Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-03
RaLEIGH's BUDGET.
Telephone Rates-Good Crops--ohiy
Needed Leader.

RALEIGH. n. c.. August 2-(Specia)
II IS stated that the new directors OF
the North Carolina railway have ordered
quite handsome fees paid TO their at
tornevs-S5C5 each to A. c. Avery. w. Il.
Day. and c. a. Cook. and $500 to Philip
w. Avirett
The Railway Commission to-day heard
officials of the Southern railway and OF
the Pullman Car Company against the
recent order increasing the assessment
OF property for taxation
Governor Russell is expected to return
from Wilmington Wednesday.
THE Railway Commission Will again
take nm I'm september the question as
TO telephone rates. Meantime, II requires
that the rate named by 1t shall stand
until that tirne-S2l for residences and 81
for business telephones. The hearing In
September will be the continuation OF
that last Saturday
Yesterday colored man, while walking
on the track Of the Carolina Central
railway. discovered a broken rail- near
Taurinburg. The train was tagged and
an accident averted.
FINE CROPS.
General william r. Cox was here to-
dav. He has "A fine farm east OF here.
He said: "The crops are the best since
1850 That Is what the people say and
1880 was a notable crop year. we are
going TO have prosperity despite NC
Kinley. II simply can't be kept back
There were only fourteen deaths In this
city during July. This is the best record
ever made.
There was no electric street lights
Saturday night or Sunday night, and TINS
caused some talk in connection with the
fact that there were some threats Of
lvnching George Brodie, who is in jail
here for assaulting Miss Catlett, Of Kit
trell. There was a tOerably strong
movement for lynching Saturday night.
1t seems that only leader was needed
to have caused an attack to be made on
the Jail The people here who wanted
to lynch Brolie expected a leader TO come
from Henderson or Kittren, but no one
came
THE SHERIFF'S STATEMENT.
Your correspondent talked with Sheriff
Jones this morning He said: II was AT
Norfolk. and was telegraphed for Satur-
day TO come here. / arrived early sun
day morning l was told that about
forty persons. mainly young men, had
gathered in Capitol Square, and were
talking Of lynching. / saw some on
the streets They had TO leader The
local military was called out at o'clock
and guarded the jail until daylight. to
prevent any attack. The sentiment
among the better class of. people is
against any such attempt. I have extra
deputies. The local military were again
at their armory last night. The element
which favors lynching is mainly of boys
one of the young men who favored
lynching said he wanted 1t because of a
warning; that he thought it reflection
on the people of Raleigh to allow the
negro 10 go unhung a single day. much
less until August 10TH the date fixed for
his trial. He added that there were
plenty of men ready; that only leader
was lacking; that there were mechanics
who had appliances for getting through
the grating into the Jail.
The fact is that such prisoners as Brodie
ought TO be put i'm the penitentiary.
This would be an excellent provision of
law. Another wise one would be that
all executions should take place in the
penitentiary.
North Carolina is well represented at
the meeting Of the Southern Dental AS
ISOLATION at Old Point this week.