Doings in the Tar Heel State
A roundup of accidents deaths and notable events across North Carolina towns. Dated reports from Chapel Hill Salisbury Kinston Greensboro Durham Burlington Henderson Asheville Elizabeth City Raleigh Goldston Lexington Gastonia Concord Winston-Salem Statesville Rockingham Spencer and Greenville cover student death hospital plans drowning poisoning arson and infrastructure notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Mildred Balmer
W. BS. Balmer
Lester Saffrit
China Grove
Kinston
F. J. Gorawean
Apopka
Pia
Gormican
Greensboro
Durham
Amos McLean
Durham County
Burlington
Gertrude McGinnis
East
Asheville
Samuel Brady
Landrum
S. C
Oreen
Elizabeth City
New Country Club
Margaret McCabe
J. T. McCabe
Aubrey G. McCabe
Charles E. Workheiser
Ackermanville
William Workheiser
Concord
Bennett
Raleigh—State College
Martha Andrews
William J. Andrews
Raleigh
Lucile Thompson
Wilmington
Goldston
Fannie Peoples
Lexington
Nelson Swift
South Main Street
Gastonia
Fred Brennan
Belmont
Shirley Elmore
Los Angeles
Cal
C. Almon Upchurch
Nashville Baptist Church
North Carolina Anti-Saloon League
R. L. Davis
Anti-Saloon League
Greenville
Martha Jane Mills
W. 4
Laughing
Williamsbury
UNC to mark semi centennial on Founder’s Day in Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill October 12 will mark the 132nd birthday of the University of North Carolina and its semi centennial re opening after the Civil War. President Chase leads a three part program with speeches at Memorial Hall a Carolina Inn luncheon and the dedication of Venable Hall. Notable attendees include P P Claxton and leaders from education. Separately GE announces superpower broadcasting tests from Schenectady with 50 kilowatts to 100 kilowatts and a 54 acre complex to study antenna efficiency and transmission range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Carolina Inn
Supreme Court
Council of State
Venabie Hall
South
Charles H. Herty
American Chemical Society
Edgar S. Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Boltwood
Yale
North Carolina Sanatorium to Review New Children's Building
The North Carolina Sanatorium board meets October 7 to discuss tentative plans for a new children’s building and to approve the annual report for the year ending July 1, 1925. A new nurses’ home is under construction, expected ready by January 1926, housing 30 nurses plus a reception room, classroom and diet kitchen for special practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
North Carolina Sanatorium
Opening of Duke University 1925 26 term
President William P Few addressed about 1,300 students at Duke University during the opening chapel for 1925 1926. Seniors gathered at the flagpole for the traditional raise as construction paused. He urged students to be builders of character amid a 4 000 000 building program and ambitious plans ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke University
William P. Few
Few
Meeting closes at national camp session in Salisbury
The patriotic Order Sons of America adjourned its 33rd biennial meet in Salisbury after installing officers to lead for two years. The gathering focused on strengthening the order against immigration law changes and pledged loyalty to patriotism and pure Americanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Man Dies in Dynamite Blast Near Randleman
Holland Tuck, a white worker for Zeigler Brothers road construction, was blown 150 feet into the air and killed instantly when a dynamite stick exploded. His mangled remains were scattered as the company built a Greensboro to Randleman road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Holland Tuck, White
Randleman
Tucks
Zeigler Brothers
Greensboro
Williamson Popham Buys 3000 Acre Mountain Tract in North Carolina
Floridian William Lee Popham purchased a 3000 acre mountain and valley tract in Transylvania County from H B Guyer for about 500000. The deal includes Joshua Mountain and Indian Camp Mountain with several smaller parcels. Popham plans development on the land. North Carolina ranks fifth in tolal road mileage surfaced in 1924, led by Alabama at 1299.2 miles. NC total 1074.2 miles, trailing only four states by year end 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Transylvania County
William ‘Lee Popham
H. B. Guyer
Rosman
Joshua Mountain
Indian Camp Mountain
Popham
North Carolina
United States
Federal Department of Agriculture
Tlimore
Arkansas
Mix Sepori
Pennevivania
Arche
North Carolina Adverting Plan Push At Convention
The North Carolina Association of Commercial Secretaries urged Governor McLean to appoint a nationwide advertising commission for the state. Greensboro will host the next meeting as officers including W T Kyser and Walter Denmark were elected. A two day session backed a practical state advertising program and a committee was set to press the governor with the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Aarrill
G. B. Pruett
Ellenboro
A. L. Jolley
Mooresboro
D. G. Washburn
Near
Shelby
Creenville
W. Hi. Woolard
Raleigh
Katherine Pate
H. T. Pate
West
Morgan Street
Statesville
J Paul Leonard
North Carolina Merchants Association
Carolina
Supreme Court
Spencer
John Suddeth
Southern
Greenville
State Highway Commission
Cox Mill
Pitt County
Craven County
Goldsboro
North Carolina Association of Commercial Secretaries
McLean
North Carolina
Greensboro
W. T. Kyser
Kinston
Walter Denmark
J. E. Stubbs
Hendersonville
Secon
Charles M. Ketcham
Louis T. Moore
Wilmington
R. C. Job
Elizabeth City
W. T. Ritter
Winston-Salem
A. J. Rowley
Employment Bureau Aids Duke Students
The installation of a student employment bureau at Duke University has aided many students in securing work. Several hundred students will work through school this year in roles such as tutors, salesmen, newspaper route carriers, laundry workers, club representatives, watchmen, janitors, waiters, stenographers, bookkeepers, and clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke University
Duke
Iredell to Produce Good Cotton Crop this Year
Iredell county is expected to yield 10000 to 12000 bales of cotton this year, according to F T Meacham, superintendent of the Piedmont Experiment Station. He reports improved crop outlook after recent rains in September and notes 2.95 inches of rainfall this month toward a roughly normal September total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Charles C. Haines
South Fork Township
Lumberton
J. S. Oliver and Company
Marietta
Lexington
Davidson County
Midway
Abbotts Creek
Iredell
Statesville
Iredell County
F. T. Meacham
Piedmont Experiment Station
Meatham
Meacham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tar Heel
Chapel Hill
Frank Gamble, Jr
Linternton
University
Henderson
Willie White
J. P. Taylor
C. H. Goodrich
Kannapolis
Here
Kananapolis
Washington
County
Roxboro Road
Albemarle
William F. Hartsall
Stanfield
Hartsell
Webb Lee
R. W. GraeSer
Agricultural Extension Service of
State College
Federal Department
Eal Willa
State University
WGY
Schenectady
General Electric Company
Adam Stein, Jr
Radio Department
Mr Stein
WANT
Washington Senators
A. B.chapin
Jere
Gostin
Secu
Walter [Johnson
Rajan
Pau
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