Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-28
NORTH STATE NEWS NOTES,
EVIDENCE or FOUL MURDER.
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Especial Telegram TO the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, n. c., November 26.--
The last Of pension-warrants have
been made out by the auditor and will
go 10 all parts of the State Monday
next. The auditor will pay out about
S29. coo on these. reserving s4O0 Tor
contingencies and to cover the payment
Of few dozen warrants not quite per-
fected.
Governor Scales, like all the State
officials, spent Thanksgiving very quiet
~. lie attended services in the morn
ing at the Oldest church Of the city.
To- day be went to Henderson. lie has
considerable real estate in Vance county.
Tuesday morning John Lilies, while
travelling ir Arson county, came upon
the body man. the victim Of foul muir
der. There was bullet-hole through the
head. and the back part Of the head was
mashed into Jelly. The features were
scarcely recognizable, but there seems
to be no doubt of its Identification as
the body Of Solomon Welch, a white
man about twenty five years old, we'll
known in that section. The woods had
been fred evidently for the purpose OF
consuming the body and thus conceal
ing the act, for the corpse was consid-
erably scorched and charred. The last
seen Of WEIGH was early Monday night,
when he, in company with one John
Lee. formerly of Arson county, stopped
at house. The deceased had pocket
book full Of money. Lee was carrying
a gun. A woman heard the report OF
a gun not long after they left, which
with various other circumstances cause
suspicion to rest upon Lee as the muir
derer. lie disappeared and has not
been seen since. The verdict OF the
coroner's jury was that the deceased
came to his death by gun-shot at the
hands Of John Lee.
The people of Moore county are
taking steps to construct railway from
Carthage, its county-seat, to the Raleigh
and Augusta railroad. A well-informed
railway official says that in six months
the work will be begun on nearly a
dozen short lines Of railroad IN various
sections of the State.
To-day the draping OF public build
incs here was completed. The design
of the drapery at the Federal building
is effective. A large portrait of Mr.
Hendricks is displayed.
Ransom Hicks, the negro who has
been on trial here for burglary. was to-
day acquitted. When the jury an
nounced the verdict there was some
applause by a number of negroes IN
the audience. The judge promptly re-
pressed this by sending the men who
aprlauded to jail for forty-eight hours.
Hicks will he tried now for an assault
upon Ann Thompson.
Collections were yesterday taken ioi
the Oxford asylum at number OF The
churches in the State. The aggregate
sum thus contributed will be hand
some.
The low price Of cotton causes an
unusual amount OF complaint on the
part Of farmers. Cotton-growing Ia,
seen its best days in North Carolina
Greater diyersifcation Of crops next sea
son is assured.
There has been a great deal Of tall
here in the past few days about prohl-
bition. 1t is an open secret nov tina
the question is again to obtrude itsel
into North Carolina politics. Though
the promoters Of the measure may claim
and claim honestly, that it is to be non
political, yet it is certain that one oil
the other Of the political parties vii
take it up or become involved in it. i
is remarkable how quickly the matter
has come to be talked Of. Politician:
here greatly dread the reOpening of old
issues on that basis.
1 1t is stated that trains will begin tc
run next Wednesday between Asheyill'
and SpartanbuIg.
The county authorities of Richmond
county can do nothing to check the ne
gro emigration to Arkansas. Yesterday
ninety families left on one train. TIT
emieration-fever extends IN most of th'
counties on the South Carolina border
Tie emigration agents hold out the mo,
alluring promises of life in Arkansas L
the deluded negroes. 1t is apprehendeC
that farm labor will be scarce next yea
unless the exodus stops or is stopped
by the people.
The North Carolina delegates to tn
Southern Harbor-Improyement Conyen
ton at Savannah have nearly all re
turned. The State was well represent
ed there. The delegates expect good re
suits from the convention.
a letter from q prominent mover il
/ the matter says that State prohibition
convention will certainly be held De
cember llth and 10Th, and that it vii
be far more important and large
affair than most people realize.
The health OF W. l.. Saunders, Sec
rotary Of State. is very poor. lie i
able to be at his Office very little. H
still ardently prosecutes his work Oh
the history of the State, or, rather
publication Of documents relative to it
early history. He has access to all 0
the late Governor SWANS valuable pa
pers and memoranda.