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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-05-12
\ Voluntary Opinion.

Wilmington Messenger
The Messenger can have no sym
pathy with or justification for any as
saults made upon Gov. Thomas Holt
as either affecting him in his personal
character OF in his pubic service. We
have no intimate acquaintance with
him personally, and do not know his
official record so well as others. but
we say this without mental reserve
We know of nothing that can be- said
truly of his private life that will do
him discredit as citizen and man Of
honor. He is a member of the Pres
byterian church Gas were Gov. Fowle
and Gov. Scales Immediately before
him), he is a man of excellent finan-
cial standing, is successful man of
business, has had tie advantages of
an education al the University Of
North Carolina, is man Of Judgment,
discretion, and, SO far as We have eyer
heard, of strict integrity. He is not
great man. We d. not regard him
dS ssDl' vi NGiAAaF4 Eldii, Dlt HF Is
intelligent, practical, Of sound common
sense, has managed his own affairs
with marked judgment and success,
and has shown himself equal TO the
duties of the responsible office he now
holds.
We know nothing to his detriment
in his official life. lie seems TO have
been wise, humane, considerable, pru-
dent, true to his State that honors him,
true to himself, true to the people at
large. We know nothing whatever
that should detract from him as a gov
ernor, beyond the exercise Of the one
man power in behalf Of criminals, but
in this he has only followed the exam
pie Of all of bis predecessors in office,
and has exercised one Of the high pre-
negatives of his office
We write without suggestion from
mortal man, and do this because w.
believe the attacks upon Gov. Holt are
both unseeml y and unjust.
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Likely to Provoke Contest,
By Telegraph to the State Chronicle.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-There is
likely to be warm contest over one
provision in the sundry provision bill.
which has escaped general notice so
far. 1t is proviso to the paragraph
relating to lighthouse establish
ment: THAT all articles imported for
the use Of the lighthouse establishment
shall be admitted without payment of
duties" Republican leaders say that
when that section comes up for con-
slderation, motion will be made to
strike it out, on the ground that it is
not germane to the subject. They say
they might as well fight out the ques-
tion right on that point as, if light
house purchases can admitted free of
duty, anything else may be, and
the whole tarmsysrem repealed by
provisions in appropriation bills and
the republicans say they are not yet
ready to have that done.
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The Locomotive Engineers.

BY Telegraph To the state Chronicle.
ATLANTA, Ga, May 1.-THE
twenty eighth grand international con
vention of locomotive engineers
opened at DeGive's opera house this
afternoon. -Four hundred and ninety
delegates to the brotherhood, and two
hundred and eighty delegates to the
Grand Internationa! female auxiliary
are in attendance. The dele
gates were welcomed 10 Georgia
in speech by Governor Northen
and to Atlanta by Mayor II -mphill.
The program, interspersed with music.
closed with prayer by Rev. }. W.
Lee. The annual address was deliy-
cred by Chief T. NJ. Arthur Other
addresses were made 10y Hon. Jno. H..
Goodwin, Hon. John Temple Graves
and Mr.. Hoke Smith and Col. j. W.
Thomas, president Of the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis railway.
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GOV. q. W. Holt.
tlantiC Methodist.

Atlantic Methodist.
We are no politician, and do not
propose to enter the arena of politics,
but we feel that we can speak word
OF p aise of good man without going
outside Of our sphere as a religious
journalist. Gov. Holt was our neigh
Dor while we lived in Raleigh, and we
saw a good deal of him, and it is our
candid opinion that we have no citizen
among us who has the interest of every
class of our citizens more at heart than
Gov Holt. Being farmer himself,
he is naturally in sympathy with this
honorable class of our citizens.
We are sorry TO see that some who
represent themselves as the farmers
friends are endeavoring to make the
! impression that he is not in sympathy
with the farming class. This is a great
injustice to him. He loves the farm
ers of North Carolina. and will do all
he can to improve their condition
Gov. Holt is good man, he IS mem
Der Of the Presbyterian church, and a
con nsstent Christian. He is large heart
ed, and therefore liberal in bis reli
gious views. For practical common
sense, We know no man who is his
superior, and his administration o.
the affairs Of the State since he has
been her chief executive, has beer
marked by good jndgmen and able
craftsmanship. We sail be glad te
see him, as We ha div doubt that we
shall, the nominee OF the democratic
party for Governor. Asa citizen who
yields TO no one in love Tor our gooC
old Commonwealth, we feel that We
feel that we have a right to say thi
much, without going outside of ou1
sphere.
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>OS-
A Card.
K. II CoTToN

