Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-24
THEALLIANCE ORDER
A CIRCULAR TO "KEEP TOGETHER"
IN REGARD TO THE NEW PARTY.
Progress In Moore County-Crop Reports
In Caroiina--A Death Warrant Issued
Railroad Meeting in Northampton.

fcorrespondsnce OF tho Richmond Dispatch.1
R.,y,oH N. g.. May pa circular has
been sent out IN the past two days rom
Alliance headquarters here announcing the
organization of the new party OF Yin
cinnati and calling ON all members of the
order In North Carolina TO keep together,
declaring that such unity Is now moro
important than ever. The circular does
not say which WY the members should
lean, whether to or from the new party.
The State Superintendent of Public In
struction said to-day that no more county
teacbers' institutes will be held until alter
.June 9Oth, the date of the closing OF the
State Teachers Assembly at MoreheadCity.
rURpENr1SE AND LUMBER.
Mr. 4 y Pare. the owner of the Aber-
deem and West-End railway, in Moore
county. is here and says that oil his road
there are in operation twenty-eight saw
mills and forty Observation-Disclosures
Contracts were made to-day for alteTa-
tion of the Tabernacle Baptist church
here which will make il one OF the hand
soonest in the city, with seating capacity
Of 400.
CROP REPoBTs.
The weather crop reports for the present
week show that all crops have improved
save corn and wheat. All the reports from
the eastern district are that corn is very
poor. Without exception the reports state
that the stand of cotton is exceptionally
bad. Though there have been some rains,
vet on the whole it is too dry. Cotton Is
by large number of correspondents re-
ported to be dying. The tobacco district
reports show that the transplanting OF to-
bacco has progressed rapidly. the weather
having been rather favorable for IT, In
the new tobacco section 1t ID about half-
planted.
DKATH-wARRANr ISSUED.
The Supreme Court having adjourned
its clerk to-day certified to Governor HOLT
the opinion in the case of Henry w. Brab-
ham. the negro who murdered Mecca the
Italian at Charlotte. The Governor issued
his warrant at once for the execution OF
Brabham, naming July I'd as the date.
That day is Thursday. go 1t Is clear the
Governor has no special fancy for Friday
as "hangman's day."
The chairman, J. N. Early, OF the trus-
tees of the Colored Agricultural and Me-
chanical College to-day notified the Gov
ernor that he had called them to meet here
June 23d to choose q site for the college
and for organization.
ORDINATION TO-DAY.
Bishop LYMAN left to-day for Henderson,
where he will tomorrow ordain Junlus
Moore Horner, of Oxford, priest.
Yesterday and TO-DAY fruitless searches
were made in all the country around
Southern Pines for Wheeler, the young
station-agent and telegraph operator there
who wandered away last Thursday. Not
trace of him can be found.
There was q storm of wind and rain
north of here tonight which has probably
done damage. The wind blew gale here.
Great quantities of hail fell here, cover
ing the ground. The stones were large
and smashed many windows and skylights.
Numbers of trees were blown down. The
storm was worst east and south of here.
and at 10 O'clock was raging in those direc-
tons.