The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-22
NO PRITCRARD DAEL
Senator Butler Denies that popuIisls Are
Pledged to Vote for The Former.
INTERESTING cKusca STATISTICS
Nearly Every Sect Is Represented
null The Percrptaac Population
Members Of Churches is Very
Larse-A Rcpub:ican Paper for
Raleigh Isepert On stnte Guard.

Lar.c-A Republican Paper for
Raicish- Report on stnte Guard.
Raleigh, n. c.. Dec. 22-tSpeciaD-
! Senator Butler will in has paper to-
2Sniorrow have an editorial written by
y himself In which he Will ABSOLUTELY deny
sE the statement made By several iiepuDii-
can papers and by Senator piitchard
Y himself, that there was any pledge or
9 arrangement or dea. by whiGn Popu-
4 lists were to vote IN 1897 for Pritchard.
! Senator Butler will say that he made
( In MS speech OF acceptance Il personal
z remark TO the effect that he hoped CO.
operation as then existing between Re
s4publicans and lopulists would continue
4 Two years hence on the same basis, but
will deny that he pledged The party.
ILLICIT STILL CAPTURED.
Revenue officers from here made a
raid into New Light township Satur-
day night and captured an Illicit dis~
tillery of fifty gallons capacity.
a NEW REPUBLICAN PAPER.
Mr.. Ed Kenyon, of Asheville. is here.
making the fina. arrangements for the
6 location of the plant of the Tribune, the
new Republican daily paper. He says
y 1t will certainly appear by January 6;
that type-setting machines are ordered,
Il but II they do not get here in time hand
particularly interested in the paper and
4 Is also here.
III It Is learned that Stewart w. Cramer.
S OF Charlotte. at one time commanding
y the North Carolina Naval Reserves, Is
an applicant for appointment as adju-
4 fant-general.
INTERESTING CHURCH STATS
TICS.
There are 794 Missionary Baptis,
preachers In this State. $50 Primitive
4 Baptist, 160 Free Will Baptist. 16 Church
of Christ Baptists. 90 Campbel.ite or
Disciples, Seventh Day Baptist. . Old
=. Two-Seed Bapt!stS, Gel NJ. Il. church, Ga
Is Methodist Protestant, I Wesleyan Meth
odist. GO O'Keileyites (Christians). 149
h Presbyterian, 20 Associate Reformed
& Presbyterians, II Reformed Church of
UNITED States, Is Evangelist Lutheran.
s SO Protestant Episcopal, Moravian. l
Waldenslan, 9 Salvation Army, is Adj
: venist 9 Drunkard, So Quaker He
brew and "a Roman Catholic; total, 2,552
h white preachers. These supply 5,Q9i
.schurches. which have 526.lli members.
= There are 1.263 colorcd preachers. of
eleven denominations, who supply 2,274
aSchurches. with 276,7s9. Thus of the
y 1900. 900 people In the State S02.916 are
church members. This Is said to be a
very large percentage. The Baptist Al
3smanac asserts that North Carolina Is
Z the best evangelical territory in the
world.
NEW INSTRUCTOR ARRIVES.
Capt. John c. Gresham. of the Seventh
4 Cavalry, the new Instructor OF military
tactics at the Agricultural and Me-
%chanical College here, arrived to-day.
Lieut.. Barnes. United States Army. re-
tired. who has taught tactics and also
4 physics, will now devote himself to the
latter department..
MISCELLANEOUS MENTION.
The Supreme Court Justices are work
Sing extra time In order to adjourn for
9sthe term Wednesday.
~ The Executive Committee OF the Az
ricultural Department NETS tomorrow
I TO select heating plant for the build
Il ing,
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
closed the Farmers Institutes for 1896.
during which time twenty-four have
been held. The next will be at Colds
3 boro January and s.
,sjS REPORT ON STATE GUARD.
The report on the State Guard for
4 1895 will show that 1t has 100 more men
than before. A new company of in
fantry at Scotland Neck Is accepted.
There are now Gattling section and
"a Howitzer section and a signal corps.
The equipment Is excellent. 1t is said
Ito be better than In any State in the
8 South. Everything Is ready for field
: service.
STATE TRDASURER'S REPORT.
The State Treasurer's report for 1885,
# ,s6 was made up to-day. Among the
Items of receipts for 1886 are these: Ton
mage tax on fertilizers, $5S,957; band tax.
$6,33B; building and loan licenses. sl.515,
v End stock, s2,929; tax on bank shares
( 3l2. SOB: received from Secretary of State
Sl3, 1922 tax on insurance companies. s46.-
y 1913; penitentiary earnings. sls0925: pub
lie and special taxes, S629.l23 sewing
machine licenses, $4,000: sale IF Supreme
Court reports. 1885. The expenses Of
the Agricultural Department were $751;
957; Interest on bonds. sl6OoS0; peniten-
sttary. sl40,925; Agricultural and Me-
achanical Colleges. white. sl4.2S6: color
( ed, 327.7l3:f experiment station. $4,000
Y During the two years the educational
s1und receipts were. entries of vacant
lands, s4,2S4. corporation tax on rail-
ways. 81 .250: interest on per cent bonds
held $3.50; direct tax funds 27.O00 sale
spf swamp lands. $4,000: total. $42,7l4.
EDENTox.