Seldom has then; been a move quiet and
orderly election day here than Tuesday
was. Not the least disturbance of any
i kind outside of thu gab of certain mouthy
j negroes. '1 his demonstrates tin: fact that
j our penjde are capable of Conducting their
i own affairs without tie- aid of Chairman
I Eaves and his "spotters" and ''detect ives."
j 1 Jut if any of these gentry should have
i hren a round on election day doubt ies.-'. the
ICi!.! Leak would nut have been able to
I make such a favorable report about the
',("' order observiyl.
An attempt was made to burn the vil
lage of Voui:gs ille, on the Ealeigh
Castnn railroad, Wednesday night. It is
thought this was done by ceitain parties
out of revenge fur the shooting and arrest
of the negro thief Lilly Lew spivey, an
account of who-e capture is given in an
i ther Column. 'Ihe stables ami ofiice of
Dr. llaidistnn were set lire to and burned,
but beyond this no damage was done. It
took hard woik though to save adjoining
buildings and many were "very near the
one to which the to".,,; r i
Our good friend Mi. ). i.. i-mi roughs, of
j Dabney, is a superior business man and
! successful merchant, as we all know, and
1 now he comes in for distinction as a grower
j of large turnips. Two weeks ago lie
j brought to town a turnip weighing 7r-4
j pounds, and those who saw it thought that
"stime turnip
and so it was but
Mr. IJur roughs now beats that. Yesterday
he brought the Coi.d Leak one that bal"
ances the scales at 10 pounds and 10 ounces.
