The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-08
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Winston N~atiucl aaI l...,ea Ne-Al,
NeWs aHa Observer. ,alA laslas a5.aa.!s
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~ the lA-snuera.. t,atnt, ,#safr,
tnn " Fender. Ns L. N4sA lr.rti,
aidFteseSi the the convention rrs4st4#st,..
hls hearty support u Ma 4 " Metgaul
my Tor 1ougrvss, and pr = SAt.hsrtl
Wa unanimously clcctci au houorar, Iel
cSaie - tho State. Consr,.slolAl aHt! D..
dio'al conventions
The crop prospect iu The H.l.f,,
section aro exceedingly dlsooaras.fnr
writes a correspondent w. chAtehalr ratf.
nearly every day FOR two weeks past NJ
: Johnston, Mr. I W Ntrlok aaI n4.i,
Others farming on uYor i1e land A.l
l""s" Their cnitrc crop 30 c1rn aud nat,
Cotton is looking badly and Qatupetent
Judges estimate the damage fulN 81 p..r
cent. Mr.. Gco. rlitard. a god farmer
hNing herr. estimated has cora .ror ~ 200
hSrrris, Ia day he says hc viii not eot lu
Another neiiahlc man Sayr two weeks ago
ne would have refused one Thousand dol
lars Tor his cotton crop. 90 day It's uul
worth ono cent
The glorious Fourth Ma celebrated
at Chapel Hill to the vnlo,tutnt. II i l,r.,,
number ~ its citizens who assembled ut,
Monday ~ the tuiScrslN chapel III
\. -. Ward, OF buphu cluuts Ma ehalr
man and the following wAs the pro
gramme l. Reading Declaration - H.
dependence, by & H. Patterson. - tui..
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Alexander. of Washington count,
Reading Of Mccklcnhurg DECLARATION. d,
y. NJ. Simmons. of HYDE count, Rcci
htlon, "lioW Peck Had BOY Celebrated
18th OF July, 10y g q Faust. If Randolph
county. . Recitation, "M lbs or outs. Il
by r. J.. Mangun, Of Orange ,ouuty q
Recitation, "oourtin Ia the DUuutr, Nv
c. +. Smith, Of Pitt county
o., Mr.. VIM II Pope. probably ia.
smallest man IN tho STATE. dIcl at the g..
ldonce of his brother m Nash count, ON
Monday. June 2Gth He wa 30 year. of
age, feet high and never W"iEhef morn
than 81 pounds The circumstances lead
ing to his death were rather trAnet IA.
found "A bottle on the lot hlled With What
lac took To be- whiskcy He drank ~ il ANA
then ate hearty supper. aud q halt ui
hour was corpse The hotto evidently
Contained poisonous drug, but was aur,I,
not intended for little Bilhc Pope. for no
one living could haNo had the slightcst
grievance against him. lie has man, r..
latlvcs and friends IA the ,c,t ION WheT,.. ho
lived who mourn the unfortunate .udlrt
Of "A quiet, inoffcnsSe lifc
The Conference Of thc T. sun
day School convened with the church al
llttleton on Tuesday, Wodncsda, aud
thursday of last wock Monday night
Rev. Mr.. Gay, Of wilson preached Iuc
day was occupied in receiving and reading
reports from the various sunday SCHOOL,
OF the District. Tuesday night Ecy NJ
Cole occupied the pulpit. N~inesday al
II o'clock n. III. Rev. Jno. i. Brooks - j.
delivered sermon specially for SUNDAY
school teachcrs and scholaf, 90 a largc
and apprcclatiye audience Thursday AZ
II a IN. Or I. T.. JorIuan. IN iadgown,
delivered Sunday School address before
the Conference. The reports from th,
different schools showed much progross
and were very encouraging 10 AN friends
of this good work