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HIGHWAY BOARD TO AWARD CONTRACTS 129 MILES OF ROAD SLATED FOR LETTING LAST OF MONTH. SEVERAL BRIDGES INCLUDED Will Contract For Over Twleve Million Dollars Paving Within Six Months. F Raleigh, j The largest single letting of road projects in the history of the State Highway Commission will be held January 31 when 94 miles of paved | roads. 35 miles of secondary types, and two large bridge projects will be submitted to contractors. Within the next six months the Commission will offer to contract up wards of twelve million dollars worth of work, rounding out the obligation oi the $65,000,000 authorized for road construction by the General Assembly I in 1921 and in 1923. Approximately fifty million dollars has already been obligated in contracts, and the remain der of the initial program will be put under construction by mid-summer. Following is a list of projects sched uled for letting: First District Project 106-B, Bertie—Route 30. be tween Williamston and Windsor. 9 foot paving, 11 8 miles. Project 111. Camden—Kxtension of "Floating Road-’ from Camden court house to Currituck County line, 7.5 miles. Second District Project 222, Duplin—Extension of secondary type paving from Pender County line toward Kenansville, 10 miles. Third District Project 352, New Hanover-Bruns wick—Paving of causeway across Brunswick River, 2.25 miles macad am. Project 381, Pender—Extension of paving on Route 40 {from Burgaw to Duplin County line, 13 miles hard surface. Fourth District Project 404, Lee-Chatham—Bridge over Deep River. Project 440. Lee—Grading 2.50 miles from Chatham line to intersec tion of routes 50 and 53. Project 472, Vance—Henderson to Granville County line, 6.30 miles grading. Fifth District Project 536. Guilford—Route 70 to Rockingham County line; 6.15 miles. Sixth District Project 610, Richmond-Anson— Bridge over Pee Dee River on Route 20. Project 662-A, Richmond—Grading Route 20 from Rockingham to Anson County line, 6 miles. Seventh District Project 714. Ashe—Route 69 from West Jefferson to Baldwin. 7.5 miles, telford base with gravel suface. Project 720-A, Caldwell—Lenoir to Catawba County line on Route 17, 16.20 miles paving. Project 723. Davie—Route 65 from Mocksville to Forsyth County line, 8 miles hard surface. Eighth District Project S36, Henderson—Route 20 from Hendersonville to Buncombe County line, 10.1 miles paving. Ninth District Project 990-A, Transylavnia—Bre vard to Rossman, 8.86 miles macadam. Project 992. Transylvania—Grading Lake Toxaway to State line. Project 912-A, Cherokee -Route 10. Andrews to Murphy, 13.S5 miles grad ing. Projec t 912-B. Cherokee—Same as above. Guilford Leads in Automobiles. Guildford county maintains its lead in the number of motor vehicles licens ed in North Carolina January 1. 1924, with Mecklenburg, Forsyth and Wake trailing in the order named. The to tal for the State aws 298.297. Guilford county, according to re ports of the Secretary of State's office, had 13.700 machines registered; Meck lenburg, 11.625; Forsyth. 10.808, and Wake. 9.445. The total for North Carolina on January 1 represents an increase of 90.463 for the year and a half pre ceding. For the year ending June 30, 1922, a total of 155.934 cars were registered in the State. Guilford county had 8.514; Mecklenburg. 7,040; Forsyth. 6.098, and Wake, 5.5S4. The mountain county of Graham stands out as the only county in the State with less than a hundred mo ter vehicles. Joe McNeill Given Parole. Governor Cameron Morrison signed the parole of Joe McNeil, of Wilkes county, who was convicted of larceny at the August, 1921, term of the su perior court of Wilkes county and sentenced to report every six months . for two years in the court under aj bond of $200. In 1923 McNeill failed to report and the courts decided that he should for-, feit his bond and serve six months \ on the county roads. McNeill, while serving his term, contracted tubercu losis. Notaries Public Commissioned. The following notaries public were commissioned by Governor Morrison: E. L. Baldwin, Whiteville; A. B. Bed dingfleld, Raleigh; Joe E. Caviness, Lillington; Mrs. Grace Cox. Wilming ton; R. A. Edmondson, Hamilton; Joe' I. Holland, Gastonia; Roy Johnson,! High Point; J. W. Kilpatrick, Kinston; j Eulalia H. Queen, Gastonia; R. J. Stokeley. Asheville; E. L. Beatty, Terrell; L. Carter, Garland; J. M. Dor man. Tabor; R. L. Kornegay, Mount Olive; Linvllls K Martin, Winston «»1em: Hujrh W. J*ssiter. Aoei. Clemency Cates Announced. Four paroles, one respite and one commutation were announced by Gov ernor Morrison. The men paroled were. Charlie Martin, Buncombe county serving six months on the roads for assaulting his wife, parole recom mended by Judge Cameron McRae, of the Asheville police court, who pass ed sentence. George McRae, convicted at the July, 1923, term, of the Robesnn