Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-17
BACKWARD CROPS.
THE COTTON AND RICE IN THE
OLD NORTH STATE.
Meeting Of East Carolina Episcopal
cou.cii-surrendered Himseif-Ex-
eeutlve Observation-Disclosures
peci.lop In the Mearcs Case.

RALEIGH, N. c., May io.-'Spec'a''-
An inspection of the cotton-felds by care
full farmers shows that the damage
dome this week Is great. Cotton Is
diving. and looks sick" and weak. Never
before has there been failure to get cotton
all planted by May 10th. at furthest. save
in 1861. The ground is cold and wet ana
plants do not gerninate well.
At only two OF the great rice-planfations
In this State has any planting been
done. Weeks ago the ground was pre-
nared. but the rains have kept 1t so wet
nothing could be done.
Anderson Brown was sentenced at sa-
lIsburg yesterday to be hanged July
9th for the murder OF Cailie Roberts.
Whit. Ferron, who murdered Deputy
Sheriff III. C. Owens, in Rowan. was to-
dav sentenced to be hanged next month.
At Concord to-day, In the Presbyterian
church. there was fashionable marriage.
the parties being Mr.. b. Sydnor Jer.
man. cashier OF the Commercial ana
Farmers Bank. OF Raleigh, and Miss
Isabelle Davidson Montgomery.
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
The annual council Of the Episcopal
Diocese of East Carolina begins on the
2sth instant In st. Johns church ut
Fayetteville on the following Sunday
the fftieth anniversary OF the elevation
TO the priesthood OF Bishop A. A. Wat
son will be celebrated. He was ordained
a priest in this church at Fayetteville In
1916. Several bishops and many priests
will attend, and Rev. DIR. George Patter-
son. of Memphis, will preach the ami
versary sermon.
Rev. w. III. Cunningham, a well-known
Methodist preacher. living here. Is dan
gerously Ill. Recently he was stricken
with paralysis. and has ever Since been
In the hospital
There was frost yesterday In the VIII
mIngton section; the first ever seen there
in the month of May
The Kings Daughters OF North Carolina
have abandoned the Idea OF establishing
a home for old women. They have at
Washington a home for imbeciles. The
State convention of Kings Daughters
closed it's session at New Berne yesterday
and last evening was handsomely enter
tanned at the opera-house.
In private letter to your correspond
ent ex-Congressman w. III. ii. Cowles
SAYS he is yet quite feeble from grip,
and fears he will not be able to be here
anu SptdA meat <'aNHN@J - 49,
ceremonies.
The Sterling ton-Mi1s Company has
been organized at Franklinton, with SO,-
900 capital.
SURRENDERED.
william Ansley, who last Febru-
airy ran away from the revenue officers
in this county and escaped by swimming
across a half-froZen creek, came here to-
day and surrendered, and was tried be-
fore a United States commissioner.
The acts OF the last Legislature VIII
probably be issued by July LIST. Before
that date and. II possible, by June 18th,
they will be sent TO clerks OF courts. The
law requires them to BE- ready in ninety
days after the Legislature adjourns.
To-day workmen commenced to build
the speakers stand at the Capitol for use
at the ceremonies next Monday. The ad-
dresses. save the Grafton of Colonel Wad-
deli will all be short His Is OF about
5000 words 1t is to be one OF his finest
efforts and as he is one of the finest
speakers in all North Carolina, this
means much.
The State Medical Society. which has
had particularly pleasant session at
Goldsboro', adjourned this afternoon.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
Governor Carr appoints the following
delegates from North Carolina to the
Mexican Exposition. which begins next
April: Frank Coke. F. Brevard Mcdowell
George Belamy, Fred. A. Odds, and Will
liam J. Andrews.
State-Treasurer Worth returned to-day
from Kinston, and says his case against
the directors of the defunct Bank or
New Hanover was continued. as defend
ants said they were not ready. The de-
PENDANTS were taxed with costs.
The Supreme Court this evening filed It's
opinion in the very important case OF
Charles A. Cook against Oliver p. Meares,
involving title to the judgeship OF the
new Eastern Criminal Circuit Court.
The opinion Is in favor of MeareS
tDemocraD, who is Governor Cars APP
pointee. The court says that Cook was
elected by the Legislature, but that his
election took place three days before the
ratification of the act creating the office.
The court cites with approval a former
decision in the case of Rhodes against
Hampton, which was that person can
not be elected to an office which does not
exist at the time OF the election, and
SAYS II is better that the will OF the Le-
gislature should be defeated for time
than that the court should violate the
law. The court then affirms the decision
of the Superior Court, which was In favor
of Meares. Cook Is Republican, ana
was a State senator at the time OF the
election. The opinion OF the court Is by
Justice F'urches. Republican.