The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-01-19
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! CHRONICLE III every section OF the Stata
are requested TO aid lis in making this de-
| partment an accurate record. in brief. of
the news from Murphy 10 Manteo Send
us poStai card whenever anything Of
| puollc interest transplres i'll your neigh
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AID us and give prominence to YOUR sec
ton. Send on the postal cards - EDITOR.
=. The Fayetteville Observer advocates
| holding the next State Democratic Con
vention at Fayetteville
.... The State Assembly of the Knights
of Labor will meet in Greensboro, January
gath. Mr.. }. NJ. Broughton is the repre-
tative from Raleigh.
"A large leaf tobacco trade has
! sprung up between Durham and Germany
-one very effective way of putting North
Carolina on Its own bottom.
80. 1t is big thing for the value of the
property III the State to increase 81, 342, 900
IN one year. And yet that is what it did
| IN North Carolina in 1887.
- The Wilson Drug Company with a
capital Of $40. 600 has been organized at
Charlotte. ii Vii conduct general whole
sale business, ana also retail business.
... The ladies of Winston and Salem
have established and are now successfully
conducting first-clas> hospital. Several
patients have already found home there.
.... Mr. J. II. Benton has begun the
publication of new paper at Dunn.
1t is neat sheet and he CHRONICLE wishes
1t as rapid growth as the town i'll which it
is published has enjoyed.
... Beginning Jan. 18th. all the rail
roads centerlng III Wilmington began to run
a weekly excursion to that place The
l. iI.
help the Wilmington business men
The Chinese entertainment going
through North Carolina is about the sor-
riest sort IF an entertainment 10 be seen.
Churches should not be II party to boring
the people by such entertainments
49,. Rev. Baylus Cade (one Of the bright
est men we know has Withdrawn from
the tranklinton Dispatch. Mr.. +. W.
Morris now becomes sole editor. 1t is q
good paper and appears to be prospering.
... The Governor has ISSUED death
warrants for Lucien Rowe colored, for
burglary IN Durham county, and James
Thomas, white, for murder in Henderson
county. Both will be hanged March 9th.
...A \ letter to Maj. FINER from the
Superintendent of Public hoolS in Ca
barruS county contains tie gratifying
intelligence that that count viii have
four months school during 1888. Goodi
-. Rev. Dr. Ii. 7. Hudson, who was
appointed to the Morgantol and Marion
charge of the Methodist chu .ch has been
transferred to the FallstOn CT cult and Rev.
I. T. Boner will have charge Of the Nor
canton aud Marion churc hes. Shelby
New Era.
49,. We regret to note {, hat Mr.. JAS.
Hodges, of Edgecombe, has been forced to
L. 4 > l., 4 & IL
creditors of L. B. Hodges = Co., Of Tar
boro. He was the go" Mr. Hodges
had, by hard labor aud &c. uomy, saved
S25, 600 by farming.
. The Leaksville Repo ter is new
candidate for public favor. NJ Philip A.
Peatros is editor and Mr.. : NJ. Darling
ton local editor. II is a neat paper, and
has the CHROMCLE'S best shes for sue
cess. LATER. The Reporter is no more
''It was born but to die We extend our
| sympathy.
49,. out of the 100 men over 21 years
old who live in and Immediately around
! Wilkesboro 30 are feet and over i'll
| height, the highest being feet inches.
! The average Of this "a Is feet / 2-19
inches. There are about 45 men in town,
and % of them will average 300 pounds
in weight Charlotte Chronicle.
"A North Carolina man who lives
sixteen miles from the nearest water
! course, and who never saw a ship III his
life. has invented steering gear for sail
and steam craft, which is pronounced
! grand success. Parties in New York have
offered him $50. 600 for his rights. 1t was
not farmer who invented the rail fence
i Detroit Free Press.
$50 Forsyth county will vote February
! 18th on proposition to subscribe 800 600
to the Roanoke and Southern Il. K. This
| is Winston's opportunity to secure =
through line-a thing greatly needed. We
shall watch the election with much inter
est and be ready to rejoice with our Win
ton-Salem friends when they vote for
the subscription by a tremendous majority.
go. The Franklin Times has entered on
a new vOlume-the seventeenth. We hold
Mr. Thomas, its editor, in high esteem,
and we are gratifcd to read that his paper
is growing. 1t is published in one Of the
best counties the sun in its course shines
on, and is deserving Of the liberal patron
age Of the good people of Franklin.
Hurrah for New Berne 1t has decided
to hold Game, Fish aud oyster Fair,
March 18Th, 14th and 10Th. The editor
of the CHRONICLE attended such a Fair at
Beaufort III December and never saw 50
novel and attractive an exhibit 1T State
Fair. The New Bernc people VIII have to
work to have n better Far, but they viii
do it, because they viii be helped by The
Beaufort exhibits.
... Secretary Bruner, Of the Aericul-
tural Department, received a l'tter from
Congressman Henderson a fe" 3ays ago
in which he said: Il am assured that
funds for the experiment stations VIII be
amply provided for in the urgent dctic-
iency bill This Will be hurried through
Congress in a few days" If passed this
bill (known commonly as the Hatch bil)
will give North Carolina $l15, 900
-. Beaufort county has Il organized
churches Of Disciples, with 1916 com
municants, one Of which, Old Ford, has
: 271 and one other has 204 Hyde county
! has . congregations with $40 members
and in the 24 eastern counties composing
this convention there are 80 churches, 4.
preachers; 6, 99l members; contribution:
for year ending oct. goth. 1851, 1913. 80
and they report 3SS baptism5 besides
: nearly as many received by cOmmenda
1 ton ~ Washington Gazette.
) Sixteen years ago Mr.. Frank Greene
e a citizen Of Cleveland county, fearing pros
v ecutiOn upon account Of the ku-klux trou
bles struck out for Texas, leaving his wifi
and three little boys behind him. His wifi
heard from him occasionally, up to tel
years ago, when his letters ceased, and N
a news whatever could be obtained from