Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-18
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NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
TOLD IN SHORT PARA
GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE

IA 900 people. Residents OF waugh
town voted for annexation to the city.
Hickory Bolick. rs, Cald-
well County Confederate veteran, is
in local hospital with broken leg
sustained in fall from wagon.
Hendersonville Recommendation
of Knauga Lake resort development
as a suitable place for assembly
grounds for the Episcopal Church was
voiced by committee Of the Church in
session here.
eensboro.-Extension Of mail car
rier service to parts Of the city added
by annexation is in effect. Several
thousand are served.
Wilmington.-Mrs. Harvey CanadN
36. poured kerosene on smouldering
coal in a stove at her home in
Swansboro. The oil can exploded and
she died in a short time from her
injuries. Six small children survive.
Observation-Disclosures at three
State Colleges will be asked to insti-
tute a course in Bible study by COM
mittee representing eight Protestant
denominations according to plans out
lined at a meeting here.
Salisbury.-The fire loss Of Sails
bury was $11S,165 according to figures
made public here this week. This was
nearly s1O0, 900 more than the previous
year.
Kinston.-The Ten-County Fair here
will be held early in October this
year, it was announced by the pro-
noting association. The directors
have acted months earlier than usual
in setting the dates. The exhibition
will be opened on the 7th and closed
on the 10th. The fair was held in
the same week last year.
Hickory-Officers have been able
to gather no details OF the mystery
attending the shooting OF Ernest Sig
mon, young white man, on the Lin
colnton road three miles south of
Hickory last week. Sigmon continues
to improve despite bullet hole
through his body, and still insists
that the shooting was done by man
with whom he had fight In Kentucky
more than three years ago.
Waynesville.-G. C. Plott, l.. NJ.
Killian, DR.. X. E. Montgomery, F. G.
Rippetee, Clarence Phillips. Jack Phil
lips and w. L. Hardin have returned
from the Waynesville Rod and Gun
Preserve. where they succeeded in
killing two deer specimens. Mr.. Plott
killed one while the other was killed
by Gus Hargrove. Of Canton. The
party came upon several other deer,
but only killed two.
Durham.-virgine Mccoy. negro,
was found guilty Of cruelty to animals.
by Judge Graham. in Recorders court.
and fined $40 and costs. Mccoy was
arrested after 1t was found that he
had allowed his horse to freeze to
death. The animal. 1t is stated was
left out on the darn ground all night.
and was found frozen to death.
Morganton.-The dangerous rail-
road crossing at the Morganton station
claimed a victim when a few hours
after he had been run down there by
shifting cars, Oba Null, young white
man, died at Grace Hospital from in
juries received. One of his feet had
been cut of, his hip broken and the
shock so severe as to make an opera
tion out Of the question.
Greensboro.-The Greensboro fire
department is the winner for North
Carolina in the nationwide contest Of
1928, according to the December. 1928
issue of Fire Protection"
Wilmington.-The news was receiv-
ed in Wilmington that the big straw
berry crate factory of B. J. Hughes at
Mount. Tabor had burned with $50,000
loss. Insurance was only $4,000.
Greensboro.-Permit for the erection
of buildings at the North Carolina Col
lege for Women here to cost s473,750
has been secured from the city inspec-
tor by the ]. A. Jones Construction
Company, of Charlotte. Work will
start at once.
oldsboro.-Contract for the con-
struction here Of Wayne County's $685.
900 community memorial building was
awarded to ]. W. Stout and Company,
of Sanford. who are also the builders
Of Goldsboro's skyscraper, the 10-story
Wayne National Bank Building
Greensboro-Ten warrants, on an
average, were issued by the Green's
boro police department every day dur
ing 1928 Every two days FIVE people
were locked in the Guilford county jail.
Two civil cases were started each day
In Guilford Superior Court
Rocky Mount.-Plans are going for
ward for the evangelical campaign
which the churches of the city are
uniting to stake here next April 27 to,
May Is when Gypsy Smith will con-
duct big meeting at one Of the local
tobacco warehouses.
Winston Salem.-The sixth annual
meeting of the North Carolina Ice
Cream Manufacturer Association
will be held in this city on January
Is and 16. The sessions will be held
in the ball room of the Robert E. Lee
hotel and an interesting program has
been arranged.
Hickory.-Migration of Georgia ne
groes has extended as far north as
Hickory. Several families of cotton
farmers from the Empire state of the
South have come to Hickory to take
charge Of farms In this section and
will plant large cotton crops in the
spring.