Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-09
BLAZING PINES.
asrAr Yoassr FIRES RAGING IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Work Of the storm-Tbs Farmers Aiiiahce
ana Bagging-a chastity Acct
deat--AoteS
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RuxIaH. n. c., April S--Great fres are raging
IN tho pine forests for May miles along me
Raleigh and Augusta and Carolina Cenual ran,
ways Thousands ~ irses have been deslroyea
and many fences burned. The nre has been IN
p~oSsess since last Friday, ond the high WHO'S
have famed 10 into fury PASSENGERS on me
trains 20 day say the scene lsst niget was srana
IN Rich mond and Moore counties
A frs Al Lauren burg last night burned the
residence Of man named Edwards. Inc en-
tire town WAS In serious CANCER.
TnE STORM.
The storm las, night was quito severe. Anew
miles west OF here IL blew down trees and fences
aud damaged some oai-cu'!dingS Ihe rooi OF
the old Page fsc,ory ~ Cary was blown on.
A. W. Haywood. an attorney OF this CITY. 1917
today for Southern Pines 20 make ARRANGEMENTS
sor the sale OF that extensive and vsiuaplo pro
Souihern Pinee Is a winter resort for consump-
nves, and II l. said that this new movement VIII
give IL great boom.
BAGGING.
Your correspondont to-day interviewed the
State Secretary Of the Farmers Allisncc tciatse
10 the action Of that powerful order IN North
Ca,elinA on the suhie-t OF cotton bsgging. COZ
onel Polk said that ihe matter ~ now being very
carefaily considered b. tie alliance. No' SIN
go plan will he revealed untu everyunlhk 70
completed. The farmers viii my II down as
plaia state meat o. facts inst they can get along
wltncni begging jasi as long az the world eau
get on without their Cotton
WAR TO TIE KNIPE.
One thing Is certain: ;here will be war 70 tho
knife against the tagging trust. ana the alliance
viii keep the farmers Out OF Us hsno ,o..v
Sensational reports were current here To-Day
az n disastrous FIRE nc oxford, and thero WAS
q groAt relief when news was recc we'd that there
was no triGh In the rlfuore.
Reports from the Newberne and Hllmington
trucking sections report no frost There Is rear
Of Il tonight a. Il is quite clear and cold, ana
Tie WIND has conse1.
NOTES.
Nssaid hv the negroes that there will be no
cessation OF their exodus movement during the
summer. IL mas been belief on the part OF
maEy white people that 1t would not stop until
fall.
Durham Lodge Of tie knights Of Pythias this
afternoon visited this city. as The guests OF ths
Raleigh Lodge. aud tho visitors we're very hahd-
eoTneiy entertained.
Tue peoplc who are interested In ths construc-
tiop of the KOanDka and Southern railroad ne
iieye that the work nOw in progress will not stop
until the limo e1teDds across the entire STATE
from Virginia 70 South Carolina.
Friday mass Of earth fell upon humber 0,
laborors who were at work on The winston ana
NikesborO' railway. one negro was killed ana
several were injured, one having an arm broken.
There rs report that the hsyesvliie hlsn
School. I'm Macon county, hss been closed on Nc
count OF . dinicaty OF rome Kind between Inc
principal and some Of the students.
CHASTITY ACCIDENT.
In swain couaty while white man named
Sparks was rolling logs On natcar tho tacklo
gave way and the heck was thrown against
sparks 80 face with such force as 10 tear away one
eide OF ID and also fracture his skull, causing
death Ia a low hours Sparks was q naive OF
BlOuut county, Icnr.
Reports from the Pennsylvania section are 10
the effect that there will be largo crops OF small
grain In the mountains.
The SUN desired for the establishment OF
Confederate soldiers Home In this Stale grows
very slowly. despite earnest appeals.
IL was expected that the monument 10 captain
Randolph A. ShOtwcn In the Confederate Gene
terry here would he formally unveiled on the lOth
of Nav next (Hemorial day, but the idea hss
been aba ldOued and there Will be no formalltes.
The monument was put up some months ago,
and was paid for by voluntary contributions
from various parts OF the State.
WsrTeH Coleman, the president OF the stsle
Industrial Association. lie the wealthiest colored
man In North Carolina. He lives at Concord.
and owns over one hundred houses there. HIS
income from ihls source alone is 5000 year.
He is constantly ouiiding new houses. Coleman
may DO called the representative man oil his
race in the state.
great amount Of church-building ~ IN pro-
rress in the state. II is confined 10 no section
sad 10 no particular denomination.