The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-25
THE BEAUTIFUL HOARY
The First of the Season Fell Yesterday
Rather Ahsad Of Time.
GREAT QUESTION: us MASSEY DOWN."
The Popuiist State Chairman Says IIo
Is, hut Republicans Arc Divided
Given Thirty Years. IInprisonmcnt
"A Daring Raid on MoonsI,iners-
Universally Session Opens.

Raleigh. n. c., Sept. 24-(SpcciaD-
There was frost this morning. the first
of me season. II Is rather earlier than
usual. 1t did no damage
In daY or two fifty convicts will be
sent from the penitentiary to the Cal
edonia farm on the Roanoke. II is the
pian OF the Denitentiary superintendent
10 farm next year on Il larger scale than
ever before. 1t is not probable that the
penitentiary directors will lease any
more NOR, farms: Lightning burned big
nErn full of forage OH the Caledonia
farm. Many mules were in the barn
Iher were all saved without injury.
The visit of Tom Watson TO this State
Will be quite interesting. 1t is broadly
minated that he will breathe fire and
slaughter because he did not get all
North Cardinals electoral vote.
Some Republicans say they feared n
solid BRYAN and Watson ticket I'm this
State. as they Thought all the Populists
would vote 1t and that all the Demo-
Gratis who would vote mixed ticket
would vote a straight Watson ticket
Ihcr also thought the effect might be
TO check State. Congressional and coun-
" fusion of Republicans and Populists
Ihcre Is quite queer complication in
ihis district. as 10 the Congressional
candidacy of Pat Massey, Republican,
Your correspondent was told by the
PoDulist state Chairman that Massey
VIC taken down. This is part of the
PoDulist- Republican contract" Gas Re
publican Chairman Holton terms ID
and bv its terms the Republicans are
TO vote for Stroud Populist. Ex-t'nit".
States Marshal Joshua IL. Hin. lead
ing local Republican here. said to-day:
MASSEY Is certainly down. You stated
II CORRECTLY Conventions do not do
things now: committees do the work. -
Ed. Johnson. the chairman of the Re
publican Congressional Committee. S1id
20.
Holton has notified Populist Chairman
Aver that Massey is taken down. But
he refuses TO abide by the State Com
mittee's address. You got it straight 50
far as our State Committee is concern
ed. but it will not work. They have
tried to take him down and failed. You
VIII see him on the canvass next week -
Massey dlv before yesterday said the
State Committee was paramount; just
IS the Supreme Court is above the SUI
ncrior Courts.
Nathaniel Moore. the brutal white
man who in Wayne county. in the pre-
sence of two other white men, cut his
wife's throat.Gets off with Il thirty years
sentence to the penitentiary.
deputy revenue collector has been
on a daring raid in Columbus county
this week. trying To capture Il moon
sinner who Is. perhaps, the most des-
perate III the state. This man goes
around all the while and is always. ac-
COMMANDED by bull dogs. His distillcry
is in sort of island in n swamp. The
revenue officer captured two moonshin-
ers while on the search. He was sho,
At six times.
gentleman from Milton says the
matter of the shortage of the eX- cashier
Of the bank there has all been adjusted
His name is l.ucEe and he had over
drawn $500. OF this his bondsmen re-
funded $4,000 and the remaining 5000 is
secured BIZ excellent collateral. L.ucle
ii is iearne .dhad discounted paped with
out consulting the directors. lie is
not Vet heard from. The bank suffers
no loss in any way.
President T.. 4. Alderman of the State
University. in a letter 10 Governor Carr
to-day. saws the new term opens with
great HARMONY and enthusiasm The
students have voluntarily adopted n
higher standard OF conduct. There are
100 students taking meals in the new
commons hall'' ana a little later there
will be 200. There are twenty students
who wait on the tables and thus earn
their board over 100 students are
working their way" through the uni
VcrSitv.
Quite Il number OF improvements are
in progress at the State Fair grounds
under the personal supervision of See
rctarv Nichols. Almost all the space In
the crca; main building is already
taken. An attractive concert hall is be
ing arranged. The horse and cattle
show will be separate. The arrange
mrnis for stalls for horses are the best
.ic the State.