The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-06


man BroWer-Investigatin Stokes Min
erai Lauds.-Another Newspaper to
be Started.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRoNICLE.)
WINSTON, n. c., Dec 5.-Your cor-e-
spondent learned to-day that Mr.. Il. E.
Harmon, editor of the Southern Tobacco
Journal, now printed at Danyille, Va,
will remove his journal to this city, it
now taking rank as the greatest tobacco
market in the South and probably in the
world. The writer does not know that
papers Of agreement have beer sigued,
but that Winston will gain this valuable
organ of the trade is a certainty. The
Journal is one of the Oldest tobacco peri
odicals III the South and was once edited
at Greensboro. It's removal to our city
will give our trade additional prominence
and the Journal the command Of a more
promising field.
Yesterday Messrs Gillian and Oliver,
Of the Reidsville Review, and Mr.. Joseph
Bradheld, of Madison, went up to Surry
to answer, before Magistrate Freeman.
the charge Of libel made By Congressman
John NJ. Brewer. The news reaches
here that the counsel for the defendants
waived examination ard the case will 90
up to the higher court. Whether this
report is authentic or not, your cores
pondent cannot ascertain, but that was
the movement expected.
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1t is understood, and your cOrrespon-
dent knows whereof he speaks, that a
| strong Democratic weekly paper Will be
| started IN this city by January. The ma
terial has already been ordered and the
| services Of experienced newspaper men
have been secured. Il is intended TO be
devoted to the material prosperity OF
Pie dnont North Carolina and to that
| party Which.iS best calculated to advance
its interest-the Democratic party.
| -
Auditor Langford, Of the Roanoke &
Southern, tells me that the cross ties are
already laid beyond Prices store, and
that the track will be completed to thai
point BY Tuesday next.
| The Board of Commissioners Of For
syth county have appointed the follow
lug delegates to the Inter State Im.ra
ton Convention: Messrs. FL. f. Erie.
and P H. Hanes; Alternates, Dr.. H. T
Bahnson and Maj. / Brown These
with those delegates appointed by Gov
ernor Fowle, will make most credita
BILE representation for the most thrivin:
young city IN the State.
T~
The Winston tobacco board of trad
has appointed the following delegatio
| to go to Washington to the conventio
Of the National Tobacco Association:
Pres, W, w Wood, j. W. Hanes, F
L. Gambler, T. J. Vaughn and W. a
Whitaker. The purpose they have i
view is the urging of Congress to pas
a rebate act so as to prepare for the re
duction in the tobacco tax, which take
place Jan. 1st. Thus it can be seen tha
| our manufacturers are alive to the il
terest of their patrons.
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5 Work on the Roanoke & Souther
5 railroad beyond Martinsville has bee
3 suspended, a suit being in progress b
3 tween the leading contractor and one {
3 the sub-contractors.
Il Mr.. Lewis J. Williams, a lawyer
this city, who moved here sometime ae
:, from Yadkin county in order to educa
, his children, died yesterday Afternoon
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l The Roanoke & Southern railroad of
9 cials are evidently expecting to NAL
: money out of Stokes county in the mil
n eral developments. It has been know
c for some time that the mer
It bers of the Piedmont Land an
y Manufacturing Company, who a
g large stockholders in the Roanoke
}, Southern have been quietly spying Oh
| the country all along the line and pla
e ming for Bessemer steel furnaces La
IS week they sent Prof. NitzA, mineralo
q ist of some note, to Danbury to loc
l. around and examine some prOperti
e thareabouts. It is said that he has I
d ported them to be of high order.
ot speaking to an official yesterday it W
h learned that as soon as these reports a
:, read before the directors, and it is deer
y ed by them a good financial inyestmer
k the Roanoke 4 Southern company "
d Immediately construct branch ro
le from Walnut Cove to that point. II
y line has been the talk of that commur
al ty for the past quarter and nothing de
&c nitely can be learned until the railro
te officials hear the reports Of the mine
g alogists. M. VICTOR