The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN NORTH CAR
OLINA.
Carefully Culled From Our Contemporaries
~ and Compressed into Small
,- Particles,
Correspondence of the Sentinel.

and old Nash a great injustice not to
give THE SENTINEL few lines OF
news from this county, for there is not
a brighter, nor newsier paper that
comes to this Office than The SENTI-
MEL, and | shall do all can to intro
duce it to every household in the COM
munity.--The farmers are nearly
all finished planting tobacco in this
section and it is looking we'll. We
have had beautiful seasons for the oc-
casion. --Farmers are making Wig
orous efforts for big crop of the gold
leaf this year. Some inexperienced
croppers made failure on tobacco
last season and have suspended, while
others are planting the more--On
one farm near Hilliardston there are
twenty acres set in tobacco now where
the long leaf pine stood only few
months ago Many other farmers
have cleared a great deal--Crops
| generally are looking we'll in this sec
ton Rev John w. York, in his
S1st year, is making preparations to
build an M. E. church at Hilliardston
1t Is very much needed, there not be-
| ing church in FIVE mile of this place.
He has nearly all the lumber on the
lot. Mr.. Oneal, of Battleboro, has
contracted to build the house, and
says he will have it done by August
LIST The railroad leading from
Rocky Mount to Nashville is being
pushed ahead as rapidly as possible !;
they say they will be able to complete
it by September 1st. The railroad
will improve Nashville considerably.
1t has very good back country and
would have been live and flourish
ing town but for the lack of commu-
nication with the outer world.--Ev-
cry county-seat in North Carolina
needs railroad. -Hilliardsto will
be ten miles off from the railroad and
will do us little good. Messrs. Thorp
d Harrington conduct our only gen
eral store here and do "a good business.
The value of land has increased
So per acre since the introduction of
the yellow to acco.--Old Nash has
long been noted for her good brandy,
game chickens and pretty women, and
now she comes to the front with her
golden leaf tobacco farmers of
this place are preparing for a trip to
Henderson next week with 10000
lbs. of nice yellow tobacco.
w. G. HEDGEPETH.
Hilliardston.
The decision of Judge Clark in the
Miller gambling case tried at Raleigh
has been sustained by the Supreme
court. He will have to pay his fine
of $4,000 and go to Jail thirty days.
Sentence will be passed at the July
term of the Superior court.
A report has been made giving a
comparison of the manufacturing in
terest of Raleigh in 1870 and in 1885,
In 1870 there was invested in manu-
features S225,OOO; 800 persons were
employed in manufactures, and the
value OF the annual product was
S425,000. In 1886 the amount of
capital invested is 100000; 825 per-
sons are employed, and the value OF
product is 81 100000
ROWAN.
Mr.. j. B. Lanier, of Salisbury, is
about establishing a hrick machine
which will turn out $4,000 bricks per
day.
The Watchnar says the opportuni-
ty of filling the cisterns Of Salisbury
last week with million gallons of
water was lost by-Salisbury's not
having the cisterns.
The Salisbury Herald reports that
the residence of Mr.. J. w. File, near
Third Creek. Rowan county, was
burned, down one day week before
last, while the family were at work in
the bottom, half mile away, and ev-
erything it contained destroyed.
RANDOLPH
The model sheriff of Randolph coun-
ty, E. A. Motif, ESQ.,, has returned
only 48 insolvent taxpayers in the
entire county. In nine townships
there was not one.
Mr.. William Brown died very sud-
denly near Foust's mill, in Randolph
county on May Goth. He had gotten
out of his wagon to get drink of wa
ter from spring near the road, and
dropped dead.
ORANGE.
Mr.. Andrew Mickle died few
days ago, aged about 20 years. He
was for many years citizen of Chapel
Hill, but removed to Texas a few
years ago.
By special arrangements all rail-
roads in the State will sell tickets to
the commencement exercises at Chapel
Hill at half cent per mile less than
usual rates,
DURHAM.
During the trial of case at Dur
ham court, Judge Clark fined a drunk
or, inro,. 600 and Sant him to iail for