Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-13
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

of the 'aptiSt church NJ iiiSi ioiht'
Scvcnty-fvc converts is the result of
| recent revival meeting at Beaufort.
Joscph A. Harris, editor of the Hills
boro Observer, has been elected mayor oi
| llillSboro.
The democratic judicial convention of
the Sixth district is called to meet ut
kinston July 0.
lanes Hopkins was seriously wounded
at Oxford while looling with pistol,
The bullet entered his neck.
| !. G. Neal, who for eighteen years has
been sheriff of Mcdowell county, has re-
signed on account of i'll health.
Four convicts were brought to the pen
| itcntiarv Saturday. One from Bcrtic
county and three from Sampson.
Judge lanes L, Shepherd will assist
Hon. John Manning in conducting the
| summer session of the law school at
Chapel Hill.
Andy Gregory. acolorcd man Of Green's
boro, got his hand mixed up with the
plunycr of the cotton mill and it had to
be amputatcd.
When Evangelist Fife left Rocky Mount
he was escorted to the depot by. Il large
and enthusiastic crowd and hclda Jubilee
meeting in the warehouse.
Page Anderson, aged seven years, was
drowned in dam at Alamancc cotton
| mills. lie fell from n boat, and none oi
his little companions could aid him.
stst 4. 4. r I,,t1 ~
has paid off the debt for the new house
of worship, which is not yet completed,
but will he quite a handsome building
when finished,
The Henderson Tomahawk says that
indications point to the nomination and
election of Capt. \. ii. A. Williams, oi
Granville, as the next congressman from
the 9TH district
Rev. ID. Hcrndon Tuttlc, of Wilson, has
received and will accept an invitation to
deliver an address before Davenport fc-
male College, at Lcnoir, on the evening
of June 18th, ON Female Education.
| Reports from Stokes and other adjoin-
ing counties state that the flies have de-
stroycd the tobacco plants to such an
extent that il is feared the crop will tall
considerably short of the average i'll con
sequence.
Revenue Collector White, of Raleigh re-
ports that there are only tiity-tive govern
mcnt whiskcy distillcrics i'll operation
now. Many did not start up because
they could not make three gallons oi
whiskcv to the bushcl OF corn.
Governor Fowlc has accepted an invita-
ton To attend the occasion Of the unvcil-
ing of the Lee monument at Richmond
and has invited his personal and general
staff to accompany him. 1t is estimated
that 500 North Carolina troops will he
present.
Mr.. Abe W. Vcnablc, Il gentleman well
known to many of the citizens OF the
Twin City, died in Oxford. Mr.. Vcnable
was man of strong intellect, com.
manding presence and fine physique, and
was formerly editor of the News OF On
ford.
The commissioner OF agriculture has
issued a notice to the owners OF mills III
the counties of lrcdcll and Catawba to
place iishways at the dams. This viii
open the river to fish from thc South Car
DINA line upward. There are not few
streams in the State which need similar
attention.
Memorial services were held at Win
ston, Washington, Greensboro and New
Bcrnc saturday. At most points III tho
State they were postponed until yes
Yesterday. The occasion was duly oh
served at Wilmington, Goldsboro, Char
lottc. Fayetteville, Raleigh and Sails
bury.
The strawberry crop around Scotland
Neck is being destroyed as fast as th'
: berries begin to ripcn. Something eat
them about half away and leaves them
There are various opinions as to wha
DESTROYS them. Some think that it i
frogs; Others think il is the birds, and ;
, minister declares that il is snails, for h
has seen them eating the berries.
: Lottc Andrews twelve year old Dun
, ham girl lighted the fire with kcroscn
while the can stood near by. 1t explode
and she was covered with the burning o
and rushed into the yard. There sh
[ met her brother who attempted to tea
r the clothing from her but she ran pas
him and before the flames could bc g
= tinguished she was burned to crisp.
In Macon couAty on the farm of Nj
: I.cdiord are mounds of stones over gray.
c of 700 Indians, who were slain in BAIT
II there Some years ago relic hunters toi
=. away the stones. The people of that SCI
ton have lust restored them to the
original positions as the Indians place
't them many generations since. The pi
3 in which the Indians are buried are
If great size.
The dispute as to the candlc-powcr
Il the electric lights furnished Raleigh i.
:, been settled by the arbitrators. III
IL lights were offered as of l,200 candl
n power; actually they are of I75. III
,c rate of payment was $50 per year on
- 1 900 cnndlc.powcr basis. So the CT,
y pays sol &C per lamp from the time Il
u system went into operation. There Il
cs 80 lamps, and the annual reduction
,c 81 ,3SS..33. The lamps burn all nigh
Il, and every night in the year.
4, Two young men named Robinson we
arrested at a little postotlicc in Warr'
II county for swindling and are in jail
lp Warrcnton in default of $500 bail cac
They have made a great deal of mon,
by advertising &c" money $40 for s
Their victims thought that &c" mca
ID Counterfeit" but il meant "Conicd,
I'd ate" Much money from Virginia a,
=. South Carolina flowed into the pockl
's of the young swindlers. The postal n
SC thoritics were put on their tracks eal
rs In April.
of The commissioner Of agriculture sa
or the increase in the acreage of sorghr
l., will this year bc even greater than ID
Nv season, and that of all the large numl
20 of farmers who cultivated II in 1880 II
ny one was dissatisfied with the rcs,i
,is There is an active home demand for
-" the syrup and there will be large p