The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-08
RALE,GIr NOTES.
Notes and Topics From Various Point,
throughout the State.

Raleigh. ~ c.. May 7.--Commence-
mcnt N the State Normal and Industrial
School at Greensboro occurs May 18th
and Goth. Rev. Dr. IL. y. Yates. of Dur
ham, breaches the sermon. and life
size portrait of Senator Vance will he
unveiled May 10Th. II. IL. Battle. OF
Raleigh.will deliver an address on his
personal recollcctions of Vance. whose
private sec, etary he was. The Vance
portrait is by w. G. Randall. OF North
Carolina. May 10th DR.. Charles w. Dab
ney. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
delivers an address on industrial edu-
cation. DIR. j. l.. NJ. Curry Will partiCi-
pate in the exercises.
Discoveries of Il petritied forest are
made in Moore county. nenr Pinehurst.
Some of the logs ate very large The
State Museum will have specimen
Mr. Van Lindley, who now has $50
acres III peaches near Southern Pines,
will sit out seventy acres more. 1t is
the rumor that the Southern railway Is
To get to Southern Pines by the route
now followed by the electric railway,
owned 10y NJ. J. w. Tufts, between
Pinehurst and Southern Pines.
George +. French, one of ID. l.. Rus
sells chief managers, assures me posi-
lively that the latter will get the Repub
lican Gubernatorial nomination on the
first ballot.
1t is said 10y John r.. Patrick that there
are over 1000 Northern settlers in Moore
county
No time is fixed for the meeting of the
next Northern Settlers Convention.
Gen. Lewis. the President. and the Exc
cutive Committee can fix the date. The
convention Just closed was certainly
remarkably fine body.
State Geologist II dimes is now print
ing special monographs on gold deposits
and mining. water powers, timber trees,
clay deposits. and clay industries. m!cre
mining. y monograph or corundum and
monaz!te are just from the press and
ready far distribution. The field work
of the geological survey this spring and
summer will be river mea suremen;s to
determine the water-power of the Roam
oke. Catawbu Yadk!n and French
Broad. and later all important rivers.
More perfect maps OF the Pisgah and
Ashev;llr regions will be made. Profess
scr Holmes In the monograph on trees.
shows that carelessness with fire has de
stgoycd more long leaf pine than the
lumbcrmen. lie also says that on an
acre one hog rooted up and killed 1000
young lone-leuf pines. y
The Russell men now say that the
vote as Il now stands on the Republican
Guhernltorla nomination Is as follows:
Russell. SO: Dockery. So; Boyd. l6:
Moody. IL; Lusi, g. uninstructed, l6; del
esates 10 be elected. Il; contested seats,
30.
II is no secret that William a. Guthrie
expects the Populs; n, mination for Gov
einor. ana to get 80, 900 to $4,000 silver
votes outside the party
The Supreme Court to-day adjourned
as mark of respect to the memory OF
eN-Just!cc John II. billiard. who died
yesterday afternoon at his home at
Greensboro. after long illness. At
iorney- General Osborne. this morning
notified the court of the death
Messrs. McCombs. Bowers and Harris
all caitlemen of Richmond, called on
Governor Car to-day to urge him 10 take
some steps regarding Secretary Morton's
order placing North Carolina in tha co,-
tle-infected district