STATE NEWS
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Except for the annual shutting
down of many textile induatriea in the
State for the period of summer plant
rehabilitation, with the consequence
that many cotton mill employees are
idle, the general employment situa
tion in the State is excellent, accord
ing to the monthly survey issued last
Friday by the United States Depart
ment of Labor.
The North Carolina Raliroad
Stockholders and Directors meeting
held at Greensboro last Friday declar
ed an extra dividend of one-half of
one per cent and re-elected officers
and directors.
The Masonic Loan Fund has re
cently been distributed to the several
colleges of the State. The money will
be used to aid worthy students who
have not the means for a college edu
cation.
Jesse Oxendine, Indian of Lumber
ton, has been convicted of the murder
of Vick Sullard, another Robeson
connty Indian.
High officials of the Southern Rail
way held an important Agent's con
ference at Greensboro last week.
One negro prisoner was killed and
Another wounded near Johnson City,
Tenn., where they with two others
who escaped from the State Highway
camp, near Spruce Pine, put up a
fight against prison officials and Ten
nessee officers.
No misfortune stalked in the Nat
ional Guard camps at Morehead City,
last Friday, the Thirteenth. The
State militia is now holding its an
nual encampment at that seaboard
city. .
W. R. Melvin has beept placed in
jail at Greensboro, charged with hold
ing up a young man and his woman
companion on a college campus there
and attacking the girL Highway rob
bery is charged.
Governor Morrison has received
a copy of the auditor's report of the
State's finances, following four
months of investigation by the ex
perts. No information as to the ex
act status of the State's treasury has
been given out publicly, although
promises to that effect have baen
made.
Director Hines of Oteen Hospital
r at Aaheville handed- -down a report
last week, in which he stated the hos
^Mtal was badly in need of extra
room. A building and improvement
program will soon be inaugurated
there, he says.
John G. Dawson, of Kinston, speak
er of the House of Representatives,
has been elected to succeed J. Dave
Norwood, resigned, as chairman of
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee. A. D. Watts, deposed com
missioner of revenue, has also resign
ed, being succeeded by James R.
Hartneas. The election of both was
unanimous, at a meeting of the Exe
cutive Committee held in Raleigh last
Wednesday.
Josephus Daniels, during a speak
ing tour in Colorado, said he believed
McAdoo would be the next Democrat
ic nominee for President. He also
says there is plenty of available tim
?ber from the ranks other than Mc
Adoo.
John A. Mills, railroad builder and
one of the State's leading business
men, died ain Raleigh last week.
-At thp regular meeting of the com
missioners of Craven, Greene, Pitt,
Jones and Lenoir counties last week
the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce had representatives there
to ask for appropriations for adver
tising this section of the State.
Special Federal taxes, including
tobacco, billard tables, capital stock
profits, brokers, etc., is due and pay
able not later than July SI, according
to statement issued this week from
the oBce of the Internal Revenue Col
lector of North Carolina.
The first serious mishap resulting
-from the State's new Stop Law occur
red last Saturday near Salisbury,
when brakes en an automobile failed
to work, resulting in the death of its
driver when the car ran into the side
of a house near a rail crossing.
Of the textile group of industries
in North Carolina, the hosiery and
knit goods industry is second, ranking
next to the cotton industry.
Work has been stopped on Ral
eigh's new theater, on account of the
: lack of funds from the promoters.
There is etill lacking to complete the
project a sum of |40,000.
Idle for over seven months follow
ing the disastrous fire of December
? 1st,' the big Rowland Lumber Com
pany's mil! at New Bern resumed op
erations Monday. A trial run was
given last Saturday and the mill
found to be ready for work.
The committee appointed by the
Stata Bar Association to make
recommendations for legislation and
law reform has made its report. The
report covers several points in court
practice and precedwp and criminal
law.
Ku Unx Pttfoni of forty atatea
will soon hold a conf Aence in Ashe
villo throe days this weak. There is
expected to be at least 75 persons
in attendance.
