The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-12
FROM WINSTON.
The Methodist Protestant Conference
.--A New Ice Factory .-New Tobacco
Factory--.An Unruly Negro Arrested.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE

...A New Ice FactOr,..NewT Tobacco
Factory--.An Unruiy Negro Arrested.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE
WINSTON, N. G, Dec. II, 1S9O.-The
Methodist Protestant Conference met in
session here to o-day, with Rev. Walter A.
Bunch, of Thomasville, presiding. A
great crowd of clerical members are pres
ent, among whom your correspondent
notices the following: Revs. J. L. Mich.
aux, of the Greensboro Workman; FIT.
Fagg, of Eastern Maryland; Benjamin
Stout, of West Virginia; s. W. Coe and
j. K Ball, of Greensboro; Thos. J. o.
burn, of Henderson; A. Hunter, of Yad-
kin county; W. M Pike. of Enfield: J.
+, Dozier, of La Grange; Rev. @. L Whit
aker, OF Whitakers; and Walter Bivans.
of Enfield. Among the lay members
Prof. J. A. Holt, of Oak Ridge Institute,
is prominent. The session will continue
some days and full reports will be sent
the CHRONICLE.
The site for the ice factory of Mr.. D.
FL. King, which is to be erected here in
the spring, has been chosen on Roanoke
street on Mr.. J. B. Murphy's land. It
will be one of the largest in the State.
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The new leaf tobacco factory of Mess.
Edmunds Il Gilmer, of this city, is fin
ished and ready for occupancy. 1t is an
imposing structure, and one of the best
equipped in the State for handling the
leaf.
Preparations are being made to manu-
facture ice in the electric motive power
building An artesian well, ten inches
in diameter is being drilled by electric
power, aud will be over 800 feet deep
when completed. Thirty five feet is the
present depth and Mr.. Mcfarland, who
is managing the work, tells me that il
will be finished in a week or so. The
water therefrom Will be used both fol
the electric light company and the man.
ufacture of ice.
An effort is being made by severa
prominent baseballists of this city to ge
up ''Tri-State Baseball League" be-
tween North Carolina, South Carolin;
aud Virginia. The clubs from the fol
lowing places have been asked to join
Charleston, Columbia and Greenville
South Carolina Wilmington, Raleigh
Charlotte, Greensboro and Durham
North Carolina; Richmond, Lynchburg
Dauville, Roanoke and Norfolk, Vir
ginia. The scheme for the League
very popular here, since Winston las
year won the championship of the Sout
on the diamond.
Tuesday night Policeman Martin, &C
companied by another officer. went GU
on the suburbs of this city to arrest
desperate negro who had forged not
and stolen gun from the hardware stor
of s. E. Allen & Co. The negro and
confederate were heavily armed whe
the officers arrived at his house, hayin
secured pistols, clubs aud an axe. Afte
desperate encounter in the dark, /
which several wild shots were fired an
the combatants received several sligl
wounds, Walston, the thief, was cal
tured and lodged in Jail.
5 Last night at the residence OF tt
: brides father on Roanoke street, Mr..
Q r. Mallard, an ex-policeman of this cit
t was married to Miss Annie l.. Murph
j Hon. W. W. Barber, of Wilkes count
: and Mr.. Jno. II. Dobson, of Surry, a
3 in the city.
y Mr.. Edward Gillian, "Brer" Brewer
5 prisoner, passed up the road to-day
Madison whittier he goes to lay in son
powder so as to blow up his adversa
E in the next Superior court. He is
hustler and it is evident that Brewer b
tackled the wrong man.