The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-20
NORTH CAROLINA.
COL. r. F. BElRNE TO BE INVITED
TO RALEIGH.
Troops Coming to the Inveillng-Blue
fish Running IN AibcmsrIe sound
Railroad .Taxation- Child KILLED Ia a
Well Gleaniugs.

Troops Coming to the Inveiling-Blue
fish Running in AlbemarIe sound
Railroad .Taxation-C KILLED ia a
Well Gleaniugs.
RALEIGH. y. C., April TO-. special
The Granville Grays. of Oxford. have de-
cided to attend the un,eilin- of the Lee
Monument, al Richmond. i'm May. A mum
Der of companies OF the state Guard have
the matter under consideration.
At Ia meeting OF the invitation committee
OF the Chamber Of Commerce. held this
afternoon. il was decided 10 invite Colonel
r. +. Beirnc, Of Richmond. 60 deliver an adj
dress at the banquet on an interstate sub
ioct. Senator'S Ransom and Vance will also
be invited % deliver addresses.
Deputy Collectors p T. Massey. Grnsley.
Hall and Jones have just made raid
through JohnstOwn. llamet and ,umher-
land counties. the result OF which was the
capture of two stills and fixtures. and the
destruction of sis 0r eight hundred gallons
of beer one prisoner VAS captured for
running au illicit distillew.
The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
which i- one of three exempt from state
taxation ny if~ charter. and which has been
under investigation hy the railroad conn
mittee here. has Voluntarily agreed 60 SURE
render it- claim to exemption. and to pay
the state tax without contestlng the matter.
The children of q. y. Simpson. OF Monroe,
having. through curiosity. removed the coN-
rrine from "a Wen which WAS being dug in
ile yard. were playing around ii. when
Baxter. thrpe-yDar-Oid child. approaching
too near 10. lDll in fhe well. and. striking his
head against % rock. WAS instantly killed
Governor fOwle offered to-day reward Of
5000 f0rJohn simmons. charged with the a--
sa-.inati0n Of T.. VI. Butler 9t Clinton. The
people 0f that section ar reported tO Dee
much wrought up about the killing ot But
ior and 3D. they can geo hold of simmons.
who i- believed f0 have kiilcd him, he Will
probably he dealt with seriously.
There was "a strike 600 Lexington Cotton
Mills ONE day thi. week. Bolts of cloth are
sixty yards in lcpgih. and weaSers wanted
twenty-five cents instead of twenty-five
cents "a bolt. The managers refused to CONF
ply. and after day oh the operatives pee
summed their labor.
Tandy Harris. of Rural uall. was killed
hy his mules becoming frightened ai train
0n ihc W iIke-hnro extension. in attempting
tD control hi- team ho was caught Ona break
r0l and instantly Killed. Harris was man
700 i"NNN'l. "r'N ItAt "'ti l"''l" "t' " r'''ti
citizen.
lhe Bankof Burlington. which i,a branch
Of iho Durnam-MOrhoad Banking Conn
nauy was organized to-day Dos clccting W.
l.. Holt. 0f Burlington. president. and ARM
-lun1 Tate. cashier. Preiimnario- have
al been arranged. aud the bank viii Doe
ready tO BEGIN business May Isl.
Mo--r- Ballard and Halliburton. trustees
OF ~. f. Blackwell. 0f Durham, sold tO a
syndicate of Virginia capitalists Sli.O00
worth of real estate there this morning.
Th. arrest of samuel Jeiirio-. an aged
citizen OF Union county, =. g., upon the I
chlr-.Df murder. BIAS CAUSED "a sensation /
iu flilf section. During tho war jeiir.e- 1r- /
rested Young man named Sparks. The /
mihrr of spark. Was enra-ed On account oi
ihe arrest. and % difficulty en~ued between /
h'm and Jeilr.e-. NllDhusulted in the death 7
uf Sparks. Jehr.et WAS tried and acquitted. /
DR.. j. a. White WHs witness to the kill- /
iu- of Sparks. and was soon after as,a--- /
natrd About iour years ago one Medlm /
conf -sal 0n his dolih-hed chat Dee was % /
witness t0 ihe murder 0f ur. White, and /
that it uis committed hy Jefrie-. The /
fmiv kept the secret until recently. when /
JD1ro. had Meiliu's SON arrested On "a /
charge OF burning bis burn. Jeiirie, has /
given $1,000 bail.