The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-04-26
THE TRAVELLER


rHE PEOPLE HE HEETxA AND THE
GOSSIP HE HEARS.
3a00ss, Facts. 11anctes, 2prcutaatous
anA Hoal TalA Aho0s s1t soras os
ssAtress Picked ~ all Over thc state.
The new Ashevillc club room u the
and mnsf laxarious rvs,rt OF
sussh kind within our horier~, by grrAt
Odds
There Is absolutely no public go~sip Ia
North Carolina about Presidential candi
dates We Swim to have no particular
choice in the matter
May day. May dAy-apple hau~~oms,
childrcns' frolics-the glad day of aii the
year; and the day Of - thc monxrcl
convention Nature hcrsclf win be Of
Tended by these fellowx-
The accommodations for Summer visi.
tors to North Carolina this year will be
nearly or quite 50 per cent. greater than
ever before; and II is likely, too, that the
arrangements for the comfort Of inyalkls
and the fastidious viii bc very much bet-
ter on the average than usual
The religious rcvivaia In both white and
very numerous and effective nov. Tho
old custom used To b. to hold most snch
meetings in the Fall; but that Was hccmuxe
country people then have most lcisurc.
The most OF the rcvivals of this scaspn
are in the towns
There are not n few men who wish most
heartily that the prohibition oucation
would come up again. ] met very con.
servative prohibitionist this week who
maintains that there will be another cam
paign along this line at an early day, and
that the anti-dram men will conquer lie
regards their recent defeat aa amply IA
Incentive To "A renewed effort.
There is n curious fact noticeable in tho
tone OF some persons and counties that
oppose county appropriations for the State
Exposition. They seem 10 be vexcd be-
c4nse other people and other counties
favor making appropriations. Bless us,
etery man and every county can have their
own will and way; but what's the use of
getting vexed because everybody don't
a&reef
One OF the oldest houses in North Car
DINA and most attractive by reason Of its
oddity, is the old Belo residence in Salem
The rich old bachelor lived there with ~
much room for his wishes and whimK m n
prince eyer had. And there il stands now
quaint and peculiar, untenantcd. / hear
that it il to bc converted into hotel, TO
divide the summer patronage with the re-
markable patriarch who keeps the renown
cd old Salem inn n little further down the
street.
o4I. 4
Fellows of North Carolina assemblies Mt
Winston, and it will elect one OF the Kcp-
resentatives from this State u the Sovcr-
eign Grand Lodge of the world There
is much talk among members of the order,
l am told, favorable to the election of
Grand Secretary JAS. ]. Litchford, of Raj
eigh, who, il is said. has been Secretary
of the Grand Lodge for a very long term
of service, and is among the most indus
trious and enthusiastic members Of tho
order.
was talking with political man about
the severe personal war of words that Mr..
Henry Watterson is now engaged In with
the protectionist Democrats They are
saying such naughty things about him |!
rAbuse," said he, ''is the pay that a man
| always gets for making q vigorous virtu-
| ed the conversation. ...Tho pretty psrt of
the thing" said he, sis that Watterson's 3
enemies in their bad talk tell q great deal
| Of truth about him, and that Wattcrson in
his bad talk tells q good deal Of truth
about them. So you see how tho game
works"
The tobacco manufacturers Of North
Carolina land there are more in NORTH,
Carolina than IN any other State) are q
modest and by no means noisy kind oi
business men. They are never found lob
bying or complaining or raising q row
But they do suffer no little anxiety by rea-
son Of the frequent agitation of tha to
bacco tax. For business reasons, the mos,
of them, think, prefer that tho tai
should remain, but for political reasons
the most of them perhaps are willing and
some are anxious for IL to 20. At any
rate, it is very certain that they don't Nd
q continued agitation of the subject, whici
always, to greater or lcss degree, mus
disturb their calculations.
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4r. Platt ID. Walker for Atterne v.l:eu.
/ eRa1. 80 ss
To THE CHRONICLE There seems to be
growing sentiment among the Democrat
over the State that all OF the men nov
holding the State Offices ought to be turn
ed out and entirely new ret put in. Il
that opinion the writer Of this takes payt
In view OF the expected change, / bel