Special Cor.-State Chronicle.
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE. May 10
As my name has been frequently men
toned in the papers of the State in
connection with nomination for State
superintendent of public instruction in
North Carolina, and as my friends in
different parts of the State have been
writing me repeatedly to know if / am
a candidate for thai office, | am com
PEELED to come out, contrary to my
wishes to do so, in the public print. |
have spent fifty-four Of my best years
in the educational interests of the very
classes for which the public schools
were inaugurated, a large portion OF
those services having been given gra.
tuitously in view Of the INDECENT con.
dition of the classes served; and now
that | have the college so manned and
equipped that it can run on without
my presence, if my friends give me the
nomination and / am elected, l will
bring the life, activity and enthusiasm
into the office that have characterized
my past school life. am no politi
clan, but / profess to be a true man tc
the best interests Of my fellow citizens
l had no thought of seeking the Office
till my friends in their correspondence,
have called me out. | leave the mat
ter wholly with my friends in the State
r. l.. ABERNETHY.
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Strain. Wilson had all these lists.
previously prepared, in his pocket. and
it is the belief that they were made up
in the gin-house.
S. Otho Wilson spoke for three
quarters of an hour. One of his re-
marks was that he favored the plan of
taking from capitalists what money
they had over and above what was nee
essary for a living.
Mr.. g. w. Atkinson fired last
shot at Wilson and his followers. He
stated his full belief that of all the po-
litical humbugs Wilson was the big
gest.
Edward Rea, the new chairman. is
a foreigner, and was elected or rather
appointed by Wilson to replace Mr..
Stephenson, who for years had honor
ably held the position, and who is a
straig ghtout democrat.
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ENTOMBED MINERS.
MEN IuPRI~oN.
ED IN THT EARTH
Seven Bodies Already Taken From the
ufne.-The Work OF tiir Res
cuin: Party.
! Ielegfaph 10 The STATE Chronicle.

BY Telegraph 10 the state Chronicle.
RosLYS, Wash. May ll.-Manarer
kangley, ofthe Roslyn mines. SAYS last
nights explosion was caused bv gas
which was probably lighted by match
or the careless use Of lamp. The
true cause of the accident viii never
be definitely known as no one escaped
TO tell the story. Thirty Or more o,
the miners imprisoned are married and
their widows and families clamor
wildly about the entrance TO the slope.
Many of the families are entirely des-
titute. The slope is twenty-six hundred
feet long and has several levels or cross
cuts. which intersect the slope horizon
tally at right angles. In opening some
OF these levels, il is impossible to get
air circulating through them until the
work of opening the level is completed.
The slope dipped d at an angle of twenty
degrees and was six feet high and four
teen wide. The levels are eight feet
square. Seven hundred miners are at
work rescuing the bodies and have
reached the fourth level, having found
seven bodies. Thirty seven men are
known to be imprisoned, and not yet
rescued.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May IL
{ Later. Fourteen bodies have been
recovered. The number of lives lost
will reach at least forty-eight Super
intendent Harrison attributes the ex-
plosion TO gas. He is convinced that
every miner who was AT work on
either of the three levels AT the time
OF the explosion is dead. The
bodies recovered are burned and i'm
some instances badly charred Others
show that death resulted simply from
conclusion. The relief work still con-
tinues and the miners are making
every effort to recover the bodies of
the dead 1t is thought that the lower
levels are free from fire, from the fact
that the interior air is growing purer
hourly.
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vance County Convention.

