Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-03
ACROSS THE BORDER.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED ~ NORTH
CARoLINNs CAPITAL.
The PENITENTIARY Farm PURCHASE,
New Railway Projcct-Cnrr Wants to
BE scnntOr-pecided in tnNor OF
the Convlct-BuiIdIng Very Active
Personal and Briefs.
Personal and Briefs.

RALEIGH. n. C.. october 2.-tspocial)
il Is decided 20 purchase the "Ans'n
farm. near Wadcsboro'. 21op acres, for
sI00 1T is quite probable that
white convicts Will De in the f's'
lure employed on it. and that negro
convlcts will be- utilized on tho Caledonia
Yarn 100 acres. near weldon. which was
BOUGHT for $500 last month. in the
penitenuary proper there VIII only DE
employed Federal ccnyicis, feeble state
conWcts. and women.
Day after tomorrow the Roman CATH
Ollie Orphanoee, two miles southwest OF
Raleigh. VIII De formally opened. il was
completed Saturday. There are now six
tan rooms, and IL will accommodate fifty
children. Two Sisters of Charity are in
charge. The orphanage has $50 acres of
lana. ana Is situated ou the highest
point in several miles of Raleigh.
over ten years ago there was survey
made by Colonel Igcmns Gardner for
the Wilmington and Weldon RAILWAY, of
a line from Raleigh 90 Spring Hope. This
was "a pct scheme of the late Cglonel r..
II. Bridgess. bat ON his death IL ended.
To-day preliminary survey began Of
what is 20 be known as the Raleigh and
Eastern railway. IL is not designed that
this road shall connect with any other
but that 10 shall Doe solely a feeder" OF
Raleigh IL Will develop the richest see
tiOn of Wake county. The first eight
miles from Raleigh viii cause the heavi-
est eXpenditure-tO get across the greas
Valley OF the Neuso river.
Julian S. Carr. of Durham, announces
that he viii be- a candidate for United
States senator 90 succeed Marion Butler.
whose term ends in March 1901.
A United States convict from Ala
bama claimed that his term of imprIson-
mcnt. would expire September 2gth. as q
result of good behavior on the commute
lion plan. His term would expire OctO-
Der 18Th. so The prison officials claim.
The prisoner was represented by MIR. W..
&. Douglas, who argued the case before
Judge purnen. which resulted boz The
prisoner release. The question was
whether or not the act Of tho Lcgisla-
ture Of 1889. giving convicts five days
communication for every ,m0uth Of good
behavior, was retroactive. This act in
creased the number of days allowed for
good behavior The prison officers think
the prisoner could only gain by tho COM
mutation allowed by the act OF 1899 after
The date OF It's passage. Judge Purneu
decided that the act was retroactive,
with the above result.
Never has building been so active here
before. Raleigh AT the present rate
WILL before We know 10, be q big city
1t is now impossible for any one 10 got
a contractor 10 take contracts for any
work.
Mr., James Sprunt of Wilmington. has
established "a foundation at the Uuiyer-
sity by which the Historical Department
can publish each year historical mono
graphs relating to North Carolina and
American history. These viii be edited
by Or. Keny Battle and called the
James Sprunt Monographs"
The silver jubilee of the Good Shep-
herd church, with the laying of The cor-
ner-stone OF the big cathedral, viii take
place October 29th 20 November lst.
when the Southern railroad purchased
the Atlantic and panullc recently 70
was stated that through passage 90 Pin
ners Point would be turned from the
North Carolina road 20 the Atlantic and
Danville. This is not true. The South
ern proposes 10 lay S-pound rail on the
North Carolina railroad this fan. Two
years ago 6j-pound rain was laid ON this
road. The entire road-bed is being bal
lasted with crushed rock TO a depth OF
eight inches. This rock comes from
near Hillsboro'.