The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-14
Evangelical rife-A Rico syndicate.

people of this community have been COM
pleting arrangements 20 have Evangelist flfe
hold a series of meetings here. They have q
fund sufficient to build tabernacle tor these
services if it shall be thought the Methodist
church, with a seating capacity OF 100, IS not
large enough. Dir. Fife Is expected here
about the middle of August.
Work mas begun Oh the vault TO be put IN
for the bank here. The safes and vaults,
which are TO be supplied by a Richmond
firm. are 10 be OF the best quality and sup
piled with lime locks. The bank will begin
business By the middle Of August or the LIST
of September.
There are in the adjoining county OF North
ampton. according 10 IL recent report OF the
Superintendent Of Public Instruction, 3046
white and 1. 7j9 colored children between the
ages of Blk and twenty years. and OF these
1906 children only 466 attend private schools.
and 3 Z59 attend no school at all. Inc IN
crease in attendance, however. during the
past term was Is per cent.
There il some talk of extending the railroad
between Yoykins and Murfreesboro through
Hixford and BERTHE counties. The matter
has not yet assumed any definite shape.
Mrs. Ambrose G. Green died last night at
her residence near here after an illness OF
several years duration.
The Carolina Rice Milling Company. OK
Wilmington has placed all of its mills into a
syndicate which includes all the most impor-
tant mills in the South. II is claimed by the
syndicate that the rice interest OF the country
will be greatly benefited by the combination.
inasmuch as il will cheaper the cost of
milling by improving the construction OF
mills and aifordlng ample capital TO equip
them with the most economical appliances.
Mr.. Pembroke Jones' of Wilmington. is 10 be
vlcs-presldent of the syndicate. which is
known a. the National Rice Milling Compa-
ny with headquarters AZ New York.
laaas -t1l ~
which was created by the last Legislature for
the education Of girls. will open It's first ses-
sion on September 2sth. IL Is partly sup
ported by the State and partly by the Pea
body fund, and its purpose is 70 afford cheap
and practical education to young ladies. 10
is located at Greensboro, Il site and s30 900
having been donated by citizens of that place.
The school IS an outgrowth OF agitation by
the state Teachers Assembly. tine Kings
Daughters aud the Alliance. Much credit for its
establishment is also due the Hon. j. l.. N.
Curry agent of the Peabody fund, who was very
earnest IN his advocacy Of the school. Thus
has been fulfilled the obligation acknowledged
by the State lin the Constitution adopted at
Halifax in 1916. section Al of.which declared IL
10 be the duty Of the State to provide educs-
tlonai facilities for tue instruction Of youth"
at low prices. and further that 'all useful
learning shall DO encouraged IN one or more
universities" IL seems that II has taken one
INJURED years LOT inc OtdLe 70 discover LudL
youth" means girls as well rs boys.
At the annual meeting held for that pur-
pose yesterday only five reductions in the
value of real estate for taxation were made in
the county. and the aggregate amount OF the
reductions will not reach five thousand dol
lars.
Another attempt TO wreck the fast train at
Burgaw on the Wilmington and Weldon road
was made Saturday night. The attempt oc-
CURED about midnight upon the nor,h-bound
train by placing piece of timber on the
track. No damage was done. however
Several days ago the large steam saw and
planning mills If Parmele ~ Eccleston ct the
junction OF the Greenyille branch and the
Atlanta and Raleigh railroads were burned
10 the ground, together with q considerable
quantity of timber. The loss was csc. 900; in
surance 81 600. Several freight cars of the
Coast Line were also burned The tire origi-
mated in the shaving room on the second
story aud had made such Roadway when dis
covered il could not be extinguished. The
firm has not yet determined 20 rebuild.
The rains have greatly injured the water
melon and canteloupe crop in the Whining
ton section. The vines and fruit are rotting
and rendered totally unfit for market.
The several public schools of the county
have been furnished with valuable maps and
charts at an expense of eleven hundred dol