coun ty superior court, and sentenced to twelve months in the jail for assault with a deadly weapon; parole recom mended by Judge N. A. Sinclair and Solicitor T. A. McNeill. B. F. Pierce, convicted in the re corder’s court of Wilmington for ojv reating an automobile while under i the influence of whiskey, and sent enced to twelve months on the roads; paroled upon the recommendation of the judge who sentenced him and the solicitor who prosecuted. Grover Hanley, serving a term in the State Prison from Guilford coun ty. paroled for thirty davs upon rec- 1 ommendation of the Superintendent of Public Welfare of Guilford and other prominent citizens. The commutation allowed by the governor was in the case of Lee Green, in which, upon recommenda tion of the sheriff of Rutherfrod county, and other officers, urged pa role, Goevrnor Morrison reduced the sentence of six months imposed for violating the prohibition law, to three months. He has already served two months. T. B. Gulley, convicted at the No vember term, 1922, superior court of Granville, for assaulting with a dead ly weapon and violation of the prohibi tion law, and sentenced to twelve months on the roads, was allowed a respite of ten days in order that the governor may further investigate the case. I. C. C. Hearing Here March 1. Hearing of the petition of the State Corporation Commission to the Inter state Commerce Commission for the establishment of through water rates to interior points in the State over the Clyde line steamship via Wilming ton has been set for 10 o’clock March 1. according to information receved here. Examiner Cassidy has been desig nated by the Interstate Commerce Commission to hear the petition by the Corporation Commission. The Clyde line and interested carriers have been notified of the hearing, and served with copies of the peti tion. Th hearing will be held in the Federal court room The Commission has prepared extensive evidence. The petition was instituted several weeks ago at the instance of the State Ship and Water Transportation Com mission. named by the General As sembly to study the feasibility of the State's entry into the shipping busi ness. Request that the commission in stitute proceedings was contained in a resoltion passed in October. The eomplaitn was filed a few weeks later. The Corporation Commission has received notice that the Norfolk Portsmouth Freight Traffic Commis sion and the Merchants and Manu facturers Association have filed in tervening petitions. Copies of their petitions have not been received here. Federal Agents Capture Many Stills. Salisbury. Federal rum sluths oper ating in North Carolina captured 133 illicit distilleries in December, ac cording to the monthly report issued here by Prohbition Director of the State. A. B. Coltrane. This total is much larger than that of any of the past six months. The report shows that 1.143 gallons of liquor, 134.015 gallons of malt liquor, 2,100 gallons of wine. 1,032 gal lons of mash and 800 gallons of po mace were dumped. Four automobiles were seized for hauling the contraband stuff in De cember, according to the report. The value of these automobiles was put at $2,825. The total appraised value of property seized and destroyed amounted to $43,330.50 while the prop erty seized and not destroyed was put at $3,131.50. Amount of proceeds of sale of seized property turned over to the United States Treasury was $2,431. Fifty-three arrests were made dur ing December, while 136 prosecutions were recommended. Governor Commissions Notaries. The list of new notaries public com missioned by the governor follows: S. J. Buckner, Liberty; W. O. Crump. Sunbury; S. J. Harrell, Sun bury: B. W. Kilgore. Jr.. Raleigh; L. VY. Norman, Hertford; C. C. Parker, Wilmington; Mrs. Ida M. Sawyer, Ra leigh; C. A. Shipp, Tarboro; Mrs. Ida B. Bates. Asheville; E. D. Collis, Har rellsville; Miss Mozelle Markham, Raleigh; W. Fulton, Mt. Airy; O. W. Hale. Ahoskie; Miss Julia Harris Greenville; W. J. McCabe, Wildwood; C. H. Phillips. Luinberton; N. T. Rvols, Benson; W. B. Savage, Wil mington; Miss Madge Spurrier. Char lotte. New Corporations. The Round Mountain Orchard Com pany, of North Wilkesboro, with $60, 000 authorized capital and $5,000 sub scribed by Frank Hackett, W. M. Shepherd and J. W. Simpson. Junior Order United American Me chanics Home Company, of Asheville, with $50,000 authorized capital and $1,000 subscribed by J. H. Dayton and C. W. Barlow, of Asheville. Baptist Messenger Company, of Asheville, non-stock corporation chartered by R. J. Bateman, J. H. Gregg and G. D. Carter, of Asheville. Power Company Wins Petition. The Southern Power Company won Its petition for increased rates for electric current when the State Cor poration Commission Issued an order allowing the power company to in crease its rates from the present charge to the rates sought in a‘ peti tion filed wtih the Comimssion three years. The increase rates will be ef fective February 1. The Commission’s order was accom penled by a schedule of rates allowed 1—Russian trade unionists welcoming to Moscow Bulgarian refugees who had tied from the “white terror" of Tsankov. -—Secretary Work and Commissioner of Indian Affairs Burke receiving a delegation of Osage Indians from Oklahoma, who want the government to manage their money. 