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Thursday, February 22, 1906. THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. 8 - STATE NEWS. J. M. Milicah has been confirmed as Marshall of the Western District of this State. The season for shad fishing in the river hereabouts .is upon us, and with a few warm days local fishermen will begin operations, says the Goldsboro Record. . A letter 1 from State Treasurer Lacy, who is in Arizona, for two months for his health, states that he is improving from asthma with which he is troubled. There is to be a fraternal gather ing of Confederate and Union sol diers at Southern Pines, the North ern settlement in Moore County, Saturday, 24th. Rabbits have been scarce on this market this season compared with former seasons. There were only about 20,000 shipped from this place this season, says the Siler City Grit. J. W. Sides committed suicide at his home in Concord Saturday morn ing by shooting himself through the head. He was a man of good reputa tion. No cause is assigned for the deed. - N. Robertson, who was arrested : Saturday, broke out of the jail at Leaksville Sunday morning about 9 o'clock. An officer from Oxford ar rived about fifteen minutes after his escape. ; v The ,Wilkesboro Chronicle says that the pin factory of Mr. C. Call, in North Wilkesboro, was burned Monday night with all its equipment and finished pins. The loss is esti mated at $4,000 to $5,000. Columbus and Tyrrell are the only two counties in the State where boys are n ot made to work the road until .they are twenty-one The other coun . ties all work at eighteen, says the Columbus News Reporter. Master Edgar McNeely, the young son of Mr. C. K. McNeely, sustained a 1 broken arm Monday while play ing with several boys at the Acade my, .one of them falling on his arm, says the Mooresville Enterprise. Creditors of the Centaur Knitting Company filed involuntary bankrupt cy proceedings at Greensboro before Judge Boyd yesterday, February 28th was set for the hearing before Referee Alexander, at Winston. J. A. Franks, a prominent citizen of Swain, died at his home in that county a few days ago. He had held many offices in his county and had represented it in the Legislature both as a. Democrat and a Republi can. - . In tearing down a potatoe hill that all the potatoes had been taken out of one day last week at the home of D. V. Walker, Esq., a large adder snake was coiled up in the potatoes. His snakeship was several feet in length. On last Friday the cotton gin of B. F. Jones & Son, situated about two miles north of Sharon church, caught on fire and burned down. The fire is said to have originated from the fric tion of the press, says the Shelby Aurora. ;'.;' A thirteen-year-old son of Mr; Jas. McRee, living two miles east of New ton, had a leg broken one day last week in an unusual way. His foot turned while he was walking on level ground, and the bone snapped in stantly about one and a half inches above the knee, says the Newton " News. We learn that, the Hadley Peoples' Manufacturing Comnany will, hi the near future, erect a moderu brick cotton-mill building to replace its present frame structure. They ex pect to add 1,000 spindles to its pres ent equipment of 2,500. It is said that this company will expend $20, 000 for improvements, says the Siler City Grit.'1 : 'V;'- :c:.xhe-Globe Parlor Furniture -Company,, of. High Point, has bought a lot near the plant of the High Point Metallic Bed Company and will erect a plant of its own at an early date to manufacture parlor furniture ex clusive. ' The Asheville aldermen recently passed on its first reading an ordi nance requiring theT separation ot the races in the street cars. Friday night the ordinance came up on its second reading and was defeated by one vote. The Raleigh Chamber of Com merce is meeting with success in the movement to have a Summer School in Raleigh. It is to eclipse any Sum mer School heretofore held; The foremost talent as teachers will be secured. A negro on Mr. S. G. Wall's place, in Wall town, has a pig that is quite a curiosity. One of the pig's hind feet has claws six of them instead of toes. The foot is said to resemble the foot of a coon, says the Wades bo'ro Messenger. M. L. Buckner, a justice of the peace in Buncombe, has been indicted for malfeasance in office. The courts are getting so particular they seem disposed to trouble squires anent the little perquisites many of them have enjoyed for a long time. While a literary society meeting was in progress in a colored church in Durham Tuesday night, Jake Bon nie and Robert Hinton quarreled and Bonnie cut Hinton so severely that he came near dying from loss of blood. Bonnie escaped. Among the important new enter prises being opened and pushed at Scotland Neck this year are the Scot land Neck Iron Works, incorporated with a capital stock of $5,000, and the