The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-26
About the State.

Raleigh, N. G., May 22.-The High
Shoal Manufacturing Company has
bought for $5o,ooo,I i, 200 acres of land
on the Catawba river, near Lincolnton,
and will build $4,000 cotton mill
and electric power plant. The water
power at High Shoals is particularly
fine. Work on a 10, 900 spindle cotton
mill will begin next month at Forest
City, Rutherford county. This mill
will have 200 looms.
A dispatch from Morganton, says.
"This town has smallpox. Fourteen
cases were examined and passed on
by DR.. Long, State smallpox agent,
yesterday. He says it is confuent
smallpox. The board of aldermen
have ordered compulsory vaccination
after Wednesday, May "a and shot
gun quarantine has been established
around all cases. So far two deaths
have resulted, both white. The town
is considerably excited. All cases so
far are confined to the suburbs. The
authorities hope to keep it under con-
troll. A pest house has boen opened"
Aspecial from Greenville, N. C.,says:
"The case against the citizens Of
Greenville before United States Com
missioner Ormond, at that place, on
charge of election ofenses in Novem-
Der last, that started Friday morning,
dragged on until the middle of the
afternoon before the testimony for the
prosecution was all in. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Spears arrived Saturday
morning to assist in the cases. When
the government rested its case, counsel
for the defense stated they had testi-
mony to offer. The commissioner an
nounced that the defense must finish
its side Saturday or he would hold the
case until midnight. Counsel stated
that it was impossible to introduce all
the evidence for the defence at that
time and that such decision by the
commissioner was an injustice. The
associate district attorney recognized
this in justice and declined to be put
to it, and as he could not be here next
week the case was postponed to June
a."
Many recruits from here are joining
the regular army. In a party which
left here yesterday was grandson of
the late Maj. John c. Winder.
At Durham Cora Hicks, q negro girl
only eleven years old was convicted of
murder in the second degree Her victim
was a negro infant she was nursing.
She became angry with it and de-
liberately placed it on fire in an open
fireplace, holding it there until it was
burned TO death. Only her youth
saved Cora from the galows.
The alleged counterfeiters arrested
in Wilmington Friday morning, Nicho-
las Poitz and Walter Silvy, were ar
raigned before United States Comis-
sioner Collier and at the conclusion of
the investigation were held for trial at
the United States District Court, which
meets the first week in June next. The
bond of Politz was fixed at $4,000, and
that of Silvy $500.
The State chartered the High Point
Table Company, with $4,000 capital.
Elijah Joyner and Cephas Langley
the negroes who are in Jail here to
save them from certain lynching in
Pitt county, are to be tried in fort
night at special term Of court which
Governor Russell will order.
Notice has been given that no more
Federal convicts are to be sent to the
here. This gratiies the
prison officials, and they will be further
pleased if the govorument removes all
its convicts now here. Superintendent
Day left for Washington. He says he
will tell the Department of Justice that
he does not want and will not have
Federal convicts unless they are to he
to precisely the same dis