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?" ? ? f STATE NEWS IN DIGEST p ?s Investigations recently made ii prison conditions in Chatham count; show the jail to be in first class condi tion, and sanitary in every respect. B. H. Hedgecock, formerly assist ant cashier of the Home Bankinj Company, at High Point, has receivet another |sentence in the penitentiary of 2 years, for his part in an illega transaction involving the credit of th< bankj/vehich is now defunct by rea son/Of his defalcation. /Flat denial has come from adminis. (ration leaders that Major Baxtei Durham wil resign as State Auditor, when the report of the special audit ing committee of the state's finance! is handed in. It was reported that he was in danger of losing his job on ac count of slackness in office. The jury trying two alleged safe crackers for robbing the Oxford post office disagreed last Thursday and failed to find a true verdict in the case. A bond issue of $40,000 was al most unanimotfsly passed by ' the voters of French Broad township, near Asheville, last week, for school purposes. The State's bridge across the Pas quotank river, connecting Camden and Pasquotank. counties, was offi cially opened for travel last Friday. A big celebration was held, with plenty of speaking and a large crowd of citizens from both counties. Announcements were made at the commencement last week of Shaw University, colored institution of Raleigh, that the endowment fund had been increased by more than $300,000 this year, and that the State Board of Education would rate the college "A" before next term. Major Charles M. Stedman, Con gressman from the Fifth District, says he believes the next president will be a Democrat and that it will be. either W. G- McAdoo or John W. Davis, ambassador, of West Virginia. Representatives of the direct line age of three . North Carolina Colonial governors stood on the courthouse lawn at New Bern last Thursday and saw their ancestors honored when Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, joined by city and county unveiled a boulder erected to the memory of Gov. Abner Nash, Gov. Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Gov. Richard Dobbs Spaight, the younger. Two railroad men were instantly killed near Mount Airy last Thursday when a shifting engine ran into the rear of a shanty. North Carolina is still the champion baby raiser in the Union, having re tained the highest birth rate during the past year. Figures were ? just made public. Governor Morrison's statement that the Corporation Comission had been opposing his ship line scheme has been branded as untrue by the commission. "We believe that every prisoner should be treated just as kindly as he will allow himself to be but a man who will neither control nor restrain himself must in the interest of society be controlled and restrained and a sufficient amount of force must be used to accomplish it," sums up the attitude of the retiring Wake county jury as expressed in its final report to the court last week. Dr. E. C. Brooks, former State Superintendent of Education, has been tendered the presidency of State College, and accepted the office. A. T. Allen, formerly with the depart ment of education, has been appoint ed as State Superintendent. Thirty-six carloads of yams were marketed by the Eastern North Caro lina Sweet Potato Growers Co-Opera tive Association the past year. A meeting of growers was held in Wil son last week. Several negro leaders in this State have urged members of their race to stay in North Carolina, rather than accept work in the industrial plants of the north as many have done re cently. Reports from Wake Forest say a building boom of unprecedented strength has hit that town recently. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad hae restored its famous "Cannon Ball' fruit express, from Wilmington to northern markets. The Durham and Southern Rail road has been penalised $8>000 for diverting several carloads of coal to Durham factories during the summer period of 1922, when coal was scarce^ and .shipments uncertain. A 21 year old brother and a 18 year old sister met for the first time in their Uvea, at Wilmington last week. M. V. Moore, a proofreader, left home before his sister was born, and had never seen her until she join ed him in Wilmington last Thursday. She came all the way from Bay City, itteh., ?e see her brother. The Supreme Court hue upheld the judgment of inferior court* that * minor child cannot sue its parents 01 parent. The Peoples Bank of Salisbury, one of the State's large banking institu tions, failed last week. With it three other smaller dependent banks went n down. Dave Norwood, chairman ol f the State Democratic Executive Com ' mittee, was formerly president of the defunct bank. Stokes county took a forward step f when 100 or more committeemen met * with the board of education and the 1 superintendent of public instruction 1 last Saturday at Danbury for discuss 9 ing plans to perfect a county-wide ' consolidation of schools. Each town ship was represented and all favored - the plans. Elaborate plans are being made for , entertaining the