Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-07
N NORTH CAROLINA.
THE GOVERNOR OFFERS A RE-
WARD FOR A MURDERER.
PROTECTION FOR NEGROES WANTED
Not Allowed to Stay in Certain
section-A Singular statement-Thc
Penitentinry Bouds-Personal and
General Notes.
General Notes.

RALEIGH. ". c., November 6.-(spe-
cial)-The Supreme Court will devote this
week to the hearing OF appeals from the
Seventh District.
Governor Russell offers 800 reward for
the arrest Of George oaks, who. in Mitch
ell county, on october 18th. waylald and
assassinated Ambrose Carraway.
IL is understood that the Governor Is
to be asked to furnish protection to negro
railway iaborers in Mitchell county. The
company which Is building the Ohio River
and Charleston railway has reached
Mitchell county, and is now in what is
known as the Rock creek section Of it.
In that section no negroe has ever been
permitted 10 live. The people there, Il
appears, have driven off the negro rail-
else have turned them back. Mitchell is
a Republican county and the Rock creek
section IL the centre OF the antl-negro
feeling. a Republican who was here at
State headquarters three years ago said
that once eX Congressman Richmond
Pearson sent a negro band 10 Mitchell
and that the Rock section natives nearly
killed the entire outfit, and chased the
negroes into Tennessee.
A representative of The American Bank
Note Company came here to see State
Treasurer Worth regarding the printing
OF the penitentiary bonds, and made the
strange statement that the member OF
that company who had been IN corre-
spondence with the Treasurer was OF UNI
sound mind. 1t Is now promised that the
bonds shall be speedily furnished, and
that the company will pay the interest on
the debt for the farms 20 that the Urea
surer viii not have 10 bring suit.
Senator Pritchard made one speech In
MARYLAND last week, but cancelled his
dates i'm Ohio because of the sickness OF
some members of his family.
Mrs. \. j. Bufolo, of this city, secured
divorce from her husband, DR.. Buifolo.
1t IS not an absolute divorce. The evil
denca was unprntable in great degree
and tho hope is expressed here that there
will be u change Of law, by which such
cases will be heard privately.
Three convlcts from Wilmington, con-
victsd IN the Federal Court, will be
placed in the penitentiary here to-mor-
row. One. a negro, who gets ten years
FOR two post-ofiice robberes, had been
out Of the penitentiary but few weeks.
II appears that he makes a speciality OF
robbing small post-oftces.
The Corporation Commission VIII ap-
peal from the decision of Judge Simonton
i'm the railway tax assessment case to ina
United States Circuit Court OF Appeals,
and 10 the Supreme Court Of the United
States II necessary. Such was the state
ment made to-day by f. NJ. simmons, OF
counsel for the commission.
The understanding is that Judge 81
monton's decision means that ne knows
the case will 90 to the higher courts ana
that he says in effect, though not IN
words. that II the higher courts ma MN
in error and the case goes pach 10 NM
no will hear it upon It's merits.
The farmers say there IS very little top
crop of cotton in this ssctlon-not enough
10 be worth mentioning Two weeks ago
there was promise Of some top crop but
the frosts nipped 1t.