The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-22
Messeng ger Bureau
Raleigh, n. c., November Is.

of that party in North Carolina, today
makes the editorial assertion that the
negro as a race has never benefited the
republican party. 1t says further that
counties in eastern North Carolina
where the negroes dominate go demo-
cratic.
Some Vance county populists say
that Eaton, the colored candidate for
register of deeds, made outrageous
speeches there, but a leading demo-
crat assures your correspondent that
this is inaccurate. He says that as
matter of fact Eaton fought the popu-
lists and their fusion machine in Vance
and that his speeches were in good
tone.
The last legislature repealed the act
which required candidates for office
to file with the secretary of state an
itemized and sworn statement of their
election expenses. Judge Hoke and
Thomas G. Skinner, senator from the
first district have, however, filed their
statements The cost to Senator Skin
uCI was YOI Jog NCHlo, liIC nan wv
coming in from a charge of 37l cents
for ferriage One item is for $1,000
for so bushels of oysters for a roast.
Another is $1,000 to Rev. DR.. Thomas
w. Babb for expenses incurred in his
canvass of Gates county. Babb was
an independent candidate, whom the
fusion machine tried desperately but
in vain to induce to leave the field.
from Asheville tomorrow morning, it
was announced at the executive office
today.
There was collision at Haw River
yesterday between a passenger train
and a freight train, in which an en-
gine and two or three cars were badly
damaged. The passenger train arriv-
, ed here six hours late.
The movement to have Democratic
State Chairman Simmons succeed
Senator Butler is a powerful one. 1t
is spontaneous, like the one to make
Charles B. Aycock governor, and was
keynote Of the big democratic jubilee
here Tesday night.
Flagman w. G. Parker who fell
from a train at Selma night before
last and died in a hospital here, was
today.
Another "trusty" convict has escap-
ed from the penitentiary-this time
Robert Johnson, from New Hanover
county. He walked away yesterday
afternoon.
/ The penitentiary has made claim to
| the Castle Haynes phosphate mine prop
erty by reason of money, some $4,000
due it for convict labor by Colin Haw-
! kins, but it's directors have waived all
claim to the property.
! Senator Butler in his paper today
declares himself as in favor of a con-
stitutional convention. He touches
lightly on the matter Of limiting the
suffrage. The Morning Post, of this
city, takes the advanced ground of
calling on congress to repeal the
amendment to the constitution allow
ing negroes to vote, and to place ne
groes in the same class as Chinese.
= Colonel John S. Cunningham, of
Person, tells me he is at work building 6
twenty-eight public academies there.
| He has charge of fund Of $40, 600
which will be expended in this direc-
| tion and in supplementing the public
! school fund. He says Person will have
by far the best public school system
in all the state.
The colored state fair ended today.
| There were speeches by Mr.. Josephus
I, Daniels and Colonel Cunningham.
The old officers were re-elected-Thos.
Donaldson president, Rev. R. H. w.
Leak secretary.
The state auditor finds that there are
now 5,440 state pensioners, an increase
of 5S over last year. The increase in
the number of soldier pensioners is
III. There is a decrease of SO widows
The 131 first class pensions will this
year be paid $1,000 cash, the PIP sec
end class $54.00 the 393 third class
$4,000, the 1868 fourth class $500, and
the 2,6S1 widows $500.
Peg Leg Williams who in 1SS9-9C
took over 10000 negroes south from
| this state, to work on farms, is now
! here after more of them. He says ii
is an excellent time for them to emf
CRATE, and he hopes to secure num-
bers of them.
1t will be remembered that farmer
named Ennis. with shot gun in hand
last Saturday prevented the convict
force of graders from entering on his
land to build the Raleigh and Cape
Fear railway. Ennis was brought here
and tried and won his suit. But the
| railway has now had its inning g
! Wednesday night it secured an in
junction from Judge Bryan restrain
ing Ennis from further interference
This the sheriff served yesterday, and
so work is again in progress
The board of directors of the insane
asylum here has elected DR.. c. L. Jen-
kins, of EdgecOmbe, first assistant
physician, vice DR.. F. D. Koonce Jr.
of Jones county. who resigned a few
days ago. The lower floor of the new
male annex has been chosen for the
excess Of female patients. There are
many more females TEAMMATES. and
the increase is largely Of females
Communication between the first floor
aud the other floors Of the annex is