Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-27
Worth Carolina News Notes.

AAANHLNALH
Supreme Court ts expected 10 hle an opinion
10 the appeal 81 cross and White. It ls
learned today that II this court decides
against them Gross and White will sue on 4
writ of error I'm order TO get the ease before
the United states Supreme Court. 10 Is
claimed that they can DO this. The result u
awaited With peculiar interest. Gross Is now
IN Gates couuiv. White f. yet in jail with
NO prospect u giving bail. His bail bond =
fixed NJ $4,000. lie made Application 10
have n reduced % s 1900, but The Judge re-
fused 20 grant This.
Rev. John Ware, Of Newberne, WIS to-day
elected moderator Of the tatlwba Fresby'
terrain synod, which is in session here.
News has been received here ot The sud
den death OF Rev. Wiley w. Wells, Ia Hay
wood cOuaty.
The Third-party people to-day make a
claim thgt thcy viii poll 5000 votes for
Fisk and walker in mis- state.
A great number OF tramps are moving
soulhwa7ds. They pass here in unusual
numbers.
An excursion train from NJ. Airy over
fhe Cane Fear and Yndkiu-Nalley and the
Carolina Central railways arrived at VIII
mugtou to-day.
Work on the Wilmington and Fayetteville
section OF ne Cape Fear and ladkln-Nallty
line progresses very satisfactorily.
Atthl North Carolina PRESBYTERIAN synod
NJ Gold bor1' lq.t uIgbt syuOdical commu-
nian was observed, Rev. DR.. J. =. Wa'dn-'
~ Raleigh, preaching thc sermon. To-day
wa, devoted in . ilrgc pare to The considerl-
ton of reports Of home mi.sions and the
general interests ~ that department Of
Christian efforts. An evangelist viii be az
rointcd. 20 bo paid ly the synod, 20 visit
. H- H. o. H.aN.A AaMHaFN.Na XIII
be urcr jared on trc deaths Of BeYs. +. r.
Rockwell. D.. d.. d. III. Cohle, a. u. wilson,
and M. Nacquoca. The synod meets next
year at Charlotte. and NJ that meeting The
question of 70 more equal division OF terri
tory amn0u the preshYtcrlans VIII bcsettcd.
Representatives oi the eynod8 II Tennessee
and south Carolina are attending the meet
ing. over scycuty-lye c.crgYmen are pres
sent.
There was q TomluGc affair 90 Blchmend
ia.t night, in which Durham, y. G., and
Troy. w.. are concerned. j. 7. wilkins. of
Durham, SAYS lu Advertisement tn n maJfi-
mouial paper. placed there hy Miss Ella A..
Tileld. Of Troy. and answered it. Core
spondeuce began. They agreed 70 meet at
thc Virginia Exposition and get married.
To-day they arrived ai Durham.
Great regret is fen bore at the sudden
death Of Major william j. 1atcs, editor 81
the Charlotte Home. Democrat. He was
Justly REGARDED as one 0ithe best editors no
fine state. Ile was born &c Fayetteville m
1924. and before She war edited the North
Carolininn there. I'm 1856 he moved 10 Char
igffe and BOUGHT the Democrat. Ever since
be has been continually In harness and ha,
done earnest WORK.. Be Was the only brother
of Rev. pr. T.. A.. Ia'cs, Of Durham. and
had for forty ve1rs been o member OF the
Methodist Church. Ue had Tor years
been a member of the Executive tommittce
of the State Agricultural Society and a mem
ber NJ the Board Of Directors II the West.
en- North Carolina Insane Asylum.
one young Nash county flrmlr, hr. r.. II.
Hicks. ho took the premium a. the Durham
Exposition go bright tobacco, viii make tlls
wear $4,000 on hls crop. Nash IS taking
tho lend i'm brishts this year. This Is no.
table.
Wcssrs. Charles NcKimmon and James
Moselcv. o. Ills city. have purchased lor
/ $4,000 valuable property on Fayetteville
street here and viii build oue Of the largest
drv goods stores M the state.
The outlook for the Democrats In Gumber-
land county is reported % ie much more
favorable.
John p. WUI'ord. Of EdcecomAe county.
| died a few DAYS ago from go overdose az
llu lgnIm.
/ have visited tnc virginia Exposition ana al
ire rrotiied 20 Co., extent aud arrangement.
/ .ichm0nIs enterprise Is a subject OF ire
olfrt comment. The business connection
/ between chat c,y and al tAi- section Is very
/ close and . Increasing in importance.
THE Weldon Fair, which begins next
week, promises 10 Dec q meri'orl0us one
better than usual. in fact. The attendance
vii be- large. the crops in that part OF tle
state are very poor.
Several factories ior the manufacture Of
hanging from pInt-strAW viii Pee tsiahIshc
io fip STATE. Contracts Tor machinery ara
now beur made. The i%Iciorfca wiil De
mainly in the southeastern psrt oi the state,
where immense Cu4n,.tic. Ot Tie straw ere
available.
lu Wilmington cX-ccrvic's ore attempting
fo rr.i-rer. They are m4.'ng the samc NJ
tennis iu 700 parts ~ the State.
Ih. Primitive Baptist Association met NJ
/ Go'dsDoro' to-day aaI Wlll le in session un-
Nh, extension Il The "short-cut" rail-
w1y hls been completed % Eowland's,
/ NC.
on tbe iine OF the Cape Fear and Yadkiu-
T.lev railroad, between Heunetisville and
Greensboro, there are sixty steam sa"-mill'
30 operation.
Tie right oi waT ior The proposed railway
from scotland Neck 10 Gsecnyilio bas been
. secured.
tM,Dowcll Court William Neal, a whit
NAV. wa, convicted n beating bis child 80
death. lie gets ten years IA tho peniientl-
any.