Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-06
our RALEIGH
NEWS BUDGET
Crop Conditions in the Old North
* State.
Disease :Among tho Cattle Ncnr the
City-Two warrant suits so DO In.
vcstigntcd-At Work on tho mu-
seum Annox-Invcstigati Incon>
y" diary Fires nt wiIson-Intcrestinr
= Penitcntiary Statistics,


= Penitontiary Statistics.
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Raleigh, N. c.. July 5.-Ralns began
falling early this morning, with a
northeast wind. and the hope here Is
that the rain is general and will end
what. in many, perhaps most cases.
was beginning to be a dangerous
drought. In the Middle West the
drought has already blasted some crops.
Corn has suffered more than any other
crop. The excellent cultivation OF
crops has done much to check drought
damage. Cotton is doing well ana has
suffered very little. Tobacco is prom
ising In the East, but not SO good else
where. Topping is in progress, and a
few early cuttings have been made in
Lenoir, Bladen and Duplin. In some
sections it is growing too long and mar
row. The small grain harvest Is ended
and threshing Is In progress. The yield
is short of an average. but the grain
is of good quality. Fruits are poor and
the grape Is the only thing which shows
q perfect crop. Just now is the most
critical period of the crop season Hence
the JOY OF the farmers at the rain to-
day.
COTTON MILL INCORPORATED.
The Scotland Cotton Mill, of Laurin-
burg was this morning Incorporated by
the Secretary of State. Its capital stock
Is $4,000 to 100000. The incorporators
are a. l.. James John +. McNair. w. d.
James, Berry Bry~nt, Il. a. Blue, John
Blue, Walter H. Neal, ana others This
Is the first corporation formed in Scot
land county since its establishment as
county.
Raleigh will send II large delegation
OF lawyers TO Morehead City this week
TO attend the State Bar Association.
MAY RE sPLENETIc FEVER.
A disease supposed to be splenctic
fever has broken out among IL herd OF
cattle four miles south of the civ
Three cows have died from the ef-
fects OF the disease and others ao-
pear to have the symptoms, which
were peculiar to those that have died
splenetlc fever among cattle brought
ABOUT the strict quarantine laws which
are In force In some parts of western
North Carolina, but this section of the
state Is supposed to be immune from
the disease because all the cattle here
are acclimated.
Commissioner Patterson, of the De-
partment OF Agriculture, was notified
yesterday of the appearance of the dis
ease in the county by Mr. John
6roughton. the owner of the cattle Mr..
Broughton had twelve mich cows in
addition to other cattle. He recently
bought some COWS from the Cape Fear
section. and 1t is believed the disease
was brought here by those cattle.
QUO WARRANTO SUITS.
Attorney General Walser gives r. S.
Mccall leave to bring suit against the
solicitors of the Western criminal cir
cult court in each county to Gust them.
and himself take charge OF all their
offices.
The attorney general decides that T..
G. Beddlngfield is de facto corporation
commissioner and can draw the salary.
and that the State Treasurer can nav
him. and also that there are six stat
llteS compelling Beddingfieid to refund
The money thus paid in case DR.. Alb
DOT wins his suit for Office.
THE MUSEUM ANNEX.
The excavation for the museum an
mex began to-day. BY order of the
chairman Of the Board of Aericulturo
some of the museums exhibits had
Deen removed in order to give part OF
the museum space to the corporation
commission, but the Board of Public
buildings and Grounds has stopped
TINS and ordered the exhibits replaced.
That board also directs that the pres
ent quarters of the commission be en-
Iarged and that room in the basement
be given. This settles q difficulty which
was becoming serious.
INCENDIARY FIRES.
The Commissioner of Insurance left
yesterday for Wilson TO continue the in
VeStigation regarding incendiarv fires
80 many of which have occurred there
The people are uneasy and much
stirred up by reason of these fires, 1t
Is asserted that the first fires were due
to the strained political situation last
autumn. The insurance commissioner.
under the new law. has the same pow
er as to the investigation of fires that
coroner has In regard to dead per-
sons. The local authorities. particular
ly the Mayor and chief OF the fire de-
partment. are required to investigate
any suspicious fires and make n report
TO the commissioner, and also to CO.
operate with him in his investigation.
ne commission was in the act of pre-
pairing a circular on this very subject
when he was called to Wilson.
PENITENTIARY STATISTICS.
Your correspondents spent most of
yesterday afternoon in the penitcntinry.
one place visited was the mattress fac
tory, an enormous room in the west
wing of the main building, in which tho
cell blocks have never been built. All
the materials for the mattresses save
the cloth comes from the penitentiarv
farms. The shucks are prepared before
they are shipped. The next department
seen was that of the criminal insane
where are some of the worst criminals
In the State. one having strangled three
people. There are thirty-seven in this
department. One of the delights of these
people is to be allowed to sl'c> down
the new fire escape. which is ot steel
and for all the world like an enormous
anger with lining around it, There
are 2'6 convicts now in the prison. The