The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-07
DEPRIVED OF SPEECH
Preacher paral}zsd Immediately After Con-
GuCtIng Sunday Morning Services.
MOvlNG TIE STATE MUSEUM EXHIBITS
Raleigh weather I'm hugusi- CyIin-
dricni Cotton Press at Two places
Labor Dny Not Generally OBJ
serve = Remarkable increase in
Scnbonrd Air Lines Business.

Raleigh, n. c., Sept. 6.-(SpcciaD-At
Franklinton yesterday morning Rev. MIR.
Davis. pastor OF the NJ. Il. church, was
stricken with paralysis u IN after
he had pronounced the bencdiction. He
aid when he began the services that he
felt strangely. lie cam move Il foot ana
arm, but cannot speak. He is II one
armed war veteran.
Excellent progress Is being made in
the changes of the exhibits In the State
Museum. The natural history room.
Win the casts III paper OF set animals.
will prove a great feature. With these
Curator Brownley has mad marked sue
cess and they are lifc-like. He has also
placed IN special jars specimens Of all
the fruits, grapes and vegetables grown
III the State. ~ new p~rescrvativc fluid
Is used and this exhibit will be admira-
bic. II is complete.
Only one county, Watauga, is as yet
heal from In the matter of report to
the State Board OF Tax Equalization.
The Register Of DEEDS to-day turned
over to the County Commissioners the
tax books; earlier 1t Is said than In six
tctn years past.
The report of August weather at Rn-
leigh SHOVE THAT the. highest tempera-
ture was 81. the west 6l, the mean II,
or one degree above the average for
eleven years past. Only 1.M inches of
rain fell. while the August average Is
G.2l inches. The deficiency In rainfall
during he year Is 1914 inches
IT is said THAT at two places, one of
them Gen. Matt Ransom's farm. the
Besscrlette or cylindrical bale cotton
ginning machine Will be put in. General
RANSOM gins his cotton and raises over
1000 bales. a gin owner says /, will
not Fay to GIN cotton on toll with the
machine, because tho charge by the
owner OF the patent Is 20 cents n bale.
What the farmers want is the sale of
I~ennonette gin Just as other gins are
sold.
Ex-Judge Womack. one of the com
m~issioners for the sale OF the Cumnock
coal mine property, says it will be sold
October Sth.
Gotten is beginning to corae in quite
rapidly. a little old cotton Is being sold,
which had been boarded
Labor Day was observed at the most
ONCE and revenue office and at the CAPT
tol by the closing of doors. though there
were clerks In the Offices. The banks did
not close. There WAS no parade or other
observance. The state and national
iiags were displayed rom the CAPITOL.
AT Ashevillc there was n parade. II
seems 10 nave been the Crly place In
the state where there was such OBJ
s%ervance. "
me engineering Journal gives Or. Y.
~. tingE, OF this city, credit for having
been the first 10 suggest the use Of Fat
iron rails on roads and streets MS n
means Of permitting agons TO carry.
heavy loads.s
mere is much interest in the vote
mere Tomorrow cm The issue of bonds.
IAere Is much talk pro ana con and
vet inc chances are favorable.
II S~eaboard Air Lines increase in
tra'iic Is n subject of general remark
mere. IL Is very noticeable in the rast
SIN months. All the railways tina travel
henvier this season than ever before.
Wiiiiam NJ. Kelly. Of R~ockingham, Is
appointed Il uMitcd States Conn ISL ioncr
by Judge FurneIl.
seven saw mills, In six of the north
easI counties, report that they cut 49,
oO0, 900 feet of lumber in n wear.