Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-01-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

North Carolina has ffty-6ve
cotton mills. dc,
White6eld. county, Ga, has sevs
enty two churches. eyr
Seventeen newspapers are put-
lished in Raleigh N. G.
The guauo trade in Georgia
promises to be lively this year lD q
Senoia, Ga, is to have Clement {
attachment cotton mills
! The ministers Of Greensborough, I
N. c. are preaching against dancing.
Five million oranges were grown in
Putnam county, Fla, last year.
Cotton averaged three-foarths Of
bale to the acre in Gibson county
Tenn.
The population of Agusta, Ga,
is 27,012, gain Of 1874 during the
past year.
Over 1000 people in Savannah,
Georgia have signed Drew's temper
ance pledge.
The Texas Grand Lodge, I. 0. O.
+. will meet in Dallas on the first
Monday FEBRUARY.
In Powhatan county. Va. during
the last month a Mr., Watkins had
100 sheep killed by dogs.
The cotton trade of Charleston,
S. G. amounts to $4,000, 600 a year
and the rice trade to $2,000,0C0,
Some of the boys in Raleigh, NC.
sent their New Years greetings by
telephone and saved hack-hire.
The Hood relief fund amounts
to Sl0,963 of which sl0,500 have
been invested in United States
bonds.
There are more colored pupils than
white in the public schools in Coluui-
bia, S. c., but the white people pay
three fourths of the expenses.
Vaccination is being practiced to
great extent to Petersburg, Va,
in view of the fact that smallpox 4
is infestipg some Of the northern
cities.
A wonderful saving to The farm
ers of South Carolina has come from
the adoption of the fence law. In
many counties there is now no
opposition TO it whatever.
The Lee Memorial Association
still lacks $4,000 to complete the
building. 1t is proposed to have it
completed by next commencement.
The stone work is done last the roof
has not been placed on it which is
to be iron. A temporary shingle
roof now protects its walls. The
doors were placed in position q few
days ago which weigh 5000 pounds
each. ls.3
Nashville: Banner During the
month of December 1879 twenty
nine tramps were fed and lodged at
the City Workhouse. During the
same month in 1878, 10l were pro-
vided for. This decrease is mainly
to the fact that tramps are now
arrested as vagrants and required to
earn theirfood and lodging by work
ing OIL the streets whereas in 1878
they were, provided for US "chairty
prisoners y
Thirty-six thousand bales OF cot
ton were shipped to Europe from
Norfork, Va, last month, valued ut
$2,000,000. Total number OF bales
exported this far the present season
foots up 1881, valued nj S7,113.-
474, being an excess Of 36,579 bales
over the exports for the same period
last year. The value Of cotton ex-
ported for the past three months ex-
ceeds that for the Same period last
year by s2,499,l95. ~ fte
Tallahassee tTln.) Patriot: The
oldest citizen can not recall to mind
so mild winter as we have been
experiencing this season. With tho
exception of two or three frosts the
reign Of summer has been uninter-
ruptod On Christmas day several Of
our citizens indulged in vegetables,
such as green peas, beets,. radishes,
rutabages, turnips, new Irish pota-
toes, and last. but not least, straw
berries grown during the winter.
The celebration of the centennial
of the battle Of Kings Mountain.
which will take place on til, 7th of
October, is to be an interesting affair.
Forty companies OF the North Carroll
ma State Guards will be present.
All of the Southern railroad compa-
MES will reduce their rates for this
occasion, that old citizens of the Car
olina who have emigrated to Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas may
be induced to attend. An American
flag twenty by thirty-six feet in size
will be unfurled from the top OF tho
mountain. e1 21, g 'a8l
Nashville American: Hon. Leon
Trousdale, State Superintendent Of
Public Instruction. has received all
the reports for 1s7S--79, except from
two counties. The reports show the
scholastic population to be 4e6,60S
or which 370,466 are white and 115
142 colored increase over the pre-
vious year, 37,G91; number CT schools
3, ,452; increase 106 number OF tsns h
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