The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-20
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TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1906. !
North Carolina items.

F1Rsr Su1fSiENr OF New CoRN.-Messrs. Havens
& Latham corner OF South front ana craven
streets, made tho first shipment or new corn or the
season from this port and probably from the State,
day bofnro Yesterday. Wo mado considerable ado
about tho first baio Of new cotton. Horc's your
-n o. ~" '0'A' "'' Ne,uJerm Conunercial<
REcoNsrRuc1IoN.-Th A: and N G. Railroad
bridge over the Trent is rapidly being reconstruct
cd under the supervision Of :: j.; Koblnson' Esq.
Bo1p RonnEnY.-On Sunday night last tho store
Of Messrs Hammond & Mclaughlin entered
by thovcs, and over 500 worth OF goods abstract
ed.-Chdr9oIe Guardian.
CRops COMING IN.-Largo quantities of cotton,
corn md naval stores continue to flow into Now
bern Ono shipment of 400 bales will reach here
by tho freight train on the Atlantic Road to-day,
besides numerous smaller shipments not announc-
cd in a(vance.-NcIc6e1n Commercial.
CorroN CRor.-It is estimated that tho present
cotton crop grown in Greensville, Sussex, South
ampton and Brunswick Counties, Va, will amount
Northampton, Edgecombe and Wilson Counties,
'''' VI O ' T. [NoJolk Virginion.
Tho Lumber Business" in this city is boing
pushed vigorously ut present. The quantity
shipped is regulated merely by the ability Of
shippers to get vessels.-Nc,cbe'm Commercial.
CONFEDERATE NAVY YARD,-The Navy Yard of
the late Confederate States, ut Charlotte is adver
tised for sale by tho Federal Government ON the
29th inst.
DEATH OF AN EDIToR.-Thomas ]. Garner, oditor
of tho Weldon State, died ut that place on Tuesday
night.
ANsoN couNrY..-A friend informs us, thai the
crops in Anson tho present year have been very
short 1t is said that tho cotton crop will probably
yield to tho County Only about s3c0010 at present
prices. Tho corn crop is so short in that section
GRdleigh Sentinel.
Newborn and it's vicinity must be terrible to live
in. Hardly day passes thai VIC do not SEQ in our
exchanges from the city, details of crimes of tho
ch md hrnto nj clo ronfnr NO H.,
the papers Of the 18th that murdorous attack
was made on Mr.. +. McIlwcan, Jr., Oh his plan
tation, few milos from Newborn. Negroes had
been stealing the gcntoman's corn, and ho score
ted himself i'll the field to detect the inroaders.
Two negroes soon mado their appearance and on
being questioned, deliberately shot at tho gentlo-
man wit muskcts. Fortunately, the gentleman
fell at the very moment the guns were discharged,
thus saving his life. He soon put tho negroes to
flight with revolver With which no was armod.
Tho next case reported is that of a party, dress-
ed tho Federal uniform, with their fIces black
4being whito mcn), visiting the house Of MIR.
John Rogers, living about fifteen miles from Now
bern, and demanding money. Their demand be-
ing ;cfused, and after threatening dire punish
ment and adopting ether measures to make him
yield, as last resort they carried him. his wife,
and young lady, short distance from tue house,
and three of the ruffians held thom down whilo
others ransacked the house. Not finding any
monoy, they left without doing any material dam
age.-Charloue Guardian.
EMranANTs.-The conductor of the seaboard and
ROANOKE kallroad informs us that he will bring
down about 800 Quaker cmgrants from Guilford
county, n. G., on their way to Indianapolis, In
dnna.-No,JoLE Old Dominion.
New Receive notice the arrival in this city. on
yesterday, Of 100 bags Of rice OF the new crop It
WAS consigned to Messrs. Mallett C Hoffman, and
was from the plant stion OF Mr. 8. r. Potter.-Wil-
ylington Dispatch.
THE RICE CnoP.-It is understood that the rice
Drop Of tho Cape Fear is almost an entire failure
Before tho war the rico crop of that region was an
nually about 215, 900 bushels The present year il
will not, are told, go beyond 20, 600 bushels
This is on immense falling of, and will most Sc
i've means Of that section.-Raleigh Sentinel.