Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-05-13

The Rocky Mount Argcnau, says
tia, ca u in June tie Rocky Mount
cotton mills Will star, their new
1900 spindle addition, which added
/, the 1900 now in operation will
give Roxy Mount q $4,000 spindle
mil. the larces, IN the State and
one OF the iarge>t in the South.
TIE Shelby Review says j, has
rome 10 tight that Tor eiyh, months
prior 10 the recent license election
in Shelby a citizen OF tha, place bad
been running a blockade whisky still
in the kitchen Of bis residence which
~ kiiraiei ~ one OF the main resi-
dence streets OF the town and only a
few squares from the court house.
Fayetteville Observer It is re-
markab!e, and none the less the
truth, that in Cumberland county
there are eight Ome of the same
religious persuasion and attendants
at the same house OF worship, whose
ages are from 50 t o 81 years, not
one .: whom whose age is less than
81. In one house there live families
OF four generations.
Raleigh News AMI Observer The
new Seal OF the Stale has been re-
cei.ed aud is now in use at the Ex-
ecuiivc Office. Il il very pretty and
contains the Goa; OF arms, above
which is The date May 20, and be-
low the new State motto "Esse
guam Vlderi.' Ii the outer circle
are the words The great seal of
the Safe of North Carolina.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Charlotte Democrat says: There are
fifty lite term c~onvia's now, sill OF
whom are in The p~enitentiary. There
arc tiiity-,wo female c%onvic:s, vi
wnom only nineteen are In the
, prison, the others being on ;he
farms. Inside the prison all The
t clothing and shoes worn by the
! 100 convicts are made. No work
! save this goes on inside the prison
! now. Heretofore millions Of brick
have been med. annually, but this
year none have been made.
Charlotte Observer An ins,itu
ton to he known as the Boys Faru
School is to be established on The
Swaruauoa river, nine miles east o
: Asheviile, under the auspices of TIL
Home Mission Boa,d OF the Preshy
terrain Church in America. Th,
S buildings will be located on a 40(
u acre tract purchased from Sheriff.
and Davidson at the price o
;. S1I,O The school will offer
thorough English education in con
nection with instruction in agricultn
raj and mechanical pursuits, and viii
] be under the direction Of Prof. San,
y uel Jeffrey. lately ct Cornell Uni
; vcrsily. The capacity Of the schoo
: viii be $50 students and work OF
toe buildings i, to begin at orce, 8
tia, the school may open by ,h
first OF October.
Carolina Central railroad men ,e
s port That tue army OF ca,erpilIars i
0 still narchiug ont of Big Swamp
: says the Qharloue News The
made their appearance this yea
earlier than usual and in great nun
hers. They ccnhne their depreda
tlor> entirely u the black gum tree
n the swamp No other kind O
tree is touched, AID they do no
: u"rh.e the farms. they strip til
gnunstot leaves and all through tn
: pest, the gum tees look like the
do in midwin'er, with not a sign 0
green about them. The trainneJ
stall have trouble in getting thronc'
the swamp. The immense mass O
worms on The rails make the encin
= wheels sir; and in some instance
halt the tram. Millions of the ca,
~ertillar> a'e killed daily, and sectio
o lands ire employed in buryicg To
offensive mass.
222S,C12.
these figures represent the nun