The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-01

Ii Wa HUNDRED Yesterday That He
Had Resigned-Refuses TO say Any.
thing n bout the Matter

The Messenger was informed through
Postmaster William II. Chadbourn
rendered his resignation to b post
office department on Saturday and that
the same has been accepted.
A Messenger representative talked
with Mr.. Chadbourn, but he pleasantly
declined TO talk Il am saving wood"
was the only statement he would make.
There is a rumor that Mr.. G. 4.
French. of Rocky Point, is TO be ap-
pointed postmaster in Mr.. Chadbourn's
stead.
1t is to be hoped that he p~ostofice
department will not appoint French as
postmaster here. He is extremely OBJ
~jectionable to the best citizens of Will
mington, and was among those who
were driven from the city during the
race troubles last November. His re-
turn to Wilmington would be sure TO
stir up bad blood and it would not be
safe for him to again attempt TO reside
here. We say this much because We
know the feeling against him, and
we are sure that his presence would en-
danger the peace and good order that
now prevails in our city.
1SdlCl6A hlSPdISACo d Jew Gays 8
stated that Senator Pritchard was using
his bes efforts to have Postmaster
Chadbourn removed, and that Governor
Russell was standing by Mr.. Chad
bourn. The Wilmington correspondent
of The New Bern Journal, in a letter
from this city under date of the goth,
says:
Now the truth of the whole affair. is
hat it is Governor Russell who seeks
Postmaster ~Chadbourn's overthrow.
This may seem strange, when one
recollects that three years ago Russell
a in Chadbourn his %Stoutest support
er, and at a time when Russell needed
support in order to secure the guber-
material nomination, and afterwards, an
election to Office.
But the governor is forgetful of past
favors. At present it is Exile French
who rests upon his BOSOM. and whom
he is seeking to help.
The first step was to get the exile
back into countenance in this city, so
one day George 4. came in by train and
showed himself upon the streets.
THE plan was for French to come
for a few hours on a first visit; then for
a day on his second visit, and after
wards for longer periods until he should
again acquire a residence here.
But this was quickly nipped, for the
Exile's first appearance aroused the
lCSlIuS VI 90 " SuCH oil GxleIEl Vlldl
word was sent to Frenc not to repeat
his visit, and he, remembering his
exit in '9S, took the hint and has not
and probably never will return here.
Well for him if he does not.
"This failure to secure French's re.
turn and afterwards the comfortable
berth in the p%ostoffice here, has not
changed the governors efforts towards
Chadbourn's removal.
ANY one who knows Russell is &C
quainted with his miserable l~ittleness
in the way of STOPPING to low things.
No savage Of his can do meaner
things.
80 Postmaster Chadbourn has been
subjected to all kinds of suspicious in
his departments, encouraged by Rus
sell, who keeps spies on the watch for
any trivial irregularity.
Just how it will end, matters little
to the outsider, but as indicating how
small Russell is, it simply presents him
from the point of friendship, and shows
how utterly depraved he is in regard to
Wilmington, in being anxious to again
put French on guard here.
But the day of Russell, French ct
al in Wilmington has gone, never to
return"