The enquirer southerner., 1874-08-14
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STATE NEWS
Among the things that were-Rad-
icalism in North Carolina.

Among the things that were-Rad-
icalism in North Carolina.
Thirteen lodges of Good Templars
have been organized in North Carroll
ua during the last two weeks.
Prof c. Fetter has rented tie Hor-
ner school property in Oxford and
will open a school there
A man in Catawba became so en-
ragged at lady who discarded him
lately that he bit her ear off.
The town of Newton has just vo-
ted tax of $10,0 to build her
Lenoir and Narrow Gauge Railroad.
The corn crop prospect has not been
so promising in Stokes for number
Of years.
The tallest man in the State is
Robert Hood, of Wilkes county. He
measures 6 feet 81 inches.
The Daily Newbaian will hereafter
appear as a semi-weekly, or until the
next campaign, when it will resume
its daily publication.
A fellon or cataract is growing over
one of Judge Thomas eyes, and
surgical operation will be necessarily
resorted to.
PETERSBURG fired one hundred
guns, in honor of our victory, on
Monday night We hope to return
the compliment in November.
During the late campaign, one Of
the charges preferred against a can
didate for the Legislature, in Robe
son, by his opponent, was that he did
not pay the preacher fee when he
was married.
1t is reported that Halifax and vi
cinity have an organization among the
fair sex into which none of the
rougher sex is allowed admittance.
That society is entitled The Kicking
Club"
A exch ange asks, "What is smaller
than an atom?" The fealthy for party
which the defeated white Radicals Of
North Carolina possess just at this
time; we know Of nothing smaller
than that.
The silence of the Republican press
of the State upon the result Of the
election is truly distressing 1t must
be that these editors have gone into
Rip Van Winkle sleep, or possibly
been knocked into the middle Of next
week.
The Carolina Central railway is
now completed to Beaver Dam, ten
miles from Monroe and about thirty
FIVE miles from Charlotte. As soon
as the Eastern division of the road is
completed to Charlotte the Western
division will then be completed to
Shelby.
We learn from the Raleigh News
that the Fifth Annual Fair Of the Ro-
anoke and Tar River Agricultural So
ciety will be held this year on the
Goth, 21st, 22d and ed of October,
following the week Of the Raleigh
Fair and preceding the Richmond
Fair one week.
The Conservatives have swept len
nessee like an avalanche. Glorious
news continues from all points in the
South where elections have been held.
kentucky, Tennessee and last, but
not least, gallant old North Carolina,
have proclaimed to the world, in un-
mistakable tones, their adherence to
the great principles Of Conservatism.
The Rocky Mount Mail says
Bunch walker, a white radical Of
Nash, was at Nashville last Monday,
talking loudly of the Lewis Summer g
Civil Rights bill. He was informing
the assembled crowd that Republicans
voted the measure down when it was
brought up in Congress- Our County
man, Mr.. Lewis Summer, little
dreams Of the fame that is his.
The Charlotte Observer says: The
most terrific hail storm ever known il
this section fell yesterday about tw,
o'clock, four miles from this city, a
Hilton's Mill, on the c., G. & A Rail
road. Some of the stones were a
large as a mans fist and many O
them, after being brought four mile
through the sun, weighed three oun
Ces. The storm continued for som
time and did much damage to cottol
and other crops.
The Newbern Times says. Th
Revenue Cutter Stevens arrived iron
a trip down the river and through
the sound as far as Ocracoke, a
which latter place the people livin,
along the beach had for day or tw
been picking up barrels of -four an
other articles washed ashore. 1t
presumed that some vessel had bee
wrecked at Cape Lookout or vicinity
but nothing definite had been learr
ed.
The Charlotte Observer says: w
are gratified to learn that Rev. T.. I
Harding of Milton, has been unan
mously called to the pastoral charg
of the Second Presbyterian Church {
this city. This gentleman is one {
the most learned and eloquent divine
in the State. II is also a gentlema
Of fine social qualities and will be {
popular as pastor as he is a preacl
er. We congratulate the members
the Second Presbyterian Church c
the choice they have made of pa