The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-02-16
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
PERSONS AND THINGS THROUGHOUT
NORTH CAROLINA.

The town of Sanford has neither
preacher. nor lawyer What woefully
irreligious yet peaceable town.
Mr.. J. E. Rumbough, of Asheville
is putting up an extensive tobacco
and cigarette factory at Knoxville,
Tenn.
The SENTINEL is glad to note the
success of the Acme paper box factory
of Reidsville. 1t is run to its full ca
pacity to meet orders.
Surveyors are busy running the
line of that section Of the Southern
| and Western Air Line route from
Morganton to Cranberry.
The Colored Insane Asylum at
Goldsboro is a blessing to the coiored
people of the state. The daily aver
age of patients for the year has been
179.
The proprietor of the Mt. Holly
cotton factory issued orders against
the use of tobacco and snuff during
work hours and several of the chewers
and dippers quit work.
Following the lynching of the three
negro murderers at Plymouth some
days ago, comes the announcement
that an incendiary fire has destroyed
a hotel and the Episcopal rectory of
that town.
Heavier, a blacksmith aged rs,
after living with his wife for fifty
years in apparent harmony, at New
ton, n. c., shouldered his hammers
and skipped the towu, either in want
of new scenery OF new partner.
The students aid fund of Wake
Forest College will be increased $50
600 as special fund for the education
of young men in this State. Mr.. Ju-
lian S. Carr, of Durham. has subscri-
bed 81 900 to this worthy purpose.
Judge Schenck has just finished the
writing OF brief history of North
Carolina in 17SO-'81, which is now il
the hands of the printer and will bt
given to the public shortly. 1t viii
contain about three hundred pages.
The SENTINEL is glad to see III,
. many kind words which the Tennese'
: papers print about DR.. CIV. Dabney
: our recent State Chemist. Will,
here he did a good work and hi.
} friends, the people, will not coon for
get him.
Messrs. z. II. Fulenwider, presi
dent of Hugenot Mills, which mad
S27,OOO net last year at Greeneville
S. c., Moses H. Cone, large grocer,
dealer in Baltimors, and G. E. Gra
ham of the firm of Graham IL Co., o
Asheville, are to erect cotton factor,
) at Asheville, having 5000 spindle
!; and looms.
' The members of twenty-five com
o panies of the State militia are to re
ceive government clothes, both over
q coats and uniforms. The State Guar'
is composed of !, 200 men. They vii
held an encampment next summer
between the middle of July and tn
: : middle of August.
t Messrs. Wallace Bros, ofStatesvill
r have lately prepared an exhibit c
n medicinal roots, herbs and plants fror
their herbarium for the museum c
|: Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass
e and will shortly begin the preparatio
@ of similar exhibit for the museur
|: of the University of North Carolina.
= A company of New York manu-
L facturers of net underwear has writ
: ten to the State Agent of Immigratio
to know what inducements will be O
fered them to start factory in Mort
g Carolina. They intend putting upa fat
: tory at some point in this State tina
S will be Immediately on the line {
S some railway and on good waite
!. power.
/ Hargrave & Alexander, dry good
. merchants, of Charlotte made an a;
sic nment last week, liabilities $500
II mostly due North assets, a stock {
g goods which cost $4,000, notes an
n accounts to the amount of Sc, 500, an
5 cash 81 800. In the assignment ther
q is preferred credit of 81 900 to til
/ estate of the late j. G. Hargrave, WI
Is was partner in the firm up to tt
:, time of his death.
II Mrs. Alice Coke, of Charlotte, h,
!, secured an absolute divorce from h,
A. husband, Franklin Coke, Jr., of Ne
is York. and alimony in handson
i amount during the balance of her lif
n time, the money being secured NY
4 lien upon his property, which is wort
half million dollars. This soap
grace is a nephew of Col. Frank Cox
of Asheville
The Supreme Court last week
censed thirty applicants to practit
law. Among the number were M. ]
Mott, of Iredell, r. B. Burke, ofAle
Ia ander, L. j. Williams and H. r. Sta
"a buck of Forsyth, j. c. Martin
K Wilkes, L. A. Haney of McDowe
rs E. B. Cline and A. P. Lynch of G
III tawba, I. e. Latham of Ashe, j.
Merrimon of Buncombe and T.
Anderson of Burke.
:. A special from Raleigh to the Ne
& York Herald says: "The wells in Il
n vicinity of Wood, Johnston count
ID are reported to be violently disturb,
and to be boiling and bubling wi
loud noises. AT a distance of thir
Id yards from the mouth of some of t
IS, wells this noise is plainly perceptib
This phenomenon was observed t.