The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20
The Exposure Makes the
Governor Squirm.
ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN
Congregational Conventions soon to be
HeId-Leaf Business of the
state Superintendent MewbOrne's
Painful Accident-HaI Ayers Poor
Attempt AT Denial Republicans
Frightened-RusseII's Political Flop.
Convict as Registrar.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., September 10.

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The republican convention for this,
the Fourth, congressional district
meets here September goth, to endorse
J. J. jenkins, the poplist nominee. The
democratic convention is to meet here
September 18th. SO far the name of
no one except Ed. Chambers Smith has
been mentioned in connection with the
democratic nomination. The republic
con congressional convention for the
Third district meets September 18th,
and Oscar j. Spears, Of that district,
who is here, says it will certainly make
a nomination, most probably of either
A. H. Slocumb or S. H. Buchanan.
All the companies of the Second reg
iment, in camp here, sav those from
Fayetteville and GreenviIle, have been
paid off for August. The companies
named will be paid off this week.
Major Dixon n several other regi-
mental officers say they expect the
furlOughs to be dated next Saturday.
In that case the muSter-Out Will be
about October 9th.
The reports from the leaf tobacco
markets in this state, thirty-fOur i'll
number, show sales of 125, 600, 900 pounds
during the year. There are eighty-sev-
en- warehouses and $50 leaf dealers.
This state continues to produce much
more than One-half the bright leaf"
grown in the United States.
Cotton pickers are now in good de-
mand in this section. The scale of pay
is now 80 cents per 100 pounds.
The agricultural department will is
sue no more monthly crop reports this
year, that for August being the last.
While superintendent MeWboorne,
of the penitentiary, was inspecting he
state rice farm near Wilmington he
stepped on a nail, which penetrated the
foot to a depth of two inches. He did
not at first pay particular attention to
it, but it is now causing him much suf-
fering.
Congressman Richmond Pearson, who
was here yesterday, avs he saw the
president Tuesday and that the latter
informed him he would specially ask
congress to increase the regular army
to 100, 900 men, and had no doubt that
it would be promptly done.
The populist secretary of the state
committee attempted to deny that
republicans had furnished matter for
the hand book but it is known that
the republican state chairman secured
"officially' from the counties informa-
ton as to finances, etc, and that a re-
publican under official in one of the de-
partmentS has put in much time pre-
pairing it for publication az a chapter
in the handbook.
"Our people are frightened, l hear
said a republican today who has lately
been out of the state. Yes was the
reply; they certainly are" A few
minutes later Carl Duncan said when
asked how the republicans and popu-
lists are pulling together, 1T has come
to a question of life and death for
them and us to pull together"
1t is discovered by the democrats
that a fusion registrar of election in
BERTHE county is an ~ex-convict, who
was sent to the p~enitentiary from
Moore county.
The state licenses the New Yor
Plate Glass Insurance Company to do
business in this state.
Governor Russell publishes a long
explanation today about the rice
farm and the penitentiary lease. Last
year the governor used to send out
typewriter INTERVIEWS exclusively
to one paper. This year he sends them
to another.
1t was quite laughable to hear a re-
publican state official say yesterday
that while last spring when the gov
ernOr had an idea the populists and
democrats would fuse he said Lets
get together and beat the id mo-
nopolists," while now he says Lets
beat the ID democrats The re-
publican says this change of heart
and words redeems the governor in my
estimation, though it is rather awk-
ward"