The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-28

Quite q Numbe Present in Uniform at
the State Fair-Senator Prfsehard In
Low Spirits The Senator's Attempt
at Bulldozfng
Messenger Bureau,

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Carolina Most people laughed at it.
Democrats sale that no surer way to |
carry the state by 5000 or 80. 900 demo- |
cratic majority could be desired. Gov |
ernor Russell and a lot OF the fusion |
state officials were in conference untn
II o'clock last night on a proclamation
to be issued by the governor. 1t was
said that this proclamation would
warn the people to preserve good or
der until and during the election. and
would be against ~white-capping and in
reference with speakers.
A man named w. II. Cox has come
here and told the governor that nobody
in Richmond county can give him food;
that it is prohibited; in other words,
that there is a food boycott against
him there. This man Cox is the same
who yesterday brought the news here
to the governor that there was no
trouble with the negroes in Robson
county: that the trouble was merely
between some Croatan Indians. A man
named Wood. who says he is a populist
from Texas, brings to the governor a
| statement that he could not speak at
| Scotland Neck: that he was forbidden
| to do so.
! AT republican state headquarters it
is said hat Senators Pritchard and
| Butler and Oliver H. Dockery are to
speak next Saturday at Wilmington.
Warren V. Hall, of the labor commits
sioners' office, who is always we'll post
ed about republican news, says that
what the republicans fear is that they
will not be allowed to get out their
full vote in Richmond, Halifax and
EdgecOmbe counties and may hus lose
the legislature. This shows how close
w nrpCSpH the rpnnhlioanS ora
The democratic congressional con-
ference committee endorsed J. W. At
water, Independent populist candidate
for ongress in this district.
1t will require something like $50, 900
to max the final payment of the Sec
Ond regiment. The companies will av-
erage about Sc, 700 each.
The state charters the w. S. Clark
Steamboat Company, capital 81, 600. w.
I. Gibson, of Savannah, Ga. is the
principal stakeholder. w. w. Howard,
of Wilmington, is another stockhold-
er. The remainder of the stockholders
are Fayetteville men.
AlOnZo Hinton, colored, is in Jail here,
charged with the murder of Lucius
Mial, cOlored, in this county near Shot
well. The murder occurred yesterday.
The railway commission met today.
1t took III a number of minor cases,
regarding freight O~vercharges, etc. No
important matters are before it at this
session.
The state fair was formally opened
today. The parade was the largest in
many years. Governor Russell made
the speech Of opening. President John
S. Cunningham, of the State Agricul-
tural Society, and John G. Drewry.
chief marshal, are taking a gratifying
interest in the fair. One of the new
features of the parade was the appear
ance of twenty-five young ladies on
horseback as assistant marShalS.
The fair is a complete success in the
matter of exhibits. Thursday is re-
union day for the confederate veterans.
Today there was issued, as one Of
the John Hopkins series Of mono
graphs, THE Transition of North Car
DINA from Colony to Commonwealth"
by Professor E. w. Skies, of Wake
i Forest college.
1t is now assured thai f. w. Pou
will be reelected solicitor of his dis
trict by at least 1900 majority.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., October 26, 1898.
There was rain early this morning,
which alarmed not a few people re-
garding the attendance at the state
fair, but at 1920 o'clock the sun came
out.
The general comment is that the fair
is much above the average in the mat
ter of exhibits.
Today was Confederate Veterans
day and there were quite a number
present in uniform. In the city in the
evening there was a reception to the
marshals and maids of honor, by Col
onel ard Mrs. John S. Cunningham.
The supreme court decides that Jim
Booker, the negro who murdered Ma
hala White in this county, must be
hanged. Booker is one of the nine
prisoners who so nearly made their eS-
cape from Jail here recently.
James E. Boyd, of Washington, made
a speech here last night in the court
house.
There was considerable comment to-
day on the letter of Major William A.
Guthrie, who was tie populist nOmi-
nee for governor two years ago, ac-
cepting the tender of the chairman
ship of the great democratic mass
meeting at Goldsboro Friday of this
week. He will next week make sew
eral campaign speeches in the interest
Of democracy. He is an incisive
speaker.
Mr.. Tate, of Greensboro, and Miss
Gray, of Winston, were married yes
terday at Hillsboro and came here last
night. 1t was an elopement. Today
they left for Winston.
Senator Pritchard while here yester-
day did not appear to be in particu-
larly good spirits. He made to sew
eral newspaper men the statement that
he did not expect any serious trouble
in the state at the election and that he
thought the statements sent out were
exaggerated.
TIE railway commission had a short
session today. 1t had less business at
this meeting han at any one in a long
time. The Wilmington Tariff Associa-
ton filed exceptions to the refusal of
the commission to grant a new hearing
on the mileage book rate question.
A new cotton mill is now in course
of construction at Henderson and the
commission grants a special rate of
freight on material used in building it.