Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20

The residence of Mr.. R. G. HolIings-
worth, of Fayetteville, was burned Sat
urday.
A MaXtOn correspondent Of the Will
mington Messenger gives an incident
Of the Matching of chickens by the
warm weather.
Good rains have fallen over most OF
the State during the past scventy-two
hours. 1t is too late to be of any ben
eft to cotton. but will put land in shape
for blowing.
The aldermen of the town Of Green's
boro were on the point of buying the
present water works, but the drouth has
revealed the status of the system and
1t seems the trade is off.
The stockholders, directors and credit
ors of the defunct Bank of Guilford a
Greensboro ask for the removal Of j. S.
Cox. the receiver, on the ground that
he was an officer and director and Is
hence disqualified. II is also charged
that there is extravaganza and delay
Mr.. Robert Fulcher, keeper Of the
Forsythe County Home for the Aged
and inhrm. was assaulted and stabbed
Monday by an insane inmate named
Brown. The wound is a serious one.
Inc trouble arose over the keeper re-
prlmanding Brown for some bad con-
duct.
Mayor A. M. Waddell, OF Whining
ton, who is a candidate for the United
States Senate, and who is now speaking
IN the west. in his personal canvass
tells his hearers they should think more
about State affairs than about the Pres
dental election. He declares that the
negro question as a race issue in North
Carolina is dead.
Mr., John Hall, of Murphy, and Miss
caroline Marshall, who lives on the
H1aWassee river, ran away from home
the other night and were married at
Hayesville. The old folks were opposed
to the marriage, but on the day of the
escape when Miss Caroline found that
the dogs were fastened up, she slipped
down the ladder and fastened to her
hetrothed.
Deaths: At Statesville, Mrs. Isaac
wallace; at Wilmington, Mr. VIM. f.
Davis; at High Point, aged 50, DR. L.
l. Bodenhamer, one Of the leading eld-
ers OF the Primitive Baptist Church,
who preached for fifty years and prac-
tced medicine for thirty; at Reidsville,
aged 50. Mr.. Peter Stone; at Youngs-
vile, Mrs. w. G. Riddick: at Raleigh
aged 70, Mr.. Nathaniel Jones'
The coroner's jury Of New Hanover
county Monday returned a. verdict
charging Balaam Fuller, colored, with
the murder of old man Prestelle Sat-
urday. Both negroes were inmates Of
the county home, and it was proved TO
the jury that Fuller bore a grudge
against Prestelle, had threatened m
take his life and left the home Satrr-
cay soon after Prestelle, going in the
same direction as the latter. Fuller Is
In Jail.
mere is good progress on the Loray
cotton mill at Gastonia. The building
WIZ be five stories and basement, SIT by
iSO feet, and will cost 1925, 600 The ma
chinery, 5O,384 Apindles and 1880 looms.
Will cost 81, eco. 1t will be the largest
mill in North Carolina under one roof
The engine will be of $500 horsepower
Eight cotton warehouses with a capaci-
" for 10000 bales, and 300 homes for
employees are being constructed Ry
January / everything will be COMPLETED
rs 900 men are at work.
Saturday night at 9:45 O'clock
Youngsville was visited by a cyclone.
which resulted in the painful injury Of
5ne person and the destruction of nron-
erty and farms to the amount of $1,000
10 those who witnessed the cyclone II
appeared as a great cone-shaped mass
o. hre with the acute point rising heav
inward. Its course was zigzag. It pass
ed through the southeast part of town
and wrought destruction as n went
Cheatnam Bros large four-story prize
house just nearing completion, and the
Methodist and Baptist Churches suffer
"a complete establishment and were
zee principal houses destroyed.