Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-24
A RALEIGH WEDDING.
A SOCIAL EVENT IN NORTH CARO-
LlNA'S CAPITAL.
Tho Farmers' Alliance and Cotton Bag
ging-The Fayetteville Centennial
Revenue Raid-Tire.
lsnnclnl tolorrnm 70 the pI.paleh.l

RAIrfBH, y. G., October S.--lh thlh Guy
this afternoon William A. Erwin secretary
and treasurer OF the l.. VI. Holt ~ Milis'
al darlington. was married to Miss sadie
Iisles Smedes. daughter of the late rev.
Albert Smedes for many years rector OF
81 Mnry's School. The attendants were
Locke Erwin and Miss Kitty Carter, OF
New York. The ushcrg were Walter Hot;
Beneham Cameron, J. Harper ERWIN, ana
Allen J. Ruain. Both bride and groom are
of much social prominence
The foundry of Luxe brothers, AZ Lock
vile. has been burned. Loss. 5000. no
insurance. -
Tho new 1O.00O-spindle addition 10 the
Rocky-Mount C0tton-Nills, OF which
Mr.. Thomas 2. Battle is president and Mr;
James H. Ituiin is superintendent, Is well
under way The addition Is $50 by 80 feet
and two stories high.
rAnMEGS AILIANcr.
To this date this season Buslne -Agent
Worth. of the state Farmers All iance. has
supplied l25 600 yards Of cotton hagglng 10
the sub-alliauccs. he says thousanas 81
/ farmers are holding back their cotton until
they can get that sort Of covering Tor A..
Julian =. Carr chief marshal Of the
/ Fayetteville centennial celebration, has
Amounted ROGER Moore. of Wilmington,
chief of stan: Rev. G. 7. BAILEY ot
Raleigh. chaplain, and DR.. ]. W. Faison, OF
! Nit Olive. surgeon.
Much rain has fallen in the State to-day.
II will be Of much benefit 70 the heavy
crops OF small grain which have been
planted, particularly IN the west.
REVENUE RAID.
Revenue officers are ON another extern
| s,ve raid IN Henderson county They nave
in the past FIVE months made twenty-five
arrests IN the vicinity Of Raleigh and have
warrants for forty more moonshncrs Col
lecior White. of this district, SAYS there IS
much more violation of revenue laws IN
the Western d strict thanin this one.
SUNDAY morning Henry Berry Lo|rev, OF
ROhcson county, son of the late oull9w OF
that name. shot Letter Green (colored),
the ball passing through the thigh.
Charles ID. Bowers. owner of some OF The
LARGEST mica-nines ia Western North Caro-
Ina. died Monday.
4 letter from Governor Lee. Of Virginia.
TO the officers of the Fayetteville ccntcn-
NAL celebration states that he VIII prOha-
blv attend the centennial. II is thought
the Richmond Grays will be ms Escort.
Thirteen miles more of the Winston and
Wnkesboro' railway which have been com
pleted were accepted to-day.
A. l.. Smiths general store and contents
were burned at Lexington night before last.
The loss il four or five thousand dollars
with a thousand dollars insurance.
AN EARNEST ETFoRT.
Governor Fowle Is making an earnest ct-
fort TO secure the arrest and trlal OF the
men who were engaged IN the lynchlug OF
Robert Berier at Lexington on the 1ith
instant. The Governor. when informed
on the afternoon Of That day that Beuucr
was in danger, ~ once telegraphed ~ par
ties at Lexington rs follows. Let procla-
nation be made 20 all the good people OF
4. a. a
the law take its course and the legal au-
thorities viii see that justice Is done Tins
telegram was DELAYED and did not reach
Lexington until after the mob had lvnched
Belricr. The Governor to-day Wnde pub
lie the following letter. which he wrote on
the 18th instant to solicitor b. +. Long, OF
the Eighth district:
Il enclose you q copy OF letter received
from W. B. Glenn luregaTd To the Lexington
lvnching case. After consultation with lac
Acknowledgement | respectfully suggest
that Won have aidavits prepared at once
audsubm.tted 10 the Judge of the district As
a basis for bench warrants to be returned
before the judge. Can you not Get the
judge 10 have them returned before NM
self az Lexington The law must be MAIN
tanned 81 all hazards, and when the cnml-
mails are arrested all the powers of the lNecu-
tive viii be cxcrted If necessary 10 AID YOU
in the arrest of these men and their proper
confinement Also. inquire whether the
officers of the county have done their duty
in maintaining the laws. In my opinion the
times demand prompt and vigorous action
upon the part Of all our officers, Judicial
and executive"
The Governor to-day received official in
formation that Solicitor Long had gone 90
Lexington on last nights train. The Gov
ernOr said 20 your correspondent that the
Solicitor would get up afidayits and have
the arrests made. and that every Judge in
the State would be applied TO SO as to ascer-
tain if any of them can be spared so as TO
90 t. Lexington and try these warrants.