Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-16
MOREHEAD CHOSEN.
THE THIRD AND FOURTH REGIMENTS
WILL ENcAMP THERE.
I,ouor Dealers, DissiiIers. and Others to
Meet-Ray Moonshiners Arrestsd-The
Farmers In Good Spirits.

RALEIGH. n. c., May l5.-(Spccial.)-
Governor Carr chooses Morehead city as
the Mace of encampment Of the Third
and Fourth regiments Of the state GUARD
this year. The exact date IL not yet de-
signated. but will be very early In July.
The railways make a rate OF a cent
mile each way.
CALL ISSUED.
Sol Bear. president, and r. " Denton.
secretary, issued call for the annual
meeting OF the North Carolina Liquor
Dealers. Distillers', and Grape-Growers
Association at Wilmington, June 2Vth' All
interested are invited TO attend whe'hcr
members of the association now or not
Among the questions To be discussed are
the proposed increase of the tax on
whiskey. the 3-gallon matter. and the eN-
cessive tax on pool and billiard-tables.
Governor Carr to-day refused 10 com
mute the death sentence OF Or1nge Page.
the negro murderer, and the latter VIII
be executed in this city on the iirst Fri
day in June
Nick Ray and -. n. Ray. members OF a
notorious family of moonshiners, were
arrested yesterday In the New Light
township. and were to-day placed I'm jail.
Four other Rays were also before the
United States Commission.
RELEASED ON BA1L.
Rev. Hezekiah Cook the negro post
master at Oberlin. has given bail ana beer
released from jail here
Fifteen thousand visitors are eXpecte'
| TO be here May I'D at the laying OF th'
| cornerstone. although the railway rate
| are twice as high as it was hoped they
would be.
| Mr.. H. *. T.. Osborne. one OF Charlotte
| foremost citizens and the organizer o.
| its electric railway. is dead.
| Mad-dogs are being killed in all part
| of the State, ana are said to be more ma
| merous this year than ever before. l"'
| have been killed in this c!V.
POST-OFFICE FUNDS.
| The annual report OF the Raleigh post
| office up to May lst shows receipts o
| s26iiS.3l. The quarterly deposits b'
| fourth-class postmasters aggregate 50.
| 50ig1. The money business asste
| gates 10000.
| From persons who have been amon
| the farmers much during the past th'rr
| days it Is learned that the latter are j
| better spirits. There g. remarkably hti
/ talk oil IOlllliT. ilf iA'N VI
| among the Populists is said to De aul'
marked. They appear 10 have lost con
| ndeuce. and not to believe as they on
in 1852 that they can carry the stat
unless they sacrifice their principles .
fusing with the Republican party.
A FAMOUS FLAG.
The nag carried by the sixth Reg
nent during the war is here an
will be presented to the Antigua
rlan Society by Colonel :. Med. Iht'
The flag is richly embroiierrl
dark-blue silk. ON one side Is the l
scription. MAY ~. l71J. May 20, lN'
North Carolina Deeds. not Words al"
| a single white star. On the other sl"e
the coat of arms Of the state ana thr IT
scription. sixth Regiment Infantry, S'a'
Troops" This flag was planted his y,
than any other at Gettyshurs' AT y,
crest. amid the guns OF RicHeti o"'
terry. Colonel Tate placed II ineie WI
his own hands lie had before th' ch.i' ;
dlsmounted. and marching In froht toO
the colors. Around these torIy,-t"' nle
we're shot down. yet Colonel TATE WI
| not touched. At O'Clock that night
| brought away the flag. wrapped ato"''
| his body.