Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-08
ACROSS THE BORDER.
TIE NEWS FROM TIE NORTH
STATE CAPITAL.
The Governor and the North Caro-
linn RniIwny-CattIe Dying from
Thirss-Msne InSpcction-POIitic
Points-PersonnI and General Notes

POiBts-rCrsOnai ana 6enernl Notes
RALEIGH. y. c.. October 7-(Special)
Francis d. winston, Of BERTHE, says the
swamps I'm that section Of the State are
so dry that cattle are actually dying Of
thirst. In swamps I'm which people have
never before been able to enter they
now go and cut wood and haul IT out.
Judge Smonton files a decree in the
Injunction suit brought against Governor
Russell. Attorney-General Walser, the
state Board Of Internal Improvements,
President Hancock. and Governor Rus
sells directors Of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railway Tucker IS a very large
private stockholder. Judge Simonton dis
misses the complaint as to al save the
president and State directors. 'He per
mits the Governor to appoint a State
proxy. but forbids the president and
board from attempting to enforce that
part Of the new act regarding the charter
which requires the actual presence
Of the State proxy TO constitute a quo
rum. Judge Simonton says this
amendment amounts to nothing. unless
at a regularly called meeting Of all the
stockholders, held after due notice, a ma
jority Of all adopts it as an amendment
to the charter. All, save the president
and directors, recover costs Of Tucker,
but ne gets all his costs from them and
the road The State is a two-third owner
Of this road.
Auditor Aver notifies registers Of deeds
that last year only one or two counties
reported any tax on commission mer-
chants or dealers in cigars and tobacco,
and says such are liable 10 special tax
and are not included I'm the general
merchandise" tax He says there is great
oversight in the matter of returns of
purchases Of liquor. lie notifies sheriffs
that poddlers are selling in most counties
without paying tax.
NINE INSPECTION.
state Labor Commissioner Hamrick has
returned from a mine-inspectiOn tour in
Cabarrus. Davidson. Montgomery. and
Stanly counties He says that gold
mines are being very generally operated;
that the Klondike boom has greatly
stimulated mining in North Carolina;
that there is much prospecting; that old
mines are being Teopened, some for the
first time in twenty years or more. He
next visits two gOld-mines i'm Granville,
employed.
The Commissioner stopped at High
Point TO inspect the furniture factories,
Of which there are no less than fourteen
That place is the centre of the furniture
trade North Carolina oak and other
woods are entirely used.
IL is rumored here that those members
Of the Republican State Committee who
favor Governor Russell have met here
fatV
OF their plans is to make Robert Han
cock. of New Berne. chairman Of the
committee IL is said further that the
following members Of the committee are
with the Governor. or on bis side: Mar
shall Mott. Tyre Glenn, James II. Young,
Abe Middleton. John Blount, Robert
Lewis Robert Hancock, Norwood Long,
and T. $. Walton. and that at the con-
ference held here. Young, Middleton,
Lewis. Biount, and Hancock We're pres
eut. Senator Pritchard was promptly
notified OF this movement. He is Of
course. bitterly anti-Russen
There was a conference between Pritch-
ard and number of Republicans
at Marshall this week. II. j. Grant and
Carl Duncan. who is TO be the next
Revenue Collector Of this district were
among those on hand. The course of
Governor Russell was discussed. 1t was
decided to ignore him. TO regard him as
really outside Of the party, and 20 pay
TO attention TO his course i'm attempting
10 annul the North Carolina railway
lease.
SALE OF FERTILIZERS.
Chief-Clerk Denmark Of the State Urea
sury. to-day prepared statement which
shows the remarkable increase. in the
sales OF commercial fertilizers in this
State I'm the past few years, The state
a. 4 el., f,sut
are the tons sold. and on which the State
received the tonnage tax Of p cents,
which goes TO the Agricultural Depart
rnent. the next figures being the total
OF tax for the year: 1882. l0i17S. S25O4i;
1893. 1896 1886: 1894 49, 43, S32 SO: 1886,
II. 2Os. SOS 552; 1896 1S7 429, 1861; 1897 (ten
months). 2l3055, NO.7N The total the
first three years was SS0,SS6 tons. for the
last three is 5ll68 an increase of lSO,S0
more than % per cent.
Near Apex, this county revenue officers
made raid last night and captured a
2e-eallon Illicit distillery, from which the
owners had just departed.
Thomas A. Mcneil. OF 'Lumberton. saw
the Governor to-day and applied for the
pardon OF Purdie Jacobs, the murderer
OF Mrs. carp.
this year. he has licensed thirty-siX life
and fire insurance companies 20 do bust
ness. that eleven have failed 10 renew
licenses and one has collapsed.
commission was issued to-day te
w. r. old as lieutenant. junior grade OF
the Elizabeth City Division Of the nava
reserves
The State granted charter to the
Sanford Clothing Company 10 make
trousers. shirts. and overalls.
A large number Of railway employees
here have made a new departure by es'
tablishing a cooperative grocery-store
As yet Senator Yance's grave in the
Asheyille cemetery Is unmarked. once
his remains were secretly removed from
the grave but there were legal proceed
irss TO recover them, aad they were re-