The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-17
I STATE NEWS ITEMS I


Rocky Mount has sent $125 to the OK
ford Orphan Asylum.
Seven hundred crates of eantaloupes
were shipped from Faison Monday Dup
lin Journal
The Wilson Life Insurance Company has
applied for charter The capital stock is
$1,000, all paid in.
There will be another stock law election
held here on August 18th. 1t will embrace
the territory necessary to connect the
Coles Mills and the Cameron territories
Carthage Blade.
The Central Labor Union. of Salisbury,
mas placed on the unfair list three mer-
chants of Salisbury for refusing to close
at seven O'Clock every afternoon. This
means a boycott of these stores by the
labor unions, says an exchange.
]. d. Dixon, aged % years, a son of Dr.
Dixon, of Raeford, while overseeing tim
Der cutters near Autryviile, was struck on
the head by falling tree, and badly in
JuISu. he WdS taken TO the MafStl-
Highsmith Hospital at Fayetteville
Wilson, N c., July 16.-Mr. Herbert
Rountrees little son was thrown from a
wagon on Tarboro street this morning, i'm
fiicting an ugly cash on the side of his
head. The little fellow was not seriously
hurt, though his wounds are quite painful.
Major Stedman yesterday received
telegram from Congressman Pou stating
that the Confederate Veterans of Johnsto,
county had unanimously chosen him as
orator for the annual reunion August
10. Major Stedman will accept the invi-
tation,- Greensboro Telegram.
Elkin, N. c., July Ill l.. Lumpford,
representing Cairborn Tate and the
Cowan Wholesale Clothing Co., of Knox
vile, Tenn, accidentally shot himself
with a 22calibre rife at Kappa Mill, near
here, yesterday. The doctors have no
hopes for him. The ball entered the
brain.
The store and warehouse occupied by
w. Il. Garrett, at Red Springs, was
burned with the entire contents. About
$4,000 worth of goods was lost, with 81
500 insurance. The houses belonged to
Peter Mcqueen. They were worth about
1900, with $3.50 insurance 1t is sup
posed that some thief robbed the store
and set it on fire to cover up his tracks
The Virginia Trust and Power Com
pany is putting in a large electric plant
at Buck Horn Falls in this county to
transmit power to Fayetteville and sur
rounding towns. S. w. Harrington tells
us that they undertook to carry four en-
gines and boilers down the river from
Moncure on a fat a few days ago and
got hung upon rock and had to wait
for Cape Fear to rise to move them down.
Chatham Observer.
One of the most interesting of the series
OF bi-centennial services held at Centen-
airy M. E. church will be the one an
nCunced for next Sunday afternoon. This
viii be a union service and the subject
to be discussed is ''Methodism as Seen
by Others" Bishop Rondthaler, of the Mo
ravian church; Drs. r. F. Caldwell, Pres
byterian; H. A. Brown, Baptist, and 9th
ers will make short talks on this sub
ject-Winston Sentinel.
We learn that the committee having il |
charge the Liberty Baptist Association |
school, located at WalIburg, have elected
Mr. Ernest l.. Green, of Wake county, As
principal, and Miss Sallie Lewis, of Greens
boro, as music teacher. Mr.. Green is a |
graduate of Wake Forest College and I
comes highly recommended by the faculty I
Miss Lewis is a graduate of the Normal |
and Industrial College, and her proficiency |
is well youched for.-Lexington Dispatch