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


NORTH CAROLINA.
interesting Items GatheredJ From The
sentinePs Exchanges, andsBoi1ed Down
for Its Busy Readers.
Charlotte ladies have opened hos.
pltal for the benefit of the destitute
afflicted.
Mr.. w. W. Barber, of Wilkesboro,
has accepted a clerkship in Washing
ton, d. c.
B. o. Guthrie, of Burlington, has
assigned. Liabilities $4,000; assets
$2.100.
This is Iredell county's centennial
year. In 1888 it was cut off from
Rowan.
The Shotwell monument is to be
erected soon. The committee have
S647.35 in the bank.
There will be competitive exami-
nation for government clerkships in
Charlotte on February 18th.
Charlotte bangeth. She is now 60
ing to put up a knitting mill. Yam
KEGS are interested in the enterprise.
The new National Bank at Sails
bury is an established fact and is
run by Mr.. Wiley and Mr.. o. d.
Davis.
The teachers are deeply interested
in the building of Assembly Hall'' at
Morehead. The corner stone will be
laid April End.
Rev. A. w. White, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Wllkesboro
and TayJorsville has received call to
Corpus Christi, Texas.
While Augustus Jameson, of Cod
die Creek Yves topping a tree one day
last week, the top fell, crushing in his
skull and killing him instantly,
The Durham and Northern Rail-
road is graded twelve miles, and work
is being pushed towards Henderson as
rapidly as the weather will permit.
Judge Merrimon charged the Grand
Jury at Durham that it is a misde-
meanor for a druggist to sell whiskey
on the same prescription more than
once.
Statesville is having aseries of high
grade entertainments this year: the
Mendelssohn club, two bear shows and
hand organ, all since the 9th of JAN
uary.-Landn,ark.
A company has been formed to
build roller -four mill at Newton,on
the building and loan plan-100
shares of 800 each, weekly payments
of SOC. per..share.
Eugene g. Harrell has received a
check for 800 from Northern pub
fishing house, to be used in the erect
ion of the Teachers Assembly Hall at
Morehead City.
Prof Corlew, the lightsome gallant
of the Charlotte Graded School, who
was found to be married man, has
resigned his position and the resigna-
tion has been accepted.
A bill appropriating one hundred
thousand dollars to erect a public
bu ;lding at Asheviue has been report
ed favorably and is now on the calen-
The Asheville Citizen says the Hot
Springs have been kept open this
winter with unusual comfort of ac-
| commodation, and with sustained
luxuriance OF the table.
The Statesville Plow Company is
negotiating for 50horse power en-
| gine-in fact has about closed the
| trade. The company is thinking of
adding bucket. factory to its business
| and will probably do SO.
Judge Clark fined twoj jurors $40
each fer being late at Rockingham
court last week and after that break
fasts were served earlier and folks'got
| out of bed when it was ready.
Bill Williams, COL, the murderer of
Luke K. Russell, of Craven county,
and for whom the Governor has offer
| ed reward, has been captured and
placed in Jail at Washington, N. G.
Mr.. G. 81. White, of Wilkes county,
N. c., is one of the six students of
Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tenn, elected to compete in April for
the orators medal of the Garland Ly-
ceum of that institution.
Henderson was badly damaged by
fire last Thursday. The fire original
ed in "Young's Row." near the rail-
road. Eight storehouses aud several
small buildings were burned. The
loss is not over $4,000, and the
burnt district will have better build
ings erected on it very soon.
Some very sensational reports have
been circulated with regard to an out
break of meningitis at Asheville 1t
was alleged that people were dying
there like sheep, and that there was a
regular exodus from that place. The
facts appear to be that there have
been some forty or more cases, of
which perhaps half dozen were fatal,
that few people left, and that sthe
disease is abating.
The Odell Cotton Mills Company,
Of Concord, has declared semi-annual
dividend of 10 per cent. During the
year the company Manufactured A.
324, ,667 yards of plaids, 102, ,4S9 seam
less bags and "a, 1856 towels. There
was paid out during the year to oper.
atives $64, 1926; for cotton $f72,-
3S8.94. The mills were run 29S days
during the year. It would be hard
for any New England factory, says
the Baltimore San. tn nresent resuiia