The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-09-14
STATE NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered In the Olt
North State.

North State.
The Hygienic Plate Ice factory at
Raleigh will be rebuilt.
Burlington tobacco has become one
of her staple products.
Mr.. Thomas Simmons, aged, 65 was
found dead in bed at Charlotte.
Married in Charlotte: Miss Ray
Flaum and Mr.. J. G.Goldstein.
The Cabarrus fair will be held at
Concord, the last week in this month.
Trinity College has adopted the new
Handbook of North Carolina as a
teyt book
All the commissioners of the great
Democratic county OF Catawba are
Third partyites.
A little railroad from Hot Springs
to the lumber region of Laural River
has 2-foot guage.
Senators Ransom and Gordon are
expected to be at the reunion at
Waynesville, oct. 11-13th.
The Fayetteville Cotton Mills, which
have been closed for about one month,
resumed operations Monday morn
ing.
Collector Elias informs the editor
OF the Franklin Press that he has dis
posed of about three-fourthS of his
patronage.
The death of Judge Avery's promis-
ing son Alfred, after an illness of only
three days from appendicitis, all drew
out the loving sympathy of Durham.
The Egypt coal mines closed for 30
days because of inability to collect.
The mine is now 800 feet deep and
l2,0OO,OOO tons of coal are in the de-
posit.
Judge Armfleld has denied an appli-
cation for receiver for the Asheville
Park and Hotel Company, company
owning property in Asheville valued
at $l50,000.
Whereas the Statesville darkieS un-
derstand that President Cleveland
has give up his seat" the Lenoir
darkies have it that he is dead-which
is great deal worse.
The Tubular Vehicle Wheel Co., is
now applying for charter. ] S Carr,
r Il Bridges and Leo ID IIeartt, of
Durham; G l. Searcy, w L GrIggs and
William Taylor, of Waco, are the in
cOrpOratorS.
Vial lOUUCS Ooil lDuUlOiI W JllC
State Normal School at Greensboro
this year will be: Misses Ida Ardrey,
Hattie Hammond, Lottie Gormlcy,
Fannie Harris, Nancy Maxwell, Sue
Terrence, and Miss Flora Mcdonald.
of Mint Hill.
The Salisbury Truth says it has
been estimated that nearly or quite d
third of the corn in Rowan county
was destroyed by the late freshets.
The farmers who had the most bottom
land suffered the most, while those Oh
the uplands suffered the loss in cotton
| and fodder.
The Asheville Citizen says: Mr.
Vanderbilt continues to purchase
land to add to his already large cs
| tate. Yesterday deed was filed con
veying from Senator John NJ. Camp
| bell to Mr.. Vanderbilt 324 acres or
| the west side of Busbee mountain
The consideration named was 81, 800.
The Franklin Times says: 1t seem!
that there is danger even in ''cyclon(
pits" Mr.. Jack Holmes, who live.
about p miles from Louisburg. tool
| his family into one of these pits last
week (juSt as the storm of Monday
was rising) and one of his children
was bitten by moccasin while there
| in.
During the temporary suspension 0
| the Hermitage Cotton Mil, says TIL,
Reidsville Review, advantage ha
| been taken of the opportunity to mak'
extensive repairs and put in new i'm
proved labor saving machinery. Tht
mill will start up in a few days will
a capacity nearly double its forme
| output.
| The Gazette says that Receiver lie
| Duo has been kept quite busy for TIN
past day or two paying out the thirt
| dividend of Is per cent. to the credi
| tors and depoSitors of the late People
| National Bank of Fayetteville. Ihi
is the third dividend declared ant
| paid by this instit ltion, amountin;
in all to so per cent.
The Greenville Reflector says tha-
( Mr.. John G.. Mason, of Pitt county
met with sudden death Iast Sunda.
| evening. He was in town that da
and started home, riding alone, an,
on the way his horse SHE'D and threN
him out of the buggy. On one of hi
legs was very bad sore with whicl
he had been troubled for some tim
and in the fall he ruptured an arter,
near this sore from which he bled t
| death