Special 20 the State ChrOnicle.
HENDERSON, n. c., May IL The
county convention met here to- day to
elect delegates to the State convention.
The vote was divided equally between
the straight-out democrats and the
st. Louis platform or third party men,
leaving the election with the chair.
A compromise was then made, giving
the democrats five and the other ticket
four The conveption adjourned to
elect delegates to the congressional
convention when the date is set for it.
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sEe Esi-MetaIIic Conference.

BY Telegraph to the state Chronicle
WASHINGTON, May 1l.--The free
silver men in Congress expressed graf
ificntion with England's acceptance ot
the invitation to participate in bi
metallic conference and hope that the
result Of the conference will be to raise
the standard of silver. A northwest
Senator said the acceptance by England
of the invitation was great stroke for
the administration.
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An kIhon TraUeGV

BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
PALA1KA, Fla, May 1l.-Jacks
Moore, colored, shot and killed his
wife to-day, and then committed sui
eide. Mrs. Moore had been invited
to picnic and Der husband ohiectine
she expressed her determination to 90
"damn you, Jackson" Drawing a re.
volver, jackson exclaimed Il will kill
you! and shot, killing her instantly.
He Immediately placed the weapon to
his head and fred, dropping dead.
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National Trotting Association.

BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
CHICAGO, Ill, May ll.-The board
OF review of the national trotting asso-
citation rendered several decisions IN
It's meeting to-day. In the case of the
horse Alcryon, which was ruled off in
the famous race with the stallion Mel
son, the matter was turned over to the
president, ex-Gov. Bulkley of Con
necticut, and pending his decision tbs
driver was temporarily reinstated.
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10 Encourage silk Culture.

BY Telegraph to the state Chronicle
WAsHINGToN, May l.-Represen
tative Long Of Texas from the com
mlttee or agriculture reported to the
House to-day, with favorable recon-
mendation, the bill appropriating $50.
600 for the encouragement of silk cul
ture in the United States. under super
vision of the secretary of agriculture
The experiments are to be made at five
agricultural colleges.
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Elias Carr of EdgecOmbe for state
Treasurer.

Speclal Cor. stale Chronicle.
FALKLAND, n. c., May lO.-The
democratic party, since it came in
power in 1876, has wisely established
the rule that two terms, eight years, is
the limit for State officers and it has
steadily adhered to this rule, depart
ing from it only in the case of the
lamented Saunders, who it was known,
was doing a work of love for the State
in the publication of the Colonial Re-
cords which could not be done by any
one else and for which he received not
a cent. Worth, Kenan. Scarborough
and Roberts, all splendid officers, have
been forced, under this rule, to give
place to other gentlemen. The party
practices as well as breaches the
doctrine "equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" If there ever was
a time when this sule should be rigidly
enforced it is now. In 1884, when
Worth and Kenan and Scarborough
had to submit to this rule in order to
give place to Balm and Davidson and
Finger, and in 1888, when Roberts
had to make way for Sanderlin, the
nominations of the party was equivo-
lent to an election, and the rule
was enforced not through party neces-
sity, but by reason of the innate and
absolute justice of the rule. 1t is not
SO now. No thoughtful man can deny
the necessity of observing this wise es-
tablished rule, and of selecting our
State ticket with the greatest care and
/ in accordance with the general de
mands of The people. The individual
interest and wishes of an officer, how
ever efficient he may have been, must
not be preferred to party success and
the good of the State. l therefore con-
clude that the convention, when it as
sembles, on the 18th, will select new
men for those who have filled out their
allotted time, and in doing so it will
desire to select men who can bring
strength and votes to the ticket, and
great efficiency to the office. 1t is III
this spirit and with this view that |
present to the delegates to the conven-
tion the name of Elias Carr, of Edge
combe county, for the responsible posi-
tion of State treasurer. His eminent
fitness for the office will be admitted
by all who know him. He had the ad-
vanfages of a first class education i'm
early manhood, and he has builded
wisely on the foundation then
laid. While he has devoted
his life to agricultural pursuits
and made success of it, he has not
neglected his books and periodicals,
and | feel warranted in saying no bet.
ter equipped man can be found in this
State. On matters pertaining to fnan
ces and taxation he is especially strong
and he would bring to this Office a
fund of information which would be o
great usefulness to the State. He is
held in high esteem By all classes
gentleman of the highest type-and nc
one can estimate the strength he woult
give our ticket. He is the man for th,
place. The time, in my opinion, de
mands his nomination, and if the con
vention acts wisely he will be nomi
mated by acclamation.
K. II CoTToN.
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Retired Naval Officers.
BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE CON-
mittee on naval affairs to-day reported
to the Senate (with a favorable recon.
mendation) bill providing that any
naval officer now ON the retired list
who has been retired after serving
forty years, or on attaining the age OF
62 years, shall receive the rank and
pay of commodore, provided he has
served creditably full term of four
years as chief of bureau in the navy
department.
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Poisoned by Ni.liLEets.

