Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-15
iepecin, to virginIan-Pilot.)

Raleigh. n. c., July 1i.-As yet no
work has been done on the Raleigh
and Eastern Railroad, which Il year
ago 1t was hoped would begin opera
ton by the end of the present sum
mer. 1t is said that the cause of the
delay is that the promoters desire to
nave the legislature SO amend the
Charter that townships may make sub
scriptions. The road would develop the
best farming section OF Wake. reach
large pine timber tracts and prove a
money-maker from the start, no doubt.
ABOUT SNAKES.
a little over two weeks ago q black
snake bit Curator Brimley, of the
State Museum. The bites have become
sore, sores IN the last day or two and the
hand is swollen. The black snake has
no poison and Mr. Brimley thinks this
poison came from "a toad which this
snake had had in its mouth. There
are poison glands in the skin of toads
Ordinarily the bite of black snakes
king snakes. water moccasins. etc,
give no trouble. By water moccasins
IS meant the ordinary sort. There is Il
plack species, the cotton mouth found
IN me eastern counties and by many
people there called the Swamp lion"
which is not only very deadly, but
savage as we'll, ana attacks people
fearessy.
DROWNED.
w. A. Bryan. a member of the crew
OF Captain Mack Jones phosphate
barge. was drowned opposite Queen
street dock, Wilmington. ut 6:3O o'clock
last night. lie had just returned to the
barge from Queen street where he had
peen 10 carry Captain Jones ashore
anu tied UP his yawl to the barge
when II broke loose ana was drifting
f 4t,t, IL.
after the yawI and was unable to over
haul II. lie became exhausted and
could not regain the barge and after
repeated cries for help shouted good
nye 10 several of the barge crew, sank
10 Il whtcry grave. The men on the
barge having no boat at hand were
powerless to rescue him. An unusually
strong tide made 1t Impossible for Mr..
IBryan 10 buffet 1t successfully Mr.
Bryan is about % years OF age and
leaves wife and one child
REPUBLICAN LITERATURE
The Greensboro Telegram saws that
a local Republican leader in James
town township. Guiiford county. who
was opposed to the amendment. has de-
cidcd 10 support it. He was convinced
That the measure was right by reading
nnti-amcndment literature sent him by
the Republicans. There is no doubt
that the inccndiary and lying literature
sent out by the Black-and- Tan party
MI nltkc nunufedS OF votes for the
amendment. II IS enough 10 disgust
decent white men.
1t is known in Raleigh that Senator
Butler is this week sending out thou-
sands of confidential circulars in which
he alleges that the form of oath in the
election law does not conform to that
In the constitution, and calls on Popu-
lists to demand that the latter oath
Dc administered to them. This is what
he also said i'll his newspaper last
week
FOUR GENERATIONS.
Rev. IL. l.. Powell, while on his cir
cult in Virginia, stopped With one of
his church members whose father
grandfather and ETc1tgraTTJf=rrttr r-r-
live with him in the same house and
eat at the same table. -Four genera
tons of the same family together is not
often found.
CHARLOTTE a CENTER.
a special from Charlotte SAYS:
a mill man connected with a promi-
nent textile house here says to-day
that ninety per cent. OF the mill and
textile supplies are being furnished
throughout the entire South from this
point as center. Charlotte and Prov
1dcncc, X. l., are about equally dividing
the mill architectural business Tho
local textile houses here are so pressed
that they have sold even now a whole
year ahead, and orders are still com
ing.
There are about eight firms here
which do mill designing work and sev-
eral others handling mill supplies in
connection with this work.