Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-08-16
STATE ITEMS.

a 1900, 900 COttOu MllI IS W
be built near Legion, Caldwell
County, in the near future.
The High Point Trunk factory
will be in operation by Septem
Der I, and will get out $50
trunks per day.
There is no beauti6er of com>
plexion or form, or behavior,
like the wish to scatter joy, and
not pain, around us.
The State Farmers Alliance
met at Hillsboro. last Tuesday,
Major w. A. Graham, of Lincoln
County, is its President.
The progressive city of Dur
ham is soon to have handsome
union depot, which will cost not
less than $4,000 when compile
ted.
Judge Thomas Johnston Will
son, one of the States oldest and
most distinguished sons, died at
his home in the city of Winston
last week.
The yearly meeting of the
Friends Church convened in
High Point, N. c., last week.
Quite a number of distinguished
visitors were present
Halifax is the banner Demo-
cratic county of the State. Many
Of the other counties had large
majorities, but old Halifax lead,
giving a Democratic majority of
5,74o.
President Mckinley has ap>
pointed Daniel A. Tompkins, of
Charlotte, N. c., as member of
the Industrial Commission, to
succeed I. A. Smythe, resigned.
The salary of the place is So 600
per year.
Mr.. Thomas S. Kenan has
been appointed Chief Marshal at
the unveiling of the Vance
statue, at Raleigh, N. c., next
Wednesday, August 22. He
will introduce Col. Richard H.
Battle, the orator Of the occasion.
1t is estimated that there are
$4,000 worth of buildings under
construction in Salisbury at the
present time. And some of
these buildings will rank with
the handsomest in the State
Salisbury's growth is most graft
fying.-Salisbury Sun.
The Lenoir Oil aud Ice COM
pany was yesterday Incorporated
with a capital stock of $4,000
1t will manufacture cotton>seed
oil and ice. The incorporators
are, J. E. Hood, F. c. Dunn, S.
L. Slaugh, c. T. Meacham, S.H.
Abbott, J. F. Taylor ard J. w.
Black.-Ne7Vs and Observer.
The Sampson Tobacco ware
house had its opening sale yes
terday, and it will go down as
the banner tobacco day for Clin-
ton There were 10000 pounds
sold here yesterday. The pros>
poets for this year are good IN
the tobacco business and this
means a good deal for Clinton.
Exchange.
A surprise marriage was cele>
brated at Winston-Salem, last |
week, the contracting parties
being Miss Celeste, the accom-
plished daughter of Col. J. w.
Alspaugh, and DR.. Thouas w.
Page, Virginia's noted author.
The couple lett for Berkley,
California, where they will
reside.
The Cherokee Scout says: "We
will raise our estimate of the
value OF the tan bark business
this season in Cherokee county
from 5000 to $4,000, and we
believe it will even go beyond
this amount. Dozens of wagons
pass up and down our streets
every day loaded with this cash
commodity"
Mr.. Campbell, of the Burt
mines, in Warren county, ship
yed from here on Friday of last
week, bar of virgin gold, the
product of few days "panning"
from the placer deposits, valued
at six hundred dollars. Among
other finds were several fantas-
tically shaped specimen of ore
just as taken from the earth.
Over eleven miles of paying
placer is ready for work which
is made easy by an artificial
canal which furnishes a large |
and inexhaustib1e suDD1v of nure