3—Madison Square Garden, New York. In which the Democratic national convention will he held. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS New York Captures Demo cratic Convention, Which Will Open on June 24. By EDWARD W. PICKARD NT 10W YOltK has captured the Demo- 1 • cratlc national convention of 11)24. i The big meet will be held in Madison j Square Garden, opening June 24, and j ! <lie hotel keepers and amusement pur- ; I veyors are preparing to care for several ! hundred thousand visitors who are ex- j peeted at that time. ! When the national committee met in ; : Washington on Tuesday, bids for the i convention were made by New York, I San Francisco. Chicago and St. Louis, j The first named topped all other offers ; with a guarantee of $205,000 cash and j tiie expenses of the convention hall. San Francisco offered almost as much. I but was beaten by consideration of the long distance the great majority of j delegates would have to travel if the meeting were held on the Pacific coast, j Chicago having withdrawn, the final ballot stood : New York, 57 ; San Fran cisco, 40 ; St. Louis, 6. Politicians were especially concerned with the political effect of tills choice. The McAdoo managers, It was said, were somewhat dismayed, fearing the local Influences would injure their can didate’s cause. It was held that A1 Smith, certainly, and Underwood, prob ! ably, would profit by the selection. The drys In ttie party ranks are not at all pleased, for ttie wet sentiment lias its headquarters In New York and vicinity and the metropolis always appears to be more than moist. The Wall Street bugaboo also jumps up. It is not con ceivable that William Jennings Bryan Is pleased with the selection of New York. The national committee adopted a resolution recommending to tlie states that half of the delegates at large shall be women. It was also decided that i national committeemen attending the | convention shall pay their own travel- j ing and hotel expenses. Having dis posed of its business, the committee ! went in a body to pay its respects to ! former President Wilson, and presented j to him a resolution of appreciation of 1 his achievements and Ideals and of I hope for bis speedy recovery of health. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE’S precon vention managers now profess to see his nomination on the first ballot. Admittedly his chances will be greatly enhanced If congress passes a tax re vision bill not vastly different from that proposed by Secretary Mellon and yet satisfactory to the people at large. House Leader Longworth Is working hard to bring this uhout, and there is a fair chance that he will succeed in so far as the house Is concerned. But the Democrats set* in the slim Repub lican majority and the insurgency in the G. O. I\ ranks a chance to get the support of the Republican radicals for their own tax measure and thus to capture the credit. The main point of controversy Is still the maximum sur tax rate. The house insurgents last week won the first test of strength in the fight to liberalize the rules. By a vote of 20S i to 177 the house adopted an amend- ! ment repealing the rule which the Democrats put into effect more than ten years ago and which prohibited the offering of amendments on the floor j to tariff and revenue bills unless they j were germane to the particular section j to which they were offered. Modi flea- ! tion of the discharge rule so that legis- j lation cannot so easily be smothered | In committee followed, and the Demo- j cratlc leaders announced they would! now press tariff bills with a view to reducing duties on everyday articles of food and clothing. They believe they can muster enough votes to dis charge the ways and means committee from consideration of bills of this char acter, which do not agree with the Re publican program. In the senate they think they may be able to pass such measures with the aid of the Insurgent Republicans. TWO new plans for financing a sol diers’ bonus were presented to the seuate last week. Senator Curtis of Many Hanging* Took Place in Neva England George Francis Dow, curator of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, and John Henry Edmonds, state archivist of Massa chusetts, have got together a coliec- ; tlon of records bearing on the pirates j w»»o started from or frequented New England ports, and those who were -nptured and carried back, tried be •e the Admiralty court and hanged