The Charlotte Democrat., 1894-09-07
FROM OUR RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT.
RALEIGH, N c., Sept. 8, 1894.

will be the largest ever grown in the
State. They also show tnat the cotton
crop, month ago so promising, will not
be as large as was reasonably expected.
Too much cloudy weather is what did the
damage. There were only three clear
days in August. The Commissioner Of
Agriculture has for some time asserted
that the cotton crop would not equal
expectations.
| There is movement to secure good
class of Italian immigration to this State
An agent is now among the vinegrowing
and wine making Italians to see what
can be done. He is sent by private
persons.
Labor Day" was no holiday so far as
North Carolina is concerned. Ninety
nine hundredths of the workers know
nothing of the holiday or it's meaning, so
slowly does information filter through
this State. The banks did not observe it
because the State had not made it q
holiday.
The fusion, Republicans carried the day
in their State conventions. They are
not so sanguine as they try to seem to be,
about the success of their scheme. The
late chairman, John B. Eaves, kept his
word and gave them warning. Eaves
hates the populists. He solemnly de
liberty" Your correspondent has found
very few Democrats who do not express
their pleasure at the fusion of their op,
ponents. Despite all the assertions the
Republicans may make, there is plenty of
| N tn ho
Quite a number of Nebraska people
will no doubt settle in North Carolina.
They like this State. They fear the
drought of summer and the winters cold
in Nebraska. They appear to desire to
raise horses.
Mr.. Thomas G. Harris, who for Is
years had been curator of the State
Museum, has been displaced, and Mr..
Frank Greene succeeds him. The latter
Is we'll acquainted with the Museum,
having aided in arranging the exhibits.
For long time the friends of the State
University sat mute and did not make
the least response to the attacks on it by
the Baptists. Now they are being heard
from and some lively and very pointed
things are being said. Your correspond
ent does not believe that the political or
semi - political campaign which it is
sought to wage against the University
will amount to as much as some persons
have feared.
The directors of the Insane Asylum at
their special meeting last week did not
) decide to borrow $1,000 with which to
equip the new bnilding for females and
maintain IS of them until the Legisla.
ture meets. The directors thought the
Legislature might not ratify their action
or might think they were assuming too
much. So the building will not be occu.
pied until next March.
Maj. John B. Neathery, who was dur
ing his life private secretary to four
governors, died at his home here last
week, aged SO. He was we'll known all
over the State and was one of the
"brightest" Masons in North Carolina.
The abstracts of listed taxables now
being rapidly filed in the Office of the
State Auditor show a most remarkable
increase in the number of hogs in the
State. This increase is as compared with
1893 and ranges from so to IS per cent.
This means a great deal. The business
| outlook is certainly fine. North Caro-
lima is in as good plight as any State in all
the Union.
It is said by some of the leading Re
publcans to be more than probable that
Thomas W. Settle will be their next
candidate for Governor. He occupies a
high position among them. 1t is con.
ceded that Jeter G. Pritchard will be
their nominee for the Senate, just az
Marion Butler will be of the populists.
, The Democratic State Committee has
decided to open the campaign Sept. Goth
It is acting in complete concert with the
, Young Mems Democratic Clubs, who
that day meet here. It is proposed tc
make it field day and to have some o.
the best speakers in the State and some
| from outside. 1t is strange that so few
o of the great speakers come to this State
They 20 elsewhere. Maybe the campaign
this year in North Carolina will bt
. deemed important enough to merit at
tention.
/ Seventy five convicts are to be sent tt
the penitentiary farms on the Roanoke
next week, to aid in gathering the heavy
I crops there Quite number of convictE
have arrived during the past few days
one each from Halifax, Rowan and Nc
q Dowell, five from Union and eight from
8 Johnston.
The North Carolina Baptist Sunday
School Chautauqua held in Moore county
session. The attendance was large ant
the programme exceeding ly we'll ar
: ranged.
Ex.Chairman Eaves tells me that th'
Democratic majority in the State thi
o year will be $4,000. Otho Wilson ane
! Marion Butler say the Republican popu
> list majority will be $4,000. Yet barely
!. two years ago Wilson assured Eaves tina
y he never would vote for Republican
Il Wilson now says that his only reason fo
a doing anything in a political way is be
cause the Democrats do not want tha
particular thing done. Hence he is
Y fusionist, he says.
/. There is queer political row in th'
b Second Congressional district. Two Re-
J. publicans, both colored, are candidates fo
8 Congress. A white Republican want
@ both to retire so he can step in. a
8 member of the national committee ha
If been in the district looking into tn
). trouble. Cheatham, one of the candi
}, dates, offers to leave it to the nationa