Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-18

Raleigh, n. c.. Sept 17.--Secretary
Bruner. of the Agricultural Depart
ment. is in Young county. so noted for
its fine apples. securing specimens to
be sent to Washington. whence they
will be sent to Paris for the autumn
apple show. North Carolina and Ar
growers. The people of Middle and
Eastern North Carolina get very few
of the magnificent apples grown in
their own mountain region.
DIR. Delyia Dixon, physician to the
Baptist Female University here. whose
talents are very marked. is soon to be
married to DR.. Norwood Carroll a
weil-known young dentist of Raleigh.
Or. Dixon is a sister of those widely
known BAPTIST preachers, RevS. a. q.
and Thomas Dixon.
One building at the Methodist Or
phanaSe here is practically complct-
cd. BY December l another will he
ready and then the orphanage will be
opened and 30 children will be receiv-
ed. The cottage system of buildings
is the one selected. At the annual
North Carolina Methodist Conference
in December there will be great or
phanage rally" at which it is expected
much money will be raised.
The Odd Fellows here are making
liberal gifts to this Methodist Orphan
age ana also to the Catholic Orphan
age. The superintendent of the latter
makes most grateful acknowledgment
of these gifts. The Catholic Orphan
age is not confined to Catholics alone,
but also receives Protestants.
a HORSE THAT is a CURIOSITY.
The Greensboro papers tell OF a great
living curiosity at Summeriicld, in
Guilford county. 1t is n horse that
has not been outside It's stable in fif-
teen years 1t belongs to a man named
Clark. and he cares for it as tenderly
as he would child.
The Telegram, writing of the horse
and its owner, adds
The horse is of ordinary size and
glossy black in color. Both his name
and tail are very long, the latter reach
ing TO the ground. TIE animal has
never been shod and his hoofs are en-
tremeiy long. turning up something
like snow shoes. Although offered biS
prices. Mr.. Clark has steadfastly res re-
FUSED TO sell the horse. II the owner
could be prevailed upon to allow the
animal to leave the stable he would
be splendid attraction for the fair"
IA ~ iLkoAD SURVEY COMPLETED.
Inc survey OF the proposed extension
OIL the Caldwell and Northern Rail
road Company from Collettsville to
chester has been completed The Lee
noir News says:
The estimates are all in the hands
uger, who Will go North in n short
time'to confer with his company in re-
gard to the extension of the road. II
is probable that work will begin on it
at an early date"
TIIEg SEABOARD TO HIGH POINT.
The hustling little city of High Point
is making an effort to get the Seaboard
Air Line to come there. The Enter
prise this week says: The correspon-
dence that the committee has had with
4. a
man pi + ises us something shortly.
Let us keep the matter in mind and act
at the proper time"
APPOINTED CHIEF MARSHAL.
The management of the State Fair
have. announced that Mr.. w. II. Old. of
Elizabeth city, has been appointed
chief marshal for the next fair, and
that he has accepted
Mr.. Old is cashier o.f the First Ma
tional Rank of Elizabeth City. and his
appointment is REGARDED by those who
know him as Il most excellent one. He
Is not only n successful business man,
but he is prominent socially and has a
wide acquaintance.
LYNCHED.
1t Is now definitely ascertained that
the negro, who, after threats of instant
murder. so brutality assaulted Mrs.
Lindsay Patterson Il married woman,
at her home, in Rockingham county.
was iynched by a party of his many
pursuers near Stocksdale The pursuit
continued day ana night until the man
WAS run down and shot to death.
DEDICATION.
The First Presbyterian Church here,
which sunday morning was dedicated
by Rev Or Walter w. Moore of
Union Theological Seminary, Rich
mond, Va. cost 2s,000 and seats 1000
persons.
y BRUTAL MURDER.
Andrew jackson. Il negro desperate,
was captured yesterday and is in Jail
at I4incointon. He entered n house
where three white women were asleep
and murdered Mrs, Wilson literally
cutting her TO pieces. He was captur-