The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-05-08
FROM OUR RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT.
RALEleH, N. G., May 5, 1891.

TO the Supreme Court has been heard.
No new points are made, and it is quite
| safe to express the opinion that new
trial will not be granted. The term of
this Court has nearly ended. Arguments
| in State cases were concluded yesterday.
| This week the last will be heard. For q
fortnight or more thereafter opinions will
| be filed. An interesting case was argued
Yesterday. 1t was only one of the many
phases of matter which has stirred the
town of Henderson for many weeks, and
| all growing out of the arrest of Col. w.
II. S. Burgwyn, leading citizen of that
place, by two men, one named Jenkins,
who formerly resided there, and the other
named Hail, who is said to be Georgia
detective. These men arrested Col. Bur-
gwyn in Georgia Then he had them
nabbed, and as they could not give s., 500
bail, into Vance county Jail they went.
They then tried to take the ''poor debtors
OATH" but the clerk refused to have them
released in this way. Superior Court
Judge Whitaker sustained the clerk and
then Jenkins and Hall carried the case
to the Supreme Court. It is really quite
| curious matter.
The colored people have issued WELL
timed address to their race in the South,
in connection with the negro exhibit at
the Inter State exposition. It sets forth
| the fact that the Southern white man is
the man who is really aiding the negro,
and it calls upon the blacks to show and
prove their right to be citizens. This is
the proper way to put the case, and the
call goes on to say that the negro, the
best laborer for the South, must show
what he is doing to advance the best in
terests of the country. The pride of race
must be aroused in the negro. That very
object is one of the specialties of such
able men as Rev. Joseph G. Price. The
negroes will have special building at
the exposition grounds, with $4,000 feet
of floor space.
Il The railways have all agreed to make
no charge whatever for the transporta-
tion Of exhibits to be made at this great
exposition, the size of which the people
are only just now beginning to realize.
The Alliance people will find it great
object lesson for them, and many of the
Alliances, all over the South, will make
special exhibits. All the work in the
department devoted to experiment sta
tlons and farms will be under the direc-
ton of the able State Chemist of North
|
AN EXPENSIVE SCHOOL, BooK-The Legis,
lature at it's recent session enacted law
that in all the public schools there should
be used, as part of the course, text
books on the nature of alcoholic beverages
and narcotics and their effect on the
human system. The law says not less
than twenty pages inIthe books shall be
devoted to this SUBJECT. Now there is
trouble. 1t appears that certain publ,
cation is the only one which meets these
requirements, There are four grades OF
these books, and the cost will be about So
to each pupil
There is great deal of talk just now
about these temperance text books ''
Some of the people are saying that the
lady who made such pretty speeches, &C.,
pulled the wool over the legislators eyes
and induced them to pass the act, and
that she has a copyright on the books in
question. The matter ought to be dis
posed of, for it is certainly causing un,
favorable comment, and that by some
influential people.
Just now there is naturally mnch talk
about the crops. Mr.. T. K. Bruner told
me to day of an experiment he tried. He
had observed that in August some good
farmers near here planted crimson clover
on their cotton laud, without breaking the
soil. Last October he sewed this clover
broadcast in a broomsedge field and a
couple of days later with a mower cut
down the broomsedge so as to give the
clover shade. He now has fine crop OF
the clover, from six to ten inches high
There is q good stand and the pasturage
is very fine.
President Charles E. Taylor says Wake
Forest will receive nearly $50 900 as its
additional enjoyment, of this half coming
from Mr.. G. P. Bostwick of New York
next month.
Will the enactment of the commission
law stop or check the building of rail
ways? That was the question asked q
railway official by your correspondent
The reply was to the effect that not
much railway building would be done
during the coming two years. Then the
question was asked whether the cessation
OF work would be by an understanding
for the purpose of setting the genera
public against the commission law. TC
this the reply was that the reason is tht
dislike of such laws by capitalists wht
, desire always to put their money wher'
they will have control of it. Your cor
respondent must beg leave to express hi
belief that there will be good deal o
railway building in North Carolina jus
as there has been for years, and thi
because there is much territory to b.
developed. Railways pay quite we'll an,
, the construction business in the New
England and Middle States is at stand
still.
Gov. Holt has offered $500 reward 70
Field Anderson, murderer who ESCAPED
from Allegheny Jail pending an appeal t,
the Supreme Court, and $50 reward 70
|; William Sutton, who committed murde
in Cherokee. The Governor has par
doned CASTOR Barnes of Alexander, VIII,
was convicted of manslaughter two year
age and sent to the penitentiary. Th
Governor has ordered special civil tern
of Stokes Superior Court. While in mos
of the counties the civil as we'll as the Grim
inal dockets have been kept up with, thi
does not appear to be the case in Stokes
which not long ago had special term
Judge Boykin's health appears to be poo
andihe was unable to hold Chatham Cour
this week, so Judge MoIver was al
pointed to hold it.
In the various departments of tn
State the past week has been yer,