The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-07
STATE NEWS.

Morganton Star: Mr.. A.G. Corpcning.
of north Catawba, thrcshcd, this year,
| ZOOS bushels of whcat-3, 500 bushels i'll
Burke and 3,146 i'll Caldwell. NJ. l..
Bcnficld & Co., of Quaker Meadows
township, threshcd: Wheat 1870, oats
1912, rye 196-total 5,O79. Hoylc
Bros, of Lower Fork township, ttreshed
6, 800 bushels of wheat, about one-third
in Burke, balance in adjoining counties
Sanford Express: Miss Nellie McGil-
vary, daughter of Rev. Daniel McGivary,
a missionary now in Siam, left Tuesday
for San Francisco where, after spending
a few days with friends, will sail by the
Pacif: steamer for Siam, where she will
engage ~ ..the missionary work. She
will not reach her destination till De
cembcr /. She is bright young woman
and carries with her the good wishes Of
many friends in North Carolina.
Charlotte will vote in November on an
appropriation Of $780, 900 for thcpurposc
of macadamizing her streets. Also on a
proposition to subscribe $4,000 as an
induccmcnt to get the Roanoke &
Southern railroad to come thai way.
The Salisbury Watchman very truthfully
says that Charlotte is already heavily in
debt, the result of voting subscriptions
to railroads; but she knows the good Of
railroad facilities and is willing to
shoulder further responsibilities in order
that she may continue to hold prestige
as the foremost city i'll Western North
Carolina.
Wilmington Review: Our correspond
cnt, writing from Hallsville, Dupin
county, informs us of the death, at that
place on Monday last, of Mr.. Samuel
Summer, aged 80 years. Mr. Summer
served as a soldier in the Mexican war,
and drew pension from thegovernment
up to his death. He will be missed in his
section Of the country, where he always
lent a helping hand to those that were in
need.-Wakc Forest College opened on
Monday with 1885 students and since
that time 80 more have been enrolled,
making total of 215 for the first two
days of the session.
Charlotte Chronicle special from Fay
ettcville, September 8; The iricorpora-
tors and others interested in the building
of the Fayetteville & Albemarle railroad,
met here yesterday, and after taking
subscriptions to the capital stock
to the amount of several thous-
and dollars by Fayetteville, Aber-
dren and Philadcl phia capitalists, elected
the following board of directors: John
Rluc, DR.. j. W. McNcill, "A. McKethan,
jr Hon. Thos. II. Sutton, ]. Milton
Hagv, A. B. Williams and n. S. Blue.
The directors then met and elected the
following officers: President, John Blue;
vice-prcsidcHt, n. W. Ray; secretary Il.
w. Whitehead; treasurer, A. A. Nc
kcthan, jr
Statesville Landmark: Here is an
other story, the authority for which is SO
excellent that VIC venture to repeat it:
few days ago Rev and Mrs. T. ]. Ali
son, of Elmwood, were sitting together
at home when the latter exclaimed:
Look at that spider with pin" Mr.,
Allison looked and sure enough saw a
little spider scudding across the floor
dragging pin after him.-The engin-
GERS of the Richmond & Danville railroad
completed the survey of the line from
Mocksville to Third creek, Tuesday,
tapping the Western North Carolina
railroad about a half mile west of Third
creek depot. They began yesterday rum
ming another line which will bring them
to the Western road a short distance
east of the depot.
Raleigh Call: One of the most attrac-
tive and interesting places in this vicinity
is Capt. b. p, Williamson's pear grove.
He has there six hundred pear trees, i'll
cluding fifty varieties of pears. The
smallest and the largest specimens of
this delicious fruit may be seen growing
to the greatest perfection. 1t is quite
common to pluck a pear weighing a
pound from some of the trees.-Owner-
ship of canal property at Weldon has
been determined by arbitration and by
agreement; the settlement is final. The
Roanoke Navigation and Water Power
Company is confirmed in the possession
of the property, and G. Phillips was
given the right to use a certain amount
OF water from the ccanal.-The Farmers
Alliance is now organized in 81 counties,
with 1887 sub-alliances and $4,000
members. Ten per cent. of the member
ship are females. There are 80 sub-alli-
ances in Wake county alone, with 2;700
members. There is a Colored State
Alliance, an entirely separate organiza-
ton, with 450 sub-alliances.
The Spartanburg train was an hour