The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
MeSSergar Enreau.
Raleigh, y. g, November IS.

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Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. g, November IS.
Ohio Wilson makes an earnest at
tack on Senator Butter regarding the
lat1er's now noted Rocky Mount
speech and says ne 6oes no.; doubt that
Butler made the statement that demo
Gratis would hire negroes 10 commit
rape. because h believes Butler Is the
only man in %orth Carolina mean
enough 10 suspect such motives in a
human being"
John a. MeeIer, OF Poplar Mount.
Warren county. is in Jail here. charged
with swind!ing by the use of the mails.
He is a German. and has not been in
this country long. He had a little
country store, but sent out circulars
by the thousand, as The German Sup
ply Company advertising jewelry and
offering prizes. The postmaster at the
little hamlet is also involved. Regis
tered letters have poured in. a United
States commissioner gave the case n
hearing last night and sent Meeder,
who is q very large man, TO jail. When
Meeder was arrested there was quite
a struggle before he could be put on
the train.
The largest audience eve sSen in the
Academy Of Music here assembled hast
night and heard the dehate between
Wake Forest and Trinity students upon
the question whether water works,
electric lights and street railways ought
to be operated by the city for its peo-
pie, or by private individuals. The
state superintendent of public 1nstruc-
ton was master of ceremonies, and the
judges, S. A. Ashe, Hugh Morson and
James Dinwiddie, decided in favor of
Wake Forest. The listers speakers
showed more oratoricai ability. They
contended that private individuals
should be the operators.
a. d. Lippitt, of Pittsboro, for thirty
years we'll known as a commercial trav-
eler, died there yesterday, aged 81
years. He was a native of Wilmington.
There is now complaint as to the use
of ~convicts in making shirts. There is
also complaint by farmers against their
employment on farms. 1t appears that
va building is the only thing which
is open to them about which there is
no complaint.
There is a fresh demand for a state
board of pardOns. 1t may be stated
hat any governor during the past
twenty years would have been glad to
have had such a board. The RESPONSE
bilfty as to pardons is perhaps the
heaviest which a governor has to bear.
The secretary Of state grants char
ters to the Robson County Telephone
Company, at Lumberton, giving it pow
er to operate lines to any point: the
~, IT, To- ~n~ -
incorporators T. J.. Collect, Isaac Ra.-
towsky and S. L. Kaletsky, capital $1O,-
600; the Mt. Airy Furniture Company,
capital SIS, OGO.
Revenue officers have made a raid in
Chatham county and captured a large
SILL and 5000 gallons of beer. Three ar
rests were made.
An aged negro. who died in Chat
ham a day or SO ago, had a cane which
was hollow and carried a quart of
whfskey. He 50 loved this zane and it's
memories that at his request it was
placed in his hands in his coffin.
AT ST. ary's Roman Catholic college,
aft Belmont today, which was the third
of the jubilee of Bishop Leo Haid, there
were field sports. The gifts to the
bishop were very numerous and beau
tiful. The jubilee sermon was preached
yesterday in the new abby church,
which was quite recently completed.
Democratic State Chairman Manly
tells me: Our ranks are strengthen
ing and we will certainly win in 1898 if
we keep our heads and act with the
harmony of men who have a great and
common purpose, and feel it's import
ance to the general welfare"
Ohio Wilson declares in his paper,
The Hayseeder, that Senator Butler
told him he would make some kind Of
a deal in 1900 by which he would con-
tinue in power.
A Wake county farmer sen to Pres
ident Mckinley a box containing an
lash cake" and some AZ cent cotton.
saying the former was for his hanks
giving dinner.
Horace Emerson, Of the Atlantic
o. Line. was here several hours to-
day.
Mr.. Frank S.. Spruil, Of L~ouisburg. is
seriously sick, with rheumatism OF the
heart.
Republican leaders say nobody ac-
cuseS u organization Of being re-
sponsible for the administration of
Governor Russell" They claim III the
democrats do not hold them RESPONSE
bic. Democrats speak Of this republi-
can statement as Childish"