rhe bank of the Charles river. | Kansas, Republican whip, proposed to I retain in modified form the pxlsting admission taxes and use the proceeds to pay the bonus. The annual yield from the admission faxes is about $70, 000,000, and Senator Curtis estimates that this would come within $7,000,000 of meeting the annual cost of tlie ; bonus. Senator Copeland of New York. Pemocrat, introduced a bill providing ! for a straight cash bonus to ex-service ; men at the rate of $1.25 a day for each ! day of service, with a $(525 maximum | payment. The total cost of tlie bonus ; under this plan is estimated at about $l,50o,(HX).000, and Senator Copeland would have the Treasury department issue bonds to this amount. SENATOR CARAWAY of Arkansas violently denounced Albert B. Fuji, former secretary <>f the Interior. Wednesday before the senate commit tee that is investigating Fall's lenses • of naval oil reservations to private per sons. and Attorney General Daugherty j came in for some of the sting. Said the Arkansas senator: "If the people in charge of the Amer ican navy are to be believed when they say our very national existence de pends upon the navy as the first line of defense: when they tell us we would be lost without the navy, and then sell every drop of reserve fuel for the navy, I ask how much more infamous it is to have sold every gallon of reserve oil than it was for Benedict Arnold to try to sell only a rocky fortress on the Hudson river? "I know there Is something wrong ■ with the source <»f Mr. Fall’s money, and I know that every reading man and woman in America will know that Al bert B. Fall, the secretary of the in terior, sold every gallon of the Amer ican reserve fuel to oil speculators, one of whom boasted he would make $100, 000,(XX) out of his share of the loot. "Of course. I rather imagine if It were not for my distinguished friend, the present attorney general, all these men would be indicted. But I am con scious as long as he sits at the helm at the Department of Justice they may sell the White House and be absolutely immune from any prosecution in the federal courts.” OVERNOIt ITNCHOT of Pennsyl vania also did some denouncing. | at the annual convention of the Anti Saloon league. He said the national scandal of the failure to enforce pro hibition was the worst in our history, and he voiced what he called a "gen eral demand” for a congressional in vestigation of the prohibition enforce ment unit of the government. SHENANDOAH, our giant dirigible which is to be used In the coming arctic expedition of the navy, was giv en an exciting test Wednesday night. Moored to her mast at Lakehurst to see how much wind she could stand, the big ship was torn loose by a 712 mlle gale and driven northward. Capt. Anton Heinen and his crew of 121 speed ily got the dirigible under control and after flying as far as New York harbor they turned her nose south again. Seven and a hnlf hours after she broke loose tin* Shenandoah was once more safe in her hangar, little injured save for the torn nose covering. Her crew was unharmed and unafraid through out the wild ride, and Captain Heinen. who has had wide experience with air craft, says she is without doubt the strongest constructed ship of her type ever built. ENEKAL DAWES, in formally ac cepting the chairmanship of the committee of experts to investigate Germany’s capacity to pay. delivered a characteristic speech in which he bluntly denounced the politicians and “nationalistic demagogues” who In crease disorder for their personal profit, and asserted the first thing to be done to avert the most colossal bankruptcy the world hhs ever seen Is to stabilize currency and help Ger many to recover its economic produc tivity. The committee has begun gathering the views of financial au- j thorlties, and lias Invited Herr Schncht, president of the reichsbnnk. to tell what help had been offered in his recent visits to London. Zurich and Amsterdam. It is asserted that Dawes means to steer the Investigation to ward methods of raising an immediate loan for Germany, probably not over ! $250,000,000, to stabilize the mark. I The story of old Boston is colored with pirate tales. Dlxey Bull was the, first pirate In New England waters, and Capt. Edward Hull, another pirate, was the brother of John Hull, the mint master, who made the pine tree shill- i ing. The Rhode Island officials were no toriously favorable to pirates and at Stamford, Conn., a prominent citizen had a warehouse close to the sound where he received illicit goods and shipped them to Boston and other oorta The eastern end of Long la | Decline of the franc to n record low point moved the French government to a determination to effect great economies, including the abandonment of big public works for a time and the cutting of the government pay roll, and to increase taxation 20 per cent. Exchange rates reacted