The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-10-11
CAROLINA NEWS NOTES.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PIE OLD
NORTH STATE.


Down for Its Busy Readers.
Raleigh police made III arrests last
month.
Raleigh will soon haze a wagon fac
tory.
Lexington has 'beeeme a presiden-
tial postoffice. !
Salisbury is moving for Confeder
ate monument.
The Methodist Conference meets in
New Berne Nov. 2Sth.
There have been thirteen lyuchines
in the State this year.
Senator Ransom is to speak at AL
bemarie on October 10Th.
There were SO deaths in Raleigh
in the month of september
The Independent Republicans of
Wilmington are organizing
The east is making great complaint
of the scarcity of cotton pickers.
Revenue collections in the Durham
district for September, SOB ,946.
The Tarboro stocking factory has
begun to turn out stockings in ear
nest.
The Georgia, Carolina & Northern
railroad is rapidly pushing on to At
lanta from Monroe
Mollie Poteat, who has been SEN
fenced TO De hanged at YanceyviIle, it
is said to be the Second woman ever
hanged il the State.
The managers Of the State Fair are
making an effort to have an unusual
ly large display Of fine stock
Capt John W. Taylor, sheriff Of
Chatham county, died on Oct 4th.
He was good man and an excellent
officer.
j. L Savage, Of Kentucky, rode on
horseback from that State to Tarboro
a distance Of eight hundred miles
in 20 days.
a military company Of beautiful
young laaies is being organized il
Raleigh under the auspices Of tie
Governors Guard
Judge Shepherd fined Il minister
S25 at Brunswick court for marrying
a couple without license Such
marriage is failure.
r. NJ. Furman, Esq, has sold his
interest IN the Asheyille Citizen to his
partner, G. John d. Cameron, and
will engage IL other business
The Richmond & DanyiIle viii put
OH 4 special train between Washing
ton City and AshevilIe for the accom-
moda:i0n Of Northern health seekers.
We see from the D,an .Siga5oard
thak Harnctt county has female
lawyer, in the person of Mrs. Isaac y.
Murchinson. We notice that she
made most excellent address before
their Democratic Club.
Bruner & Allen, merchants at
Wadesboro, have failed and made an
Observation-Disclosures said to be $685.
600, assets $4,000 or $4,000. They
claim that their safe was robbed sun
day night of 81 900 in cash. Hence
the assignment.
A visitor in Salisbury stopping at
q private house found few mornings
ago that bis collar button was missing.
After searching all over his room, he
was compelled to give it Up and get
another. Imagine his surprise at din
ner to find it in the first biscuit he bit
into IVatchman.
4 careful examination of TIE rec
ords in the Clerks Office shows that ].
B. Connolly, late Clerk Of the Supe-
rior Court is due the county the sum
of 1,317.96, witness fees, jail fees, fines
and forfeitures which went into his
hands and were never accounted for.
Stat 1sUiUe LGnd.adrk.
There are now ,209 sub Alliances
in North Carolina with membership
approximating 4S,000-and under
tire resolution Of the State Alliance
every one Of them is pledged not to
give any aid, comfort or support, or to
vote for any man who does not stand
to and abide by the resolution of the
National Alliance against the high
protective tariff.
Certain Third Party men become
angry and froth at the mouth when
told that W. T. Steele, of Greensboro,
Secretary Of the executive committee
of the Third Party, is social equality
man A citizen Of Leaksvillc writes
to the Tobacco Pitat that when Steele
went to Leaksvile to make a speech,
che pot up with negro, Bob Garter,
and stayed all night
Cross and White, Ral4igh's bank
Doodle were tried and convicted
last week. Cross was sentenced
to work on the public roads for
SIX years and White for five. The
defendants appealed. The esen-
tence is not cumulative. 1t is believ
ed that if the Supreme court affirms
the decision of the lower court in the
former case in which Cross received
seven years and White five, Gov.
Scales will be asked to remit the sec
ond sentence. The bond Of each was
fIxed as before at $4,000. Gross
gave his bond and White expects to
be able to give bond but has not yet
done So Cross bondsmen are as be-
fore, The appea! in the first case will
come up in the Supreme court this