Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-06
Good Purses In Program Of the
State Fair Races.
RALEIGH CAPITAL AWAKE
IL VIII Rui,d Isn,rrord Eastward
Droosht IN tho Pied mont section
\ 81 Tho Alumni Roll OF tho stn,t
Untver.i.y-To speak For Gooboi-
U. $. Attorney BERNARD Falls
Abont Attempted Assn..ination.

Raleigh, N. c., Sept. .5.-IThe pro-
gramme of the State Fair races has
just been made out and shows sufIi-
Client number of these events with good
purses. The 2:30 class this year gets
$500 purse, because 1t was deemed
best to thus encourage home-bred
horses and new entries. 1t will be noted
that each day has running race. The
programme, with the purses. follows:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER nth.
1-2:29 Arrotting, 5000.
drumming race. tive-egthths mile
heats. best two In three, 500.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.
$500 Class-Trotting, $3.50.
4-2:35 Class-Trotting and pacing,
Stunning race, one mile heats. best
two In three, s150.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10TH.
6-2:20 Class-Trotting and pacing
drumming race, one mile heats, best
two In three, $780,
8-2:30 Class-Trottlng. $500.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10Th.
a-2:25 Class-Trotting, 5000.
10-Running race. flve-eighths mile
heats, best two In three $780,
The books Will be omen for entries
on September 18th, and entries close
October 14th. No record made after
L
al Trotting Association rules govern
trottinS and pacing and American
Jockey Club rules the running. as here
tofore. The races will start at l D. M
each day.
RALEIGH CAPITAL WAKING UP.
Raleigh capitalists will. as already
stated, build railway eastward. Half
n dozen places want to be the Eastern
terminus. 1t is not the plan or purpose
that the road shall connect with any
other road to the eastward as 1t is the
purpose TO make 1t a feeder TO Raleigh,
and 1t Is we'll known that it will be a
large developer of trade
So dry is the ground in the Piedmont
section that hardly any land has been
plowed for wheat sowing. The dry
belt extends all the way from the Shen-
andoah Valley, In Virginia. into Mid
land South Carolina. . IT is a fact that
in some counties not half an inch of
rain has fallen since May IL.
AN ALUMNI ROLL
The roll OF the alumni of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina shows that three
became Presidents of the United States.
two Vice Presidents, two Presidents OF
the United States Senate. three Cabinet
officers. one Speaker of the House. nine
foreign ministers, nineteen United
States Senators. forty Congressman
from other States; also nineteen Gov
errors, five Chief Justices. twelve SUI
Superior Court Judges i'm other states
Robert r. Glenn, Of Winston, will
make dozen speeches in Kentucky
in the interest of Goebel
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
United States District Attorney
Claude Bernard, who was shot at Sat
urday evening at Greenvllle by B. S.
Sheppard arrived here to-day He
says 1T was attempted assassination,
without warning or word spoken by
Sheppard and without provocation
that Sheppard and his family have not
lived In Greenville for several years,
and that he has had no business, social
or personal relations with them in five
years; that he has information that the
shooting was II conspiracy by few
Of his personal enemies who Induced
Sheppard to do dt. and that the best
element had nothin~ n do with it,
A TERRIBJ- MISTAKE
Mr.. G. A. Doggett, of Browns Sum
init, Guilford county, made a mistake
last night that resulted in the death of
his 3-year-od son. The child had been
sick and calomel had been prescribed
Unfortunately, Mr.. Doggett mistook
the morphine bottle for the calomel
bottle and administered a dose to the
little boy that killed him almost imme-
diately.