The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-27
Murf,e,.ho,o college, pr,sldencv.

WELDON. Y. G. Feb. 2j.-lSpecial. when
the territory between Roanoke and Chowan
rivers in this State was transferred last year
from the Virginia % tho North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Conference the Netho-
dist College At Murfreesboro was included.
At the session OF the North Carolina confer,
ence In December a committee was appo.h'eb
to take the management OF the c.nese TEN
pOrarily. Rows John y. Cole. OF haie.en'
aud H. T. Troy. Il Iitteion' ana OoIohei =.
" WYNN. OF Murfreesboro. mem era Of tue
committee. met hero yesterday y consider
the affairs Of the college. Mr Parham. presl-
dent Ok tho college rendered his resignation
on account of III health, which was accepted,
and the committee appointed the Rev. H. =.
Troy 20 the position. TO VIII assume Charge
OF tie institution at the end OF the present
session Mr.. Troy has lad much experience
as an educator. and being a man of energy
and agreeable address he VIII doubtless add
70 the popularity and usefulness q the col
leee. He is now pastor Of the church at Lit
Teton.
There il strong movement TO have the
next State Democratic Convention meet AT
Charlotte and the committee are being urged
20 fix upon that place. Il has been the Gus
tom OF late yeas TO hold the conventions at
Raleigh ONLY once since the war has this
custom been disregarded. when the conyen-
ton met at Greensboro some years since.
Major Emry of this place. one OF the mem
bers Of the central committee. tavors IA
leigh az the place because of it, central lOca-
ton and its being the capital of the State. IL
would take nearly week for the delegates
Of some OF tho extreme eastern counties 10
reach Charlotte. rs they have 10 travel part
OF the way IN sail5Oats.
The south-bound train Of the Coast Line
was nearly four hours late to-day on account
Of an accident north of Richmond.
More grain is being planted this year than
usual, and peanuts are also becoming popular
as q market crop Cotton is no longer king.
District Lecturer NewnOrne's speeches IN
this county were conservative IN tone. lie
made no references TO politics. hut taught the
farmers good deal which will DO beneficial
10 them.
The body Of Mr. :. j. Douglass. who was
drowned at IarborO anout month ago, was
found in the river near there Tuesday. and
Inferred in the Primitive Baptist church-yard.
He was from Danvile
There are now about six hundred convicts
at the State farms in this and northampton
counties, and about sixty al work on Great
Falls canal. a few miles from town. These
convicts. when their terms expire, are dis
charged IN this community and some oil them
settle here permanently. forming very Oh
iectionabe class of population.
In Johnston and litt counties a large GUAM
tity of excellent bacon IS being made almost
entirely bv feeding the 'eyer-belring null
pertinent with this new food for pork.
At a recent meeting Of the board Of direc-
tors of the Norfolk. Wilmington and Charles
ton Railroad Company the general manager
reported that tho short line between Norfolk
and Charleston $50 miles, was practically ar
ranged for that the right of way was being
secured and local subscriptions being voted,
that people along the line and the merchants
Of the two cities and intermediate points were
manifesting great interest IN the road and as
sisting literally. He alsl reported that the
survey If the branch between the Atlantic
and North Carolina road and Columbia. :. c..
would be begun shortly. giving the system 800
miles Of line This line will. 1t Is claimed.
open up the largest virgin timber district in
the nited States
Mr.. John G. Mills. aged seventy two years.
was married at Wilmington tins week TO
Mss Belle Mitchell. young lady twenty-five
years Old.
Colonel Wharton J. Green viii doliver the
address ut New Berne on memorial day 10th
of Nav. aud tue lie aud services OF the late
Naior-General Robert Ransom will be his
sub ect. General Ransom az the time Of his
death. few weeks ago, was a resident OF New
Berne.
The Rev. Edward MACK Of Goldsboro has
been called 20 the pastorate OF the First
PRESBYTERIAN church at Charlotte. His salary
will be- ! 500
A negro lecturer 10y the name Of Coidwell.
from Oklahoma. was refused speaking room
nj fairport, Granville county. Few days
ago The negroes of that section d. not look
with favor upon the Oklahoma scheme.