The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-16


The nominating committee reported as
follows: For State Secretary, Miss M.
y. Garter, of Graham, n c.; Recording
Secretary, MissClara Albright, of Green's
boro, N. O.
Miss Carter thanked the CO, vention
tor the compliment paid her, and stated
that she would serve them to the best of
her ability.
Mrs. DR.. W. s. Black, of Oxford Or
phan Asylum, and Miss Clara Alb i<ht
were appointed committees to SUI in
tend the printing of the minutes OF this
session of the convention, and it was
moved and seconded that the print
ing OF the minutes was 0 be done by the
little orphan boys Of Oxford Orphan
Asylum
The attendance during this afternoon
was the largest of the sessions, including
large number of Sons of the King.
A phoio 0 Of the Coz .vention was taken
| during the recess b. Mr.. G. p. Wharton
of this city.
Mrs. l. O. Davis's address before the
Convention was grand She held the
large and appreciative audience spell
bound for over an hour
Her touching address brought tears to
many eyes. 1t is impossible to give our
readers the slightest conception of the
the great good she is doing "In His
Name" May God bless her every ef-
fort that she may do for Christ's sake.
The convention now closed with Dox.
ology Benediction by DR.. Gordon.
The Concert.
At the concert there was an instru
mental solo by Miss Loula Holden, vo
cal solos by Miss Willie Simmons MIR
E L Taylor, Miss Willie Brown, Mis-
Maud Merrimon, Mrs. Cherry, Mis-
Mamie Robbins, J, E. F. F. Quartette
After the singing Mrs. J. Y Davi
gave most interesting lecture OF
Kings Sons, Kings Daughters ard
M. @. A.
A telegram was read from Rev. DR.
W. S. Black, tn. n'zing them for th
> contribution to the Oxford O,pha
= Asylum.
$1,000 FIRE AT MAXTON.
e A Destructive Fire Sweeps Over tn
Lively Little Home of the Macs.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.)
. MAxToN, N. O., May 14-Tuesda
: morning about 1 30 o'clt OK Mr.. A. n
9 Morrison, Of the Maxton Drug Comps
;, ny, was called to the store to fill a pre
" scrlption for the coloTed porter of tn
McCaskill House, and while they were
!, the store roaring noise was heard, Whe
: the porter ran out TO the rear Of th
= store and discovered the flames reachin
= over the store of 0. 5. Hayes, adjoinin
= the drug store, and also discovered
u man running eff The Maxton Dru
store, 0. s. Hayes, groceries, and @.
Holland, hardware, one solid blocl
- were soon burned to the grount
q The drug store building was owned
- :, J. q. McCaskill, and be saved his sa
'o and papers but lost lot of old booi
&c and other personal property. A fe
=. hundred dollars worth of goods we
- the Hayes or Holland stock nothing W;
ao saved Mr. Holland carried large stot
=. of guns and ammunition, and while Q
~ =, dinarily many goods could have bet
10 taken out, yet the explosion of powd
! and firing off cartridges demoralized t.
10 ~ crowd.
: Just across the street from the thr
10 stores stood the old McInnis store, ooc
~ pied by Dr. Moore, (col.) and it so
caught and burned to the ground.
Rain fell in the early part of the nlgf
w and by strenuous efforts of our reoE
w other buildings near by were save
90 The losses are as follows: J. O. McO
W kill, building, $1,000; insurance So
W O. S. Hayes, store and stock, 81, 81
90 insurance 5000. O. A Holland, stt
OO and stock, $4,000; insurance $500.
w w. Kerchner and heirs of John McInn
w building, 1000; no insurance. Maxt
W Drug Co., stock, s. 500; insurance $5
w Tie loss falls exceedingly heavy
w Mr.. Holland, who has lost the accnn
90 lation of years of hard work He b
w just enlarged his store and added to
w stock.
90 Mr.. John Leach lost some by reno
w of stock.
w Different opinions prevail as to
~ origin of the fire, but large major
.OO believe it to be the work of an inc
w diary, and that the man seen by Sbt
w ridge is the one that did the work.
W There are no new developments in
w Conolly murder case, and crcumstar
w still connect D. A. McDougald with
w crime and his continued unaccOunts
w absence is great puzzle to his frle
w who believe in his innocence.
w There is $500 reward for him N
90 This letter has been unaccounts
:. delayed. EDITOR.