The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-09
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION.

Plans OF che state Experiment station.
An Old Mans Tramp from Name TO
Florida Cleveland Farmers Alliance
Other Interesting items.
RALEIGH, y. c., July s.-lspecial.l The
annual convention of the North Carolina
Pharmaceutical Association assemblies To-
morrow 1T Dorehead City. William Simp-
son, ESD, Of ills ely = eectetary of the as
sociation, and went down to Morehead Ses.
terday to be in attendance. The State
Board Of Pharmacy also meets at More
mead At Tic SAME time. 4 Number Of appli-
cants for license viii appear before them
for examination.
The Farmers Alliance Of Cleveland
county have unanimously decided not to
bamnate alliance candidates for county
offices in opposition % the Democratic
ticket, but to endorse the nominees Vi the
REGULAR Democratic convention. The Far
mrrst Allinnca Of, Scotland Neck held
meeting on Saturday and endorsed Hon.
", II. Ritchin tor Congress. MIR. kitcbin
lao served several terms in Congress.
Reports are received that the "mo0nshin-
ers" Of Stokes county are on their lnetie
about the recent raids OF revenue 0fllcers IN
that section, and have armed themselves
for the puri,osa of resisting 10 the death any
further inyasi0ns by the revenue men. IL
IL stated that 40 less than fifty men OF that
section have CONC 70 Winston and supplied
themselves with pistols ard nfe arms OF all
descriptions, and declare that they VIII
make il warm for the revenue men II they
come again. Jt was i'm this neighbOrhOod
thai Hsvtnue nertty Eugene Nurrow was
killed during a raid a lew weeks ago The
revenue officials have been much more ag-
gressiye in raiding the 'moonshiners'
lately than ever before, and bitter feeling
has been engendered in some quarters.
It Il anhonhceh that. there Will be
grand reunion Oh Confederate 7etnrans at
Blowing Rock on the first Thursday, riday
and Saturday i'm August. Julian ;. Carr,
President Of the North Carolina Veterans
Association. will be chief marshal, and
senator's iGanIoni ind Vance and Governor
FOwle and Colonel l.. l.. Phle and others
will speak.
The citizens of Statesyille have held o
mass-meeting, and decided TO put in COM
pete system of water works there.
Seventy thousand dollars Of stock in the
oxford Land Company have been taken
sirce It's orsanizatior The company,
under its chartet, Is ailOSed 70 issue $780,
900 of stock.
The officials of the Roanoke and Southern
Railroad have sent out company OF clyll
engineers on a tour of inspection TO select
the best route for the line to Winston. They
will examine the five different routes now
cOmpeling for the ilne-namely, High
P0irt. ThDma5yille; Lexington, Concord.
and a Southern connection 7ia Charlotte.
This movement on the part " the railroad
authorities il taken as a definite assurance
that the road will be constructed very
shortly.
The dead body of a negro named Henry
TYLER vas found near the railroad track, a
short distance from Concord, on Saturday.
His skull was crushed in, and II was
thought he was killed by the midnight eN-
press the night before. lie had been at
Concord celebrating the Fourth Of July,
and had left thetc in nm intoxicated con-
dltiOn.
Work has been begun on the Boone and
Blowing Rock Telegraph line. The latter
point has become very popular pleasure
resort in Western North Carolina, and its
connection with the outside world by tele-
graph is an important ster.
News is received Of terrific cyclone in
Randolph county, which did much damage.
At Archdale the smOkestack oil factory
was blown down. lumber was scattered and
a nuuber of large trees were twisted on.
Five houses near Archdale were unrooIed:
Particulars are received Of desperate and
fatal riot at Wh.taker's Cross Roads In
Surry county few days ago. Albert iyatt
and Thomas Edwards, two young men, were
engaged i'm an encounter when the father OF
HYATT ran % his sons rescue with an open
knife Henry BrlIm friend Of Edwards,
called 10 him to stop and on his net doing so
Brum fired and killed the old man instantly.
Brum was arrested and is in jail.
Colonel Frank Cole and General J.. NJ. B.
Young Of Asheyile who, "A few weeks ago,
purchased the Okcfmokee swamp lands IN
Florida. consistingof l,jO0,0 600 at 20 cents an
acre. have just sold the property to an In
glish syndicate for 81. per acre, making
profit of over one million of dollars.