The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-12
| NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
CABARRAs COUNTY TO BRING SUIT
FOR THE USE OF Conflicts.
Raleigh Founded on thousand Acres
More Than One Hundred Years Ago.
Tho Penitentiary Sells Cotton,

RALEIGH, n. G.. February 1l.-Spe-
GALA bill was passed by the Legisia-
ture giving the counties the right 10 use
convict labor for public road work, pro-
vided the county pay transportation ana
board and lodge them. Cabarras county
first applied for about forty. one OF the
commissioners came here TO make All ar
rangcments for caring for them ana
Superintendent Mewberno refused 10 let
him have the convicts. 1hat county VIII
now bring suit against superintendent
Mewberne for the use OF the conVlcts.
-Four Iong-torm prisoners from the
county work house escaped from the bar
racks where they were kept on Wednes-
day night. So far only one OF them mas
been caught
A ClTY'S BIRTH.
Raleigh. I'm its infancy, covered lVo
acres. and the State. when IT settled upon
this place for the Capitol, paid 2'''fb.
Now the smallest store on FayetteViHe
street could not be purchased Tor that
amount In 1891 the commissioners VINO
were appointed to select site Tor the
CAPITOL settled upon this place. me
state reserved five squares. The Capitol
stands in the centre Of one. the Gov
ernor's mansion occupies another, the
blind asvlum for the whites "A third theh
Moore and Nash Squares stand pretty
little parks-one southeast and the other
southwest from the Capitol. me prlhcl-
nal streets are named for the eight Ju-
dicial districts. as follows: Edenton' Ne"
Berne. Wilmington. HillsDoro' haiilaA'
Salisbury Fayetteville ana Morsa"'
Other streets were later named LOT VIE
commissioners. one commissioner pelns
from each distrct-Martin, Hafge,t' "a"
son Plount. Mcdowell, Harrington
al ~ .l0nRE.
streets are mostly sixty-six feet wlue'
but in a few instances streets leaoihs
from the Capitol are ninety-nine ieet.
II is said that Mrs. Abbott, OF Ne"
Rerne has signifed her intention OF pr.
ceedinr with the case against RUE
Hancock president OF the Atlah,ic anu
18th Carolina railroad. which she hdu
said she would withdraw
CHARTERS GRANTED.
The Secretary Of state has incorporated
,ha "Ether Lumber Company Of Mont
romery county. He also incorPoia 'eu
the new cotton mill at Kinston'
exceptions have been fied WIN tne
Railroad Commission by several Vi ~
railroads in regard TO the ne" corn -
Sunerintendent Mewborne OF the peni-
,ootiorv has sold !. 400 bales OF cotton TO
dealers I'm Germany. The price was
= y
dered this sale. so as TO pay of GER
tain debts of the penitentiary.
THE STATES INTEREST
Treasury North yesterday received a
check for S1O5 O07, for the IL per cent.
semi annual interest on the state IN
vestment in the North Carolina raiirodu
me Secretary Of state has caught up
with n man who Is writing overhead
insurance" policies. lie represents the
Home Mutual Fire Protection Insurance
association" OF South Carolina. lie
came here yesterday to get license AFTER
his arrest. ,.
The Governor and other state oihciais'
favor the giving the Blind Asylum lhe
600 special appropriation for last year
h,t which the treasurer declined TO pay.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
Cadets cannot attend the New Berne
Fair. There will be several miiltarE
companies and naval reserves there.