Pastors of all churches in North
Carolina are being asked by J. M.
Robertson, Chief of the Bureau of the
Deaf of the State Department of
Labor and Printing, to aid in the ef
fort of the department to place deaf
persons in North Carolina in sustain
ing portions.
A storm passing over two town
ships in Wilson county last Thursday
left destruction in its wake, practi
cally destroying all crops and grow
ing vegetation.
According to figures compiled by
the superintendent of education in
Oxford, the cost of transportation of
school children is very .low in com
parison with results accomplished.
Moving picture theater owners in
North Carolina will donate jucnttaga
for boys at the Western Carolina
School for indigent hoys at Concord.
The peach growers of the 8an'dhills
section are planning a great celebra
tion and "Peach Show" at Hamlet
on July 27th.
Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, president of
the North Carolina State Fair, has
just completed a tour of eastern Caro
lina, in interest of the 1923 event
which will be the beet ever, she says.
Delegations from five contiguous
counties met at Pittaboro last week to
organize for the promotion and final
completion of the State Highway
project number 76.
Representatives of the 25 councils
of the Junior Order in Wake county
met with the Chamber of Commerce
of that city last week and talked over
the prospects of landing the new or
phanage to be built by the Junior Or
der in North Carolina.
The fourth groyp of special sum
mer institutes of public welfare un
der the direction of the State Board
of Charities and Public Welfare and
the University School of Public Wel
fare began at Chapel Hill Monday and
will continue .until July 27th.
Ninety-five fires In North Carolina
in June resulted in a total loss of
1367,093, as compared with 3642,
002 for the preceding month and
3106,908 for June, 1922, according
to the monthly report of the state
insurance department.
When a representative of the State
Department of Agriculture went into
a cotton field of Harnett county to
give a spraying demonstration
against the boll weevil, he was at
tacked by two tenants and suffered
several scratches and bruises before
he could rid himself of the antago
nists.
More than one hundred delegates
met at North Carolina State College
Tuesday for a two-day session on
problems of bank and farm as they
are related to one another. Repre
sentatives included delegations
from Maryland, Virginia, North and
South Carolina and eastern West Vir
ginia, and included bankers and farm
ers.
One of the busiest and perhaps the
most important meetings ever held by
the North Carolina Fisheries Com
mission closed with an executive ses
sion at Atlantic Hotel, Morehead
City, last Saturday evening.
Preliminary reports from commit
tees within the State Ship Commis
sion were made at a meeting of the
commission in Raleigh Wednesday.
The Tobacco Growers' Co-Opera
tive Association began its second
year's marketing Tuesday, when forty
warehouses of the Association open
ed to receive the first of the 1928
crop throughout the entire South Car
olina belt.
Wake County commissioners expect
to meet again soon and consider the
practice of flogging prisoners, which
was recently recommended by the
grand jury in superior court there.
BRANTLEYS GROVE NEWS
Rev. E. J. Isenhower preached a
very inspiring sermon Sunday after
noon. A large crowd attended the
services.
Miss Willie Mae Horton has just re
turned from a visit to her sister, Mrs.
L. A. Williford of Hartillsville.
Brantleys Grove frogs are still hol
lering for rain.
Mias Bertha Willoughby is visiting
Miss Ruth Stephenson in Kelford.
Miss Irene Parker is the guest of
relatives in Suffolk and Portsmouth,
Virginia.
Miss Evelyn Kiff is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. A. R. Mod
lin near Rich Square.
Little Misses Elsie and Dorothy
Minton are visiting their grandmoth
er, Mrs. Stephenson in Kelford.
The ladies of Brantleys Grove
church will give a lawn party on the
school grounds Friday night, July 27,
for the benefit of the church. The
public is cordially invited. Every
body come.
Miss Bessie Horton is spending the
week-end with her sister, Mrs. D. T.
Harmon ef Powellsvillo.
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AHOSKIE, N. C.
