Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-23
SPECIAL STATE DAYS
ASSIGNMENT rOR.THE STATES At
THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION.
interesting Features for Teschers end
scholars ON ool-Days-A Negro with
. Record--Assauit on o Sheriff.
Especial telegram TO tn, p,sp.,cb.,

NALAioH, N. ", August 0.--The state
days" at the Southern Exposition here
during the months Of October and Novem-
Der have been assigned ne follows:
South Carolina October LIST. I'd. and Cd.
virginia: October 9Th, eth aud 7th. Ad-
dresses by John l.. Massey, Superintend-
ont Of Public Instruction; L. i. Jackson,
editor Southern Plontr; Thomas White
head, Commissioner of Agriculture.
Tennessee: October 9Th. eth, and 10th.
Addresses by 7. L. Gaylor. vice-chancellor
University of tho South. ut Sewanee j.
Ii. Mcdowell. president State Alliance.
Texas: October nth, 18th, and 18th.
Addresses by Governor HoRe; X. II. Cla-
vidge, editor 7'erds St0ckmdn j. ID. Car.
vile, editor Terds Stock Journal.
Arkansas October 18th. 18th, and 18th.
Addresses by J. w. Davidson, president
State Farmers' Alliance; A. A. Poo. editor
| Fort Smla Daily Call.
Georgia: October 18th, 20th and 2l.t.
| Addresses by j. b. Honcycutt, Assistant
Commissioner of Agriculture; +. II. Rich
ardson. editor Atlanta Journa J. S. Ham,
llton, president Athens Manufacturing
Company: i. L. Livingsto,.a, president
Georgia State Alliance; X. F. Eesbit, Com
missioner Of Agriculture; Charles Estes,
of the John p. King Manufacturing Com
pany.
Maryland: October 22d. 2sd. and oath.
Address by NJ. Gsmbrill, Of Cecil county.
Alabama: October Goth, 9th, and 2sth.
Addresse. by w. A. Smith, editor Daily Hot
Blasl: John q. Harris, State Superintend-
ent of Education.
Mississippi: October goth, SOth. and slst
Address by Il. 7. Learned. president Nat
chez Cotton-Slills.
Louisiana: November I'D. Sd, and lth.
Address by W. II. Jack, State Superln-
tendent Public Education.
18th.
kentucky, November 9th, 10th, and 18th.
Florida: November 18th. 18th. and 18th.
Now Mexico: November 10th. 18th, and
18th.
Missouri November 18th, 2Oth, and 21st.
Arizona: November 23d. Oath, and 25th.
North Carolina November 9th, 2Sth,
and 8Oth.
A number of tho Governors other than
Governor Hogg, of Texas. and Governor
Holt of NORTH Carolina, will be- here.
Colonel A. X. Mcclure, editor philadel-
phla Times. will deliver an address Oh the
22d Of October. Colonel Mcclure was here
before the State Exposition Of 1884. and
aided largely In insuguratlng 1t.
scRooL-DAYs.
Special "school-days" have been set and
| teachers and scholars will find many in
tercsting features presented. Distinctive
| exhibits will be made by the schools of the
South under the direction OF c. Is. benson,
of Raleigh. and under the auspices OF the
Southern Educational Association. ". T.
Harris, United States Commissioner Of
Education, will deliver an address. lie
will slso have special displays made by the
United States Department Of Education.
The Southern Educational Association has
4x1 k1 fatl . .
assist in making its exhibit q success: @.
II. benson, chairman; J. Is. McCohan,
Maryland; II. ID. Hufakes, Tennessee;
Mrs. s. I. II. Tsrrant. Alabama; W. Pres
ton Johnson, Louisiana; !. Ii. ChapPell.
Georgia; Dabney Iipscomb. Mississippi;
j. N. Stewart, Florida; Virgil A Lewis,
West Virginia; II. &. Harris. Texas; X. G..
Matheson, Missouri; n. J. Rosrk. Ken
lucky; ID. B. johnson, South Carolina; r.
Z. Barnett, Arkansas. Dr. II. B. Battle,
State chemist OF North Carolina. will mako
| q special and instructive exhibit OF chem-
calls. and will have chemical tests made
during the time of this school exhibit.
ARMY or cUILL-DEIyH3s.
-Four hundred and fifty northern news
paper-men will visit the Exposition. These
will come in several parties, and special
arrangements will be made for them. They
are all selected.
was captured here this morning. With an
| axe he smashed in the door Of the house Of
a colored deaf-mute and then plundered
| the place. Heis a youth with q record.
4 year or more ago the police turned him
| over TO his mother to be chastised for
some offence. just after tho whipping he
crept up behind his mother while sho was
bending over q tub washing and dealt her
| O terrible blow on the head with O Ratchet.
wTATHKn AND cRops.
The weekly woather-crop report issued
today is an important ono. II says the
| favorable weather conditions have con-
tipued. The temperature aud amount of
sunshine have been considerably above the
normal Occasional showers have fallen,
but the rainfall has generally been def
Gent 4 hail-storm occurred in Davis
county, damaging tobacco and corn.
Auditor Sanderlin today left for Gnrys.
burg to address a large assemblage of
Alliance men.
Tho Board Of Trustees Of the State Nor
nal and Industrial School for white girls
did not choose a sito at Greensboro.
Several excellent sites were offered, and it
was reported yesterday that one had been
selected.
The crop report Of the Department of
Agriculture to be made Monday will show
the condition of cotton to be nearly rs per
cent,
DESPERATE ASSAULT.
News was received here to-day Of dos
perate assault upon Sheriff Williams. of Per-
son county, by two negro prisoners in jail
nj Roxboro'. They sprang upon him az he
opened tho cells and tried to kill him.
After q desperate conflict he conquered
both. but is badly though not seriously in
jured.
VETERANS REUNION
Preliminary arrangements were made to-
day for the greatest reunion of ex-Confcd-
crate veterans ever held in North Carolina.
Ii is to be held here October 18th.
To-day the grading OF the Nurfreesboro
railway was finished, Hext Monday track
laying begins.
A lIURDERfR ARRESTED.
Sheriff Pittman. of Robson county, to-
day took to Lumberton ID. A. McDougal,
who Is charged with numbering his uncle,
the yenera tle Simeon Consily, III Robeson
county last May. McDougal told the
Sheriff he was tho man he wanted, and was
not surprised at the arrest. he will not talk
about the murder. lie is a handsome man.
OFF FoB AsHRyrLE.
Mr.. Thomas 3. Ivey. of this city, who
holds the position of deputy national
councillor for the Junior Order Unitci
American Mechanics in North Carolina,
will leave tomorrow afternoon for Ashe-
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