The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-09

sion. and Calvin Graves being in the chair
/ gave the casting vote for the railroad. His
( memory is 10 be- now honored by the cree.
/ ton Of monument IL Will probably stand
on south Elm street, and conspicously near
/ tho railroad track.
Mr. 4. A. llOyis. who lives three miles
from Davidson College, was burning coal
/ kiln "a few days AGO. and as several of bis
children were playing around unnoticed,
f his little daughter lsla ran up on The burn
/ ing hoap. which was covered with dirt ana
turf and the mass cayed IN and she sank
down amid the burning CmDcrs and terribly
burned. Dr. HinstOn was promptly called.
She injuries Will De fatal.
II il now claimed. though with what show
of authority remains 90 bc seen. that Dr. j.
A. Davis. Of Fayetteville. invented the first
telephone and phonograph
Since 1881 six hundred houses have been
built i'm Charlotte by the aid of the Building
and Loan Association.
A representative man Of Davidson county
wants some o. ihe immigration agents thai
have become SO odiOus IN some oi the east
em counties 90 put in few weeks work in
that county.
one merchant i'm Pitt county has sold Tins
season $1,000 yards of tobacco piani-ncd
cloth. This is said 90 indicate an uneN-
pectcd increase in tobacco culture.
A Philadelphia capitalist has been inFc--
tigating the Monroe Cotton Factory with "a
view 90 investment, and a Baltimore firm
has applied for ihe purchase OF stock DID, iAe
Cooperative Cotton Mills, noW being erect
ed here.
Mr. John Van Lindley. the proprietor ol
Pomona Jill nursery. and by odds ne
largest fuittrce man in the State VIII nnl
have his equanimity disturbed ui amy hinl
Of % boom. lle Us % natural-Dorn Quaker.
and is not easily excited. lie recently sold
$50 acres Of land on the south side ol town
10 a railroad company for sij ger acre. ai-
though the boom had advanced ihf llice
beyond. lie refused TO take only iAe Iiel
price he had been offered.
The County Court clerk Of F0rsyihe c0un-
tv issued twenty-five marriage licenses ior
the month of February. This was cone
sldered low rate.
Seventeen cotton factory operatives from
Norfolk arrived in Winston few days ago,
and found employment in the mills Of ihe
Messrs Fries Of salem,
The salem FIGURING Roller Mills mc now
running day and night. and yet iti. asserted
daily that roller mills cannot Doe made io pay
i'm this state.
The Peoples National Bank d. N iu-ion
will occupy the new building loE beng
erected. about The 18th of April
Mr.. r. y. Hockett, of Wilko.uolo. legal
counsel for James Stone, coni ici-4 oi nah-
slaughter. has secured the cOmAuia ION oi
the death sentence 90 twenty years in ihe
penitentiary.
The Forsyth Rifles have recently pass q
a resolution 90 publish the name of amy ana
every member expelled from ihe company
They have offered the city authorize, ol
/ Winston $1,000 for am armory and drill-Ioom
over the new markct-hou-e soon % Dc nuill.
Walter REYNOLDS and Ed. lrin1ie fought
and shot at each other at BelO's pond. NOT
far from Salem last Monday. Neither OF
them got hurt. bat Fred. Reynolds, brother
Of Waiter. got a bullet through bis arm.
All the parties were jailed.
Prof ". A. Blair, president of The state
/ Sunday-schOol convention for the coming
year. has been chosen delegate 90 the ha-
ii0na convention. which is to meet in
/ piitsburg Pa.
Two Italians and am lrlshman employed
ON the Dan River railroad bridge had h-hi
q few DAYS ago with the usual accompani-
mcnt-. When the dust and smoke oi naiiie
/ had cleared away DO was found That ine
/ lrishmau was minus am ear. and ihe liil-
/ ians were no where 90 DE found.
The Salem orchestra is booked for 81 part
/ in the musical festival at Charlotte, to take
place in June, under the management oi
/ Professor McGran. They viii begin io
practice at once. There is nO finer oreani-
IatiOn i'm the State, and possibly in many
other States combined. being justly famed
/ for tine rendition Of scientific music. lni-
orchestra is the nucleus of Dig musical
DELEGATION that is 10 attend the iesiiA dl
I from "a number of North Carolina towns.
salem and Winston VIII send forty voices.
/ Greensboro thirty-iive. High Point ana lfil-
/ iy College forty and salisbury about ihe
same number. The old North state may oe
relied ON 90 nobly acquit herself in this. ihe
initial step of a series Of splendid enlefihln-
ments.
Thc new bridgeof the Roanoke and South
om will Doe finished in a week and the cars
will Doe running 90 Ladd's Ferry, SIX miles
/ from Walnut ave. by the first of April.
FORSYTH county wants new courthouse.
and the representative men are sliiiN-
+ tbo matter "de prOfundis." AZ the meci-
f ing of the county commissioners ODD
/ April they viii Doe asked to submit
/ the matter 90 the vote OF ile people. lh-
I nuonced hy their present idiicih- prose
poct.. 10 is likely that tne matter VIII pass
and that the country viii do sometime lhii
] Will be credit tO her financial importance.
The cotton factory at Davidson College is
I 10 be called the "LinCn" cotton factory. lhe
articles of incorporation allow STOCK c"li-
tal of $4,000. 90 be- increased to SlNOoOo.
Ex-Alay0r Il. R. King. of this place, has
made am application 20 the Board of city
I Commissioners for franchises for ihe ron-
struction of a line of street cars. This VIII
probably Dee granted and the formation oi "a
stock company VIII follow.
A burglar entered the store Of Mr. @. ''
smith of Summorneld, twelve miles rom
+ This place on the Cape Fear and aakln
I Valley Railroad. and carried Oh q lai-e
cmount OF goods The thief or thieves made
entrance through a window. Cigar, ana
tobacco i'm addition 90 money were iaheh.
Traces of the plunder have been iouhu' p"'
no arrest has been made.