The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-21

ence in that town of Mr.. n. Glenn Will
liams, mayor of the town of Williams
That new town has not been slow to or
ganize.
Mr.. Robert s. Clark this morning gave
bail to answer the charge brought against
him in the United States District court
of Raleigh, for Irregularities in conduct
ing his distillery near Wilson.-Wilson
News.
Mr.. ]. 6. Proctor, OF near Nuns, re-
Gently sold the contents of a sixteen foot
tobacco barn for 1922. When the present
prices are considered the above amount
was not bad by any means.-NashvilleI
Graphic.
Greensboro, n c., March 20.-Mr. M. L.
Sanderlin, Of Elizabeth City, has beer
appointed general agent of the Hartford
Life Insurance Company for North Caro-
lima and Virginia and will have his head
quarters in Greensboro.
Tarboro, n. c.. March 20.-Paul Mercer
colored charged with an attempted
criminal assault upon a six-year-old
white girl some months ago near Crisp,
was caught Tuesday near Parmele and
brought here and lodged in jail.
Biscoe, n c., March 20.-The stock
holders OF the Biscoe Foundry and Ma
chine Company, at a recent meeting, in
creased the capital stock of the concern
to $4,000 on account of the increased
amount of business they are doing.
Rutherfordton, N. c., March 90
Frank Carpenter, colored, and Ida Den
ton, white, were tried here in the SUI
perior court for miscegenation. Carpen-
ter was sent to the roads for two years.
and Ida Denton to Jail for ninety days.
The organization of the Peoples Bank
at Burlington, was completed Tuesday
night. j. A. Davidson was elected presi-
dent; c. e. Mclean, vice president, and
is. A. Holleman, cashier The directors
are made up of the best business men in
the State.
Mr.. ]. C. Bruton has given the Presby-
terians of Troy a nice lot upon which
they will build a church. The gift isl
highly appreciated by the members OF
that denomination and they hope toI
have a nice building in the near future
Troy Examiner.
Franklinton N. c.. March 20.-While
a game of "craps" was in progress near
Cripple Creek" Charles Aston and
Charles Branch, negroes, got into dis
pute, and Aston shot Branch, inficting
wound which resulted fatally. Aston
has not vet been caught
Lincolnton, ~ c., March 2O.-Bob
Smith was arrested on a warrant charG
ing him with making an assault with
criminal intent upon Hanie Allison, jim
Alison's wife In default of bond, the
prisoner was sent to Jail. The parties
concerned are all colored.
The churches of the city have received
substantial additions to their member
ship as a result of the recent REVEALS.
Sunday four converts joined the
Methodist church The Presbyterian
church received II members and the First
Baptist, Tabernacle Baptist and Christian
churches each received six MEMBERS
New Bern Journal.
The paper to be published in the in
terest of the Junior Order United Ameri
can Mechanics, and which will be the
State organ of that body, will appear
this week. 1t will be called "The Pa
triot" and will be printed in Salisbury.
Mr.. John NJ Julian will edit the Patriot
and it will appear twice a month
The body of a prematurely born white
child was found floating in the waters at
the Nokomis cotton mill pond late last
Wednesday afternoon. The body was
brought to the court house and Coroner
Julian notified. He came over Wednes-
day night, but decided an inquest was
unnecessary. There is no clue AS to who
is the mother of the child.-Lexington
Dispatch.
Rutherfordton, n. c.. March 20.-At
the request of Chairman Lynch, through
our Representative, Mr.. Rucker, the
Legislature passed a bill giving the
Board of County Commissioners power to
levy a special tax to pay the Indebted
ness of the county, incurred largely by
the building of court house and Jail
This bill was passed in view of the pos
sible abolition of the diSpensary. In a
circular letter to the taxpayers of the
county Chairman Lynch said that ex-
penditures for these needed improvements
were based upon the revenue derived from
the profits of the dispensary, and that #
the dispensary was abolished, no choice
was left him, and the levy of the special
tax would become a necessity. The
county is twenty eight thousand dollars
in debt for these improvements.