The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-07-12
N. C. News.

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new State pension law passed by the last
Legislature will not go into effect before
1890.
~ The track on the g. F. & Y. V.
Il, R., has been laid for twelve miles
from Wilmington. The first train over
the road entered Wilmington last Mon.
day.
| w Mr.. M. l.. Greer has sent TO the
Topic Office samples of Idaho wheat which
is said by good judges to be splendid. We
are getting a start in the seed Of several
varieties Of Oregon and Idaho wheat in
this county.-LenOir Topic.
"a Judge David Schenck of Green's
boro, has finished his history OF North
Carolina from 1880 to 1881. The book
will be published by Edwards q Brough-
ton, the Raleigh publishers, and will con-
I tain five hundred pages.
W The law 10 this State now requires
the record of the property of white people
to be kept separate from that of the
colored. This plan furnishes an easy
means of ascertaining the relative amount
of property owned by the two races, and
the taxes paid by them.
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an old North Carolinian, and 10 distress
ingly significant of ga strip of land be-
tween two States" to hear the term "Rich-
to the North Carolina Railroad, to the ut
ter exclusion of the old cherished name
WilminQton Messenger.
w A black bear weighing about one
hundred and fifty pounds was killed by
Mr. Henry Ipock about FIVE miles across
Neuse River last week. Another case
of glanders was reported last week. The
horse belonged to T. E. French, about
ten miles from the city in the direction OF
Streets Ferry. Mayor Williams went
out and found it to be genuine case.
The animal was Immediately killed
Neaobern Journal.
~ At the recent meeting of the
North Carolina Dental Association at
Greensboro, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
DR.. Sid. P. Hilliard, Rocky Mount; First
Vice President, DR.. George W. Whitsett,
Greensboro; Second Vice-President, DR..
W. J. Conrad, Winston; Secretary, DR..
Fl. G. Henning, Concord; Treasurer,
DR.. ]. W. Hunter, Salem; Essayist,
DR.. g. A. Frominger, Reidsville. Drs.
V. E. Turner of Raleigh. and J. Fl. Dur.
ham of Wilmington, were elected dele.
gates to the International Dental Conven.
ton to be held in Paris in August next.
The next annual State Convention will be
held in Wilmington.
az Mr. M. L. Blackwelder has found
in st. Johns graveyard the head stone to
the grave of Gottlich Schartzwelder, born
1872 in Germany, and died 1894 in
America, where Adam Blackwelder now
lives. He came to this country about
1850 and was the great ancestor of the
Blackwelders in this county. MIR
Harvey Black welder of No. township
raised this year on two aud quarter acres
of land, seventy-fve bushels of wheat, and
VIM. Cook of No. 5, threshed from a
three-acre lot fifty bushels. The indica
tions from all over the country are that
we have the biggest wheat crop we have
had in many year. Concord Times.
OKLA CoTToN.-We were shown re
Gently by Mr.. W. B. Surles cotton leat
which resembles an okra leaf, and Tor this
reason and the further fact that the stalk
also resembles an okra stalk, the product
is called okra cotton. Mr. Surles informt
: us that gentleman iu Johnston county
two years ago, found one seed in a pack
age of coffee, planted it and secured seed
last year which sold readily at FIVE cents
apiece.
This cotton is very prolific and is SAID
to be almost as fne as silk. Mr.. Surlet
has sixteen stalks of this cotton and we
| hope he will let US have samples OF The
+, staple for Durham countY's exhibit at The
Grand Industrial Display at Raleigh
Durham Plant
SB The following named jurors were
, drawn for the August term OF Cleveland
, county Court: First week-R Lee Byers
, HI Blanton, Jr. G M Moore, NJ J Love
lace, w L Patterson, S Turner, A H
, Harry, q D Fulton, M Dover, r s Har
, mon, B Eskridge, ] NJ Goode, Sam Har
!, , ill, G Miller, D H Elliott, WS Weathers
a G N Westhers, W Roberts, A r Put
: nam, W + Gold, + Ware, Charles Cab
aniss, G S Ramsey, ] F Esker, III F Jones
I, Albert Whisnant, G G Hord, A H Cline
P Z Carpenter, B Hendrick, D q Beam
!, JOS Costner, A Carpenter, A B Peeler
TX Hull and D S Downs. Second weel
10 N Hamrick, G B Bridges, T G Ham
. rick, W B Lowry, John H Patterson, "
Stowe, G Herndon, q A Tucker, W
E Cornwell, S s Marks, d A F Hamrick
d Scruggs, Thos McEntire, Johu War
; lick, M P Petty, W r Chapman, J D Hill
, and B Towry.