The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-13
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A Mecklenburg county man realized
$3.50 from two acres of Strawberries.
The town of Elm City will build
handsome wooden school building to cost
$500.
The new Confederate monument is to
be unveiled in the courthouse square in
Hendersonville in August.
The Clinton Democrat says that during
the recent season 200 crates of strawber-
ries were shipped from Clinton. They
brought 100000
In the meantime don't lose sight of the
fact that Lieutenant Governor Turner,
besides having a host of friends, knows
thing or two about politics. Salisbury
Sun.
Mr.. James H. Homer succeeds Mr.. Hen
ny Macy in the savings and insurance de-
partment of the Henderson Citizens Bank.
Mr.. Macy has become freight agent of the
Seaboard at Richmond.
Maxton, ~ c., June PA little negro
boy, aged six years, while fooling with a
gun, shot and accidently killed little
colored girl aged three near Mill Prong,
in Blue Spring township.
The protra cted meeting at the Metho-
Ia mill nm n
terest until last night. On Sunday morn
ling nineteen members were added to the
lchurch.-Newton Enterprise.
Prof. L. w. Bagley. one of the most
popular school teachers in the State. has
been here this week talking with our
people with regard to re-opening Littleton
High Schoo,.-Littleton News Reporter.
Mr.. McNamee tells the Asheville Citi-
zen that there is not "a word OF truth
in the report that Mr.. Vanderbilt will
build model village near Brevard.
Thar now"-that spoils big newspaper
story.
There is a movement on foot among the
Methodist congregation to build a parson-
age here Mrs b. B. Winborne has given
lot and quite a good beginning has been
made toward raising the necessary funds.
-Murfreesboro Index.
D. F. Morrow, of Rutherfordton, who
was a candidate for he Democratic nomina-
ion for Congress last year. has been circu-
lating in this section recently delivering
picnic speeches and exchanging greetings
with friends and acquaintances.-Hen
sonville Hustler.
Tarboro, N c., June 12-Yesterday at
New Haven a colored lad of this city,
William A. Perry by name, was chosen
sa'utatorion of the graduating class of the
Hopkins Grammar School, preparatory
school of Yale The boy is the son OF
j. W. Perry, a coIored preacher
The North Carolina editors have Jared
fairy well this year Several have been
elected mayor, one Superior Court clerk,
and now Thad r. Manning, editor of the
Gold Leaf, has been appointed tax col
ector of his Henderson. This is an
admirable ppointmept.-Durham Sun.
Rev. G. II. Atkinson and his two sis
tiers had SIG, 500 stock in the Pacolet mill
which was washed away by the flood last
Saturday The great loss he sustained did
not put Mr.. Atkinson under the will
low for he was the first man to start the
work of raising a purse here to give to
the poor operatives who lost their all and
are out of Observation-Disclosures Enquirer
Murfreesboro, n. c., June PA flash
of lightning struck a house on the farm
Of Rev. w. c. Scarborough, burning it
to the ground and entailing loss of about
5000. Mr. Scarborough in the attempt to
save feed was overcome by the heat and
tainted and but for the assistance of Mr..
David Calling would probably have been
burned to death in the building.
Nashville, n c., June 12.-An unknown
negro entered the house of s. H. Griffien,
Esq, Saturday night and was frightened
away by Miss Minnie Griffien. He then
went to the house of Mr. Paul Lincke,
but left when he discovered that Mr.
Lincke was yet awake. Afterwards he
tried to break in Mr.. Paul Collins house
and was only thwarted in his purpose by
Mr.. Collins. who threatened to shoot.
Mr. r. b. Kicks, prominent banker
and business man of Nashville, N. c., was
in town several days ago prospecting, |
with view Of establishing a large mer
}cantile business here. Since leaving here
he has written to a friend that he liked
the town and country and that he had |
definitely decided to locate here. Mr..
Kicks will form a stock company with
twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars
capital to do a general time and cash bus
Ellington Pilot