The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-02-28
STATE NEWS.

"Bill" Nye of Western North Caro-
lima, the greatest humorist of his age,
is dead.
| One block of the business portion of
the town of Grifton, near Kinston, was
burned on Friday night.
| We see in the correspondence of last
Sundays News & Observer that Mr..
Frank w. Barnes of Wilson and Col. !.
S. Carr Of Durham had arranged for a
sale of the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead.
M. w. Dodd one of the best engin-
GERS, on the Seaboard lair Line was
shot by negro tramp on his engine
at Weldon. The negro wanted to
ride, and Dodd ordered him off.
Hence the shooting. Negro was arrest
ed and is being tried.
Within few months Kinston, N. C.
will be lighted by electricity The
town commissioners have already adj
vertised for bids for supplying the
town with twenty-five or thirty arc
lights of 1000 candle power.
On last friday the Board of Aldermen
Of Wilmington, N c. adopted resolu-
tons expressing sympathy for the Gu
bans and urging the United States to
insure them the right of belligerents
under the rules of modern warfare.
Great activity is shown in the prepa-
rations made in the section around
Charlotte in the gold mining industry.
A movement of much Importance to
the owners of gold mines is the forma-
ton of a stock company to operate the
mines upon improved methods.
The Rocky Mount Argonaut comes
out with tobacco edition which does
credit to the town, the paper and es-
pecially to the Editors. 1t is such
movements as this which help towns
and Rocky Mount will profit by this
edition of the Argonaut.
The Newberne Fair is being held
thic week. Col. J. S. Carr made the
opening address, which was very fine
effort. From accounts of the fair it
is the best ever held in Newberne
and reflects credit upon the manage
ment One of the features of the fai
was the presentation of the Swiss flag
to the city by the Swiss Minister Pioda.
The flag was sent from Berne, Switzer-
land to Newberne.
Thursdays Wilmington papers give
an account of the death of Major G. W.
McClammy, who was killed on We'd
nesday by boiler explosion. All that
could be learned of the affair is that
the Major was attending to his work
at his mill when the explosion oc-
Cured. Major McClammy has held
prominent positions in the State. At
one time he was one of the leading
Democrats in the State Legislature and
at another time represented his dis
trict in Congress at Washington. He
leaves a son and :. daughter. The
former, Mr.. H. P. McClammy is ris-
ing young lawyer of Wilmington.
Honorable George Davis of Will
mington died at his home last Sunday.
Had he lived until next Sunday he
would have been seventy-six years old.
He had been practically in retirement
for the last three or four years, owing
to i'll health. At his death he stood
among the most prominent men of
North Carolina. He held few offices,
being adverse to public life. President
Davis selected him as Attorney Gene
raj of the Confederate States which
position he filled with honor until the
collapse of the Confederacy. He was
buried with Military honors in the
beautiful cemetery at Wilmington.
Thus has passed away the last survivor
of the Confederate Cabinet.
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