Important Railroad Project to Connect New York and Charleston
Maj. R. M. Evans reported in Raleigh on plans for a new railroad envisioned by the Grimm Brownstone Company to shorten the New York Charleston route. The proposed line would run through North Carolina and end in Charleston, with an estimated build cost of 5,047,228 dollars and 712,000 dollars for equipment.
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R. M. Evans
Raleigh
Grimm Brownstone Company
Moore
Williamston
Mertin County
Ourleston
New York
Charleston
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina
Lilly
Swift Creek
Pitt County
Craven County
Newbern
Jones
Treyton
Richland Township
Onslow County
Pender County
Currie
Black River
Point Caswell
Columbus County
Cape Fear River
Livingston Creek
C. C
Armour
Maxwell
Brunswick County
Juniper Creek
Green Swamp
North and
South Carolina
Little River Township
Bucksville
Hiddenite Mine Finances Settled and Wintered
The Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Company of Alexander County has settled its debts and closed for winter. Spring operations will resume on a larger scale. A London company committee, eyeing a sapphire mine in Montana for 2 million dollars, may form a new company to operate it if the Hiddenite assessment meets expectations.
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Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Company
Alexander County
Montana
Hiddenste
Wake County Farmers Demand Less Cotton and More Food Crops
A Wake County Farmers Alliance proposal from January 1892 urges a 15 percent reduction in cotton planting for 1892 and a corresponding rise in food crops. Merchants are asked to aid by forming committees to implement plans, with alliances across cotton regions urged to adopt similar steps for self sufficiency and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake County Farmers’ Alliance
Auburn
A. ©. Green
Wake County Alliance
County Alliance
Joan C. Scarporones
Wake County
Joan C. Scarparouen
Wake Co
F. A
A.C. Green
Kingsley Letter Warns Son on Gambling and Lottery
A fatherly appeal by Charles Kingsley to his son condemns gambling and betting in all forms. He warns that gambling harms the buyer and seller, exposes deceit, and corrupts integrity, urging restitution if any money was won and urging lasting moral restraint. He compares betting to seven deadly sins and stresses enduring caution.
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England
Charles Kingsley
C, Kingsiey
Obituary notices from Montgomery and Newbern deluge local pages
Mr. M. A. Underwood former Monroe Enquirer editor dies in Montgomery county on December 27 leaving a wife and three young children He was a Methodist and a devoted Christian He was a capable newspaper man but ill health forced retirement A Newbern dispatch reports Mrs Mary Shepherd Bryan wife of James A Bryan bank president and county board chairman dies in Brooklyn New York Her father was Charles Shepherd of Raleigh and grandfather J R Donnell of Newbern Remains are due in Newbern by special train on Sunday
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M. A. Underwood
The
Monroe Enquirer
Montgomery County
Methodist Church
Underwood
Newbern
Mary Shepherd Bryan
Brooklyn
New York
James A. Bryan
First National Bank of
Newern
Board of County Commissioners
Bryan
Charles Shepherd
Raleigh
J. R. Donnell
Marriage in Harnett County Ends in Harmony
Suecia Cor Strats Carovrore Winstow North Carolina January 2. On December 31, 1891, Thomas G. Hayes of Treyville led Roxanna Collins of Winslow to the hymenial altar at the bride’s father S. G. Collins residence. Elder J. Coats officiated with attendants S W Williams and Bettie Beasley, Foraker Beasley and Fannie Hayes, Sanders Collins and Ridley Ann Griffis. May they have peace prosperity and happiness and rest with the blessed.
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Suecia Cor Strats Carovrore
Winstow
N. C
Thomas G. Hayes
Treyville
Roxanna
S. G. Collins
Elder J. &. Coats
Mr. S. WW. Williams
Bettie Beasley
Me. Foraker Beasley
Fannie Hayes
Sanders Collins
Ridley Ann Griffis
Insect Troubles Hit North Carolina Corn Fields
The Kinston Pree Press reports small black insects damaging corn, dusting kernels and alarming farmers. Some pack corn with lime to deter the pests, while observers note the unusual outbreak in the region.
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Kinston Pree Press
Mortgage foreclosure notice in Akexisar County
Public sale of several mortgages held by FS Alien and wife to J M Clement, recorded in Akexisar County books. The property will be offered to the highest bidder at the usual place in the county courthouse to satisfy the secured debts.
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J M Clement
Akexisar
Avie County
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Jas. M. Rollins
Fairfield, Va
Harnett
Stephen B. Weeks
Johns Hopkins University
North Cerelina
Durham
Greensboro
Johnson
Hood
Bina
R. Marstons
York
N.Y
M. S. Clark
Raleigh, N.C
Partien- Inc
Ms. Clark
Raleigh, N. C
H. G. Root
M.C
Pearl St
N. Y
Prior
Jas. J. Johnson
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Weith
WM. Baumgarter
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Baltimore, Md
James W.cobb
Ema
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Ara
Erery
Gava
Dare Oo
Lane Foster
Geo Hamnan
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