Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-15
OLD NORTH STATE.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED HERE AND
THERE AT RALEIGH.
4 Poisoning Case--Train-W rcckcrs- The
Baptists--Generai News
Notes.


inc baby's throat ana some OF IL dropping on Us
face burned It ard scorched its eyebrows The
speedy arrival Of decor saved the baby's life.
il has since been discovered that the girl had ~
tempted TO poison baby fcw days before the
last poisoning. Mrs Scott told the girl the dye
was poisonous and not TO touch IL
Rev. James Atkius, with his family, left Ashe..
Vile yesterday 10 take bis posi as president OF
Emory and Henry College, Virginia
At Fayetteville yesterday the court was en-
gagged IN the trial OF samuel Mezingo, negro,
for burning the steam boat warehouses. The Jury
IN short time rendered a verdict of guilty.
Calvin Cobb ana George Neal, the negro train
wreckors on trial in Rockingham county. have
been acquitted. They arc held now for stealing
cotton.
Tho notorious Robson county outlaw, stephen
Jacobs, deues everybody lie shot negro the
other night They were gambling and quar-
relied over stakes Steve says nobody can cap
turc him for the reward. which Ia $40
Monday night q large gang OF negroes en-
ployed on the canal In Richmond county had q
general night Yesterday the quarrel was re-
newed by some OF them. JOhn Ramseur drew
revolver and shot George Galloway Ia the head
Galloway died IN n short time, and Ramseur
Ned with pistol in each haDsi.
News was received from keidsyille to-day that
the grand jury had returned true bill against
Mrs Cora May Mon Is for The murder OF her hus-
band. a merchant Of that plitce. by poisoning.
The woman is from ono OF ih1 best families IN
:, a State aud relative OF eS Governor scales,
thecsse promises 20 DO u celebrated one.
an United Synod the Eva ngeiicai Lutheran
e,hnr d, south. CONVEX lod today Ia Wilmington,
se.tc,. owing officers eing Gle cted: President.
~ ~, K. T. Horn, OF Charles Ton, :. c.. Vice
p,..,dsn hey. DR.. Hel ikel. Of Vow Marcel va ;
sscraisrv A. l.. Grouse, OF Orki ICY springs, Va ,
1'ras.nrs, " a. Barrie ., OF ca brlotte. y. L.
nsIogsis. % IN at,en lance fr I'm the synods OF
rissis'tnn, 4 ennessce, SOUL iwest virginia,
sonth Carcllns, Georgia, Virgin q, Hoiston, ana
North Csrois .srno q. Re :. b. c, nrad OF Phla-
SaI,h,. isc,nred. The olegates were warmly
xsioorocd 10 the city by q te mayo this evening
eres. meeting 10 o6 ,S9 " sss py He1 DE Drs Bar
n,,1 ~ Des Moin Is, Iowa, and Pr 'ost oil KNOX
Vile, Tom.
NOW TIM II, .oTIs rs ARE CIR OWING.
The session OF tho Baptist stst' Convention
M Henderson, now IT. progress eltfsctng
great deal OF attention ne h Aet. 1h,rsh bas
medo ereAt strides in Norto caTol ma Inc TO-
ports All show TINS that OF the bOsI1 Oh ~
sions and sunday Schools IS Ino nv -nansn
annual one and shows that sheieA, Wu sea or
600 only twentv.four assocl suons c0-operste1
with the convention, now oil co-opoi aeo WIZ y.
The amount set apart FOR tore lgu ..,, a"
qua1rupied. Since the last co 'fon.'ou 49, 80, IT,
foreign missionaries have been SUN "ut " 80
convention, aud there are now thhty-tw"' y,
whom fifteen are in China, nttee ia ~, .C"' -
two IN Mexico. There were ten oars ako my It
etghteen missionaries engaged IN "oth III
eidc the state: now thoTe arc u.nstg-
ak and Stnio Missions then got Yuy s4'i-,'
whereas now they receive 7l-,ypu. $500 49, -
portors are now AZ work, where teLI Soeto as
not one was engaged. Tho report EVos ou W
eay that then there was no Orphai 20, liz ~"
there {, homo for orphan ch'iutt ~. a ~
sustained then church buildings wei VicO ,,
al the rs,e % perhaps ten per year Nv d. ~, 'no
rate Of more than One nuudfoo poI - -,
new members we're not more man o. V'S S 20,
year: now more than io.OJO; theh was :. -
College was struggling for exlstence' no 49, 20
the strongest faculty, the greatest nun ~ "
students. tho largest endowment ana INC biisp "
est prospects Of any institution on ~, - -
the State the Bapu-ts look upon IL ~ u Pl'oV' :"
the consecrated wisdom OF tho tdthers AZ ~ Ouv
Of the principal factors IN their demon inu si"ai
prosperity in all the years 70 come tnsu ,Ilo
total receipts for all objects, repOreu ~ e
the treasurer Of tho Convention, were tSyeSV''
now, including orpbanage, more than <f1.VVe
Two hundred and forty-tWO churches are SIP
Piled in missiou-nelds aud lts OUTS ~
3sD sunday-schools. with 20.iij memb eis. no
less than sixty-four new Sunday-schoois "eio OF,
gained during tho year. There Is gre u, heou
for churches in thirteen OF the eastern N'sN ~
eight 10 the middle section ara I'VE :" 'N0
The convention Is urged TO undertake no Sc
cure $4,000 for State Missions during mo &C yllns
year. The report shows that SlDU,OoJ mas zen
expended on new churches during the e"i.
