The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-10-27
STATE NEWS.
Happenings of Interest in NorGh Car
DINA.


DINA.
John Balsey died at Thomasville,
Oct. 20.
Bedford Vaughan, of Durham coun-
ty, died Oct. 10th, aged IS years.
Revivals are being conducted at the
Christian, First Baptist and Trinity
churches of Durham.
A successful revival at Smithf1eld
Baptist church has just closed. Rev.
o. L. Springfield assisted in it.
Rev. Alex Sprunt has accepted call
to become the pastor of the PreSbyte
rian church at Rock Hill, S. G.
The Davie Rifle Guards has been Or
ganiZed at Mocksville, with Will X.
COley, editor of the Davie Times, cap
tain.
Geo. Elder, living three miles from
TaylOrsville, had his barn burned on
October Goth, losing his roughness and
barely saving his stock.
F. R. Hall, chief of police, of Dur
ham, has preferred charges against
M. A. Wilmington, one of the force,
for non-performance of duty. A hear
ing will be had on Friday.
Durham has been troubled with
thieves lately and three vagrant ne
groes arrested on suspicion were found
to have concealed weapons on their
persons. They will be sent to the
work house.
Nick Norton, an old and respected
citizen, of Alexander county, died
October 21st. He had been blind and
bed ridden for fifteen years. He was
buried at Liberty with Masonic hon
OrS.
J. M. Brosius, of Atlanta, wants to
move his Motor Sewing Machine
Works, and his Axle Works to High
Point, if the High Point business men
will raise enough money to justify him
in so doing.
Lloyd HollingSworth, son of Mrs.
Lizzie HOllingswOrth, of Fayetteville,
in attempting to extract cartridge
from his gun while hunting, was bad
ly shot through the leg, by the gun
accidentally going off. The injury is
not serious.
The Asheville aldermen have got
ten tired of waiting for the Asheville
street railway to pave 0between it's
tracks and have, the osecond time,
ordered the city's street force to tear
up 300 feet of the track on Patton
Avenue and lay it aside.
Dave Harrington, young man of
81 years of age, was killed while out
hunting last Saturday evening near
Three Forks church, Alexander coun-
ty. Harrington, in setting his gun
down, let the hammer strike a log
which discharged-th the gun killing him
instantly.
Delegates from this State to the
Seventh Pharmaceutical Congress
which meets at Chicago next August
are e. V. Zoeller, of Tarboro; S. J.
Hinsdale, of Fayetteville; A. w. Row
land, of Wilson; O. M. Royster, of
Hickory, and W. M. Yearly, of Dur
ham.
M. @. Herndon and Judge J. M.
Green, of ASheville, were stopped by
| three tramps in the outskirts of Dur
ham last Saturday night, and demand
ed money. Instead of getting it two
| of them were held until a policeman
| could be sent for. One escaped. The
| arrested men were ordered by the au-
| thorities to leave town.
Settle at the speaking at Summer
| field, Oct. 22d, was introduced as the
| ''son of an illustrious man." with
much prestige and pomp. Prof. j.
Allen Holt, in presenting Mr.. Will
liams, referred to his humble origin
| and said he was self made man, born
| of honest parents, farmer and quiet
citizen who had worked his own way
| up the ladder of fame This is said
| to have so incensed Tommy that most
| of his speech was directed at Holt to
| the great amusement of the crowd and
disgust of his own friends.