The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-26
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
rxUm AND TN REPUBLIcAx v0TE.
Leading Republican Organ Strongly Ad.
vises the Republicans to Support the
Candidate OF the Third Party.

Raleigh, n. C., Oct 25.-special-Ine
Weekly Signal Republican), OF this city, In
,ts issue Of this week. openly advises the
Republlcans all oyer the State to vote for
Exum. the Third party nominee for Gcv-
ernor. II is now thoroughly understood that
the RepublIcans and Third partyites are
seeking to make any combination which VIII
defeat the Democratic ticket in the State.
An official letter is published to-day by
Attorney General Theo +. Davidson which
places John y. Eaves. State chairman OF the
Republican executive committee. In n very
damaging light. Eayes, In circular pub
ushnd n day or two ago, charged the Attorney
General with writing partisan letter to the
Democratic chairman. +. NJ simmons, with
regard TO registration. The letter was not
written to Mr.. Simmons, ana caves knew
this but notwithstanding this fact he will
fully made the false statement. Eaves' rep
rehensIble conduct in the matter Is fully
e.posed I'm the letter OF the Attorney Cen
eral
The Progressive Farmer, Third party or
gnn in its current issue makes dastardly
attack upon the State Guard OF North Caro-
lima. I'm which are some ridiculous and CON
temptIble statements. 1t says the State
Guard Is USELESS OlSdilHhAi'hs ~
largely composed Of Washers and cigarette
smokers.
The Church Of the Good Shepherd (Epis-
copaD. Of this city, has just been presented
with n handsome memorial, which was sent
from New York II is n solid silver COM
muniOn set. and Is n gift from Mrs. Roma
L. Miles, OF New Yor; city, who gives 1t ms
a memorial Of her mother, Mrs. Lyman. who
was for many years a member OF the
Church Of the Good Shepherd.
News is received that n formidable gang
Of burglars is operating in Durham. Several
houses have been entered and yesterday
many as three places were discovered where
the burglars were rendezvoused In the woods
and several of them were captured, all
heavily armed.
Miss Louise Wilson. daughter Of Major
J. w. Wilson, chairman Of the North Caro-
lima railroad commission, will be married
tomorrow nj her home ut MorgantOn, TO
Dr. j. L. Glbbon, OF Charlotte.
Mr.. w. f. Ashley, commissioner Of CON
structlon Of the North Carolina Worlds
Fair building at Chicago, has gone to that
city and begun the work Of making the ex-
cavatiOns for the structure.
1t is announced to-day that John Sanders,
of Johnston county, Republican nominee for
Congress in this, the Fourth, congress
slonal district, has retired from the contest
and will vote for Il. II. Bum, the Demo
cratic nominee. The Republicans never in
tended 10 vote for Sanders when they put
him up. hut his nomination was merely a
ruse TO make the Third party men stick
all the closer TO their nominee. w. Stroud
who Is an ex-Democratic nominee. When
Sanders found ont he was being used as a
tool he became Disguised and withdrew from
the race. The Republicans will now vote
for Stroud. but Bum will be elected by a
safe majority. c. =. Jockey, OF Mecklen-
burg Republican nominee for Congress in
the Sixth district. has also announced his
withdrawal. and the fight will now be be-
tween DR.. Maynard, the Third partyite, and
Hon. 5. b. Alexander the Democratic nom
inee. Ii is believed that this plain piece OF
trickery will have the effect of driving many
disafected Democrats back into the field.