The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15

! STATE NEWS ITEMS I

Scotland Neck, N c., Nov 1.-TWO
days ago a car of half drunken negroes,
about seventy-five in number. hands
from timber woods on the way 10
Rolesville, stopped near Mr.. r. V.
Kitchin's wood yard and cursed and
acted in such a manner while there that
it became personal and offensive to Mr..
Kitchin. The matter was made known
up town, and warrants were issued TOR
them. but the conductor took the train
out before the authorities could get at
them.
Yesterday there was buried at Mary 8
Chapel, near town, colored woman,
who was said to be ITO years old. Her
name was Mary Barnes.
The recapitulation on the tax books in
the office of the register of deeds in
Halifax shows some improvements in
the financial condition of the county. In
1860 the taxable property in the county
was $4,l42,274 and in 1901 it is $4,564,3O2
gain of $42202S. In 1900 the taxes
amounted to $39 1896. O2 and in 1901 they
are $44, 466.S2, gain of $5071.7S In 1899
the railroad tax was $6,334.76 and in
1901 it is $S,963.97, a gain of $2,62S'6l.
The tax on live stock this year Is S363.2I
as against practically nothing before.
Tarboro, N. c., Nov. 1.-THE South
erper says, speaking of the Edgecombe
cotton crop: AT this time last year
over 40 per cent. of the cotton brought
to this market had been marketed On
the basis of the same crop as last year
about Is per cent. has been sold. The
cotton weighers say that there is evil
IDENTIFY more cotton in farmers hands at
this time than there was the middle of
| November last v9tr. BY the end OF
March about so per cent. of the crop is
| sold To catch up with last years re-
| ceipts there must be brought here be-
| tween November 1st and April lst an
average of 200 bales a month more than
| last year"
Lexington. n c., Nov. 14-Lexington
| came near having a big fire yesterday
evening. The kitchen of Chas. M
| Thompson caught fire and was entirely
| consumed The large dwelling house
| was only about twenty-five feet from
| the fire, but was saved, the wind being
favorab BILE. l. took hard work to keep
| outhouses and barns from catching, but
| our town has the boys to fight fire. Loss
about $780,
| Concord. N c.. Nov. 14.-The news
| that Mr. Mack Cox had found piece of
1 gold weighing one and half pounds at
| tracted a big crowd to the Meadow
| Creek mine, This makes $50 penny
| weights of gold in II nuggets found in
| that mine this month.
| Goldsboro, N. c., Nov. 14.-It is gen.
4 orally understood here that the South.
| ern will soon again run an early morn
| ing train from Raleigh, returning al
| night. 1t has never been taken off the
schedule, which makes this seem prob
| able.
| Newbern, N. c. Nov. 14.-The body Of
| Mrs. A. G. Hyman, who died here or
/. Tuesday, was yesterday taken to Colds
! boro for interment She was the wife
! of the late A. G. Hyman and her death
| was sudden, coming from dipthera.
| Kinston, N. c., Nov. 14.-F l.. Hardi-
| son and sons, of Greene county, yester-
| day sold 1894 pounds of tobacco for 1926
| 80, an average of over Is cents a pound
Fayetteville, N. C.. Nov. 14.-The
foundations are being laid for The addi-
| ton to the Holt Morgan Cotton Mill.
Wolf, N. c., Nov. 14.-Henry M. Var
boro has been appointed postmaster at
! this place.
La Grange. ~ c., Nov 14-on Tues
III 4 10 aal
at Beston's Station, Just beyond here
on the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road across the track and as engine No
| 49, with the mail train came along il
| injured the smoke stack. smashed the
headlight and injured the tops of some
of the coaches.
Fayetteville, N. c., Nov 1.-THE Pres.
byterian church of the Covenant, beau
tiful structure, situated at Manchester
in the northwestern part of Cumberland
has been destroyed by fire, with a loss
of at least $4,000. There is no insur-
ance.
Asheville, N. c., Nov. 14.-Yesterday l.
I 7. Laughter, the Henderson county store
Keeper gauger, who was convicted Of al
lowing the removal of some whskey from
the cistern of bonded distillery, was
given six months in Jail And a fine OF
81 900 added Judgment was suspended af-
forwards with regard to the fine Laugh
ter was a man of prominence and chair
man of the board of county commission
ers.
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