The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-22

I two AGO. Durham pledge at last accounts.
had reached Si0>.OoO. Public verdict has
suggested or expected that $4,000 would
Doe about the right thing for Durham 10 DO.
Mr. George Vanderbilt has about three
/ hundred men at work 0n his palace at Ashe-
/ vile.
The old snares gold mine, one and a half
miles from High Point. which belonged %
/ Professor Charles ID. Mann. has been sold
I 90 an English gentleman and will DE re-
opchel for work IA once.
A negro recently died at Whitakef's with
what was pronounced 20 boz "A clearly deyel'
oped ease oflepro-y.
The peanut crop, which is confined almost
wholly t0 the sandy or eastern counties Of
the State, is said to De am entire failure.
An English money lending syndicate has
been established at Charlotte.
a Farmers Alliance has been organized
at Pilgri M. Davidson county. with twenty
one members. There are thirty-one alli-
ances In the county.
Raleigh capitalists have invested $4,000
in Greensboro. This does not include stock
taken in stoel-works.
Mr.. Batter ~hcmWcl. " Lexington. had
just finished and moved into a hne resi-.
/ dence when The freeze came along, and was
of such degree as 90 burst "a water-ppc up
stlirs which caused tho flooding Of the
rooms and seriou, dampagc 20 plaster, car
pets, pictures. furniture. &c.
Edward e.. Duncan, has been nominated
! for the Office 0f collectOrship Of customs at
Beaufort.
The total receipts Of cotton in the state
are less than at the same date last year.
The National Treasury Department re-
/ ports the reception Of $50 conscience con-
/ irDuu0n' from Charlotte. and the amount
has been credited 10 that fund.
10 Is confidently claimed by competent
f...I. I'D A..fsH HNa
/ Carolina tine color line Will be- more sharply
defined than ever before. The political negro
/ leaders are y0Wing retaliation by freezing
ont the Republican party machine. and VIII
I vote only Tor men Oi their own ra 20. such
"a course as this Will show a stretch of the
negro prc.ogatiNe and degree Of moral or
/ political carriage which he has not yet eN'
/ hilited His implicit obedience heretofore
20 the bchesis Of the e. o.. ?. is a part Of po-
/ lilical science.
The American linc-fibre Company, at
/ Cr0niy. seventeen miles from Wilmington,
! may Doe regarded one of tnc most significant
/ enterprises that has set been developed in
] ihe State. and possibly i'm the south. Tie
/ company Is now actively employ ed, and
PRODUCES an excellent fibre. They expert
enced some difficulty at first in making am
article that could De offered for less cost
/ than lhe .uto and yet yield profit 90 the
J.
overcome. The textile weighs TWO pounds
| tO the yard. and is practically n0n-cOmbus-
/ tible and can Doe sold for less than the iute.
which it is certain tO displace. The pine
/ belt of any one southern ~tato furnishes "a
/ supply of the raw material that i- absO-
! lutciy incNhaustihle. North CarOlina's
pine straw could bag the worlds
total supply of cotton for years toI
come apparently. i1 Say nothing
] ID
/ fO the Mississippi. tO most Oi which States
/ the production Oi hlgging will yet Doe eX-
tended if necessary. But the mission Of
pine straw does not stop at cotton baggng.
] N has been used successfully as fertilizer.
/ It's possibilities as "a base in compost making
/ have been hut little tested or known. The
vast reaches "0i pine barren in south
/ Carolina. Georgia. Florida, and South Ala
/ bama may set De made tO rejoice in "a rich
harvest under tlo stimulus OF the countless
/ tons 0l straw thar now annually g0 tO waste.
] The company now operating at DrOnly pro-
ducc- Two thousand yard, of bagging daily,
and has d capital stock OF Sl,Ow.OOl.
General James Madison Leach. Of Lex
ingtou. the once able representative of the
/ Filth Norlh Carolina District. who has been
very feeble for more than "a year. s some
what restored. he got fracture Of the leg
/ by stepping from "a train while BOO motion,
/ little o,eru year ago. and owing 90 advanced
age. has never entirely rccuptrated. lie
/ has been one of the most powerful stump
/ speakers of his generation.
/ The military company 40 Burlington was
equipped and mut tered iuio service as part
/ 0fthe state guard on ihc llin. Tho officers
commissioned. are: l.. q. Holt. captain;
/ ". n. Carroll and j. IL. Holt, Jr, lieu-
tenants. The company consists of three
officers and forty men.
The southern Educational Association
/ will hold it- annual meeting at Morehedd
/ city in June. from The l-t % 9th inclusive.
'fne county poor house of New Hanover
county was burned 0n The morning Of the
/ 18th. The cause WAS accidental supposed
] f0 ORIGINATE from defective ilue. There
was 400 Insurance On the DIilding OF Sj,3iu.
/ All the inmates and furniture were saved.
Superintendent Terry aud % hired man got
their hands badly burned.
Alr. Bailey. superintendent OF the knitting
mills. narrowly escaped serious, possibly
"a fatal accident here to-day. lie was un-
der the machinery attempting 20 adjust
/ SOME part Of DO. when Doe was caught hN
revolving shaft and WAS being whlrled
around lle had presence OF mind and
strength 90 partially hold pulley DO check.
The operatives were -O daled 40 the sight
that they could do nothing. Presently Mr..
ThomNirg thr f0reWOmau, ran up and
threw the belt from the main shaiiins and
relieved Mr.. Bailey from his peril0us lo-
-ifiou. lie ha. h1d lOng experience among
machinery. and this is his first accident
The German brig. Carl Johann, cleared
from Wilmington on the 18th, with "a cargo
Of 2GW barrels oi rosin.
the First Baptist Church. Of Wilmington,
has inst been furnished with "a splendid new
pine organ. at "a cost of $4,000. The exterior
is of black walnut. 81 feet high l6 feet wide
and feet detp. 10 has twenty-five stops
and .2l9 pipes.
Mir {. Ford. of Lexington, raised
umip m his garden that was ~ inches in
circumference.
Mr.. A. J.. Ellison. of Thomasyille. has
taken out patent on an improved tobacco
hanger.
The grand Jury Of Wayne county, last
week presented a justice of the peace for
getting drunk and .cayoring around The
solicitor was unable tO draw bill OF in-
] dictment us there was nO crime charged.
The Justice resigned his Office and has left
one hundred and twelve thousand pounds
of pork were killed within the corporate
limits Of High Point during the cold snap.
The lynching business has SD iar had no
leral check one OF the best opportunities
flr the exercise Of the judicial DrerOgatiNe
Was to compass tle trial and punishment OF
the Barrier lFuchers ut Lexington. IL was
currently ren0rted that special fenire ol
300 men was summoned 90 meet the de-
mands of the case. There were no present
ments by the grand jury. 10 now comes 10
PASS that the same result attended the
efforts of the solicitor in Burke county.
The Athletic Association at IhOmaSyllle
is building a club house and gymnasium.
They will also have library, BOO volumes
'of which have already cen contributed.
4 train OF, nNe coaches, occupied by
party OF Boston capitalists and pleasure
seekers. passed through here going south,
to-day. bound i0r Iilupoosl, l'l.' bifnins-
ham. Ala. and other places. looking Tor IN
yestment Ol their surplus cash.
Joe Holmes, nephew of the famous
+ ~FOol-kiior." Jesse Holmes, WAS here to-
Iday as trayeliu. correspondent oi the Ala
nance Cleaner. lie dates his last eplste
from Rabbit shuttle. Chatham county.
The venerable John I.lleft one OF the
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