during
the interim until the special called
meeting of the Board of County Com
missioners can convene next Monday
to elect a sheriff to succeed tho late
Sheriff John s. Royster