The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-30
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
MRS. GOVEKAOK RUSSELL MAKEsH
PLEASANT ar HE MANSION.
Adjutant General Cowl~s Wants To BE
Minister to Grsece-The Name for
the Rolling Exposition Car.

RALEIGH. n. c.. March 2s.-Speciai.-
The Capital Club here has awarded the
contract for the handsome 10000 club
house. our sIfIl.r.
Mr.. Ed. Chambers Smith has been APP
pointed to represent North Carolina on
The Executive Committee Of the National
Association OF Democratic Clubs.
Superintendent Ray, OF the Institute FOR
the Bliad here, has gone North TO visit
different blind asylums, looking to an i'm
proyement here,o.
Mrs. Russell made 1t quite pleasant at
the mansion last week. She entertained
the women's Christian Temperance
Union, the Board OF Trustees OF the AS
riculturaI aud Mechanical College, and
gave a reception to Mr.. and Mrs. c. 4.
DcIley.
10 START THE STREET CARS.
Work begins this week on the new
cgr-house for the Raleigh Electric street
Car Company. and the ears are promised
u be running by May lst.
The ncwly-appointed AdJutant-General.
A. }. Cowles. Is an applicant for the ap-
continent OF Minister TO Greece, to sue
coed Minister Eben Alexander.
The North Carolina Rolling Exposition
car will be finished by August LIST. and II
will be named for whatever city bids
highest Tor that honor. Raleigh, VII
mington. Asheville. and Charlotte Will
send In sealed bids.
Superintendent Smith. Of the p%eniten-
tiary. has returned from his first visit
to the State farms on the Roanoke, and
expresses himself as well pleased with
their condition.
sun 10 appointment IN regard 20 the
United States Eastern Judgeship. Ths
opposition TO Price. OF Salisbury, is in
creasing.
Mr.. McCasIey. Popuilst member OF tho
Legislature. writes a letter. generating
DR.. Wood from the charge that he went
before the boiling Populist caucus u
sought their support for superintendent
OF the Insane Asylum here. lie says he
was chosen before caucus action as the
right man for the place.
THE oDD-FELLOWS.
Grand Secretary d. A. Woodcil. OF the
Grand Lodge OF Odd-Fcllows. says there
are now one hundrc and fifteen lodges
I'm the State. The membership is nearly
five thousand. There have been many
losses during the past twelve months by
suspension. due 10 the hard times. The
Grand Lodge meets az Charlotte IN MAY.
Tho State Teachers Assembly Commit
tee has not yet decided on a place 90 meet
this year. The date Is fixed. June 18th.
To-day some prominent Republicans
here offered 20 bet that the Federal judge
ship OF the district will go either 20 Gov
ernor Russell or 10 Charles Price. II "a
true hat Russell said AZ first nothing
would please him so much as the Judge
ship. II Is equally true that he now says
he does not want IL. But II Is asserted
by some that this latter declaration Il
because Of his anger az the way Republi-
ans are 'nagging' him and trying 10
get him out OF the position OF Governor
James II. Young. the negro editor OF the
Gazette. who is given the position OF
Chief Fertilizer Inspector. is still In the
race for the postmastorship Of Raleigh.
His paper so announces.
Governor Russell to-day sent TO the
Governors Of other States. copies Of Cow
ernor Cars last message 10 the Legisla-
ture and also his own inaugural address.
WASTING BREATH.
The Republicans and Populist members
Of the Board of Agriculture az their eau
cuscs (and they held tw0) agreed %
carry out the new law by separating
the fertilizer control station from tho
Agricultural and Mechanical College. and
either pay the latter for tho outfit or
else buy a new one. Members say that
the HAT proposition Was made 10 turn
out all the officers Of tho station. Ray.
a Republican member from Watauqa.
made q talk and said that this could not
be consistently done. as there was no
politics In the station, that men were 'ut
i'm for merit and that alone. Ray de-
clarcd il would be the meancst sort or
partisanship 10 remove them. But as
RAY said. he was merely wasting his
breath.
There must have been some sort Of nm
Outstanding between the Agricultural
BOARD and the new trustees OF the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College for Ray
said: ut IS agreed that President Holt
dav shall hold over and not be removed.
II NAV be inferred from the tenor OF this
remark that removals Of some Or tho
faculty are contemplated. or course.
the Agricultural Board no longer controls
the college. There are some very bitter
men on both sides, men who angry and
sound, and one at least who wants 10
strike at some OF the fertilizer central
officials.
The act. 10 promote tho safety OF coal
miners in this State was prepared by
ox-Judge =. q. W3macN counse for
the Cumnick Mining Company. and -
an excellent one. The Cher Of the Blu
reau Of Labor statistics IS put IN charge