The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-03
NORTH STATE NEWS.
Crisp Tar Heel Happenings from Cherokee
To Currituck.

To Currituck.
The Reidsvue Cotton Mills Company
- 10 be reorganized ana resume business.
A correspondent informs the Statesvine
Landmark that Mr. H. a. Douglas cut
his initials in a terrIpn's shell i'm lFGJ.
The same terrapin was found a few days
ago near the same place.
Ahncr Adams. of Watauga county re-
Gently sold q curlod walnut tree for $500
uut Of which the purchaser. l.. l.. Coun-
ell, OF Elk Park, expects 10 realize $l.5lO.
Captain S. u. DunavaHt. the veteran
MorgantOn railroad contractor. has been
awarded the contract for building the
Lenoir and Wilson's Creek railroad. and
left Morganton for Lenoir Wednesday
with "A force of hands 10 begin work
The attorneys of the 3 C's railroad. IN
the II. Il. Hudson damage case. which was
tried I'm the United States Court at Char
lOtte last fall. having failed 10 file their
appeal Mr.. Hudson Will now take steps
20 have the Judgment for 81 SOC and costs.
which he was awarded. satisfied.
Newton is 20 have another cotton fac
tory night of. The ground has been
bought and brick-makng will begin at
once. The mill viii have 1000 spindles
The stock Is taken principally by Youut
q Shrum, D. Il. Gather and Solomon
Shrum.
II has come 10 light that for eight
months prior - the recent license cleo
tion in Shelby q citizen of that place
had been running a blockade whisky still
In the kitchen of his residence. which Is
situated on one of the main rcsidedce
streets OF the town. and only few
squares from the courthouse
Mr. Burette Murdoch. one Of the saw
yers at Gilbert, Taylor 4 Co.'s saw-min.
near Troutman, lredell county. discovered
something the matter with one Of the
saws while 10 was in motion a few DAYS
since, and put his hand on il 10 see II
Il was hot II was lie lost four fingers
and his arm was broken
There was quite am interesting trial az
Thomasviiie last Monday. doctor. who
seemed To be making some wonderful
cures with electricity and charcoal. was
indicted for pracucing medicine without
license. He was bound over 10 court he
cause il appeared I'm evidence that he had
prescribed or recommended charcoal and
one witness testified that charcoal was
a drug
IL Is reported that an exodus Of ex-
perienced hotel walters from North Caro-
lima TO Chicago Is i'm progress. They 40
TO take places In Worlds Fair hotels. A
parry VI ~ Oh tine walters IN the hotels
OF Asheyille. * Is said, left gay or two
ago. They were offered and accepted $40
per month and board and a free railroad
trip 10 Chicago. Another lot will be sent.
Another new enterprise recently start
ed in North Carolina is the organization
by the New York Corundum Wheel Com
pany. New York, OF the Western North
Carolina Corundum Wheel Companv
This company has q corundum mill i'm
sylvia, Jackson county. which was opened
on the 2lst instant. and rs fully equipped
with the most improved machinery for
the purpose, $4,000 having been Invested
I'm II. There are six large mines in she
immediate neighborh0od and the coruu-
dunn obtained Is remarkably pure and fine.
An act OF Congress requires an persons
dealing IN oieomargarne at retail 10 nav
q license af siS per annum. and TO label
each package sold with the name OF the
article printed thereon Mr.. ". w. MI.
her. very excellent gentleman. and one
OF Pender county's best citizens. who Is
merchandising az Rocky Point. was be-
fore Justice Bunting az Wilmington. on
Thursday. charged With selling oleomar-
garine without license. He did not know
OF the law, but as that does not excuse
him, he was bound over 10 the Federal
Court In bond OF SEQ,