Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-01
PRONOUNCED SANE.
THEREFORE, GOVERNOR SCALES DE-
CLIgEs TO EXTEND CLEMEHcY.
potts, the Murderer Of Lucks. to Hang-A
Youth Drowssd-Othsr Eorth
Carolina News.
lsnnc,al telegram . lhe pispalch.l

Carolina News.
special telegram 20 the Dispasch.l
RALEIGH. June 30.-This morning Cow
ernor Scales received complete report from
the ,rperts IN regard to the sanityo Of William
A Potts. Of Beaufort county, the murderer
of Paul Lipcke. The committee was COM
posea OF Or. Grissom and the superinten-
dents OF The three State insane asylums. Their
report Is plain and positive that POTS Is
sane.
The Governor al once acted on this report
and declined 20 commute Potisssentenee or
10 further interfere with the course OF the
lav Pous will therefore NEE. meriEed tate
an ne eallows July 18th unless be commits
suicide. Heis said to have made two attempts
10 do this. Thus ends an interesting story OF
ATTEMPTS to secure Communication for n cold
bIooded assassin. There IL great sympathy
for Pot.Ss parents, who are very worthy
people. but the pcisODer l. exeerated TO an
unbounded DEGREE. Had his sentence been
commuted lynchng, it's plainly said, would
have followed.
Governor Scales also made q final disposi-
ton to-day OF the application Tor the commu"
tatiou Of the death sentence OF James BJers'
OF Wilkes county. lie declines 70 taxes any
action aud lets the law take Us course Byers
will therefore be hanged at Wiikesboro' July
18th for murder.
". A. CLAYTON, general merchant, OK Rox-
boro'. has made an assignment. Liabilities
81. 200: assets. $1,000.
While Seneca Dent, aged seventeen, was
bathing in a mill pond near Louisburg he
got In deep water aud was drowned. his
companion was almost downed.
A report 10 the Department OF Agriculture
states that h0e-chOlera OF very fatal type ls
raging In Richmond county.
THE MYSTERIOUS PRISONER.
There were no special developments to-day
in the mystery OF the man who Is in jail
here on the charge OF being the notorious MUIR
derer Scott Partin. There Is some change
OF belief to-day towards the view that he Is
not the m.n. so great wss the lush to see
the prisoner that the sheriff today was
ordered TO admit no more visitors. Your
correspondent believes fbat the man Is
fool or knavc, but that he is not
Partin. To-day the man took new turn.
Re insists most positively that be Is
Brit.h subject and became much excited,
declaring At times that he was being perse-
cuted. The solicitor viii continue 10 use all
efforts pOsslble to solve the great Dysterv.
negro named Henry Williams. who worked
with Partin in blschImth.shO in Panther
Branch township. visited the prisoner this
morning. He SAYS that Partin used 10 strike
for him IN the shop and during the time bis
arm gave out. In conversation with the
prisoner TO-DAY he reminded him OF his lett
arm and OF the occurrence. The prisoner
replied: cod man. you are mistaken; am
not the man, Williams declares most post
lively that the mau is Partin, snd says he will
so swear before the graud jury.
This afternoon Colonel i. l.. Polk re-
ceiyed letter from Senator John III. Reagan,
OF Texas, IN which the latter says he will at
tend the Inttr'tate Farmers Association
here August 2lst and will deliver an address
on " interstate Transportation and Its Rela-
ton to Agriculture" IL IL probable that
Governor Lee aud Senator Vance viii be
here also aud deliver addresses.
The ProhIbitOnists, or rather the "thrd-
party" faction OF them. are claiming tha.
they will get large vote, aud say they Wlll
surprise people. They assert that they Will
poll several hundred votes IN each OF such
counties as Rockingham, Guliord, FORSYTH,
and Randolph. Careful people lay that they
will not get over n tenth Of the vote they
claim. il looks about that way.
Fifty tents were shipped to Winston to-
day for use on the Fourth OF july by the
troops which will be there 10 participate In
what will be the most extensive celebration
OF the DAY In North Carolina.
RrCHHoND's EXPOSITION.
North Carolina may have. after all, better
and larger display at the Virginia state TX.
positon than was thought possible. IL VIII
be mainly the work OF enterprlSing townssuch
a. Winston. There are dozen places which
ought TO be handsomely represented. They
will thus do their state as well "a themselves
= service. A gentleman Is now here endea'
yoring 10 secure the COOPERATION OF Raleigh
I'm tins plsn. The tobacco interest VIII have
a representation. Possibly, II suitable ar
engagements were made IN regard TO trans
portatiou, there might be secured the co0pe-
ration Of the State Board OF Agriculture.
TUE CROPS.
The Commissioner OF Agriculture informs
me that The rather gloomy crop report fortune
will be Offset, or at least considerably im-
proved. by the July report. lie says the dry
season in the month Of june wss fortunate
thing, as the farmers caught up with the grass.
Ia three weeks past the work done has been
remarkable. The rains now are seas0nable.
| The prospect has certainly been uniayorable.
The Commissioner believes the cotton crop
will be a good one. He asserts that that
crop in Wake county to-day IS the best In ten
years.
The news OF The commencement OF the
| work OF charging the c0lored insane asylum
AZ GoldborO' calls attention to the fact that
there is 4 strangely rapid increase In the
number OF negroes who are insane. Thirty
wears ago INSANITY among this race was
scarcely known. Now there are Il thousand
OF these uniortunaLes, It IS believed, IN this
State.
As has been remarked, the progress OF
railway construction is more rapid and more
general In the northeastern section OF the
state than anywhere else. There is night
for supremacy and business in that section.
Ealf dozen new links are there binding
North Carolina and Virginia together
There is o social desire 20 secure the build
ing of the Cbowan and Southern railroad to
Scotland Neck.
POLITICAL.
The attack OF Green, the Republican,
upon j. Z. Pritchard, the Republican cand-
date for Lieuten ntG0yern0r, Is making
Democratic votes every day now, there be-
Ing continual deqerions from the Republic
can ranks IN the extreme northwestern
counties.
In Iredel county as two little children OF
William Roberts were crossing river on
ioot-lOg both fell in. the boy holding his
tbree-yoar.od sister bY the hand. The boy
was saved, but the girl was drowned.
LIGHTNING.
Many reports come IN or damage by llgpF
ming, and this seasons electric displays sre
qlite remarkable. The worst Of all the
storms was that in Vance county. The list
OF accidents is long one. Additional re-
ports show that the house OF j. r. Buchanan
was struck and set on fire and that gentle
man. as well as bis wife and child, seriously
hurt.
The state Normal School at Sparta was
opeued to day. II was last season very sue
cessiul, over $50 persons attending. IL ID
one OF the eight normal schools for whites.
Monday TIE school at Wilson opens, aud
Tuesday thlt at Ashevil,e.
The teachers Of modern languages and
literature In this State have organized an
association, OF which Rev. Or. Thomas
Hume, OF the University, is president; Pro-
lessor Currell. Of Davidson College, wee
president; Professor W. A. Blair, Of VIM
sion, secretary. The prime OBJECT OF the
ASSOCIATION Is the awakening OF greater In
tertst IN the study and teaching Of modern
and English languages. The next LegIsla-
ture will be petitioned to establish normal
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