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SUFFOLK, VA.
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Offices over Mrs. Britton's store
Ahoskie, N. C.
JUNIPER HEART SHINGLES
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C. B. MORRIS
Colerain, N. C.
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DR. ARCHIE SMITHER
Practice limited to
Examination ?nd Diagnosis
of the Eyes and the
Fitting of Glasses
Own Optical Laboratory on
Premises
Suite No. 605-06-08-10-12-13
National Bank Building
SUFFOLK, VA.
DR. CHARLES J. SAWYER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
AHOSKIE, N. C.
Every Wednesday.
Farmers' Atlantic Bank Building
10:00 A. M. to 6 P. M.
In Windsor office: Saturday* and
Mondays.
THE SPEAR ENGINEERS
Consulting Engineers
300-301-302 Bankers Trust
Building
Municipal Drainage and
General Engineering
NORFOLK, VA.
HARRY B. SPEAR
President and Chief Engineer
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FOR
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SEE
Strickland & Hale
AHOSKIE, N. C.
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
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Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of John
Fntrell, deceased, late of Hertford
Gounty, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons holding claims
against the said estate to present
them to the undersigned at Winton,
N. C., for payment on or before 15th
day of June, 1924, or this notice will
be pleaded In bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
H. E. BLACK, Administrator.
This June 15, 1928. 6-22-23-6t.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as administrator
.with the will annexed on the estate of
Joseph Carter, deceased, this is to
notify all parsons holding claims
against said estate to present the
same to the undersignd, at his resi
dence JL F. D. No. 8, Murfreesboro,
N. C., duly verified on or before the
9th day of June, 1924, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recov
er. All persons Indebted to said es
tate will jjease make immediate pay
ment to said administrator.
The 8th day of June, 1928.
L. J. CARTER, Administrator.
P.OSWEI.L C. BRIDCER, Attorney.
8-15-28-fit
Report of the Condition of the
BANK OF AHOSfOE
At Ahoeldo in the State of - North
! , Carolina, at the doao of hnainaas
June SO, 1983
RESOURCES
Loans and discount* ?$807,688.53
Overdrafts, secured,
$200.00; unsecured
$63.29 263.29
North Carolina State
Bonds 1,000.00
All other Stocks, Bonds
and Mortgages 200.00
Banking Houses,
$10,634.00; Furniture
and Fixtures,
$6,490.42 16,124.42
All other Real Estate
owned --- 85,770.30
Cash in vault and net
amounts due from
Banks, Bankers, and
Trust Companies 20,639.26
Checks for Clearing 713.05
TOTAL ?- -.-$391,293.85
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in?.$ 41,850.00
Surplus Fund 41,850.00
Undivided Profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 180.85
Bills Payable 20,000.00
Deposits subject to 124,166.62
checks, individual 124,166.63
Cashier's Checks
outstanding 224.35
Certified Checks 184.56
Time Certificates of
Deposit, due on or
After 30 Days - 136,967.94
Savings Deposits 25,809.52
TOTAL $891,298.85
State of North Carolina?County of
Hertford: July 6, 1923.
I, Jas. I. Crawford, Cashier of the
above named Bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. JAS. L CRAWFORD,
Cashier.
Correct?Attest:
J. R. GARRETT,
C. A. PERRY,
C. C. HOGGARD,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this 6th day of July, 1923.
P. E. DUKES, Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. 20, 1926. |
FOR SALE
Having accepted a position with the Virginia
State Highway Commission which necessitates my
being in and around Richmond, Va., most of my time
after September 1st; I offer for sale my farm near
Murfreesboro; adjoining Chowan College. Farm
improvements include a large orchard and pecan
grove, good eight room dwelling with lights and all
necessary outbuildings and sufficient farming imple
ments to run a three-horse crop. Also 50 pure bred
hogs and one cattle, 1 mule and three horses.
For further information apply to
F. G. HINES,
_ MURFREESBORO, N. C.
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