BY Cable to the State Chronicle.
ST. PETFRsBURG, May IL General
Gresser, the prefect of police of this
city, who was poisoned in a mysteri
Gus manner, it is supposed by nihilists,
died to-day.
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fsobeson County Convention.

SPtCIaI 10 IIIt @IdIt InTOnlCIe.
LUMBERToN, May II. The demo-
cratic county convention passed off
quietly. There were no resolutions and
preferences were expressed. Thomas
A. McNeal is the delegate from Lum-
berton and James F. Payne from
Maxton.
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Drowned from n Steamboat

bJ ICItSIdpu 10 IHt IolatLt IDTOIlICIt,
RIPLEY, Ohio, May l.-Robert
and Thomas Stausbury, residents of
Nahlsburg, this county, were swamped
in the Chic at Lavenla by a steam
beat last night. and drowned.
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Swift Creek Primary.

Special Cor. State Chronicle.
The details of the work done at this
primary in a township which has been
hot-bed of third party work are inter-
esting. Friday night S. Ohio Wilson
held a meeting at GoodwiE's gin house.
at a late hour. Nobody was allowed
to enter save those who had the "pass-
word" The belief is that at that
meeting certain persons on Wilson's
side had been given the password. All
this was IN preparation for the prima-
ry Saturday. The attendance at the
primary was light, save Of third party
men. The democrats kept at work on
their farms and failed to attend The
meeting was called to order by w. r.
Stephenson, chairman OF the township
committee.
S. Otho Wilson offered the follow
ing resolution: "Whereas, there is a
difference of opinion as to who is en-
titled 20 sit in a democratic primary
township meeting, therefore be it re-
solved hrst, that the township primary
is the unit Of all party laws and
authority; second, that this pri-
mary is the sole judge of its men,
bership; third, that we welcome al into
our meeting who will abide by the
work of this primary To the third
clause of this resolution the democrats
present offered strenuous objection, but
it was passed right over their heads, the
third party men being all drilled and
working like machine. After the
adoption of the resolution some of the
democrats left, declining to remain
longer. Mr.. George W. Atkinson made
a speech in which he accused Wilson
and his men of being third party men,
but not manly enough to hold their
own convention, but as attempting tc
steal the democratic canvention.
The following resolutions were
offered by S. Otho Wilson: "First
that we endorse the demands Of the
St. Louis later conference Of Feb. %
1892 as published Progressive Farmer
second, that We hereby instruc
our delegates that they shall
in no way support any candidates
nor in any way put themselves under
any obligations to any nominees wh'
do not stand unreservedly by the St
Louis demands" These were adopted
S. Ohio Wilson offered the name
of the following as delegates to tn
county convention, and they wer
j elected: W. P. Powell, j. B. Strain
: S. O:ho Wilson, A. NJ. Jones, ". II
| j. Goodwin, J. II. Murray, G. w. AT
t kins, Edward Rea, f. Watson; alter
, mates, W. H. Utley, E. I. Banks, r
E. L. Yates, b. j. Upchurch, r. G
Branch, J. Murray, r. S. Atkins, c
: f. J. Goodwin, ". IL. Strain.
5. Otho Wilson nominated the fol
t lowing as the executive committee
? Edward Rea. W. H. j. Goodwin, W
H Utley, F l.. Stephenson, J. Z
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THE ODD FELLOWS.
Some Interesting Facts About the Se..
sion of the Grand Lodge.

