The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03
rROupS IN CAMP cwGuF~
Company 4 First GA the a
Company votutees~ "Eo kate~ The
The Glass Divorce Case scheme at
F~u>ionists to Get Consroi 90 the DEM
ocrasic State Convention.

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Company 4 II the fzst regiment of
volunteers Went into camp At noon to-
day. II Furnished a camp guard las
night. 1t has IL men, this being ar
ranged - that in case any fail Ia pass
the gaps can De flied Of COURSE il
has only eighty-fnur in camp -Four
other companies arrive Monday after
noon and seven others Tuesday before
noon.
Two companies Of the state guard
Will be in the Second regiment 81 vol
unteers. one Of these being the ODDS
boro company and the other the Lun-
Der Bridge The GpliSborQ
company's captain. r. II. Balm. trlr-
graphs that NJ has eighty four men
This company viii probably be Com
pany a. Of the Second volunteers.
Edmund Jones, OF Caldwell county
Well known as a lawyer and memL+r
Of the legislature. viii have A company
in the Second volunteers.
The adjutant general said today. II
will be several days tefore ! announct-
all the companies forming the Second
regiment. e IL 40 hurry. To
day Company q. OF the First regiment
state guard. at Washington. volunteer
ed | have autographed ii Too late.
Colonel Rodnan of the First regiment.
state guard, has already made up a
company and We can only take one
from Washington"
A veteran soldier says ne thinks the
field and line officers Of the ncgrp
troops should be white men. So LETT
he thinks the negroes viii make excel
lent soldiers. 1t has been said that "A
Raleigh negro will be major of M
negro battalion. but the claims OF G.
S. l.. A. Taylor, of Charlotte. for that
place are being strongly urged. Tay-
lor's company was in the state guard
and volunteered To a man.
The Glass divorce suit ended today
after four hours hearing. Argument
went on until 2 o'clock this morning
One of the attorneys for the defence
! said in his argument nat he WA.
| heartily glad neither Of the parties. to
The case was a North Carolinian.
One convic sentenced at the term
Of the federal court at New Bern was
brought to THE penitentiary her today.
There are now early SIXTY United
| States prisoners here.
A very large force Of laborers is. at
work at five points along the Troy and
Mt. Gilead extension Il the Aberdeen
and Asheboro railway.
Monday the survey begins M a rail
way from Cary no Apex. this county.
via Holly Springs, into Harnett county.
Durham men are the. promoters.
Experts VINO have Examined, the camp
| of the First volunteers herr pronounce
the location remarkably fine, wei
drained and high, a md convenient in all
| respects.
Home Rule, the populist paper here
which favors fusion with republicans.
l says that Ohio Wilson. who IS d.
bounced by Senator Butler. is the lat-
| ter create
Lieutenant J. II. Batche7or. II, NJ ts.
Twenty-fifth infantry, Is here on a visit
to his parents.
The attendance at the Southern con
is quite large.
The state board Of medical examiners
Is in session al Charlotte. TThere ar
over 100 persons to fe examined ~
these thirty are from the state uni
versity.
A veteran Of the Mexican var her
has four ~grardsons in the First req
men of volunteers. He pointed with
great pride to them today as they
were walking together in unafc7Tn.
II is said that in some counties ot th-
state young men are going around ami
making PERSONAL appeals % 'be sent "a
I delegates 10 n. democratic state con
vention, saying they have never AZ
tended a convention and world nk. 70
do SO. II Is said that several
these young men have De--n run
down" and found 10 be favorable %
fusion with popul1sts. osion
democrats. ii is suggested. ought -
find how delegates stand On t1.s qu@--
ton.