In Carthage, Moore county, on the 8th inst., by Dr. S.C. BRUCE, Mr. A.M. BRANSON to Miss Martha A. McNEILL.
Source: Fayetteville Observer, February 2, 1857
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SCRUBBS, Jas. R. (d. 1905)
Wadesboro, Oct. 27 — Mr. Jas. R. SCRUBBS, and old and esteemed citizen of Morven township, was found dead in his bed.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 27, 1905
HUNGO Surveys for Railroad (1905)
Charlotte, Oct. 27. – The adjustment of lines between Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus and Iredell counties, which was begun in July, has been completed. The work was done by C.P. HUNGO, representing the Mecklenburg commissioners and representatives and surveyors from each of the other three counties. The survey covered 25 miles, resulting in adding 1.83 acres of land and ten houses, aggregating several thousands of dollars: the taxes on the property, which have heretofore gone to the other counties, will hereafter be paid to Mecklenburg.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 28, 1905
DANIEL, June (d. 1905)
Oxford, Oct. 27. – June DANIEL, a colored man, of Henderson, while working on the telephone wires here, was killed this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. He attempted to arrange the telephone wire when it came in contact with the electric wire, the shock killing him instantly. The accident occurred in front of Oxford Female Seminary. A white operator named W.G. FINCH, was also at work on the wires, but having on heavy rubber shoes, his life was saved.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 28, 1905
Archibald H. ARRINGTON Becomes Governor’s Secretary (1905)
Raleigh, Oct. 27. — Governor GLENN appoints Archibald H. ARRINGTON, who for nearly two years has been teller of the State treasury, his private secretary. Mr. ARRINGTON is a son of the late ex-sheriff, John P. ARRINGTON, of Nash county, a special friend of the governor, who says by the appointment he honors the memory of his friend.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 27, 1905
Schooner Berwin Case in Court (1905)
Wilmington, Oct. 27. – The schooner Harry A. BERWIN, aboard which the mutiny occurred off this coast, about two weeks ago, has been attached in the federal court here by two of the alleged mutineers, Arthur ADAMS and Robert SAWYER. The amount claimed by the seamen is $188, due as wages to them while sailors on the ill-fated ship.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 26, 1905
PRATT and SHEHAN Killed (1905)
Chapter of Fatal Accident
Asheville, Oct. 26. – Jas. PRATT and Mrs. Dan SHEHAN, of Marion, were run over by a passing train near Nebo, a station five miles from Marion, last night, and instantly killed. Few details of the accident have been received, but it is stated that these two and Mrs. PRATT, wife of the victim to the accident, were walking along the track and failed to heed an on-coming train. Another account has it that the couple were killed. Both bodies were horribly mangled, and it is stated that fragments of the man’s body were scattered along the track for some distance. Both Mrs. SHEHAN and PRATT were elderly.
There was another fatal accident near Marion last night when Horace NICHOLS, aged 24, the son of a prominent McDowell county farmer, was run over by a local freight and had both legs completely severed from his body. He died at Biltmore hospital early this morning. It is said that NICHOLS was also walking the track when a train struck him and inflicted the injuries that resulted in his death.
Robert WILLIAMS, a section hand of the Southern Railway, was also struck by an engine yesterday near Balsam, Jackson county, but his injuries, while serious, are not thought to be fatal. His nose was broken and he was otherwise painfully cut and bruised.
Earle SMITH, an employee of a planning mill, at Marshall, Madison county, was yesterday caught in the machinery and seriously, if not fatally injured. He was attempting to make some repairs when he was caught in the belting, carried into the machinery and horribly crushed. One leg was splintered and he sustained other serious injuries.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 27, 1905
Shooting Affair (1905)
Concord, Oct. 26. — Tuesday evening there occurred a shooting affair just above the city in which several colored people figured. It seems that John HOUSTON saw his daughter and a negro named Earnest SCOTT together and opened fire on them with a shotgun, shooting several times. The girl was shot about the face and SCOTT was shot in the face, legs and hands. SCOTT was arrested and he had two pistols. Neither was badly injured.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 27, 1905
KLAPP, J.M. (Mrs.) – (d. 1905)
Winston-Salem, Oct. 25. – The body of Mrs. J.M. KLAPP arrived here this afternoon from Indianaopolis, Ind., where she died on Sunday, at the age of 53 years. The deceased was a native of this city, being a sister of Mr. J.H. SINK, of Southside. Mrs. KLEPP went to Indianapolis about a month ago to spend the winter with relatives in the interest of her health. She had been a sufferer from asthma for several years.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 27, 1905
SMITH, George (d. 1905)
Raleigh, Oct. 25. — The body of George SMITH, the young man killed in the Union station here Saturday during the duel between Bob LILESTON and Fred MORRIS over a gambling row, will be brought back to Raleigh from Petersburg, Va., where it was carried for burial, and an autopsy will be held. The necessity for an autopsy was apparent in order to aid in determining which of the two combatants killed SMITH.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 26, 1905