The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-09
The SOLDIERS HOME
Greatly In Need Of Funds-The Middle
over Fusion Congressional Nominal.
ton I'm the Raleigh Dissries-Dr. Wiz
cox. Boiling Congregational Nominee,
Dead-C. h. Ayeock and Cy Thompson
TO Have a Joint Di~eussion-White
Government Unions Forming.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh. y. c., September s.


Troy to Mount Gilead. distance four
teen miles. So rapidly is the work be-
ing pushed that the owners say they
expect to have it completed in thirty
days.
Governor Russell paid a visit to re-
publican headquarters yesterday and
remained some time. A wag of his
own party remarked that the governor
was getting back into his old party
by degrees, after his dalliance with
populism, and added that after being
disappointed because enator Butler
did not succeed in his plan for popu-
list-democratic fusion the governor is
now planning to beat the democrats.
The blank. books. ETC., for the Novem
Der election are sen out. That work
was finished today. There are now
1850 election precints.
The comment of the cotton farmers
in this section on that crop is that
cotton has outgrown itself
The returns from cotton mills are
coming in rapidly to the bureau OF
labor statistics. 1t is said to be
easier to get these reports than those
as to any other industry. The report
will show an increase of at least ten
mills as compared with the last report.
There is also a very large increase in
new spindles and looms in old mills.
1t is learned that the governor has
sent an attorney to Washington to see
the secretary of war and have the or
der of last Saturday mastering out the
First regiment, revoked. The gov
ernor declines to say what he has done
about any of this muster-out business.
From what one of the state officials
says he must have written some sort
of a letter about one of the regiments
or made some kind of a recommended
ton, though one OF his clerks says
this is inaccurate.
The republicans at headquarters are
not in good spirits. They appear TO
be rather sour. Never was the chair
man so reticent. Some one at head
quarters said yesterday that the fus-
ion judicial ticket would have So, 900
majority. This is Boosting pure and
simple.
There are now six public school
buildings here. two white and four col
Ored. The site for another white
school has been purchased.
Four thousand copies Of the premium
list of the state fair in October have
been sent out. The race premiums ag-
gregate $4,000. The fair will AVE
some new features.
At the state arsenal $50 rifles which
were brought to camp here by various
companies Of the State Guard which
volunteered have been leaned and re-
paired for reissue to companies at var
iOus points in the state. 1t is said that
the war department may turn over to
the various states the arms, tents, etc,
in use by volunteers. 1t will require
a special act of congress to bring this
about.
r. B. Boone. democratic nominee for
solicitor in the Durham district re-
signs by reason of i'll health. He had
begun his canvass but was unable TO
continue it.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., September Z.
The Confederate soldiers home here
IS out of funds and Superintendent
William c. Stronach say it needs at
least $500 to carry it through Septem-
Der, October and November. The an
nual appropriation for the next fiscal
year will be available December 1st.
A letter to a we'll known man in
western North Carolina, a democrat,
from Congressman r. Il. Linney, is
shown. The nan wanted a staff ap-
pointment when it was thought North
Carolina would have a %brigadier gen.
eral. Senator Pritcharj and Congress
man Pearson had endorsed him. Lin
ney wrote him that he preferred re-
publicans to democrats eve on the
field of battle"
Major George E. Butler, of the Third
battalion of the First n. c. regiment
and Captain N.cEie. of the Durham
company of that .eginent, were here
today OF their way back to Jackson
vile.
Captain Carl ". !efreys. of the Tar
J bnro company cf the Second regiment,
has resigned. II l. expected hat the
regiment will be here in from five to
six days. II will probably be here
eight or ten days.
Tomorrow the populist congression-
al convention meets here. Ohio VIII
son will call il to order. There is
a queer state OF affairs as TO the nomi-
nation Of a candidate. The repupli-
cans are pledged to endorse and vote
for the nominee. The chief aspirants
are Sheriff Jenkins of Chatham, Zach
Garrett, Congressman Strowd, Cade,
Ohio Wilson and Tomlinson Of Ran
dOlDh. Hal Aver was understood to
be in the race. put last night said he
had withdrawn. He may desire to be
a dark horse. Though the republicans
have been swearing that they would
never support Strowd, whom they
hate, yet as a populist who hates
Strowd said today: The republicans
are such moral towards that they will
support anybody. II would not sur