State Convention of ? the B. Y. P. U. at High Point, June i 19-21, inclusive. Attorneys of the New Bern bar ? have presented petitions to the State press condemning the severe critics of Judge Henry Grady, for his con nection with the Ku Klux Klan. They uphold him, and extol his virtues as a judge. The First Methodist church of Salisbury has been hard hit by the failure of the National Bank there! last week. Several thousands of dol lars have been lost in deposits in the bank. Jeff Powell, 65-year-old Garner farmer, has been sentenced to from 2 to four year? in the State Penitent ary for killing his brother, aged 70 years. After a lapse of nearly three months the State Highway Commis sion will resume the Jetting of new contracts for road construction on June 27th when bids will be opened on more than a score of projects ag gregating a mileage of approximately 125 miles. The tentative list of pro jects gives 71.18 miles of gravel road and 55.22 miles of hard surfaced. With at least 100 New England mill owners invited to be present and the question of the French Broad Biver as one of the main topics of interest to the Asheville section, the second annual meeting of the South ern Appalachian Waterpower Confer ence wifl be held in Asheville June 25-27, inclusive. More than eight millions of dollars have been loaned to farmers by the Federal Land Bank at Columbia, offi cials report. Pink Brown, of near Greensboro, was shot and instantly killed by his son, 18 years old Monday, when the father attempted to catch his daugh ter and choke her. About 200 Raleigh business men will leave on a special train in Octo ber to advertise the State Fair. The train will be out two days and will go as far north as Henderson and as far south as Sanford. The Raleigh Chamber of Commerce has renewed efforts for the construct ion of a new union depot in the Capi tal City. Josephus Daniels is chair man of the committee to secure the new station. More than one thousand students were expected to attend the opening of State College's Summer School which began Wednesday. Reports from tobacco growers in several counties surrounding Kinston say there is a better prospect of afull crop this year than any time since 1920. The stand is uhusually good. North Carolina State banks have won out in their fight against the Fed eral Reserve Bank, the the point in controversy being the collection of exchange on checks. The United States Supreme Court has held that the State Banks can collect exchange on checks, and by its ruling reversed the North Carolina courts. That the snap bean will bring good money to the farmers in the Eliza beth City section who were fortu nate enough to plant them for mark et is indicated by the quotations from New York City the last few days. Judge N. A. Sinclair at Wilming ton this week called for a thorough investigation of prison conditions in New Hanover County. The stock farm building on the Fort Bragg reservation was seriously damaged by a heavy windstorm that prevailed over that section last Tues uoy. Members of Business Women's clubs in North Carolina are holding a three-day convention at Wrights ville Beach this week end. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has notified Senator Simmons that the freight rate on fish from Wilmington will remain the same, de spite efforts of fishermen to have the rate lowered. The fight for lower rates will continue, however. Little permanent improvement in the shortage of labor developed dur ing the past week despite the un usually large numbers to apply for jobs, reports the State Employment Agency at Raleigh. A severe hail storm near New Bern Tuesday rased to the grounds many of the small crops of that sec tion. i N?t Sylvester, rich men of Rich i lands, was instantly killed Tuesday ' when a boiler in his sawmill bursted near New Bern. Others were injur i ed more or less seriosuly. About three hundred delegates of i the Knights of Phythias met in Mor ; ganton this week for their 62nd an ' nual convention. At the meeting of the trustees ' of the State University held Tuesday night, it was voted to ask the next t legislature to appropriate funds for the erection of a class "A" medical i college to be established at Chapel Hill. Mills Kitchin, young son of former Congressman Claude Kitchin, de clined to accept the vacancy created by the death of his father, when ten dered the nomination by the District Executive Committee which met in Rocky Mount Tuesday. The commit tee will meet again on June 20th. A Are of undetermined origin visi ted the business area of Kinston Tuesday night and did an estimated damage of 6160,000. One of the first acts of Dr. E- C. Brooks, newly elected president of State College, was to make plans for the inclusion of the Extension Farm Service in the activities of the col lege. i, I LEGAL NOTICE State of North Carolina, Department of State. CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION To All Whom These Presents May Come?Greeting: Whereas, It appears to my satisfac tion, by duly authenticated record of the proceedings for the voluntary dis solution thereof by the unanimous consent of all