The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13
THE POPULISTS' POLICY
40 BE OUTLlNEn IN EDITORIALS
BY SENATOR BUTLER.

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bile Drop Ca Price of ssrspc.-A Preach.
er's Cn.ecces.fui Attempt to buy Tohac.
co ON Sa.day : ~ ~si>tones for Confed.
crate Dead at vsechesier-Em'x-snts
From tho Northwest
Messenger Bureau. Park Hotel.
Raleigh. n. c., August g.
Senator Marion Butler viii be here
this week. He will write the editorials
for his paper and IL Is quite plainly
limited they will be spicy. An edition
Of 10000 will be published. The popu-
list policy will be outlined. The popu-
can methods OF carrying out the fusion
agreement. Senator Butler considers
Congressman SINNERS position as
being very ticklish so far as the latter
is concerned.
The university foot ball team is to-
have as a member William Austin. the
giant blacksmith. OF Stanley county
He is 6 feet ga inches high. weights
a4o pounds. is 81 years Did and can car
ry a 500 pound bale Of cotton.
ANsAtA ~ stN tttbtu w y IA
ties along the northern border of the
state.
The price of Delawa and Niagar
grapes has. for some reason unknown
10 the shippers. quickly fallen. News
papers north state that the grapes are
in great demand and perhaps the COM
mission merchant may be playing the
familiar trick Of deceiving the shippers
as to prices.
The appearance and development Of
cotton are declared by experts TO be
simply perfect in this section.
NJ. T. Leach, a well known local poll
itician. returned yesterday from a Eu-
ropean tour.
la Butler renews his assertion
that the fight against trusts is TO be
the supreme issue in the coming cam
paign. A member OF the democratic
state committee says he thinks the
free silver movement has reached it's
high water mark and viii not figure
prominently in the 1898 campaign.
The druggists here yesterday de-
clined to sell soda water, cigars or to-
bacco. A crusade has been made
against Sunday selling. A preacher
early in the morning went into n drug
store and called for tobacco. He was
told he could not be served.
United States Marshal O. j. Carroll,
is very sick at Connolly Springs. 1t
seems to be quite a collapse. He will
try to get to Buffalo Springs tomorrow.
Governor Russell has a letter from
Governor Holcombe. of Nebraska, in
viting the people of North Carolina to
participate in the trans-Mississippi and
exposition at Omaha,
which opens September 18th.
Major Hayes, of the seventh cavalry.
left today to enjoy his vacation at Old
Point. Mrs. Hayes accompanied him..
They will remain a fortnight.
The great yearly meeting" of the
Friends or Quakers, Is in progress at
High Point. The attendance is not
nearly as large as usual. About 5000
persons were present yesterday. None
of the distinctive costumes are now
worn by either the women OF the men.
Today at the office of Justice of the
Peace John Nichols, there was a great
gathering of negroes. the attraction
being the trial of some young men OF
that race for w~hitecapping and beat
ing Rev. Jake Jones, a negro "holi-
ness or "sanctifcation" preacher.
Friday night he was given a severe
%drubbing.
The white marble headstores pre-
pared here have been put up at the
graves of AS North Carolina soldiers
buried at Winchester, Va. September
18th the corner stone OF a monument
to the North Carolina dead will be un-
yelled there. Charles Broadway Rous
will be present. He gives $500 to-
wards the cost of the monument.
Governor Russell made quite a long
stay at the seashore and did not re-
turn until this afternoon.
A letter to the agricultural depart
ment says many Colorado people are
coming to this state; that they have
their eyes on North Carolina and it's
| advantages"