Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-27
STATE FAIR ENDED.
IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ExHl.
BITiON ON RECORD.
C~s--Fed With tho Same Iitcra-
ture--A Masked Organ.

RALEIGH. N. c.. october 2G.-(Special)
The State Fair ended to-day. 1t was
from start TO finish the most successful
on record. The Commissioner of Agri-
culture was to-day asked his opinion of
IT. and replied: 1T Is the best / ever
saw. 1t IL superior to the exposition Of
1854"
elected president and Mr.. Hal w. Aver
secretary of the State Agricultural So
ciety. both by reclamation. President
Carr promises that the next fair shall
be even better than this.
Last night a freight train on the RAJ
leigh and Augusta division Of the Sea-
board Airline broke apart, and then the
rear part ran into the front section. Five
loaded cars were completely wrecked. NO
one was hurt.
A SPECIALITY.
The Republicans and Populists are
using the same matter in their papers.
They have for a couple OF months made
a specially of attacks on the State gov
eminent. charging the Democratic State
administration with extravaganza. Entire
pages OF their newspapers are filled with
this sort OF stun. and this in the face OF
the known fact that North Carolina mas
the most economically administered
State government in the country. Ii ought
to be stated that 1T was the so-called
organ of the state Farmers Alliance
which first published these statements
That paper has been for two years or
more a Populist organ, though at times
it has tried to mask its real sentiments.
NEEDY COLONISTS.
To-day Professor W. +. Massey. Of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College, left
on a visit to Valdese, the colony OF
Waldenses, in Burke county. He is IN
formed that the land is poor and That
the colonists are needy, and goes there
to inquire into their condition and to give
advice. and, II possible, aid.
The Executive Committee on the ques-
ton of the erection Of a main building
at the Odd-Fellows Orphanase at Colds
boro' decided to leave open the proposals.
plans, and specifications until November
10Th. when It will meet at the orphanage.
Mr. John Il. Brothers. registrar or cleo
ton in Salem township. PafqrotanK
county. has died from wounds inflicted
by James S. Wilcox. who last Tuesday
shot him twice. Wilcox is a Republican
ex-Sheriff, and demanded that the regis
tratlon-bOoks be shown him for oXamina-
ton. Registrar Brothers refused, anu
was shot down. The murderer Is in jail.
The incident has "fred the Democratic
heart"
NEW PRESIDENT.
Mr.. William c. StrOnach, OF this CITY,
superintendent of the Confederate SOL
diers Home, is the new president Of the
North Carolina Confederate Veterans AS
ISOLATION his election being by acc!dlna-
ton. State-Treasurer s. Med. Tate IS vice.
president. and Captain Claude H. benson
Of Raleigh. secretary. The association mas
adopted resolutions thanking the eH-
president. Colonel +. ID. Hale, OF VIII
mington. for his efficient management Oh
its affairs.
The Legislature will be memorialized 10 !
make an appropriation sufficient 10 pay
for the collection of materials and the !
publication of history Of the North |
carolina troops in the civil war Asso-
ciate-Justice Waiter Clark Ia asked to |
induce survivors of all the regiments and |
battalions. etc, to write the history OF |
each of these.
Oscar J. Spears, Republican nominee |
for Congress in the Third District, Is |
out in a card, in which he declares posi- |
lively that he will not be pulled out |
Of the race" II is evident that great |
pressure is being brought 10 bear TO force /,
him TO withdraw in the interest OF Dr. |
Cyrus Thompson PopulisO.
In Robson county suits aggregating |
$50 600 are brought against the directors |
of the defunct Bank of New Hanover |
them with gross mismanage-
ment.