The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-04-19
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
PERSONS AND THINGS THROUGH.
OUT NORTH CAROLINA.

PERSONS AND THINGS THROUGH.
OUT NORTH CAROLINA.
Interesting Items Gathered From the
sentinel's Exchanges, and Boiled
Down for Its Readers.
The Chronicle says there is talk of
moving Davidson College to Char
lotte.
A man of 81 and a girl of 16 were
recently married at Mouth of Buffalo,
Ashe county.
A permanent Fair Association, with
capital of $25, 900, has been organ
lied at New Berne.
A great revival of religion is in
progress at Reidsville. About rs per.
sons have already made profession.
The Vance County Guard is the
name of Henderson's new military.
Col. W. H. BurgwyE, was elected
Captain.
Elizabeth Moore, an 18 year old
white girl, is in jail at Shelby charg-
ed with leaving her illigitimate child
to freeze to death.
Delegates are rapidly being appoint
ed to the Episcopal Convention of the
Diocese of North Carolina, which
meets at Salisbury May 23rd.
Oxford's new market house is now
opened and in operation, and the citi-
zens think it one of the best invest
ments ever made in that town.
The hands who are laying track on
the Carthage Railroad struck last
Monday for higher wages. The wag-
es did not rise and work was suspend
ed as consequence.
1t is stated that Memorial Day,
May 10th, will BE- observed this year
more than usual. At Wilmington the
Davis cadet battalion, 200 strong, will
participate in the exercises.
According to the Wilmington Star
the following is the result of the meet
ings in the Tabernacle up to the close
of Friday nights service : Professions
of faith in Christ, COS backsliders re-
claimed, 208. Total SIG.
There is to be another stirring libel
suit in Moore county. Assurances
are given that D. H. ST. Clair, editor
of the Sanford Express, will be
prosecuted for maliciously libeling
Judge Phillips, of the Superior Court.
The work on the Oxford and Dur
ham railroad is being done with great
rapidity. Hands are at work all along
the route. There is no doubt that the
road will be in operation by August
1st., when the contract calls for its
completion.
The city fathers of Reidsville have
signed a cantract with the Housten-
Thompson Electric Light Company
for the use of ten electric lights, for
the streets, for a term of one year, at
81 900 per annum. 1t will be in OPP
Grafton in 60 or 80 days.
Two big steam shovels are clearing
way through big swamp in Robeson
county. A canal sixty miles in
length is now being cut from the rail-
way to the heart of the swamp, where
there are immense cypress trees here
tofore unapproachable.
There will be more truck raising
this year, in the eastern part of the
state than there has been for many
years past. Peas and early vegeta-
bles are nearly ready for ship
ment, and truck farmers are making
! a good thing Of their business this year.
Col. Tate, who has been engaged
during the past week in examining
| into the affairs of the broken State
National bank, reports that the total
shortage of the bank is $149, ,560.61.
The amount due to other banks and
depositors, all told, is S401 ,7S3.41.
The assets are nominally $456.703.-
81, but consisting of notes, overdrafts
and real estate in the main, will not
produce exceeding $184,000 in cash.
The Immigration Convention which
meets at Hot Springs N. G. on April
25th. promises to be a big thing. All
the southern passenger agents and rep
resentative men from all the southern
states are to be present. Cheap rates
will be secured and efforts will be
made to secure colonies for n. G. and
her sister states. Mr.. j. d. Kelly, Jr.
I of New York, is chairman of the com.
mittee of arrangements.
| Round trip tickets to the laying o.
the corner stone of the Teachers AS
sembly, May 1st, will be sold at ont
cent per mile each way. Among thos,
who will deliver addresses at the reg
ular meeting, June 18th to 29th, TIL
SENTINEL notices Rev. DIR Thos
Hume, Prof G. T. Winston, Rev. w
r. Atkinson, Rev. w. S. Lacey, Prof
E. G. Branson, Miss Dora d. Jones
DIR. r. III. Lewis, Rev. j. F. Crowell
Prof. w. A. Blair, Prof. w. L. Poteat
Miss Ella F. Ives and Prof. Henry L
Smith. The SENTINEL knows tina
the Assembly will b. a success. Thes
names guarantee it.
Mr.. Swicegood, sexton, had occa
sion to take up large tree in Oal
Grove Cemetery, Salisbury, last weel
by the roots, and was astonished t.
find many of the large and most dur
able bones of a man or woman exact
ly under the main stem of the tree
which is supposed to be over 100 year
old. It probably grew from an acor
on the spot of ground in which th
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