North Carolina Methodist Minister a Victim of Railway Accident
THE WRECK OCCURRED NEAR TROY
A Number of Others Injured More or Less Seriously - Passenger Train on Branch of the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad Jumps the Track at a Sharp Curve Near Troy Depot.
Troy, N.C., Special. - A passenger train on the Biscoe and Mt. Gilead branch of the Aberdeen & Asheboro railroad, jumped the track here Tuesday morning.  Two coaches plunged from a ten-foot embankment and were completely wrecked.  Nearly every passenger on the train was hurt, one fatally.  The injured
are:
Rev. G.A. Oglesby, pastor of Aberdeen Methodist Church, received internal injuries, died during the day.
David Cook, of Mt. Gilead, serious injuries.
W.S. Ingram, of Mt. Gilead, seriously hurt.
D. Berry, of Wadesville, serious.
Clark Ballard, of Mt. Gilead, and William Dunn, of Mt. Gilead, injured but not seriously.
The injured passengers were taken to the hotel here and given medical attention.
The wreck was caused by spreading rails.  The train, which was due here about 11:30 a.m., struck a sharp curve near the depot and left the track, two cars pitching down the embankment.  These cars were practically demolished, but the balance of the train suffered little injury.  The road, which is a short line from Biscoe to Mt. Gilead, is a part of the Aberdeen and Asheboro system, owned by the Pages.
(The Charlotte Gazette, Charlotte Court House, VA, Thursday, February 2, 1905 Submitted by:  Bea. Adams King)

Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 16 – The Carolina Watchman, published at Salisbury, has sent a mining expert to Montgomery county to investigate the rumors of an important gold find there, and he reports that all the statements about fabulous wealth having been discovered there are true.  the find is said to be the richest ever discovered in the state.  Three parallel veins were found about half an inch thick and only a few feet apart.  The ore pans a large percent of pure gold. the Watchman representative ascertained that a bushel of pure gold had already been taken out of the deposite.  The place is owned by three Sanders brothers. Two of them have been living in Texas but have started for Salisbury in response to telegrams. Great excitement is reported in the neighborhood and the people are leaving their work to search for gold.  It is stated that a man in two hours work got out 2,000 penny weights of pure gold, and was then compelled by the owners to leave off work.
(Source: Marion County Herald - Marion County, AL - Nov. 21, 1889 - transcribed and submitted by Veneta McKinney)