The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-30
THE FEDERAL jUDGESHIP.
RUSSELL "NAGGED" INTO SAYING
HE DOES NOT WANT 1T.

The Odd Fellows of the State-BishOp
Duncan at Durham-The Contagious
Disease Among Horses at Summ.rfieId.
jim Young Holding One Once and Pull
ing for Another-Ioge Harris Indicted
by Professor How-ll-ATairs Of the Ag-
ricuItural Department and College.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel.
Raleigh, n. c. March 27.
Grand Secretary B. II. Woodell, of
the grand lodge Of Odd Fellows, says
there are now 115 lodges in the state.
The membership Is nearly 5000. There
have been many losses during the past
twelve months by suspensions, due to
the hard times. The grand lodge meets
at Charlotte in May.
Bishop Duncan Of the M. E. church
will arrive at Durham tomorrow and
will preach there several days. Rev.
DR.. w. T.. Hatcher, of Richmond, will
continue all next week the special re-
vival services at Wake Forest college,
The state teachers assembly commit
tee has not yet decided on a place to
meet this year. The date is fixed
June 18th.
SO far it does not appear that the
fruit any where in this part of the
state is hurt by the cold snap. West
Of here it is asserted some damage was
done.
Mention has been made of the fact
that there is contagious pneumonia
among horses in Guilford county. The
Infected animals are at Summerfield
and not at Greensboro.
Today some prominent republicans
here offered to bet that the federal
judgeship of this district will go either
to Governor Russell or to Charles Price.
1t is true that Russell said at first
nothing would please him so much as
the judgeship. 1t is equally true that
he now says he does not want it. But
it Is asserted by some that this latter
declaration is because of his anger at
the way republicans are 'nagging"
him and trying to get him out or the
position Of governor.
1t ia aSCertained that James h.
Young, the negro editor Of The Ca
zette, who is given the position Of chief
fertilizer inspector, is still in the race
for the postmastership of Raleigh. His
paper announces.
The ease involving the constitution
ality Of the new act regarding the hos
pital for the insane comes before Judge
Adams at Greensboro next week. The
supreme court will dispose Of it before
May, it Is believed.
Representative Hodges, of Dcoufort
county, one Of the most extreme of the
boiling DoDulists. is here on his way
from Washington home. He became
very angry with Editor Ramsey Of
3The Progressive Farmer because the
latter denounced the boilers as pie
hunters" But now that Editor Ram
Sey, as secretary of the board Of agri-
culture, gets SO large a slice Of pie
Hodges today renewed the subscription
to his paper which he had stopped dur
ing the legislative session. He says he
thinks Ramsey has reformed and is
right in line.
Governor Russell today sent to the
governOs Of the other states copies of
Governor Carr's last message to the
legislature and also his own inaugural
address.
The republican and populst members
Of the board Of agriculture at their
caucuses (and they held two) agreed to
carry out the new law by separating
the fertilizer control station from the
Agricultural and mechanical college,
and either pay the latter for the outfit
or else buy a new one. Members say
that the fiat proposition was made to
turn cut all the officers Of the station.
Ray, a republican member from Wa
tausa, made a talk and said that this
could not be consistently done, as there
was NO politics in the station: that
men were put in for merit and that
alone. Ray declared it would be the
meaneet sort OF partisanship to remove
them. But, as Ray said, he was mere
ly wasting his breath.
There must have been some sort Of
an understanding between the agricul-
tural board and the new trustees Of
the agricultural and mechanical col
lege. for Ray said: 1T is agreed that
President Holiday shall hold over and
not be removed" 1t may be inferred
from the tenor OF this remark that re-
movals Of some OF the faculty are con-
templated. or course the agricultural
board no longer controls the college,
There are some very bitter men on
both boards, men who are angry and
sOured, and one at least who wants
to strike at some of the fertilizer con-
troll officials.
The act to promote the safety Of coal
miners in this state was prepared by
ex-Judge T. B. Womack counsel for the
Cumnock Mining Company, and Is an
excellent one. The chief Of the bureau
of labor statistics is put in charge of the
matter.
Superintendent John r. Smith and
the special committee Of the peniten-
tiary directors returned today from the
Roanoke farms, and report all in splen-
did condition. The committee will re-
port Wednesday to the executive COM
mittee.
Superintendent Logan d. Howell of
the city public schools TODAY syyore out
two warrants against j. c. l. Harris
for assault.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel,
Raleigh. n. c., March 26
The statement was made by state
official, a republican, a day or two
ago, that the hospitals for the insane
were in politics. 1t is now learned, on
authority, that at the hospital here a
majority of the employees are republi-
can or populists; that no man Is dis
charged because he is a populist or re-
publican and no man retained hacqnSa