The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Interesting News Budget From Our
Nelghboring State.


RALEIGH, y. c., Aug. 30.-'Special. r.
One of the most tremendous movements
ever started in any North Carolina town
was inaugurated at Durham, to-day. The
Durham Consolidated Land Improvement
Company was organized with Sl,0OD0O
capital. The officers are: President. j. :.
Carr, president Of Blackwell Tobacco Com
pany; Nice-Prcsident. 4. Il. Andrews, sec
ond yice-president Of kichmOrd and Dan
Vile railroad: Secretary and Treasurer X.
II. Wright: General Manager, John ancey,
Jr.
The consolidated company has bought OF
the Durham Land and Security Company
3OO acres, Of the West Durham Land Com
pany 2>6 acres Of the Enterprise Land and
Trust Company 2lj acres-in all >lj acres
OF land lying partly within and partly with
out the city limits. The company will also
operate street cars and construct lines to
all points necessary for the convenience Of
the public. II will also build telegraph and
telephone lines and establish a system Of
water-wOrks. The company will also
erect extensive manufacturing establish
ments on each Of IFS three tracts.
Among the ENTERPRISES projected are
two cOttOn-mils, kniltng-mill. plug
tobacco factory. roller Hour mill, and stOr-
age warehouse. At a convenient and con-
spicuOus point in the city the company will
erect a modern hotel at a cost Of SjO,0o.
These and other contemplated improve
ments will require an outlay of S6OO,On and
will be completed within eighteen months
from date. force OF SURVEYORS began pre-
liminary work on the lands Of the company
to-day. 1t is organized in good faith and
means business. Some Of the strongest men
Of the state are connected with it,
PANACEA SPRINGS PROPERTY.
Announcement is made to-day Of the sale
OF the celebrated Panacea Springs property,
near LittletOn. to a syndicate Of Raleigh
and oxford capitalists, who will develop
ana carIy it on more extensively than ever.
The property has for years been owned and
conducted by John q. Williams. of oxford.
The price paid was $50, 900. &. NJ. Hawkins,
Of Raleigh, is president Cfthe new syndicate.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Colonel A. Il. Andrews, second vice
president OF the Richmond and Danyillc
railroad. to-day returned from stanly
county. where he has been 20 start the work
Of building the ladkin railroad. the new line
TO connect with the Richmond and Danyillc
system at Salisbury. He states that eight
hundred hands are now at work, and are
rapidly pushing the line TO completion; ii.
VIII De lOfty-Ohe miles loh-.
BRIEF MENTION.
Miss Estela Moore, popular young lady
Of Fayetteville, daughter Of Mr. l.. +.
Moore, fell dead while sitting talking with
"A party Of friends i'm her fathers porch. day
before yesterday.
Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry
has Just celebrated its y1th anniversary
with a grand drill and target confess, ana
banquet at night. II is the oldest military
organization in the state.
The ScabOard Air Line Office here was nOti-
lied to-day that the Georgia. Carolina and
Northern railroad, which is being built
from its connections here through 70 Allan
ta. has been completed 10 Clinton. : C.,and
will reach Greenwood, :. &. by September
IL. This line will tap the Port Royal and
Augusta railroad giving the Seabord Air
Line connection 10 Augusta as well as At
lanta.
# was decided to-day to hold the state
convention OF the Oung Mems Democratic
club in Raleigh September 2lth. There will
be- a grand barbecue. and clubs from all over
the state will be represented.
SUICIDE OF An Old CITIZEN.
Frank l.. Bond. well-to-do citizen Of
raTbOrO. and about seventy years old,
strangely disappeared Yesterday morning.
some time before day he got out of bed in
his night clothes and left the house. No one
took special notice of the matter until his
long absence from home caused excitement
in his family and search was made imme-
diately. About noon his dead body was
found in Tar river. about eight miles from
Washington. That suicide was premedi-
tited is shown from the fact that in looking
over the papers in his coat pocket Mrs.
Bond found paper. on which was written;
Il have been in torment for the last ten
days." Whether it referred 10 mental all
mcnt or was intended as a reply 10 some
one is uncertain.