The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-03-08
PRICE B CENTS.
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
PERSONS AND THINGS THROUGHOUT
NORTH CAROLINA.

Interesting Items Gathered From The
sentiners Exchanges, and Boiled Down
for It's Busy Readers.
Statesville is preparing to vote on
local option in June.
Judge Clark will deliver the ad-
dress at the University commence
ment, June 9th.
Rev. Daniel May, we'll known
Methodist preacher, died in Anson
county, Tuesday, aped &C years.
A young man, named Joseph Caba-
Mss, was run over and killed by
loaded wagon, near Shelby, last week.
Young Keen, of Salisbury, who, a
few weeks ago, shot and killed COM
panion, was found guilty of man
slaughter.
Amos Gnatt, lad of fifteen, and
Miss Laura Kistler, of Cleveland
county, school girl of twelve, were
married Tuesday.
High Point has organized vigi-
lance committee to suppress the traf-
fic in the liquor business and to bring
the violators of the law to punishment
An unknown negro man was killed
by an Air Line freight train, at Casio
MIA, last Friday mig hit. He was steal
ing ride, so it was believed, and fell
between the cars.
The Morganton Land and Improve
ment Company have invited Bill Nye
to spend month in Morganton, the
coming summer, as their guest. They
probably want him to write up their
climate and their BARRIERS.
Governor Scales is expected to de-
liver an address at Wilmington on the
occasion of celebration by the Ger
mans in that city of the anniversary
Of Emperor Williams birthday-the
time being the 22nd March.
Ex-Congres.man R. I. Bennett, of
Wadesboro, will deliver an address
May 10th, before the Ladies Memo
rial Association of Raleigh. His sub
ject will be the Life and Services of
General Julius G. Duncan"
Within the next two years the
| North Carolina State Board of Edu-
cation contemplates doing good deal
in the way of drainage and..opening of
the vast bodies of land it holds, aggre-
eating very nearly 100000 acres.
| March 18th will De North Carolina
day at the Jacksonville, Fla, Expo
sition, and tickets will be on sale at
Charlotte on March 18th and 18th.
The tickets will be sold for one straight
fare, $17.25 and will be good for twen.
ty days.
| Wilmington took long stride for
ward last Thursday by votinfi $780,
900 to the c. F. & Y. r. r., and
| 100000 to the Wilmington, Onslow
and Eastern Carolina Railroad. This
will make Wilmington a big city and
will greatly benefit the people of
Northwestern North Carolina by Civ
ing them an outlet to a seaport.
The Lexington Dispatch, which, by
the way, is one of the best weeklIes in
the State, has done itself great credit
sketch of Lexington and description
Of the varied attractions of the sur
rounding country. The Dispatch had
a noble o.d town, splendid section
and an unsurpassed people to write
up, and did its work admirobly. Our
contemporary deserves great crerdit 70
its enterprise, and the SENTINEL
wishes its days of usefulness may long
continue.
DIR. C. D. Atkinson, of Chester, s.
c., passed through the city last night
with his bride, Miss Little, whose sup
posed marriage with young man ma
med Mintz, a few days previous to
her marriage with Mr.. Atkinson, has
created SO much talk. DIR. Atkinson
matter. and says that he is fully con.
vinced of the truthfulness of his wife's
statement. She stoutly AYERS that the
alleged marriage never took place
and that he got up the report out OF
!, jealousy, merely to injure her in the
8 epes of Dr. Atkinson. Our Gaffney
? City correspondent says that the peo
i, pie there commend DR.. Atkinson:
course in the NATTER Charlotte
a Chronicle.
A correspondent of the Wilmintor
Star of the 18th ult., writing from
! Rocky Mount, Edgecomb county, re
! ferring to the removal of the remains
of persons inferred in the Methodist
J. churchyard there to new cemetery
!. at that place, makes the following re-
markable statement upon exami
: nation of some of the bodies, they were
!. found to be in a very natural condi
V ton, and very easily recognized by
g their friends, looking almost as natu
9 raj as when first placed away. Th'
u body of DR.. r. G. Tillery, one of oul
e most prominent citizens, having beer
J buried three years, was upon exami
:. nation found to be looking as natura
x as when buried. The moustache haC
,, grown an inch or more, and was mucl
II II blacker, and the chin whiskers wer
= i from eight to ten inches Longer. Th
~ body seemed to be in a perfect state {
u preservation, as were the remains {
&c some ladies who were removed"
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