Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-28
GOVERNOR EYC0CK's PLANS.
VIII Open the Raleigh Fair To-9ior-
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RALEIGH. n c.. October 21.-(Specia'D
Governor Aycock spent yesterday here.
He is very well though naturally fatiSued
by his long tour Of campaigning. and by
much speaking. He greatly enjoyed his
trip 10 the West, and the weather was
particularly favorable. AS for the scenery.
ii was simply grand beyond any descrIp-
ton. The Governor left this morning TO
speak at Durham and oxford. and will
be here tomorrow to open the seml-cen-
tennial State fair
Though drizze of rain set in early this
morning and continued. the work of in
stallation OF exhibits at the State fair
grounds Was not Interrupted The ram
was in a way weicomcd as it laid the
dust Of a very dry October.
Judge Pulrell left to-day for New Bern.
to mold a term of the United States Dis
trict Court.
A POSTMASTER IN TROUBLE.
Another postmaster in Northeastern
North Carolina is in trouble 1t is said
that he opened a letter addressed TO an
other business man, Who like himself,
dealt in cotton, in order to see if his rival
Was getting better prices. His curiosity
IS likely 10 cost him very dear, indeed.
jim Mitchell, the negro train porter,
WHO SO pluclliIy saved the life of his con-
ductor. Mr. Clements, whom the Coles
were trying to kill near Henderson, and
who was himself dangerously shot, was
QUO today. He had been in the hospital
for weeks The Coles are to be hanged
for the Inurde, Of Roadmaster Stevers.
On what vas thought TO be his deatilbed,
Mitchell identified them
The State authorizes the York furnl-
turc Company. of Concord, to issue $4,000
of preferred stock.
1t is very noticeable that the Repubil
cans are having extremely little TO say
about politics now. They are not in the
least sanguinc as to anything at all going
their way. The outlook for them could
not very well he eloon1ier.
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
The State Board of Examiners OF Public
Institutions arrived here this morning and
went TO Franlslintor to inspect the negro
normal school. Then it goes to taNette-
VILE to inspect another school Of the same
kind 1t will, after disposing of these
matters. inspect the penitenuarN. the
state farm o.: the Roanoke river, and the
convict camp at Dover. where gans
of convicts is cutting timber for the Goics-
hoco Lumber Company. 1t will not inspect
the Agricultural Department, as this is
one OF the State departments. and is not
an institution.
This board inspected the convict camps
near Bakersvillc, where $50 convicts are
grading !. line supposedly between Marion
end tie Tennessee line. The convicts be-
gan near Bakersville and worked TO the
Tennessee line and have done twenty-five
miles Of road. Trains are in operation
from the Tennessee line TO Toecare, about
-four, mile, from Balsersville. where Cave
Creek cmpties into Tar river. Now the
convicts are grading this way. Their
condition was found TO be good. The
board also Inspected the convict camp on
the Wilkesboro-J Jefferson turnpike, where
there are fft5-tivo convicts at work. About
fiye miles Of the turnpike has been grad
cd.
Revenue Collector Duncan left to-day
FOR Cartcrct county. to>be absent several
days.
Auditor Dixon and State Treasurer Lacy
have returned from campaigning. Mr..
Lacy says he greatly enjoyed his visit to
Tarboro where ne was given particular
~ handsome reception,
The State grants . charter to- the All
dubon Society, With j, Y. Ioyner and T..
Gilbert Pearson as the incorporators. The
soc;etN's object is 60 protect birds which
are of value 10 tie farmer and TO the
pul ilc.