The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-04
NORTH CAROLINA.
STRANGE-SUlT ABOUT A SEPARA
TON.
Cabarrus County Gold Fever-A Police
Oaicer Assaulted with Brass knuciSler-
Gossip from Greensboro and Raleigh
The Tax on Fertilizers.

Onicer Assaulted with Brass knuclSler-
Gossip from Greensboro and Raleigh
The Tax on Fertilizers.
GREENSBORO, y. c.. March o. Special.
A case, probably unprecedented in the
annals Of the state. has been in litigation
here for the past two days in Judge ARM
fields court. A Mr.. :. II. W. Smith, we'll
to-do citizen OF this (Guiliord) county, who
lives near Guilford College, about six miles
from this place, and who keeps country
store and runs a tannery, and his wife. Mrs.
Mary A. smith. concluded 20 separate about
about six years ago. The cause OF
separation was some religious question.
Il was peaceably made. he agreeing to pay
her an annual stipend Of ten dollars per
months $40 year. A written agreement
in legal form was drawn up. and the deed oi
separation placed on the county records. al
though they had several grown-up children.
But after awhile the woman changed her
mind and returned 10 her home and
husband and lived in the house sim
ply NJ a b0arder. not ~ Wife. Mr.
smith continuing 10 pay the allowance.
But after a time he brought suit % be re-
lieyed from the obligation and 10 have his
property released from the mortgage with
which lt had been encountered 60 secure the
payment of the stipend. This has been the
point Of contest. II is claimed for paintin
that ne is necessarily supporting the
woman. thus rendering the obligation null
and void. An indemnity Of $500 which hc
has paid % her is also claimed. 4 half
dozen OF our ablest lawyers are engaged on
the case-ex-Supreme Court Judge John
n. billiard. Colonel John y. staples, Colonel
James T.. Boyd. Hon. John 4. Barringer.
ex Mayor Il. X. King and l.. NJ. Scott.
The iron girders and other material for
the construction Of "A bridge on the Roanoke
and Southern Railroad have arrived at Wal
nut Cove on "a special train OF Eve cars. The
rock piers are about completed, and the
work Of putting up the bridge VIII be-
pressed vigorously.
A white man was arrested and jailed IN
Patrick county, Va, few days ago Tor
stealing a horse from W. l.. Fallen, OF
Stokes county.
officer stewart. Of the Winston police.
while returning home late one night this
week, heard an unusual row at "a disrepu-
table house. and went by 10 quell the dis
urbance. lie was confronted at the door
by rOwdv. who. with very little ado, struck
the officer in the face with brass kndckles.
The plucky officer. however, clinched his
man and held on. though being struck five
or six more times with the knuckles. The
struggle was continued until a brother
policeman came 10 the rescue, and they got
their man i'm the calaboOse.
Evangelist Fife commenced meeting
in Concord on sunday, March 2d.
Three more carloads Of c0nylcts have
Just passed up the G.. +. and \. y. Railroad.
I.ts N..fr l. a
work on the line above Mount Airy.
DIR. n. 4. BahnsOn, of Salem, is booked
for "a lecture at Chapel Hill 40 an early date
before the Mitchell Scientific society. on
Gladstone aud Hydr0phobia.' There is a
very prevalent faith in the efficacy of the
maidstone as a remedy for rabies, and q
great many cures are alleged 10 have been
effected by its application. The lecture of
Dr. Bahns0n is expected TO develop some
thing interesting on the subject
Il Is estimated at Winston, one OF the
greatest tobacco centres, that thrce-iOuftns
of the last crop have been marketed.
on the 27ih ulum0. on tle railroad be-
tween Marion and Ruthor'oidtoD, John Car
son. "a sub-contractor, was Knocked down
and rendered unconscious for several hours
bv negro labOrer who was IN his employ.
and had probably been discharged for re-
fractOry conduct The negro struck hlm ON
the head with rock, and though there was
no external injury, the condition of the
wounded man Is considered dangerous. ine
above facts your correspondent has just OBJ
tanned from Or. B. A. Check, Nr. tlrson's
mther-in-low. who is here attending court.
Colonel Dave Settle. q brother of Judge
Thomas Settle, and United States Marshal
under the Cleveland administration, is re-
ported as going into the district convention
. I..l |..H.. j. |I| I.I.HII
Sir. T.. j. Lilly. the aged phiaDihropist
who recently died in Fayetteville, De-
queaihed $1,000 10 the Methodist Church IN
mat city.
Person county has for Tie lrst time in
her eXistence,a "a telegraph station within Der
boundaries. ftls located at Cunningham.
on the Atlantic and Danyilie Railroad.
The biggest shoe rep0rtodm all the annals
OF shoe manufacturers. comes from AOtk,-
vile, Dayie county. 70 was built by Mr.
James pOplin for negro named Reuben
Gunther. and is l3ll inches long, IN width
and is a 40. -, ana took five pounds OF
leather 10 make them.
GOldsbOrO banks refuse tO honor checks %
emigration agents on ile ground that they
are thus helping % depieie ile country
of q necessary element Oi Labor.
A prominent farmer says there is more
money in circulation among the farmers OF
BuncOmbe county than ever before.
There were three arm-Nrelh.n. accidents
in the town Of Newton last week. Dir. ID.
L. Moore in endeasOring 90 geo out oi "a
t,vO-h0rse wagon. tell Ou tAe dOuh.e-irec
and broke his arm. Frank ilWman, un
old man. had a fall and broke bis arm be-
low the elbow. and Miss Cline WIS driving
in "a buggy, when iAc horse TOOK fright and
ran away, throwing her out and breaking
ncr arm.
A heavy wall OF apprehension comes from
the farmers Oi Cabarrus county On account %.
the rayages of the iy. wheat louise Dr, what
ever. the sermln may be. From c0uiradic-
tory reports it does not seem o. be very well
settled what he really Is. Several genera
ti0ns of the past have come and .0le during
thh winter. and old ones, young.ouc5 aud
eggs can be found all together and at any
time.
There IS one level beaded "n.ggor7 in
Concord who is willing % bee recognized as
such. I'm calling for his copy OF the stand
ard he said, please boss have 10 sent %
Niger Jim. so 1 will Dee She 90 get it,
Twelve hundred disabled Confederate
soldiers draw pensions in the State, and
=, 500 W d0ws.
10 is said that Northern capital will soon
build a cotton factory IN Concord, which is
already the leading town ofthe state 10 that
industry.
The gold fever Of Cabarrus County
would seem % indicate something substau-
tial in reality. From the newly y-dIsc0Yef-
ed mines, the hunters have gone back %
the old ones with equally good fortune. Dr.
g.. Fur, few days ago exhibited az Con
cord, nugget Of pure gold, found by an old
negro uyan named Wash Reed at the Old
Reed mine IL weighed % penny
weights, was two inches long. ore inch
wide and One-eighfh inches tbick and
worth SO This is the same mine al
which was found the largest chunk OF pure
gold ever discovered. 10 was found in the
year 1904 and weighed ~ pounds,
RAl ElGH'S BUDGET.