The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

Plant.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel
Raleigh, n. c.. August ..
Ex-Governor Jarvis and wife are
here. after having been at Piedmont
Springs a month. He tells me both are
in better health than for several years
past. He is a member of the democrat
ic state committee and when asked for
his views on the coming campaign said
while / am friend TO the negro, and
always have been, and have done all
l could to help him, yet it is clear that
North Carolina without negro support.
They are utterly incapable OF giving
good state, county or municipal gov
ernment They are the creatures Of the
negroes and you cannot expect the
creature to rise above the creator. All
when compared with this overmaster-
ing one of white supremacy" Speak
ing of Senator Butler he said: He has
a rocky road to travel. When a man
deserts principle and goes for pie he
is bound to strike rocks"
Ed. Chambers Smith, ex-state chair
man of the democratic committee, was
also interviewed and said: 1T looks
now like our platform in the state
ought to be short; ought to reaffirm the
Chicago platform, and ought to con-
denim the rascality and incompetency
of the republican -populiSt administra-
ton. Unquestionably the great issue
will be the control of the state by the
white people. They will stop the out
RACES which are so largely committed
while the republican party is in power.
Our party must make a clear-Out fight.
We have given the populists every op-
portunity Of showing some devotion to
principle, yet they failed. / am es-
pecially inclined to straight fight
after reading the address Of the popu-
list state committee and Of letting them
stay where they say they want to be
in the middle of the road"
1t is said that such republicans as
Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and At
torney General Walser are in favor of
cutting Loose from the populists, and
for a straight fight.
Republicans freely speak of Govern
or Russell as a "populist" and say he
could not now be elected even to con-
gress from a district in the state.
Some Of the minority populists are
making the general statement that T.
w. Babb is 10 run for congress from
the First district. Some OF Babb's
close friends say so. He was a devoted
friend Of Congressman Skinner last
winter.
The state auditor says in reference to
his remark as to the large increase Of
the taxes on certain property by the
state board of equalization that he
meant to say the increase was 500 per
cen. as compared with the percentage
Of the increase Of taxes on corporation
property by the same board.
The Daily Times, the new afternoon
paper here, will appear next Saturday.
e. A. Womble, G. F. Cook, G. w. Mitch
ell and c. A. Jones, all printers, will
publish it.
A son of the late Chief Justice Mer-
rimon is arranging to go to the KlOn-
dyke country. One North Carolinian
is now there, having gone from Seattle.
The rains Saturday night and yes
terday were fine, were unaccompanied
by wind, and have delighted the farm
ers. They assured good crop Of late
corn, and they were exactly right for
cotton.
The Southern railway will put 90
pound rails on it's line from Charlotte
to Mooresville, and the same will be
put down on the link between MoOres-
vile and Mocksville. Orders are given
that the. latter must be ready for use
January 18th.
A native Of Rutherford county who
is here says the dispensary system is
found to work quite well there. The
dispensary is at Rutherfordton, which
had for years been dry town. Sales
are not very large. There is some
"blOckading' in the county, but as long
as there is no disturbance the county
authorities are not bothering about it..
When Rutherfordton was dry" blind
tigers were plentiful.
A revenue officer has gone to the
banks" the extreme coast line Of the
state. in the Chicamacomico section, to
look out for moonshiners. No one not
in that line of business would ever ex-
pect TO find them in that desolate place.
which is harder to reach than any part
of North Carolina.
Two white men are in Jail at Graham
for burning large government
whiskey distillery not far from Bur-
lirgton.
Otho Wilson, railway commissioner.
is yet sore over Senator Buffers at
tacks on him and says plainly that any
man who says he is under railway in
fiuences tells falsehood. Wilson says
regarding the reduction Of Western
Union telegraph rates which the board
ordered. that il will stand in any court
and before any judge, on the strength
of the testimony before the commission.
Michigan men have purchased the
great timber plant and timber tract
and water-power Of the Catawba Riv-
er Lumber Company, which a few
months ago went into receivers hands.
The officers are after the negro who
was with Ed. Purvis, the tramp. when
the latter murdered Flagman Black
we'll on the Atlantic Coast Line. Pur-
Wis is in Jail. The negro is known
and is from Fayetteville.
Pure, rich blood feeds the nerves
That is why Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purifier cures nervousness.