sion of the Grand Lodge.
The session of the grand lodge /. q.
O. +. at Wilmington is the best at
tended and most interesting on record.
No less than eighty-seven lodges are
represented. Thr grand lodge degree
was conferred upon l25 past grand
masters. Tia report of grand secre-
tary Woodell soows that eighteen new
lodges were instituted during the year,
with membership of 3,206. The re-
lief paid for the year was S6,537.
Mr. John d. Bellamy, Jr., on be.
half of the three local lodges delivered
an address of welcome to which Hon.
A. H. A. Williams responded on be-
half OF the grand lodge. Mr.. Bellamy
also presented a gavel to the grand
lodge on behalf of g. N. Altaffer, a
past grand, which Capt. Williams also
received. Rev. N. NJ. Jurney offered
a resolution, which was unanimously
adopted by rising vote: ''That the
grand lodge gives this expression of
its gratitude and profound thanks to
our God and Father for the preserva-
tion of the life of our dear brother and
grand sire, &. Nj. Busbee, during his
recent and serious illness. And we
praise God that his health is so re-
stored as to permit him to resume his
official duties and that his presence
with US at this session gives US pleas
ure and joy, and We assure him
that during his sickness we breathed a
brothers prayer for him"
The following committees were an
nounced: State of the order, John II.
Pool. W, B. Oliver, j. H. McLelland;
petitions and grievances. A. G. Gray
son. II. 2. Murray, W. w. Briggs; ap-
peals, W. A. Bobbitt, II. O. Hill, c.
F. Lumsden; returns and reports of
subordinate lodges, Edward Penning-
ton, W. B. Banes, J. F. Spainhour;
subordinate lodges not represented,
Frank Meier, j. l.. Nelson, B. f. Jor-
dan; correspondence, B. L. Royster,
Philip johnson and j. A. Woodall;
unfinished besiness, L. A. Potter, G..
L. Tonnotfski, J. S. Craquor; finance,
W. {. Douglass, DR.. J. A. Stevens, B.
5. Royster; decisions, Junius Slocumb,
G. B. Edwards, Jonathan White; leg
islation, W. p. Wooten, w. T. Jor-
dan and w. | Adams; supervision, S.
H. Fishblate, Edward Gerock, G. z.
Haskitt; constitution. bylaws and
rules of order, R. A. P. Cooley, Oscar
Pearsall and W. w. -Yopp; degree of
kebekah, W. D. Caster, A. Rotun,
w. l. Freeland; mileage and per
diem, Wyatt L. Brown, Ii. H. Mark
ham, W. H. Brown.
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dl l'cussed by Nessrs. Breckinridge,
Pendleton, Baker, McAleer Babbitt,
Butler, Bushnell, Holman, Tillman
and Kelley. The committee rrose and
'he 1ouse at 4:55 p. m. adjourned
until tomorrow.
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Ra-ebalI.

BY Telegraph to the state Chronicle.
WAsHINGToS, May IL To-day's
baseball games resulted as follows: At
Pittsburg, Pit;sburg 4, Boston ); at
St. Louis, St. Louis 3, Baltimore B;
Cleveland-Brooklyn, Chicago Wash
ington games postponed on account Of
rain.
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The State Chronicle

The Daily has larger circulation In the
State and City than any other daily.
The Weekly circulaies in every county In
the State.
The CHRONICLE is one OF the best adver-
tising mediums in the state.
Correspondence solicited