The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-05-08
STATE NEWS.

The Silver Springs Cordage Com
pany has been chartered and has or
dered machinery for the largest cor
dage works in the South at New Lon
don, Stanly county.
Chas. ]. Aston is canvassing Louis
burg soliciting subscriptions to the
capital stock of smoking tobacco
factory to be organized. He says
that quite number of people have
subscribed for stock and that the pros
pect for securing the necessary amount
is promising.
RALEIGH, N. C.-The committee ap-
pointed by the Chamber Of Commerce
to 60 to Portsmouth and confer with
Vice President St. John about the re-
establishment of the shops lelt this
week. This committee delayed their
departure at Mr.. St. Johns suggestion.
Raleigh is determined to secure the
shops and there is every prospect that
she will succeed.
The Railway Commission is now re-
ceiving the reports of the net earnings
of the various railroads for the past
quarter operating in the State. The
increase in the earnings Of the Will
mington and Weldon R, R. is $50, 900;
the increase in the earning of the
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta is
$67, 900; the increase in the C. F. & Y.
V. is $4,000, increase in the Chester &
Lenoir is $3.50; increase in the
Petersburg, $40.
Revenue raiders swooped down "like
a wolf on the fold" last Monday and
seized thirty-one barrels of whiskey,
together with the still and fixtures, be-
longing to Jas. r. Simpson, who has
been running distillery near High
Hill, Monroe county for several years.
The seizure was made on account Of
some Irregularities found about the
still. The loss to Mr., Simpson will be
about two thousand dollars unless
some of the stuff is recovered.
Mrs w. Frank Dowd and her children
were the victims last week Of the most
distressful runaway accident that has
occurred in Charlotte since fLaban
Williams was killed. The runaway oc-
cured on 'Brevard street, and Mrs.
Dowd and two of her children
were hurt, Mrs. Dowd painfully and
the children seriously, one of them be-
ing kicked twice on the head by the
horse and the other having its teeth
knocked out and face lacerated.
Governor Carr honored the re-
QUESTION from the Governor of South
Carolina for the delivery of w. A.
Green now under arrest at Columbus.
There is popularity about the case.
Green has been found ghilty of an as
sault with attempt to kill, and is now
under seal sentence. In South Caro-
lima the sentence of fugitive is sealed
and not opened until the capture of the
guilty person. Only the officers of the
court know the penalty imposed.
Last Wednesday afternoon at tive
o'clock Eugene, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. D. L. Taylor of Wadesboro
suicide by shooting him
self in the head, just behind the right
ear, with pistol. The terrible tragedy
vas enacted in the blacksmith de-
oartment of his fathers wagon factory.
Eugene was just 22 years old and was
ofmany noble and attractive
rats of character. His family and
most intimate friends believe that his
mind has been unbalanced for at least
TX months, caused by smoking
cigarettes. 1t is said that he smoked
It least 30 of them day.
State Senator MeWborne defines his
position in the Progressive Farmefnu
his week. 1t has been suppoSafi
long that Senata1i NJ