Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-07
NORTH STATE'SAID.


fepecial telegram 70 inc DisPe'en'i
RAIEroH, N. O., September 6.-To-
d.v Governor Scales received the fol-
loxipg telegram from Governor J. o.
sAsupsrd, Of South Carolina II have
,i.;i.d Charleston. The destruction Of
property Is terrific. Money eontriou'
tons will b. gratefully received. Rain
or wind will intensity the suffering.
Can you spare any tentss We have
not enough to supply tho demand. II
so sand At once.'' The Governor also
received the following telegram from
Mayor e. d. Hall, at Wilmington :
- The mayor at Summerville is calling
for tents. We have none here. Can
YOU not help them? They want oil
n thew can get; this is urgent" Gov
ernor Scales at once called meeting OF
the Council of State, and they agreed
with him as to the necessity of sending
tents at once. Governor Scales tele-
erspbed to Governor Sheppard to know
how many were wanted, and received
a reply that all that could be spared
were needed 1t once. he also received
a request to ship them to W. Z. Huger,
acting mayor at Charleston. In three
hours after receiving the instructions to
send the tents Qusrtermaster- General
f. A. Olds shipped $50. with poles
and pins. tThese go in special car
kindly rendered by Major John U.
Winder, general manager Of the Raleigh
and CASTOR, Raleigh and Augusta, and
Carolina Central railways, and go
through to Charleston.
MEETING OF CITIZENS.
To-day q large mass-meeting Of citi-
zens was held here at the call OF the
Mayor, many prominent men being pres
emit. Speeches were made, commit
tee to solicit contributions was appoint
ed also a Committee on Resolutions.
About s4O0 was raised in the meeting,
and collectors are rapidly collecting
funds, which will be sent tomorrow.
A letter received to-day from Sparta,
Allegheny county, makes note OF
rather peculiar phenomenon pre-
ceding the earthquake. 1t says that
about 10 o'clock Tuesday morning that
section was overspresd with thick,
dry mist with an odor little like that
from burning coal. This disappeared
about 4P.M. The evening was bright.
About $50 the shock came, being pre-.
coded fully half q minute by roaring
as loud as thunder mile away. The
motion of the shock was first west to
east, then back.
CROPS DOING WELL.
The news of the tobacco crop is I'M
questionably bright. The farmers were
never buster curing the weed. Cotton
is opening we'll. Corn is proving even
a greater crop than any in the last quar-
ter of q century. Some farmers fear
that in gathering their corn they will
be forced to neglect the crop. Farm
labor is in demand. There are very
few idle people. The report from the
extreme northeastern part of the State
is that the cotton there runs rather too
much to weed.
To-day Governor Scales ordered
Judge Gudger to hold the Transylvania
Superior Court IN place Of Judge Anery,
who is detained at Morganton by the
dangerous sickness Of his family.
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt here soon after IL o'clock last
night. Many persons did not feel it.
Some persons assert that there have
been tremors Of tho earth to-day. The
fear is partly passing away. The pso-
pie do not appear to fear brick build
ing as they do at some places in the
State.