Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-30
ACROSS THE BORDER.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS GATHER
ED AT THE CAPITAL.
4 Valuable Collection of Gems Ar
rives mt the state Museum-The
Case of Evnns-Reported the Killed
and Raised n Laugh.

| RALEIGH, n. c., November 29.-(spe-
cial)-There arrived at the State Museum
to-day ten boxes, containing the collec-
| ton Of North Carolina gems made py
the late j. A. ID. Stevenson, of states
| Vile, cousin of eX-Vice-President steven
| son. 1t is next to the largest collection Oh
North Carolina gems. Colonel H. u
Deming, of Pittsburg, Pa, owning the
largest. The Agricultural Department
secured the Stevenson collection for Si0e-
great bargain. 1t contains the first
specimen OF Hiddenite (or green diamond)
ever discovered. This rare gem is found
in Alexander county alone With TINS
collection of native gems is included
superb one of Indian relics. The work
Some specimens of the gems will be shown
in the trolling exposition" car.
w. s. Barnes, ex-secretary of the
Farmers Alliance, has gone to work here
to make Raleigh the greatest egg market
in the South. Few people realize the
magnitude of this States trade in eggs
and chickens. but it can be quadrupled
Pure strains of fowls, Barnes says, pro-
duce the largest eggs and the best selling
ones, pure white or brown.
Mayor w. n. Everitt, w. c. Leak, and
II. S. Ledbetter, of Rockingham, arrived
here to-day on business connected with
the notable case of John Evans. They
wish to ascertain the sentiment of lead
ing people in regard to the matter.
Mayor Everitt says that he has no DOUBT
of Evans's guilt of the crime of assault
ing Miss Cole. The Rockingham people
do not object TO the respite. They want
all the people to be sure that Evans is
the guilty man before he is punished |
Mayor Everitt says that throughout the |
entire affair the Rockingham people have
been eminently conservative and law
abiding.
The Secretary Of state grants charter
to the North Carolina Presbyterian Pub
fishing Company, of Charlotte; capital
not to exceed $1,000; term, thirty years;
r. Howerton, John w.
Stage, and A. j. McKelway.
John T. Patrick was here yesterday
and says Southern Pines and Pinehurst
will have the greatest season they have
ever known.
REPORTED THE KILLED.
In the returns by the various railways
there is a special department for reports
Of injuries to persons. One Of the west
ern roads, in filling this, says: -Four
pulls, one horse, and eight hogs were
killed" 1t has raised quite a laugh at
he Railway Commission office.
The Charlotte Bonded Warehouse Com
)any, lately chartered by the State, Will
Duild the largest warehouses in the State
They will be twenty in number, and each
will hold loo bales.
John Barnes, the white man, an eX-
hl L.. L., fuH bar frnff |
Nash county, for safe-keeping under
entence to serve seven years in the
for attempting to assault
Hiss Cora Marlborough, wants to be what
he Jail people term a star boarder,"
nd asks for a mattress, table, chairs,
&c. He gets none of these. but is i'm an ,
rdinary cell with a couple Of moon
hiners. n counterfeiter and a convicted +
Barnes told a deputy sheriff
hat he chose to come to this Jail, but
he fact seems TO be that he was sent 5
ere to keep him from a possible lynch 9
~. 1t seems that there was some sort
an attempt TO get at him in the jail 4
'om which he was brought here.
NOT YET AWARDED. :,
As yet the 500 which Julian S. Carr
fered the county which at the August s.
ection on the question of levying a
)ecial tax for public schools cast the +
rgest percentage of its qualified votes -
favor of the tax. has not been award
|. Piedmont county will in all pro- =,
ability get it, The State Superintendent II
instruction will officially report
The Supreme Court will tomorrow call
lie Tenth District appeals. Among them r
that of J. l.. Graham, at one time L
ERIK to the State Superintendent Of Pub I,
Instruction, who was convicted of
Ii 4.
ewton. I
The conviction OF the white man, Fields, IL
Tarboro', charged with hiring a negro "
poison a barkeeper named Kill. is not :
respected. There was a woman in this o.
Sc, it is now positively asserted.