The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-16
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
CENTENNIAL PARADEATR ALEi8H.
There VIII be Thirteen Divisions ana rory
Floats to lie In Charge OF Ch'ef mhr-
shaI Heck and Large Stan.

Raleigh. N, c., Oct. 15.-Special.-
official programme for the great centennial
narade on next Tuesday is announced to-
dav. There will be thirteen divisions and
forty floats, all of which have been elaoo-
ra,ely prepared and completed. The
parade will be in charge Of Chief Marshal
7 NJ. Heck and staff of field marshals A.
w. Haywood. Charles E. Johnson, A. A.
Thompson, X. S. Tucker. Henry Horton,
F.. b. Engelhard. J. Z. Pogue. w. G. Stro-
mach. W. s. Primrose. Hugh Morson,
O. b. benson. Thomas Pescud, W. L. Ash
lev. N. y. Broughton. Frank Stronach.
William Boylan and T. b. Moseley. The
grand procession will move on Fayetteville
Street ut II o'clock A. NJ.
IL is learned tonight that there is de-
cided change for the worse in the CONDITION
of state Treasurer Balm. who has been
mite IN and absent from his office for sew
eral weeks. His condition is now regarded
as very serious.
The Raleigh Signal. Republican State
organ. in its current issue makes the follow
inc sensational announcement under glar-
ing headlines of an alleged attempt on the
part of the Democrats to steal the State IN
November: Mr. L. NJ. Simmons, chair
main of the Democratic State Com
mittee. has issued circular 10
each OF his ninety-six chairmen OF
county committees directing them 10 see
that the full name OF every Democrat APP
pears on the registration books. Ii was not
intended that this circular should be made
public. but 1t has been seen and its contents
are known. Every registrar in the state IS
O Democrat and these officers will see to 1t
that the full name of every Democrat APP
pears on the books on the day of the cleo
ton. No public notice is to be made Of
this requirement of the law and the Repuo-
licans ana Peoples party men will be lett
TO find out what the law is and to get their
names in full on the books as best they
ton it is understood that the
registrars will decline to interfere
with any name now on the books on the
ground that their duty 10 only to register
those becoming OF age and those VINO nave
changed their residence since the last cleo
ton. In the meantime oil the defects In
the names of the Democrats VIII have Deen
supplied by the Democratic registrars. 80
that wherever the full name does not appear
the applicant to vote on that name Will be
challenged and the law and the Supreme
Court will be brought forth to justify and
command the Democratic election ofhcers
to reject the vote of every such person and
thus sustain the challenge. Such IS the plot
10y which North Carolina is to Dc stolen on
the sth day of November next"
As n matter of fact the law is plain, and
admits OF no misconstruction or OF any plot
for the Democrats to steal the State. 10
day the attention of State Chairman Sim
mons was called to an editorial utterance IN
the Progressive Farmer declaring that Sim
mons had been heard to state that he knew
no" 10 count North Carolina in for the
Democrats. Mr.. Simmons to-day wrote
letter TO the editor of the Progressive
Farmer denouncing the editorial as false
and slanderous. and demanding that his
letter be published Editor Ramsey at
once consented to publish Mr.. simmons
letter. which gives the lie to his own decla-
ration.
Monday morning on special car the fol-
lowing party will leave here over the Rich
mond and DanviIe railroad to represent
North Carolina at the dedicatory exercises
of the Worlds Columbian Exposition at
Chicago next week: Governor Holt and
staff. Mrs. A. w. Haywood. Mrs. E. G. Laird.
Miss Mildred Murphy McPheeters. Colonel
and Mrs. A. b. Andrews and daughter: Miss
jamie Andrews. Mrs. K. X. Cotton. Mrs; >.
+. Telfair and Mr.. Henry w. Miller: The
party will be quartered at the Palmer House.
Miss McPheeters will represent North Caro-
lima in the list of the thirteen original states.