The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-11
Removal Of ssaboard Transfer alton.

Wyrpos. \. c.. May l0.-.SpeciaL III Is
rumored here that the SeaboaTd Ar Line WIZ
in a short time remove their transfer s'alioH
and extend tho SeabOard DIVISION OF Jue INC
- Jittlston. Tho reason given TOR the chahSe
Is that tho opening OF the me 10 A1i"n'e VIZ
greatly increase It's freight business auu nc
cossitate more ward room than they can OBTAIN
Icrn and that the citizens Of Littleton nave
offered 10 donate as much land as me cOin-
,,snv night REQUIRE. The change would make
Tie SeaI0ard division OF the system nuoh
longer than the Raleigh division. OlhclAls Vi
the Seaboard Air Line here say they Mo"
4 Gentleman from Wilmington. who IS
largeiy interested IN an ice factory aI Vhat
mace was in town a few days ago examining
into the advantage Of establishing an lce ue-
pot here. lie expressed himself as greatly
pleased with tho prospects, Dut was nOe ~
positively determined to make the eApeii-
msnt With trains leaving here IN eFeiJ az
rectiOn morning. noon and afternoon Ho
would be able 10 supply ice 10 tho ~nole
country tor radius OF fifty miles "llh'D
yery few hours after receiving orders
The Democratic Convention OF warren
county met on Saturday resolution en-
bOdyiug straight DemOcranc WlnclPl'f We
voted down. while ono indOrsing the ~. LOUIS
platform was adopted. resolution pieusinS
the convention TO support the Hta'e nv
Federal Democratic nominees was hi7o Foiou
down All the men who attended tAls con-
yentiOn claim 10 be Democrats. ana DeOoluo
highly indignant If called Jhird party men.
Tbev are Democrats If the Democratic state
and National Conventions do 10 suit theh'
but no further But Notwithstanding thls
inconsistent position, the convention unaul-
mouslv passed resolutions lnsuucIlus 'no
delegates 20 the Congressional convention 20
vote and work for the nomination Oh W. W.
Long. of Warren, who Is q straightout Demo
erat but believer IN the Original purposes
and principles of the Alliance.
stocgade has been erected at Rocky
Mount for two hundred cOnucts, who Will be
nut b. work 40 once grading the gfouhu iOi
tracks and shops to be erected there by tne
Atlantic Coast Line system. Inc yard VIII
be "a very extensive one. EflulIoh u"cA
will be placed IN at the \, and on the south
end viii be sixteen tracks, each hve
hundred yards long. which VIII 10
used az receiving tracks Tor an
freight trains On the north end will be nj
teen tracks. each five hundred yards long
10 DO used for making up trains: ana IN auo'-
tion 10 this there will be many forwarding
tracks-that IS. for trains made up Tor an
points north. south, east and west. ROCKY
Mount will be the central distributing point
of the Coast Line system. After All tue ueces-
sary excavations have been made the deliver
ing OF brick will commence iOr the erection
of shops, rOund-hOuse and Other DululhBs'
one OF the most complete IL the n!ted
States. People not knowing the situation
and surroundings cannot conceive OF It's mag
ntude.
A party Of from forty to fifty gentlemen
from Richmond and Petersburg VIII come
here Wednesday on a special tram 10 parlake
of an old-fashiOned Roanoke rock middle
rendered them by MIR. s. +. Arlington. hoa-
noke rock are said TO be the best favored. and
in no section Of the country Is the art OF
making rock middle superior to that with
which Roanoke fishermen are familiar.
Mr.. c. X. Hemmiug. who some time since
declared bis allegiance 10 the Third party ana
presided at u meeting which organizer
Third party club and called Il Third party
convention in this county, has withdrawn
from utilization with the Third party men ana
saws lie will remain in and act with the Dem
ocrats in the coming campaign lie says ne
believes in the st. Louis platform ana would
like TO see them embodied IN the Democratic
platform, but that no one can anOrd 10 lehNe
the party at.this Juncture, because there are
other and more vital interests at stake that
the formation of Third party IN North Oar,
DINA now meant Republican success, ana
that nothing should be allowed 10 produce
such an undesirable result.
The Democratic Convention OF Northanp-
ton county was held at Jackson yesterday. IL
was controlled by Alliance men. but no effort
Before the convention met "a caucus OF ALI
ance delegates vas held. at which II WAS de
cided not 70 agitate the 81. LOUIS demands,
and nothing was said about them III the con
vention The delegations TO the State AMI
congressional conventions are stralghtout
Democrats and will stand by the party.
Although there is IN the county candidate
for attorney general and two candidates for
Congress the delegates were left unnstructed,
the convention being content to pass reso-
luton requesting them 10 act as units
The forty ninth annual session OF the Grand
Lodge independent Order of odd Fellows
convened at Wilmington to-day. The very
rapid growth OF the order IN North Carolina
during the past two years. together with the
important question of the maintenance OF the
Orphans Home recently established at Colds
boro. will make this session the largest and
most interesting ever held by the order IN the
State. ON Wednesday evening there viii bo
an address by Mr.. Bruton aud atterward "a
reception TO visiting delegates. and on Thurs
dav afternoon trip 10 Carolina Beach with
an old style oyster roast