The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-25
TEE new JUDGE
RUSSELL APPOINTS PRlTCHAKD'S
FATHER.IN-LAW
The Railway Commissioner Favor
Separate Railway Cars for Blacks
and whites but Postpone. Action on
Account OF Nearness Of the Session of
the eLegislatnre-Federa Prisoners at
the Penitentiary TO be Removed TO
Atlanta
Messenger Bureau

Raleigh, n. T., November -.
Positive as the news appeared TO be
that Governor Russell had appointed
Edward Justice judge Of the Tenth su-
perior court district it turned out to be
inaccurate He appoints Jacob w.
Bowman, Senator Pritchard's father
in law. Two weeks ago George Pritch-
ard the senator's brother, was here in
Bowman's interest and said the latter
would get the place. Later, Governor
Russell went to Asheville and met
Senator Pritchard. The Ashevllle
papers gave out the news that the gov
ernor refused to appoint Bowman and
that this had made the senator angry.
The appointment Of Bowman is until
the next regular election, two years
away, and at that election a judge Will
be elected for two years, Private Sec
retary Cade says.
Adjutant General A. D. Cowles who
for many weeks has been in Washing
ton and New York, has returned, to be
mustered out as lieutenant colonel of
the Second North Carolina regiment.
The labor commissioner in making
up his report for this year finds that
fewer hogs are now raised in this state
than in 1860 The number is 10000
less.
Three years ago the North Carolina
Baptists made an arrangement with
the North Carolina Baptists for the
holding of Institutes and for general
religious educational work among the
negroes 1t is known as cooperative
work. The term was for three years.
has now expired and the question
at the annual convention at Greenvllle
is whether it shall be reversed. I'm
der the arrangement Institutes have
been held all over the state, and Edl-
tor Bailey of The Biblical Recorder
says the work has been very success
full
The penitentiary authorities here
will hardly regret the news that the
federal convicts now here are to be re-
moved to Atlanta. They are a great
deal of trouble. 1t will not do to mix
federal and state convicts. The latter
can be punished, while the former
conflict The federal convicts who re-
volted here claim that they did so be-
cause they had cold meat for break
fast one morning last week.
Before the railway commission met
this morning Chairman Caldwell and
Commissioner Pearson were talking
about the latter's resolution requiring
Jim Grow" cars-that is, serarate cars
for whites and blacks. The chairman
said all would be for it were it not
that the legislature was so near meet
ing, and as it might be thought bet
ter taste to let that body settle it.
Commissioner Pearson said that 1t
would be sometime before the legisla-
ture would act, and that delay was not
desirable; that in his view the COM
mission should make the order and
name January 18th as the date for
it to go into effect. He said it would
give little trouble as to through trains,
the law being in force in South Caro-
lima and Georgia. A railway official
said that few negroes now ride in first
class cars, mainly riding second class,
and ths. the order would throw an
exceedingly dirty class of immigrants,
people. This was the railway side of
the case.
At it's meeting the railway commits
sion postponed action on COmmis-
sioner Pearson's resolution ordering
the railways to provide by January 18th
separate cars or compartments,
both first and second class, for white
and colored passengers. Chairman
Caldwell and Commissioner Abbott
voted to postpone on the grounds that
the legislature should act on the mat
ter and that it would be improper for
the commission to forestall the legisla-
ture. All expressed themselves as
warmly favorable to separate cars.
The commission rescinded its order of
July 18th requiring telegraph compa-
nies to pay the war tax on messages.
FitZsimmOns Says the Fight was a