The average cost OF the Baptist churches II
5000.
TIE BUREAU or LABOR STATISTICS.
Your correspondent had a special interview
with Mr. Scarborough, the Chief OF the bureau
n
They are now preparing the third annual report
Four important circulars Of inquiry nave peeh
sent out TO hundreds OF correspondents. Ohe Vi
these inquiries, 10 which twelve hundred re-
plies have thus far been received, II In REGARD 10
the
PRESENT CONDITION OF AGRICULTURE.
In North Carolina From the mass Of retur rs
one report was taken as specimen at random l.
IL Is from Nash county, and perhaps gives tar
idea OF how matters stand. There are 2i6 acfei
On A.ne m
cultivation; the value Of the entire farm II
placed upon the market being t,tOo, aud the ~
acres cultivated being worth $500 Farming
utensils are put down ns worth $l5l, ana the
value OF other personal property used or raised
on the farm being 500. The products sold or 10
be sold worth 500, and those used al home
are $50. The farm supports I'VE persons OF
whom two work, and 500 was paid ia wages
during the year for hired labor, the value OF the
labor OF the family, not paid wages, being
nut down AZ 500. For necessary articles OF 1000
not raised on the farm 500 was expended. Tho
crop Is this year Just 33is per cent OF an ave-
rage and that IA also stated 10 be the average IN
the township and county. Tho average value OF
land In the county Is put At - per acre. Tho
twenfy-four acres the correspondent has In cot
ton this year yield only four bales, worth SOD,
and twenty bushels OF corn and thirty OF oats
we're grown. worth $50 The wages paid per
dsy for men are % cents; for women, - cents
or IS Der month for the former and IS for tho
latter. Men with families hired by The year
have house. frewood. garden, and truck-paich
This is the report Of sman farmer. II shows
what the state u affairs Is In the east Reports
from sOms OF the western counties show that
hired men get 81 day. The people In the West
are In great luck this year as compared with tho
eastern farmers. The former raise what they
eat; tho latter buy H. The western men also
use little or nothing In the way OF commercial
fertilizers IL results, therefore, that the west-
ern man is far more independent than his east
ern brother.
40 IA Of les acres,
vet ON 600 acres In cotton will make only l25
bales. lie SAYS his large crop on the hoanoke
river was utterly destroyed Ia August lie VIII
make one third Of his average crop on bis other
lands. but thinks the average Ia his county VIII
DO 90 per cent lie makes some pungent re-
marks on negro labor saying Inc mora.
status Of the negro Is no better than when Coo
put the fatal curse on Cain. The morals OF MS
race rIacker than his ekin"
Nearly all the correspondents have something
TO say about the labor question. A Halifax
county correspondent Gays the negro labor is
WHOLLY UNSATISFACTORY,
and that while Ave years ago any person who
advocated an exodus Of the blacks would have
met most violent opposition now ap extensive
exodus Is hailed as a prime necessity, and Hsli-
fax desires 10 be rid Of half ia black population
DAD SHOWING.
Another important blank was sent 70 the re-
ulster OF deeds Of each county. IL asks for Tue
sum OF the mortgage and lien tndebtedness or
the people OF each county for 1888 and 1889, not
including mortgages for purchase money OF
lands, and also what will DO tho financial coudi-
tion OF the people after the harvesting and ssle
OF tho present crop; will II DO better than at
the closing OF 1887
Nearly all the replies say that II this years
crop had been good average tue people
would have been Ia better condition than In
years In the east. sad 10 say, there Is only
half q crop: and in some sections n failure.
The register Of deeds Of Halifax says: "Our
people arc worse on than ever before. The
cop In this county Is nearly total failure, aud
farming has In some way become nesrly TOTAL
failure. Our people have gradually become
poorer since 1861"
NEW Road SYSTEM WANTED.
Seven hundred responses have been received 70
the questions asked In regard 10 the working OF
the public roads Tho Commissioner has douo
very sensible thing ia addressing those inquiries
70 the leading physicians VINO practice medi-
cine among the people ia the several COUNTIES.
TIE bureau IL gathering information 10th In aud
out OF North Carolina ~ 20 the best method tor
working the public roads Of this state The chief
difference ia working the roads la this and Other
States IL that they besides requiring all able
bodied moo 20 WORK 80 many days In each year
~ y poli-tax. also levy a small tax upon pro-
pcrsy 70 supplement the work done by tho poll.
The physicians are prompt la answering. Their
replies are 10 the main Of one tenor. They say
rhs present system Of working the public roads
without the least ts1stion has not proved Ell