Wilmington journal., 1876-07-28
STATE NEWS.

GRANvILLE-FrOna the IOrchLiQht.
| --HarrelI, the editor of the Hender
son Tribune, has gone to Virginia und
left us the bag to hold. The Torch
light is now the on paper published il
Granville, with the exception of tbs
| Orphans Friend. Democrats sustain
your county raper. i a f.'=
We we're in Henderson Saturday
last. About fifteen minutes before the
| arrival of the Weldon train it was as
| certained that Zeb Vance was aboard.
! Nearly three hundred people imme~
| diately gathered around the depot, and
no sooner did the train blow "brakes
than yell went up Tor Vance! Vance!
AS soon as the cars stopped he step
ped ont on the platform and stated
! that he was just from Eastern North
Carolina. and from the enthusiasm
maDifeAted there, it was hardly neces>
sary for the Granville people to work.
But work ahead fellow citizens and
we'!l kill the Radical party so dead it
won't be fit to skin. J. will be with
you in October and speak till you can't
rest. Honest John Ragland rushed
through the crowd to get an opportu-
nifty of shaking hand with the next
Governor of North Carolina. Where
upon Vance exclaimed as he took his
hand, why John Ragland. you mis-
erable old Radical sinner, I expect to
attend your baptising soon." Cheers. I
The whistle blew, hats flew IN the u r
and three cheers were liv, ly given.
- Never before since the close of
the war have the white men of Gran
vile been SO thoroug lily aroused as at
the present. The spirit Of interest now
being displayed by them all over the
county is a sure Indication of what
may be expected from them in Novem-
Der next. The prospect grows brighter
day by lay. Tilden and Vance will
receive the white vote of our old coun-
ty. We honestly believe the chances
are in our favor, only keep the ball
moving and let every man do his duty.
RoBEsoN.-FT'Ona the Ro6esonian:
- The Senatorial Convention for
Columbus and Ro beson counties will
assemble in Viii ,eville at 12 m. on
the 25th August, 1876. Each town
ship in each county will be entitled to
five delegates in said Convention.
There was fine rain in Lum ber-
ton and vicinity last Friday night and
Saturday morning, which was much
needed.
- There are to be fiaq-raisings and
Tilden and Vance Clubs formed i'll
Hawesville Township tomorrow, and
in Britt's Township on the 9TH August.
A Club was formed at Shoe Heel on
Tuesday.
CHARLoTTE-Fr0na the Observer:
- Mary Woods, a girl aged about
20 years, and daughter of Mr.. Da-
vid Woods of Steel Greek township,
committed suicide last Saturday morn
ing. by hanging herself to joist in
the garret of her fathers residence.
She was missed and search being insti-
tuted. her body was found hung i'll the
garrett She had been suffering from
mental alteration, on account of the
death of her brother, who committed
suicide about two weeks ago. The
Of the boys death were
peculiar He was at church Sunday
or two before he took his own life,
when he accidentally dropped a pistol.
1t was discharged, and though no one
was hurt. the boy who was only about
II years of age, became very much
for the consequences
To add to this, his companions
twitted him continually about the mat
ter, telling him that he would be
brought here to Charlotte and put In
jail and that Judge Schenck would get
after him and send him to the peni-
tentiary He Was also told that "Por
ter would get Iii - &c Mr.. Porteris
a magistrate in Steel Greek, and Que
morning having same business with
Mr.. Woods, he rode up to his gate.
The boy saw him, and supposlng that
he himself was IN danger. escaped by
the back way. aud when found, his
lifeless body Was lying on an island In
the river. He was the victim of fear.
Since this time his sister has been
partially insane, and new grief is,
by her tragic death, added to the al
ready great load which the family had
been called upon to bear.
A correspondent at Brevard,
county, writes to us that
the quiet little town of Brevard was
very much shocked last Wednesday,
when the report was received that
homicide had been committed three
miles from the place. From the va
rious reports ahoat, our correspond
ent gathers the following .acts: On
the 18th, one Andrew Fowler and ohm |
G. Wilson were drinking at mill
about three miles from Brevard. From
some unknown cause they disagreed |
when Fowler knocked Wilson down |
with a rock and beat him severely. |
James Wilson, brother of the beaten
man, and Marcus Erwin and Mitchell |
Erwin, nephews, pursued Fowler |
that night and found him near by. |
Marcus Erwin struck him q severe |
blow on the head with gun. Fowler
and Erwin then grappled with each
other. In the scuffie, Erwin succeeded |
in bringing the muzzle of his gun |
against Fowler. He frcd and Fowler fell |
at once q dead man, the entire charge |
the left breast. Erwin, with |
his accomplices, at once fled. The |!
Sheriff summoned a posse, and went /
search of the murderers, but failed to
find them. Fowler was universally |
regarded as a despsrado, and report |
says, was fleeing from the officers of |
law in South Carolina.
"A farmer in China Grove neigh |
borhood, thirty miles from here, up |
tLe North Carolina railroad. sends us
q stalk of corn which he says is a fair |
specimen of his crop. The blade is !!
withered until it has become bleached, /
and the stalk itself seems to be with !
out sap. There has been no rain in
that section for weeks, and vegetation
is drying up. The cotton is looking |
badly, although it stands drought |
better than corn. 1t is said that a |
great deal of the corn is ''fred." 1t |
sprang up rapidly during June, while
the weather was wet. and not shoot |
has yet appeared. the weather being |
such that the corn could not mature. |
1t is not so bad a little further up the |
road, but in the neighborhood of |
China Grove, the prospects fer the |
farmers are very gloomy.
The Matrimonial Greed.