Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-22
CAROLINA POLITICS.
rneHe WILL eE FOUR TICKETS IN
THE FIELD IN THE FALL
Ensct Of coispsi skinner's Lsstss-Al-
legged Purpose Of the Aiiiasce
confsrsnce IN May.



R.rxraH. n. c., April 2l.--The Third
marty Is taking it's first cfdcial steps To-
wards organization. Some OF the leaders
In Chatham county met to-day and decided
mon part Of tae county and legislative
t,cket. There will be four tickets IN the
6eld-Dcmooratic, Republican. Third par
Az. and Prohibition. The Third party IN
Fdoecombe has decided to hold it, own
convention.
Colonel Harry SINNERS letter, In which
he declares against the Third party, has
caused sensation among the extreme AZ
Lsnce-nen who are pushing that party
such men as 8. Ohio Wilson, who for
months has trailed over the State, holding
secret meetings, DC.
WILL Bn YoILED.
The Republican organ to-day announces
with great burst OF JOY tnat the pur.
nose OF the conference OF Ailiance-mon
here on the 18th OF May ,s 70 per dec plans
yention the next day. 1t says the Alliance
delegates will nominate the ticket ana
bring the test of voting fox 1t home 70
Cha,rmau r. G, Smith and his associates"
That plan will certainly be foiled. Chair
man Smith tells me to-day that he has re,
ports from Perquimans. Moore, ana
Bladen counties which show tnat az .ne,t
primaries only Simon-pure straignt-out
Democrats were chosen delegates TO the
county convention. There was no dissatis-
faction or trouble. Democrats are earnest
and determined. u,
A. Wilmington to-day the Grand Lodge
of Masons laid the cornerstone OF the
new courthouse of New Hanover. IL VIII
be a handsome building. standing quite
near the City Hall, and will cost perhaps
100000.
COLLEGE PROFESSORS.
The Association of College Professors
meets at Greensboro tomorrow, Dr.
George I. Winston, president OF the state
University. presiding. Day after to-mor-
row there will be organized state polit,i;;
cal and social economic society. ms VIII
devote itself to the study OF many pro-
blems of public life in North Carolina, In
GLIDING questions OF race, &c:
The failure of the Snow Patent Iooacco
Company, which has Its headquarters at
HIGH Point and Oxford, Is reported. 1t has
been pushing its business in Texas recent
ly and was thought to be very solid con-
Germ.
THE BIO wHIsKRY HAUL.
Your correspondent reported the great
se,znre of contraband whiskey IN wilkes
county-5, 500 gallons. Thirty wagons were
reouired t. haul 1t to Wilkesboro'. Ihat
county has always been stronghold OF
the RepublIcans, and this seizure has
stirred the Radicals there. They say that
much of the liquor was In warehouses;, anu
that ]. i. Wilmington. from whom 4,OoO
Gallons were taken, gave employment 10
many people. All bis stills and other ma
teriol were taken. The people there allege
that the revenue authorities are crushing
the distillers in the South, thus working
IN fhe interest of the great dlstlllers IN the
western States. The seizure Will make
many Democratic votes.
WHY IT FAILED.
IL is sscertained to-day that the cause OF
the failure this week of the Pioneer Lum-
Der Company, at Mt. Olive, is q strange
one that Norfolk lumber men have been
III that section for months buying all the
timber in for fifteen years to come. In
consequence the Pioneer LUMBER Com-
pany could not obtain enough timper 10
supply 1t.
The Railway Commission, WHICH regu-
lates the telegraph rates SO Tar as the stare
rate is concerned. has novel case oeiore
it which Is of public interest. A message
was sent from Edenton to WINSTON; Dut 70
reach the latter point went era Norioik,
Va. The point involved Is Whether the
commissioner can apply the state rate 10
message sent from this State through
portion of another State, Its final destina-
ton being point IN the State from whence
il started.
News is received from Louisburg that
the condition of Associate-Justice DAVIS.
of the Supreme Court. who is paralyzed, Is
now pronounced hopeless.