to this, the franc recovering sharply. T^ING GEORGE formally opened the IV British parliament Tuesday, and the Tory government in the speech from the throne made a last desper ate effort to rally the Liberals to Its support and keep the Laborltes out of power. The speech was long and dull and contained an extensive program of minor reform, including various schemes for the relief of the worker and the farmer. Ramsay MacDonald, Labor leader, announced that at the earliest possible moment he would 1 move as follows: ‘‘It is, therefore, our duty to submit to your majesty that your majesty’s present advisers have not the coufl- j deuce of the house." On Thursday II. II. Asquith, veteran leader of the Liberals, put an end to all the hopes of the Tories by sec ending the Labor motion and announc ing that when it was called up the following Monday he would vote for it and advise all his friends to do the 1 same. None who had not read his mail for the last week, he said, knew the strong demand for him to become the savior of the country. Becoming the savior of the country meant doing some underhand deal to keep out of office the party which by all constltu tional rules was entitled to it. Mr. MacDonald, In a speech to the commons, denied that the Labor party favored any revolutionary plans, se^ cret or otherwise. MEXICO'S rebellion seems to be moving toward its climax, and there is not reason to believe that tile climax will be the defeat of the revo lutionists. Just now the activities of the armies are centered mainly about Tampico, nnd the United States gov ernment has found it necessary to warn the rebels that it will not coun tenance a blockade closing that port to American commerce. The cruiser Tacoma was ordered to Vera Cruz, but ran aground 10 miles from Vera Cruz. TOKYO was terrified and consider ably damaged by an earthquake that was the severest since the great temblor of last September. About thirty persons were killed and many buildings in the capital, In Yokohama and other places were wrecked. Next day severe shocks were reported from Sendai, Japan; Bogota, Colombia, and Bombay, India. VENIZELOS found that after all It was necessary for him to become premier of Greece, so he assumed that post and formed a cabinet with ltous sos as foreign minister. Renewal of British friendship and aid is now in dicated and it is predicted Greece will join the Engllsh-Italian-Spunlsh com bination in the Mediterranean to re strain French ambitions to dominate Europe. Greece may need English help to keep Saloniki from Serbia. Void zelos is openly favoring the establish ment of a republic and probably will be Its first president. He, however, deprecates the expulsion of the royal family and has insisted that the or ganization of revolutionary army offi cers be dissolved before the plebiscite is held. FARMERS and manufacturers of the Middle West, in convention In Chi cago, adopted a series of resolutions for presentation to President Coolidge and congress. They oppose govern ment price fixing; approve of co-op erative marketing of farm products; commend the Departments of Agricul ture and Commerce for their work in the foreign marketing field; favor a reforestation movement; ask material reduction of ail taxes; urge that immi grants be limited by quality and economic needs; oppose government ownership or operation of railronds, mines, public utilities, farms or fac tories ; oppose attempts to deprive the Supreme court of Its primary function of determining the validity of congres sional action, and want Muscle Shoals developed primarily for the produc tion of fertilizer. land was haunted by smugglers and pirates, and many Is the old house which today Is said to have its secref passuge to the shore.—Detroit News. Makss Flowers Bloom. By developing electric light to an Intensity one-fourth that of the sun’s rays, experimenters have been able to make flowers bloom at* a prede termined time, and to mature vege tables In from two to three weeks less time than normally elapses be tween ol anting and rloaning. ARMED MEXICANS PASS DIIER TEXAS FIFTEEN HUNDRED OF ©BRE CON'S TROOPS CROSS AMER ICAN SOIL. GO OVER BOUNDARY AT KAGQ Permission is Granted By Governors of Arizona and Texas, and By State Department. ! Naco, Ariz.