Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-21
NORTH STATE.
TIE RECENT HEAVY RAINs-DAxAGE
TO BRIDGES.
d Negro Man Burned to Death-The Doc
tors in Council ass-Meeting
Of knights.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch

RALEIGH. n. e., May 20.-The Asso-
eiated'Press dispatches tell you Of disas-
tr0us rains In the western part OF the State.
Those sections have, since early in Febru-
airy, suffered unusually by storms aud
floods. Details OF the last disasters are dif-
fcult 10 obtain.
The damage TO the great iron bridge
over the ladkin river near salisbury will
prove a troublesome one. A span went
down last night, and as rain continues TO
fali and the river to rise more damage l.
expected. The rains are not troublesome
save In the part Of the State west OF Hills
bor0'. Here rains have done no damage.
East q GOldsbOTo' none las fallen. The
"long dry spell is getting TO be serious
matter with the truckers around VIII
miDgton. Everything in the wa Of
truck is parchng up, and unless
there comes liberal rams crops will be
dismal failures. The strawberry vines are
wilicd, and the berries. ripening before
they mature, are small aud inferior. But
west Of here all the streams are fall, the
iOwland- are submerged. and ayast amount
Of damage to crops Of all kinds has been
done. Many public bridges are swept
away, and mails are extremely irregular.
Yesterday morning about daybreak a
cOlJrrd man named Matthew Smith. aged
eighty years, was burned TO death at his
house, in Middle Greek township, ten miles
from this city. He was smoking a pipe
when the flames communicated TO his cloth
ING. The house and all the contents were
totally destroyed. His wife, a woman
about the same age. was badly burned.
The proceedings Of the state Medical
Society at Newberne yesterday and to-day
were very interesting. DR.. Joseph Graham.
OF Charlotte. made an excellent address. He
urged that action be taken for a more per-
feet organization OF the society and the
better preservation Of its records. The
address showed that during the year there
bad been 154 applicants for license 10 prac-
tice medicine, 1i9 ~ whom passed salts.
factory examualiOrs, were granted tenn
pora.y licenses, and 81 were rejected and
Withdrew.
The president appointed the following
CONN ilteCs:
ON Finance: DrS. T. u. IIargh. ;. W.
Stevenson. and Z. II. HerEcday.
On Credentials: Drs. Charles Duffy, a.
G.. Carr, and &. G.. Smith.
The following resolution was offered:
That all regular meetings OF the Medical
Association Of North Carolina be held in
Raleigh; that a tax OF II per capita be
levied uUOn the members OF the society,
which shall he collected each year, In addi-
tiCn to the regular dues. and the amount so
raised shall be set apart a. sinking fund;
that the fund shall be put into the hands OF
committee. and the committee shall
so invest or lend the money 80 raised
that when sufficient sum shall
have been raised the Association direct
such building to be erected in the city OF
Raleigh ~ Will be a suitable depository for
interesting and useful articles pertaining
TO medicine and surgery. and that the
museum and library shall ALWAYS be under
the immediate direction OF the officers OF
The Medical Association.
There was a long and warm discussion
q the resolution. and it was finally tabled
by close vote. The matter may come up
again.
The committee appointed to report on
the establishment OF medical department
OF the State University asked for further
time.
IN. :. :. Satchwcll read paper on the
germ theory. and W. 7. Chatam one on
OF poisoning and artificial respiration.
Dr. j. -. Roberts made a report Of the
Committee on Medical jurisprudence.
To-day was observed ~ close holiday
here. The Capitol was closed. and the
supreme Court was not in session.
All the schools were given days
rest. All this was IN celebration OF
the nth anniversary Of the Mecklen-
burg Declaration OF Independence.
1t is one OF the seven legal holidays in
North Carolina. II has been a holiday,
however. hut a few years. There are many
pcople IN the state who do not believe that
al. ngl Ion AZ
but n IL l. almost reasonable to either say
or think 50, they hold thciY peace aud cele-
brate like their neighbors. Most CT the
companies Of the State Guard paraded, ana
when the rain did not interfere, the cele-
bratiOns at ether points were quite
elaborate.
The Raleigh graded schools all close
next Friday. The 800 children who at
TEND them have had better instruction and
better accommodations than ever before.
thanks to the new school law and general
efficiency Of all connected with the school
system.
Dr. }. +. Mathews. president OF the State
Dental Association, gives notice OF IT, meet
ing here June 1t. At the same time and
p'.ce the state Dental Examining Board
meets.
There was ma,s-mec.ing Of the
Knights Of Labor Of this city OF both
races last night, which did not adj urn
until midnight. Resolutions c)ndemning
Socialism, Communism, and Anarcl-n
were adopted. j. Is. Strlckand.of Durham
a member Of the order who expressed
Commuuistic views in Aug. Sple,'s Chi
cagO paper. was denounced. and formal
demand made upon his assembly for bis
expulsion. The language used against
Socialist, was OF the blttercSt kind. There
j. some feeling against the Durham assem-
bhcs, ~ it j. stated there are in them seye-
raj Anarchist or Communist members
Polos aEd Russians mainly. The matter
made great stir among the knights here. a.
was anticipated. There were charges that
the State organizer Of the knights OF Labor
had expressed >Ocialistic views, and he was
recalled from oxford and arragned, but
he disprOycd the charges and expressed
himself in way satisfactory TO the mass.
meeting. The knights here number nearly
1000, comprising people Of every class,
ave prescribed lawyers, liquor-men. and
bark people. Their action i regarded
with satisfaction.
Young Mems Catholic Union.