The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-05-22
STATE NEWS.

Mr.. A. ]. Griffin, of New Hope town
ship, Chatham county was stricken
with paralysis on last Tuesday and
died in about four hours. He was
about 80 years old and was the last
OF several brothers who lived to an
old age.
The Populist State Convention says
the Wilmington Star of yesterday will
meet in Raleigh early in August. The
informant is member of the central
committee. 1t is said that Mai w.
A. Guthrie will be the nominee for
Governor.
There are now thirty-three prisoners
IN Rockingham Jail, the greater pro-
portion of them being United States
prisoners, committed for from thirty to
ninety days. Fourteen were sent from
court at Wilmington last week, one
being woman. The great majority
otthese prisoners are colored. Four
or more of the prisoners are under
charge of murder and are to be tried
the first week in June.
Col. Geo. N. Folk, of Lenoir, who
has been taking the Kelley treatment
at Greensboro for the morphine habit,
died at the institute Monday morning
at 9 O'Clock. He went there in April
and was getting on very nicely, though
he was naturally feeble. Monday morn
ing about o'clock he was seized with
a severe congestive chill from which
he never rallied. He was in his Gard
year and has been prominent figure
in politics for many years.
In Northampton county, few days
ago, Simon Clanton, colored, COM
mltted an outrageous assault upon
Luby Pitman, also colored, and who
Is about 40 or so years old. He was
promptly arrested on warrant sworn
out by the woman and was committed
to jail to await the action of the grand
jury. Jeter Smith, another colored
boy, was also arrested for the same
offense, but there being no evidence
against him he was released.
Miss Sallie Braswell, who lives near
Braswell's X Roads, Halifax county
will be one hundred years old if she
lives to see next Christmas. She is
cheerful and bright, but cannot walk.
She has good friend in her octogena-
rlan neighbor, Mrs. Margaret Bell, who
is eighty-three and lives a few miles
from her. Not long ago Miss Braswell
sent message to Mrs. Bell asking her
to come over the first first day of May
"and let's hold the glass over the we'll
to draw our sweethearts.
The capitalists who recently cot
hold of the plant of the North Carolina
Steel and Iron Company expect to
start up that enterprise about the lat
ter part of this month. They have been
waiting to secure the desired railroad
rates and it is understood that the ar
rangements have been perfected and
that the rates will go into effect on and
after May 18th. Those engaged in the
enterprise are on the ground ready to
set the enterprise going. The furnaces
will work on ores from Ore Hill and
lands in the vicinity of Greensboro.
Mr.. John Clark, the cotton manu-
facturer and principal merchant at
Manchester, made deed of assign
ment this morning naming as his as
signees, Nlessrs. Isaac A. Murchison
and w. ] McDiarmid. This is no great
surprise. as it has been an open secret
that Mr.. Clark has been struggling hard
against the universal tide of business
ever since the last death blow to silver.
His liabilities are placed at So, 500 out
side of mortgages. His property con
sists of a cotton mill worth probably
$4,000, store, turpentine still and
several farms, all mortgaged.
A petri6edman, found dtnal