—More than 1.500 Mexi can federal troops crossed the bound- j i ary from Mexico into the United ' States here and entrained for El Paso, Texas, where they will re-enter Mexi co at Jurez. Permission for the Mex ican soldiers to cross United States territory, that they might strike at the I revolutionists from some new angle, ; was requested by President Obregon. The state department at Washington ; promptly acquisced. but passed the matter along to the governors of Ari zona and Texas for ratification. Governor Hunt, of Arizona, gave his approval, and Actine Governor T. W. Davidson, of Texas, after at first re fusing on the ground that there might he trouble between Mexican factions on the American border, later agreed to the proposal, with the understand ing that the United States govern ment would assume all responsibility. There was no demonstration. Fif teen hundred Mayo Indians made up the command. Hundreds of citizens gathered to watch the troops cross the international border here Gen eral Jesus Maria Aguierre. in charge, hoped to effect a crossing of the bor der at El Paso under cover of dark ness. In their trip to Juarez, the Mexican soldiers will cross portions of the states of Arizona and New Mexico. The troopers eventually will be sent to Jalisco, Coahuila, where the forces of President Obregon are battling to qulel the revolution. Tax Per Capita is Up to $67.37. Washington.— An average of 6S.37 for every man. woman and child in the United States was collected in taxes in 1922 by the national, state, county and city governments and all other civil divisions having power to . levy and collect taxes. Taxes col lected in that year amountd to $7, 433.081.000, the census bureau an nounced. Taxes collected by the federal gov ernment in the fiscal year beginning July 1. 1922. amountd to $3,204,000 which was almost five times the amount collected in 1912 The per capita amount of government's taxes was $29.47. The sources from which the federal government's taxes came were: Customs duties. $562.1S9,000; income and profits taxes. $1,691,000; other miscellaneous internal revenue taxes, $935,699,000; tax on circulation of national banks. $4,304,000, and fed eral reserve franchise taxes, $10,851, 000. pitch Train; Seize Ammunition. Laredo. Texas—As a result of a carefully laid plot by rebel troops, a speeding ammunition train, bearing munitions sold by the United States Government to President Obregon. of Mexico, was wrecked within 30 miles of Mexico City, the revolutionists seizing and escaping with 50,000 rounds of ammunition, according to delayed reports reaching here. The dtails of the wreck as relayed by Laredo, states the speeding army train crashed into the rear end of a passenger train, completely wrecking both trains and killing the firemen of the munitions train. It was reported the rebels had wrecked the passenger train knowing the ammunition special was following. It was said the revolutionists attempt ed to stop the ammunition train hut the enginer ignored the signals and plowed into the debris of the train ahead. McCrary to Command Polar Flight. Lakehurst. N. J.—‘‘I expect to be in command of the Shenandoah on her flight to the North Pole,” Captain Frank H. McCrary, commander of the giant dirigible, said in response to reports that Navy men refused to volunteer for the cruise while he is in charge of the ship. "Captain Anton Heinen, Germany Zeppelin expert and adviser to the United States Navy, will in all prob ability be the pilot and Commander J. H. Klein, executive officer." “No enlisted men will be forced to make the fight,” McCrary said. "They will not even be asked to volunteer. Every man who wants to go must come before me personally and ask to be included in the crew." Seizes Whiskey Worth $2*0,000. New York.—Three thousand cases of whiskey, gin and champagne, valu ed at $200,000; an ocean-going tug boat. valued at $50,000, and six men were seized by officers of the police boat Manhattan after a battle in New York harbor that continued up the North river to the foot of Chambers street. No one was wounded in the oxchange of shots. The pistol battle became a band to-hand fight after the police boarded the vessel, but three men who remain ed on board were overpowered. Mild Winter Helpe Steel Trade. New York.—With the special fac tore introduced in the financial mar kets by the year-end losing force, more attention was paid in business quarters during the last week to in dustrial news. That from the steel trade was encouraging. While the mild winter may be hard on certain trades, such as clothing, it is helping to sustain an unusually high lever of building operations. The demand for structural steel is strong and prom lses to containut so for some months to eomo. DOINGS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA TOLD IN SHORT PARA GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE Z ' ^ --' High Point.—J. B. Duke and B. N. Duke have given $25,000 each to the endowment found that is being raised for Guilford College. Washington. — These postmasters were appointed: Paul E. Bruce, Mars Hill; Mary F. Hight. Youngsville; Mrs. Laura E. Phillips. Brownwood; Arthur P. Deyton, Cheeoah. and Joe i H. Holland. Jr. Price. Greensboro—Establishment of the Southeastern demurrage bureau at 1 Raleigh, to handle demurrage charges and collections of tho Southern Rail way is announced here. That is State headquarters. R. M. Albright is in charge. Lumberton.