The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-06-19
STATE NEWS.
What Our Different COntemp0-
raries Have to Say.

All of the m ,onshiners arrested
last week in Johnston, near tn w ,kt
line, were found guilty, and sen
fenced to merited punishment by
Judge Seymour.-Selma Reporte.'.
The cherry crop of this cuuntv
the largest known to our oldest citi'
zens. 1.-THE seventeen year locust
it making the woods ring west of the
Blue Ridge.-Newton Enterprise.
The North Carolina boys with one
exception, young Wishart, of Col
Rowland's district, failed at the en-.
trance examination for naval cadets
heln last week at Annapolis. This
shows that primary education in
North Carolina is defective. We
need better primary instructors. -
Mecklenburg Times.
Last week, IN Allegheny county,
Joe Rolen, a negro, shot David
Tompkins, white man. Since our
col respondent Informed US of the
affair, We hear that Tompkius is
dead. We hear also that $500 reward
is offered for the negra's arrest AL
leghany county is being sc ,ured from
end to the other for him.-Mt. Airy
News.
The SUPP eme Court of North Caro-
lima rendered a decision not long ago,
the practical result of which is of
great Importance to every business
nan in the State. The decision wss
that husband can mortgage bis real
esta'e without his wife's signature to
the paper, unless th It identical piece
of properly has previously beeu set
aside as his homestead by ap-
paaisers. Courier.
Wilson is to have a military COM
pany. A number of our citizens met
in the court houes last week for that
purpose. and about thirty names were
enrolled. There is admirable mate
rial in Wilson for q superb military
organization. MIR. Cutler, of
Richmond, Va, has been preaching
some very able and powerful sermons
during the last few days in the Dis.
eiples Church in this place.-Wilson
Mirror.
The session Of the First Presbyte.
ran church held a meeting Yesterday
afternoon and elected Rev. Ed
Mack. son OF DR.. J. b. Mack, to fill
DR.. A. W. Miller's place during the
latter's tour DR.. Miller will sail
about the middle Of next month for q
three months trip 10 Europe and the
Holy Land.-Chsrlotte Chronicle.
Mr.. George p. Cochett has been
Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Wilmington SeacOast
Railroad. and will work up the ex-
cursion business this Summer in this
and adjoining States. MIR. Cochett
is well and fayorably known, and has
considera ole experience in railroad
business, and is undoubtedly we'll
qualified for the ork.-wilnington
Star.
The people Of Raleigh are to be
congratulated that no other election
is 10 be held in our city for nearly
two years. Nov let's bury the
hatchet, concentrate all our forces
and enthusiasm and put our shoul-
ders to the wheel and We will begin
70 see our beautiful city 90 forward.
No place in the State has qnite so
many advantages as our City Of Oaks,
and it ought TO be the pride Of every
citizen. Raleigh News aud obser
yer.
Senator Ransom has accepted the
invitation TO deliver the centennial
address at Fayetteville on the 2lst Of
next. With JEFF Dvvis to
be present and Senator Ransom to
speak the centennial will draw a
arge crowd, as it should. THE
legree Of LII. ID was conferred by
he University upon Rev. William
Royal and not upon Rev. William b
Royal as was staied.-Ralrigh News
md Observer.
Mr. !. p. Edmundson. Of John.
ton county, told the Chronicle last
week that in the sixty.four years Of
his life he has not spent sGl for doc,
r's bills, aud that he never ate
bound Of meat bought from necessity
lor n bushel, except Of his own rails.
ng. of corn 10 his life. He bought
. load of North Carolina meat TO
Raleigh on Saturday, and sold il for
thirteen cents per pound. This is a
-ecord hard to beat. lie says that
he only need the farmers have is q
rood system Of labor. He has never
ost q day's work at home in thirty |
Gears.-State Chronicle.
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