The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-20
STATE NEWS NOTES.

The marshars office of the Western
district is to be moved from Statesville
! to Greenville.
! The Odell Manufacturing Company
/ Thursday shipped by express a bale of
bags. weighing 1889 pounds, to house
| in Virginia. This is not an infrequent
occurrence Standard.
From the Van Lindley peach orchard,
near Southern Pines, where there is
about one-ffth of crop, some 5000
crates, Of peaches are expected to be
shipped this season.-Sanford Express.
| Ex-Sheriff Hector McEachern, one of
| the most prominent citizens Of Robson
county, of which he was sheriff for two
terms. died at his home near Lumber
Bridge yesterday Observation-Disclosures
Observer.
! 1t is reported that DR.. Il. G. Walker,
of Randleman, n. c., will build 5000
spindle cotton mill in that city. 1t is
said that contracts for machinery have
not as yet been entirely settled. Yarns
from Nos 40s to Cos are to be made.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Bell, of Wash
Iington, ID. c. Originally of Newbern, n.
CD, have issued cards for the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Lisette, to Mr..
Bates Warren, Tuesday morning, June
Doth. at Mr. Bells residence, 705 / street.
n. w.
| McKinley's visit to North Carolina
brought no pleasure to at least one citi-
zen Of the State The operator at Bene-
ia was found asleep in his office when
the special train bearing the Presidential
party back to Washington passed that
point. He was discharged instantly, it is
aid.-Webster's Weekly.
The sample of wheat brought us by NJ
d. Collett, of Andrews. last week is en-
titled to the blue ribbon. 1t measured
six feet seven inches. He has about eight
acres that will average over five feet. j.
IT. Hayes, of Tomotla, has twenty acres
that will average nearly i've feet. The
wheat crop will be the largest harvested
in many years.-Murphy Scout.
Prof. James A. MCLAUGHLIN, principal
of the Wadesboro Graded Institute, has
been offered the professorship of mathe-
MATES in Austin College, of Sherman,
Texas, which is one Of the oldest colleges
in the State, and also the professorship
of Latin in Lamar College, Mo-, but as
yet he has not accepted either. He leaves
this week for Chapel Hill, where he will
teach Latin during the summer school,
Wadesboro Courier.
DR.. J. G.. Clapp, of Newton, is leading
"a movement to erect a monument to the
memory Of the brave men who fell in de-
tense of their country at the hands of
IL nhn,
The Newton Enterprise says it is pro-
posed to erect the monument in the beau
'tiful public square in Newton, instead of,
as was first proposed, on,the spot.
A special from Salisbury to the Char
lotte Observer says: "a colored woman,
wife of Roe Miller, was killed by light
ming here this afternoon at 1880 during
a violent electrical and wind storm that
swept over this section Of country. She
was in the yard playing with her children
behind the house Of Miss Alice Pearson,
on Ellis street, when struck She threw
up her arms and fell back dead from the
shock"
In table showing the municipal i'm
provements planned or undertaken in
the South, the Manufacturers Record
gives the following which have been de-
cided upon for North Carolina for the
period between Jan. list and June LIST:
Wellington, lights; Red Springs, lights;
Monroe, water; Oxford, lights; Warren
ton, water; Raleigh, lights; North
Wilkesboro, water; Mount Airy, water
and light; Lumberton, water and sewers;
Newton, light.
Judge Ewart's ruling that hereafter
tales jurors should not be taken from
parties sitting in the court room or
about the court house, but that the
sheriff should summon people from the
streets and places of business, and
that no defendants or prosecuting wit
nesses should be placed on the jury"
ought to result in getting better juries
and having better verdicts. We hope the
ruling will have a thorough trial.
Joseph M. Morehead, Esq, will deliver
the GRAFTON at the Guilford Battle
Ground celebration on July Bird, this
year. His subject will be: "The Life and
Times of James Hunter" The magnifi-
cent bronze statue and monument over
William Hooper and John Penn, present
ed to the Battle Ground Company by
Congress, will be unveiled and together
with the new fireproof Museum dedicated.
The committee on invitations is COM
posed of d. Schenck, President; Judge
Dick, J. w. Fry, Judge Douglas, Col.
Scott, r. M. Sloan and J. Van Lindley.