Eclipse Suspender Company, eperated by Morrisett Brothers. The Southern Railway has closed a contract for the double-tracking of their main line from High Point to Salisbury, a distance of thirty-five miles. Lane Bros. & Co., of Lynch burg, Va., railroad contractors, have been awarded the contract, and work will begin about the first of March. Mention has been made of the in vention of Mr. Albert Cathey, of South Iredell, by which he proposes; to transfer ships over land across the Isthmus of Panama and save the digging of the canal. Mr. Cathey has received a patent on his inven tion. J. W. Johnson & Company lost, their saw-mill, located at Pine For est, near Raef ord, by fire on Wed nesday. This mill is one of several owned and operated by J. W. John son fe Co. There was no , insurance. The property destroyed was valued at $6,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. Practically the entire business dis trict of Red Springs was destroyed "by fire Sunday. Eighteen, stores and two dwellings were consumed, involving a loss of $80,000, with an approximate insurance of $40,000. The fire originated from a defective flue in a restaurant in the rear of one of the stores. The Courier says the dwelling of Geo. W. Hendrix, who lives three miles from Mocksville, and five out buildings and contents, consisting of meat, grain; cotton seed, farm imple ments, etc., were burned early Wed nesday morning. A small amount of clothing and furniture was saved from the dwelling. " A dispatch from Salisbury says that while Engineer John Leonard, whose run is between Winston-Salem and Charlotte, was working under his en gine at Barber Junction Friday, a "dead block," weighing about 150 pounds, fell on him and severely crushed one of his legs. He was 'taken to Winston-Salem for treatment. The Leader says that Ephiram Puckett, who lives in Patrick Coun ty, Va., about ten miles from Mount Airy, sold on that market this week 125 bushels of apples. He has sold this year off four acres of orchard 1,500 bushels of apples, for which he has received $1,0000. , It rained and it rained and then rained more, till the whole country became a pond and the roads and streets mill tails. Dams that have been erected at great cost on the roads have been swept away. The river is on a rampage, there being one of the highest freshets in years, says the Lumberton Argus. Information has reached Reidsville to the effect that Mr. Sam Mills, an influential citizen, residing near Ruf fin, nine miles north of Reidsville, shot and killed a negro named Whit Mills yesterday. Particulars of the cause leading up to the killing have not ' been received. Mr. Mills is a brother of Dr. J. C. Mills, of Reids ville.' The Newton News says that Mr. Nesbit, who has a large hunting pre serve in Catawba County, has turned loose twelve Hungarian quail. Fifty of the birds were bought in Hungary at $3.50 each, but only twelve were alive when they reached Newton. The News says they are beautiful birds, about twice as large as our par tridges. The case of Featherston, the Ashe ville saloon-keeper who kicked a Sal vation Army woman- out of his sa loon, has at last been disposed of in the courts. Featherston plead guilty of assault and was fined $100. A civil suit for damages was instituted against Featherston but he induced the plaintiffs to withdraw it and compromised the case. The barn of Mr. Rufus Roseboro, who lives on the Hyde place, about one and a half miles south of Cleve land, was destroyed by fire Saturday. Two fine mules, a lot of feed stuff and farming implements were burn ed with the building. Mr. Rose boro thinks the barn caught from sparks from a passing engine, says the Statesville Landmark. Marion's enterprising citizens will erect a factory for the manufacture of chairs. The capital stock has been practically assured, and another industry will be added to Marion's already large list of manufactories. A large pulp manufacturing com pany has been negotiating and cor responding with some of the citizens there with regard to the location of a pulp mill. G. C. Hall, who was in the employ of L. Thomas at Spencer, was some time ago arrested at the instigation of Thomas, who charged him with robbing his safe. Hall was acquit ted. Later he was arrested on a war rant charging larcency and was bound over to court in the sum of $100. Last week Hall failed to ap peal at Rowan Superior Court and his bond was forfeited. The American Farmer - is - great agricultural paper, chock full of in formation for . the farmer. , It has been published over twenty ... years. , You get it and the Raleigh Enter prise both one year for only $1.00. This offer is limited and may be with drawn in a short time. FRIGHTFULLY BURNED Chas. W. Moore, a machinist, of Ford City, Pa., had his hand fright fully burned in electrical furnace. 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