Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-01-04
r CAROLINA NEWS.

with q plst"i Al 1saie'S" '0s'
morning. I
The Raleigh correspondent Of the =,
Wilmington Messenger says that
Gov. Holt, Of this State, has
probably beaten the record a. L"
growing upon this continent
this side of the Rocky Mountains.
Upon 80 acres, the past season, he
gathered over 46 bushels of wheat
pc. acre. He says the crop vas
made without the application OF any
fertilizer whatever. He sows no
land tina, is not clover sod. Here is
a valuable pointer for the farmers.
Charlotte Chronicle: Rev. Joseph
Wheeler, late pastor Of the Metho-
dist Church of Fayetteville. N. c.,
died yesterday morning of %consutnp-
ton, a, the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Dr.. Mckoy, at Kings Noun
am. Mr.. Wheeler vas the Oldest
child of Rev. Joseph H. Wheeler,
who is the oldest member of the
North Carolina Conference and was
So years Old He leaves a wife apd
four children. Mr. Wheeler was 40
uncle of c. z. Wheeler, Of this city.
Winston Sentinel: Judge Graves
last week granted a writ OF habe0s
corpus in the case Of Mrs. Cora
Scales Morris, of Reidsville, and she
was released from custody under a
bond of $4,000 to appear for trial at
the mex, term of Rockingham co"n-
~ court. It is probable that The
will then be acquitted. Judge Dill.
hard, OF Greensboro, says ,ha. with.
in his long practice. he has never
seen a charge for murder founded
on so little evidence. Bro. Webster,
of Reidsville, tells us that tho pre-.
vailiug sentiment in Reidsville is
that Mrs. Morris is Innocent.
Charlotte Chronicle A very rich
find of gold was made last week in
the Barnhardt shaft Of the Gold Hill
mine in Stanly county. This shaft
is $50 feet deep and has not been
worked for some years. rebe San
ders, last week sold the north prop
er,y, adjoining his land 10 a North
ern party for $4,000. He recently
took a loan on it. and purchased it
for $4,000. 1t is considered that
f this property is rich in gold, though
: there has been no find on it since
Tebe's mine was discovered. Ten
> or fifteen years ago it was worked
. and a great deal of gold obtained.
WILMINGTON Star: The Raleigh
papers note the fact that Mr.. Henry
E. Fries, of Salem, has made a dona
, lion of one hundred and fifty dol
: lars to the Agricultural and Me"
chanical College, which is intended
to be the nucleus of a fund to enable
poor students to take the college
. course. It is to be hoped that othe'
men of means in the State, who take
=, an interest in the agricultural ad
vancement OF the State. will follow
this worthy example Of Mr.. Fries
and that the fund may thus grow K
: proportions sufficiently large to &C
, complish the object for which it ii
intended.
Raleigh News-O Observer: The
3 President of Shaw University hal
! received a letter from the King o
a the Belgisns in which that monarch
). requested h,m to supply him at once
with t%wenty-four colored men 81
follows: Twelve book keepers, on
carpenter, two blacksmiths, three
engineers, n shoemaker and othel
various trades. It is desired tina
these men be sent to the Congt
Free State, in Africa. which is IN
der the dominion Of the King of TIT
Belgians. There are now a numbe'
5 Of students at Shaw University fron
9 the Congo, who will retnrn Their,
: when they have completed the Uni
versity course. The order vii
probably be filled from among them
: State Chronicle: The dittress i,
Northampton and Halifax couptie
il very great. One farmer VIII.
planted 125 acres made n bale o
cotton. Another who used fou
tons of fertilizers and planted 70
twenty bales did not make rent, ant
abandoned his farm and left tn,
State. The landlord had to go, ant
, with sack-hags, pick out what b
could find to save his rent. Anothe
I large farmer near here who expec,
} ep to make 100 bales got abou
eleven. AS a result OF these bar,
{ times 2. n. Stainback & Co, Q
= Weldon, have made an assignment
TO w. +. Daniel. Liabilities $50
600; assets $4,000, but only abou
e one half Of assets available, OWN,
: to the condition of the farmers whor
they furnished. J. S. Moore, {
Garysburg, has also made an aseigr
ment with $4,000 liabilities; asset
unknown.