the stockholders, de posited in my office, that the J. A. ELEV ELECTRIC, PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY, a corporation of this State, whose principal office is situated in th$ town of AHOSKIE, County of HERTFORD, State of North Carolina (J. A. Eley being the agent therein and in charge thereof, upon whim process may be served), has compiled with the requirements 0f Chapter 22, Consolidated Statutes, entitled "Corporations," preliminary to the issuing of this Certificate of Dissolution: . Now, Therefore, I, W. N. Everett, Secretary of the State of North Caro lina, do hereby certify that the said corporation did, on the 8th day of June, 1928, file in my office a duly executed and attested consent in writing to the dissolution of said cor poration, executed by all the stock holders thereof, which said consent and the record of the proceedings aforsesaid are now on file in my office as provided by law. In testimony whereof, I have here to set my hand and affixed my official seal at Raleigh, this 8th day of June, A. D., 1923. W. N. EVERETT, Secretary of State. ROSWELL C. BRIDGER, Attorney for J. A. Eley Electric, Plumbing and Heating Co. 6-15-23-4t? ee*e*aeeeeee?e*eee * Tw?M; Ymti Ago ? ? _____ ? * Nobody swatted tbo fly. * * Nobody woro wrist valckw. * * Nobody sprayed orchards. * * Nobody kaow about radio. * * Most young moo bod "livery * * bills." . " ? * Farmars coins to town for * * tboir moil. . * * Mony poopla road by cundla * * or koroaaao light. * * Tbo boa to as wars not full of * ? manbirds. * * Nor tbo soos olira with under- * * wot or boots. * * Young moo Isaruod trades at * * $5 a week. * * Tbo merchant "throw in" a * * pur of suspenders with orsry f * * suit. * * Nobody listened in on the tel- * * phone. * * Nobody observed a sane * 1 * Fourth. * 1 * The safety-raaor bad not in* * 1 * troduced tbo clean-skaren face. * ' * How time has changed. * j * ?Exchange. * I W 666 quickly relieves constipation, , biliousness, headaches, colds and la- I grippe. WHITTIER WRITES ON THE HOME TOWN PAPER Th? Division of Publications of the North Carolina Extension Service be lieves that the home papers of this State are rendering a real service to their readers by giving them news about other farmers and facta about the world in which farmers are al ways interested. With that has been written about country news papers, though, it aeems curious that it was only recently attention was called to the fact that one of the most loved American poets years ago paid a tribute to the country weekly which, for color and vividness, per haps has not been excelled by any of the modern writers. It is not known just who is entitled to credit for bringing the poem to light; it is several weeks now since it first began appearing in the ex changes and the Editor of the State College and Department of Agricul ture is indebted to the Editor of Cor nell University for bringing it to his attention.' The poem is part of Whittier's longer poem "Snowbound" " 1 ? y and ia as (ollmn: At last the floundering carrier bore The village paper to our door. Lol broadening outward as we read To warmer sones th' horison spread, In panoramic length unrolled We saw the marvels that it told. Welcome to as its week-old news, Its corner for the rustic muse, Its monthly gusge of snow ahd rain, Its record mingling in a breath The wedding bell and dirge of death; Jest, anecdote, and love-lorn tale; The latest culprit sent to jail; . Its hue and cry of stolen and lost, Its vendue sales and goods at cost, And traffic calling loud for gain. We felt the stir of hall and street, The pulse of life that round us beat; The chill embargo of the snow Was melted in the genial glow; Wide swung again our ice-locked door, And all the world was ours once more. One hundred and seventy-five bright young girls from 28 North Carolina counties attended the short course held by home demonstration workers in Raleigh last week. iF^fcgi J Finer I "I was pale and thin, hardy N -a, able to go," says Mrs. Bessie A X Bearden, of Central, & C. "I * (p would suffer, when I stood on 0 h my feet, with hearing-down S X puns in my sides and the lower V part of my body. I did not rest A 2 well and didn't want anything 2 X to eat. My color was bad and aSj> (p> 1 felt miserable. A friend of ? jCARDUI 1 ? The Woman's Tonic i ? and I then remembered my A mother used to take it. .After ? X the first bottle 1 was better. I Jt W began to fleshen up and I re- V A gained my strength and good, A 2 healthy color. 1 am feeling fine. 2 v I took twelve bottles (of Cardui) V A and haven't had a bit of trouble A ? Thousands of other women @ A have had similar experiences in A X the use of Cardui, which has 2 w brought relief where other V f/m medicines had failed. A 2 If you suffer from female ail- 2 V mean, take Cardui. It is a V A woman's medicine. It man be A jfjah just what you need. * g ? At your druggist's or dealer's._g ? _____ _ (mentholatumJ VquicUy >oofl>e?i^# an?wri^ to qp^ui a? n mnk Time to Re-tire? I (Buy FUll) ????! aaaa eemttK GEORGE J. NEWBERN St CO. t Cooper-Riddick Co. 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