The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-02
HELLO CASE RESUMED
Senator Daniel Argues for tho Bell
Telephone Company.
COTTON GROWERS DOWN IN THE MOUTH
Ncw Use for Flexible Sandstone
Governor RUssolt Challenged TO
Get out nn IpJunctlon-Four Men
nnd u Woman Arrested for Moons
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Statistics.

Raleigh. N. c., Oot.s 1.-(SpcciaL)-
The hearing in 1.-THE telephone case was
resumed to-day before THE Railway
Commission. The first witness was
General MGaney, OF the Bell Telephone
company. The engineer of the COM
p;uny was also examined. The Bell COM
pany has quite an array Of counsel, in
CLUBBING Senator Daniel. He spoke this
afternoon. Yesterdays interesting fea-
tu1'c was The statement Ithait the Inter
State Telephone company would be glad
TO buy out the Bells patients i'm the
State at four Itsnes their assessed value
and then rent telephones spt the rates
fixed by the commission, S2i and $751;
The cotton receipts here this season
are only 1888, against S,l2i for the same
period last season. This Is Il great
failing Off. The contrast in prices is
also great Last season at this datc
TBc-, NOW SIC. The cotton growers
were certainly never more Respondent
One WHO now has 100 acres. declares
he Will not, unless there Is n sharp rise
In price. PLANT over 10 acres next year
He says every cotton grower has LOST
money this year
The discovery is made in the Pied
mont section of this State THAT flexible
sandstone, so plentiful there, is ,the best
nsaIterfal In 1.-THE world for polishing mar.
bic
The number OF pupils at the State
University to-tay rose to 462
Eneton growers are saying THAT tho
Tow prices of 1.-THE staple will have a
powerful effect In developing THE SEN
Efinent On favor OF free silver. They
put the blame of low prices upon THE
gold standard.
The tobacco year opened to-day. lit Is
merely df name. for sales Of leaf now
begin In August
Senator John w. Daniel says Govern
Or O'F,errall has gotten into n twist +"
He does not believe the Populists will
endorse the Republican nominee FOR
Governor IN Virginia. In fact, he does
not belieYe that a Republican Governor
could he elected in THE Old Dominion.
The amount which the State is TO rc-
ceive in cash this year from THE Pea
body fund is $1,000 and not $1,000, rs
nnany papers are stating
Last evening Romeo and Juliet"
was prayed here After the curtain fell
on the balcony scene suhe pianist play
ed MIR Johnsing. Turn Me loose"
TWO either selections were .SThere'n BE
Hot TUNE IN old'town Tonight" and
"Af Coons Look Alike ITO Me-"
Briscoe B. Bouldin succeeds Colonel
chapman as revenue agent ait Green's
boro. Chapman has been there two
years and has served with marked
ability.
Senator Buffers friends are waiting
Ito see what sort Or an aru,nck Ohio VIII
SENS "Hayseeder" will make on him.
Two years ago this paper and Buffers
paper were printed in the same Office
and used matter interchangeable, but
INNINGS have nightly changed since
then.
The. Republican organ qu5te plainly
tells Governor Russell that he darcs
not apply for TN Injunction ito prevent
rhe Southern railway from completing
MS line from Winston TO Mooresviille. 1t
declares THAT the road will he built
and THAT the people will approve of Its
building.
Alt Franklin yesterday four men and n
woman were bound over by n United
STABLES commissioner for npoonshininp
dSr interfering with a deputy marshal
and deputy collector in the Discharge
OF tireir dnty, and also with highway
robbery I'M holding up q negro car
rage driver and taking from the car
rage "a deputy collectors Valise filled
with United Staltes papers.
DR.. Clarke has been arrested and
taleerl ITO Pamlico county on 1.-THE charge
of attempting to kill his wife He had
fled ahe county, owing to 1.-THE anger of
1.-The people.
The September bulletin of the Agri-
cultural Department was not issued I'M
thl last evening. AS usual 1T contains
fhe annual list of all THE manufactur.n-
enterprises in 1.-THE State. There are .fG7
OF Nhese in the miscellaneous list these
covering a wide range, but not includ-
ing COTTON and wooden mills, which are
Sn separate list
or COTTON and WOODEN mills there gro