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Tuesday, September 2",' 1004.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
13
STATE NEWS
FROM CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE.
Items of Interest Gleaned from Onr Cor
respondents and Exchanges.
Buie's Creek Academy opens .vith
an enrollment sixty larger than ever
before.
There is an epidemic of typhoid
fever at -the Baptist Orphanage at
Thorn asville.
Dr. Julian M.Baker, who was tried
in Tarboro last week for killing Dr.
Bass, was acquitted.
Geo. Till ey, a farmer, ishot his wife
and her mother at their home near
Raleigh last week,, as a result of a
quarrel.
The Republicans of the Third
Congressional District have nomi
nated Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson,
of Goldsboro, for Congress.
Hon. Thos. Watson, Populist can:
didate for President, will speak at
Kewton, October 3rd. This is his
only appointment in North Carolina.
The Durham building, on South
Tryon street, harlotte, was gutted
by a fire of unknown origin late
Wednesday night. The loss is esti
mated at about $90,000.
Henry Martin, who was shot dur
ing the troubles over Miss Abbott,
the Ohio school teacher, in Caldwell
County a few days ago, has been
taken to a Salisbury hospital for
treatment.
At a meeting of A. & N. C. Rail
way stockholders last week, Mr. J.
W. Grainger, of Kinston, was elect-ed-president
at a salary of $100 a
year; 'Dr. J. Broadhurst, of Golds
boro, secretary and treasurer, at a
salary of $300 a year. ,
State Chairman Rollins has ap
pointed Mr. Fred A. Hull, of Ashe
ville, secretary of the Republican
State Committee in place of Mr. R.
H. McNeill, the latter's law practice
in Washington preventing him giv
ing his full time to the campaign.
The Alamance County Fair is one
of a series of five to be held in the
State. They are arranged as fol
lows: Burlington, September 27-30;
Winston-Salem, October 3-7; Greens
boro, October 11-14; Raleigh, Octo
ber 17-21; Charlotte, October 25-28.
Rich Square Times: As told by
our special from George, a factory
is being erected in Northampton to
utilize green pine straw in the manu
facture of various articles. This
factory is- expected to do much for
this section and pay a good profit
on the investment. From the sample
we have seen we believe it a good
thing.
As a result of the selling of Per una
in the prohibition town of Brevard
six true bills of indictment have been
found by the grand jury of Transyl
vania County against druggists and
shop-keepers of Brevard, the charge
being that every bottle of Peruna
- sold was nothing more or less than
so much liquor, and that the dealers
in the stuff were guilty under the
law.
The Board of Managers of the
North Carolina Reunion at Greens
boro have decided to postpone the
second Reunion of Non-Resident Na
tive North Carolinians until 1005.
The chief reason for taking Ibis step
is that this is! a political year, which
would prevent the attendance of
many prominent men who w.ould oth
erwise" be glad to attend.
Twenty-three of the thirty-two
seniors who rebelled against the rules
and left the A. & M. College have
been reinstated. All the others will
probably return except three whom
the faculty decline to receive. The
class now numbers thirty-one. The
reinstated cadets have the same of
fices of trust and honor they held
before. The affair has terminated
in the most desirable manner possi
ble and the effect on the discipline
of the college is very marked.
New Bern Journal:- If any one
doubts that the servant question will
be one of the most serious problems
that New Bern people will have to
solve in the near future, a visit to the
dock at the time of the steamer
Neuse's departure will dispel the
doubt. Dozens of colored women
leave on nearly every trip going
North to accept situations and the
worst of it is that they are those who
are willing to work. Those that re
main here are too old and disabled
to work, or if they are young they
are unwilling to become domestics.
Raleigh Post: R. H. McNeill, Sec
retary of the North Carolina Repub
lican r State Executive Committee,
has been to confer with Chairman
Rollins in regard to the opening of
headquarters. The opening will take
place September 1, in Greensboro.
Mr. McNeill paints a very rosy pic
ture of Republican opportunity and
prospects in Tar Heeldom. "We are
going to capture all twenty-five of
the Western counties," Mr. McNeill
observed, "and then we will make
gains in some Central and Eastern
counties. As to the result in the
Congressional districts, we feel cer
tain of the Eighth and Tenth, and
have a good chance in the Ninth
District."
The Receivership Suits to be Withdrawn.
The matter of the receivership
case of Culyer et al vs. the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad was up
for a hearing before Judge Purncll
in Raleigh "Tuesday. After much
contention the parties to the issue
signed an agreement and the appeal
to the Circuit Court will be with
drawn. The costs, amounting to
$400 or $500, will be paid by the At
lantic and North Carolina Railroad.
The Cuyler plaintiffs were given
the right to amend their bill ofcom
plaint as to acts complained of as
ultra vires, such as the wood and
oil contract and the purchase, of the
hotel, while their demand for allows
ances for clients' and attorneys' fees
was held up till the litigation comes
to an end or all the matter is in
shape for the discretion of the court.
The effect of the decision is that it
makes certain that there will be no
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