Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-19
JUST SOUTH OF US.
the EVENTS AND TOPICS OF A oAv
IN NORTH CAROLINA
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he Disabled confederates--Dsn-
vile - Tobacco Market
To BE Boycotted.


rhe vita ~ Edward n. Butler. the man
Who was assassinated st Clinton, saw nef
husband shot She was on the porHn OF
their home and her husband was waking
on the sidewalk. barely q hundred faSos
away. The ASSASSIN was behind some
buskeA After ne shot Butler, the latter
leaned, a. u stunned. against ience. Inen
the murderer stepped out ana VIII IL. t.as
GOODNESS began TO reload his gun buuer
then called Tor help. and his wife and sey-
ersl men who were near by ran 10 MIN.
Tho large steel slug, discharged at forty,
fve Act distance. smashed the hip, passed
through the bowels and lodged IN the
spinal column, shattering the latter. Eitner
injury was fatal, yet Mr.. Butter hveu lor.y-
seven hours. No murder m = grea no, nIs@ ~
Northeastern North Carolina, q remarkably
law-abiding section.
At Roesboro', sampson county, great
hree have swept through the pine forests.
A store of j. NJ. Seasons and dwelling
owned by W. J. Underwood were destroyeui
with all their contents. Then the hre rageo
in the valuable timber, TO Little Coharie
creek SIX miles from the town.
A report states that never before, nave
the farmers of Wilson county planted such
q diversity of crops as they have tnis sea-
con. By reason Of this very fact tney are
more hopeful and they SET a good example
20 the farmers In other counties. inele
will be large peanut crop planted ID VIII
con and other eastern counties.
PITY THE POOR VETS.
AppIcations are coming in for the adj
mission of ex-Confederate soldiers INTO the
Colonel Heck gave the building. Qt Is at
Ritleeway and was formerly the Albion
HofeD. vet only $1,000 has been raised
from fhe other people of the State to FUR
n;,b the building and the care or the pro-
posed inmates. Secretary w. Z. Stronacn,
OF Raleigh. says with great truth tnat the
people OF North Carolina appear TO care
very little for the helpless old soldiers. 1t
should be remarked that quite nuinDeroI
them are now in poorhouses.
Fifteen ministers and thirty lay-deie-
gates are attending the session OF Orange
Presbytery at Burlington. 1t Is the 24Oth
semi-annual session.
II is probable that the Western Insane
Asylum at Morganton will soon be lighted
by electricity. -,
Newton, in Cumberland county, have been
burned. Tho loss is $4,000, with no III
sursnce.
Thus far about four miles of what is
known as the Cripple Creek extension OF
the Cape Fear and Yadkin- Valley railroad,
between Mt. Airy and the Virginia line,
has been graded. This is about half the
distance. On this extension 40 conyicts
are now at work, and by July the grading
will, it is expected, be finished. -.
IL is learned that several farmers alil-
ances in Rockingham county will boycott
Danville as q tobacco-market rs long as
the dam across the river there Is not pro
vided with fshways. BY the laws of this
Stats fshways are required at dams.
woUlp-BE NEoBo LYsCHEBs.
Tho Asheville negroes have been so great
ly aroused by the murder of tho venerable
negro woman named Williams that they
show q special desire TO lynch Leah Fore
man, her daughter. and also the latter's
husband, both of whom are in jail. The
evidence of their guilt appears to increase
The footprints of q man and woman have
been found near the house of the murdered
woman.
The capacity of the Reidsville cotton
factory will be considerably increased.
A tent with 5000 capacity has been pro
vided for the revival meetings which
Evangelist Bill Fife Will begin at Gastonia
May 4th.
Rust has made its appearance on the
wheat in CASTOR county.
Yesterday an attempt was made by
posse In Nash county to capture Robert
Perry, an escaped convict, who 10 very
desperate fellow. He was at the house OF
his wife and advanced toward the posse
armed with revolver he had taken from
the prison guard. he opened nre on tne
posse and then fed. Twenty shots were
fred at him, two of which took effect, but
he escaped nevertheless.
To-day Colonel A. II. Andrews, the Sc
cond vice-president of the Richmond and
Danyille railway, was before the investi-
eating legislative committee and testified
regarding the Georgia company; winch had
its alleged headquarters at High Point.
Colonel Andrews said he knew very little
about the company and had nothing to do
with its organization. The company was
understood to control the Georgia Central
Railway and Banking Company
Tomorrow Judge Schenck. OF Green's
boro', will give testimony regarding the
Georgia company.
The State Board OF Education to-day
closed the sale of Vance's Island, contain
ing 1000 acres, to Congressman Raeburn,
of Pennsylvania.
Shipments of strawberries from Wayne,
Dupin, and New Hanover counties have
Marshal r. II. Bradley. of the supreme
Court. was called to Tarboro' this morning
bv telegram which stated That MS tather,
Elias Bradley, was dead.
ARREST OF RICHMOND NEGRO.
William Wright. a negro Mailing from
Richmond, Va, was arrested here to-day
charged with stealing clothing and jewelry
near Durham. Nearly all the stolen pro-
pertv was recovered and Wright confessed
the theft.
There were seven hundred persons at
the banquet at Wilmington last night,
which concluded the railway celebration.
United States District-Attorney q. A.
Cook, at Southport, is looking INTO the
claim OF thirty thousand dollars which the
Government holds against the estate OF
BENJAMIN Smith. Smith had the contract
in 1909 to build Fort johnson and failed to
complete il. Cook is trying TO get bold OF
real estate to satisfy the claim.
REVENUE OFFICERS IN DANGER
Aplot was made in Iredell county TO
murder Deputy Collectors Pin
nix, Mastin, and Harwell and revenue
agent who has his headquarters ut States
Vile. Three weeks ago the latter was APP
preached by man named Lem Wallace.
who informed him that IN small section
of Wilkes county five illicit distlileries
were ia full blast. Wallace offered to act
as guide and show just where the stills
were located. A few days ago the parties
named above started on raid. Wallace
failed TO appear at the point at which he
had agreed to meet them. As the party
was riding past body of heavy timber
eight shots were fired upon the officers IN
rapid succession. The horse OF the Special
Agent reared and fell backupon him. The
animal was shot through the jaw. A bull
let also passed through the Agents hat.
The Agent waspainfully bruised. Deputy
Collector Harwell's horse received load
OF buckshot in the shoulder. II is the be-
lief that the Moonshiners had planned this
ambuscade and did the shooting. II was
narrow escape for the revenue people.
Pound Guilty and Sentenced TO Death.
Especial telegram to the Dispatchl