—John Floyd. Wm. Cald well and Vernon Townsend suffered a ; good bit of uneasiness and hardship ! when they were held up about two 1 miles east of Pembroke by an Indian, who by the use of a 38-calibre pistol and threats, forced them to assist him in getting his car out of a ditch. ' Asheville. — Announcement was made that three Asheville lodges of Odd Fellows will erect a three-story combination business building and lodge home on Broadway. The struc ture will cost around $50,000, the lodges already owning the lot. Mount Olive—In a collision between a large freight transfer automobile truck and a Ford car about a mile north of here on the Goldsboro high way. W. H. Sanders, of Goldsboro, re ceived a broken leg. bad lacerations about the face and probably internal injuries from the effects of which hd died. Rocky Mount.—Detailed organiza tion for tho Gypsy Smith evangelical campaign which the churches of the | city are uniting to put on here next spring, was perfected at a meeting of the various committee representa tives named by the churches which was heald at the Y. M. C. A. Hickory—C. P. Clark. 16 years old. died at a hospital here of injuries sus tained last Thursday when a Carolina and Northwestern Railroad passenger train struck an automobile in which he and two brothers were riding at a crossing in Collettsville. He was the son of J. VV. Clark. Asheville.—After preaching a strong sermon urging his congregation to aid officers in enforcing all laws. Rev. Dr. R. J. Bateman, pastor of the First Baptist church went home hatless and overcoatless, these articles having been stolen from the church while ho was delivering his sermon. Dunn.—Two Dunn hans won i na na tion-wide laying contests during tho \ month of December. The hens—two single comb white leghorns —belong to the Howard chicken ranch, on the out skirts of Dunn. The hens were pitted against other hens from all parts of the United States and the largest chicken farms in the country. One produced 27 and the other 25 eggs during the month of December. Wilmington. — The much-talked-or million dollar steel barge line between Baltimore and Fayetteville, via Wil mington. will be practically assured for Cape Fear River interests if the Government decides to install the proposed third lock and dam, thus as suring navigation interests a mini mum depth of eight feet of water at all times during the year, according to the latest news received here from the Fayetteville Chamber of Com merce. Gastonia.—Citizens National Bank will build a $150,000 structure on the 6ite of its present home. Asheville.—John R. Quinn, national commander of the American Legion, will visit Asheville March 1. Concord —J. Philemor# Hatchcock. 34-year-old farmer No. 10 Township, this county, was found dead in his bed with a bullet hole in his head and a I pistol clutched tightly in his right hand. A coroner's Jury rendered a : verdict that he committed suicide, j Salisbury.—The Rowan county I board of education made a great for ward move when it launched the ini I tiftl step looking to the putting into operation of the county wide plan of organization for the carrying out of & $140,000 school building program. Winston-Salem.—It is announced that the North and South Carolina j section of the American College of Surgeons will meet in Winston-Salem. February 4-5, and that from two co I three hundred physicians and sur | geone will be in attendance. Maxton.—Rev. Dr. H. G H 11. aged pastor of Maxton. and Center Presby terian churches, is seriously ill with bronial pneumonia. Attending physi cians are hoping for the best, but ex press uneasiness about his condition. He is 92 years old. Elizabeth City*—First spring shad have arrived in Elizabeth City. C. T. Smith of Durants Neck caught two buck chad and brought them to Eliza beth City by automobile. So far as is known they are the first caught since the first of lasf year and are described as the first spring shad of the season. Hickory.—With two large hydro electric power sites within eight miles * of this city—one of them a scant four® miles—Hickory people received with Interest and speculation that an nouncement that the Southern Power Company had been granted the in crease in rate* sought by the company. Elizabeth City —A municipal build ing for Elizabeth City, looms up as a possible prospect by the reason of the action of the City Council this week In naming a committee to select and purchase a site for such a building. Raleigh.—Lee Jones, young whlto woman, with bullet wounds In her thigh, arm and hand was resting easily at Rex Hospital after having been shot by Henry Smith, white man and pro prietor of a barbecne stand on Wil mington street. The shooting occur red at the extreme south end of Blount street. Smith escaped In an automo bile
Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
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