The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-20
NO CRUELTY IN SUCH CONDUCT.
This Is How the P~enitentiary Board
settles the Charges Against its Farm
Superintendent-The Board Also OBJ
jects to Newspaper Criticism of Its
Relations with Bill Day-1he state
Truckers Associatfon-The Cotton
Convention Formed.
Especial 10 the Messznger.)

Grimes president and I. 3. Parker, OF
the Farmers Alliance secretary. Re
marks were made by Grimes, ]. B.. Cof-
field, McCallum of Robson, Rev. n. NJ.
Jurney, John s. Cunningham, T. B..
missioner of Agriculture Patterson and
George T. Winston 1t was decided
that there ought to be a uniform sys-
tenn of organization and tina printed
plans for this should be sent out, so
local organizations "a be effected
Chairman Grimes said it was his idea
to have a state organization with East
ern Carolina Truckers Association as
a parent one.a and also to have local or
CARNATIONS. George II. Winston, j. 3.
Coffield and Mr.. Westbrook of Mt.
Olive were appointed a committee to
draft the plan.
THE PENITENTIARY BOARD.
The penitentiary board was in exec
utive session all day. No reporters
| were admitted. The following resolu-
| tion, offered by w. C.. Newland was.
adopted.
Whereas, There appear newspaper
| comments from which inference may be
drawn that there exists friction be-
tween Superintendent Day and this
board, and
Whereas, in fact there is no such
friction.
Resolved, that we consider the com
ments of the reporters of the Raleigh
papers unjust and incorrect and what
ever criticism upon the management
| were made by us were made as a mat
ter Of business and not as a personal
reflection Upon Superintendent Day.
The report of the committee on ope-
rating the shirt factory, and which
contracted for making shirts at so
cents per dozen was adopted.
Nearly the entire day was devoted to
the SummerelI trial. He was IN the
stand, as We're also the following wit
nesses in his behalf, introduced by r. B.
PEBBLES his counsel; T. l.. Emery, r.
II. Stancill, M. w. Ransom, Jr. w.
H. Day.
PEBBLES made a long argument.
Travis, Ol l1c AtcuIlt DOdTu Itdu dill
the evidence taken by the penitentiary
committee and PEBBLES and most of that
taken by the legislative investigating
committee.
Newland presented a report declar-
ing SummereIl guilty of cruelty and
that Summerell be discharged. This
was ost-10 to Z.
LeGrand offered a resolution, which
was adopted BY a vote of 10 to I. The
resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That Lewis SummereN
made a mistake in sending the convicts
to work in intensely cold weather last
February, which resulted in serious
damage to the convicts, yet the same
was unintentional.
The board meets again tomorrow.
COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION.
The cotton growers convention to-
night was largely attended. It was
called to order and presided over by j.
S. Cunningham, with T. B. Parks and
j. D. Allen secretaries. Speeches
were made by Patterson, Cunningham,
w. A. Graham, Nat. Macon, r. L. Alb
ernethy, A. T. McCallum, J. ]. Thomas.
Currie of Bladen, r. H. Battle, Bryan
Grimes, Congressman Atwater, Cyrus
Thompson and Others. A committee
of nine was elected, composed Of ]. 3.
Coffield, George w Best, E. H. Mead
ows, Benjamin Irby, J. S. Cunningham,
w. P. Craven, J. P. Allison, R. l.. Alb
o-,1+1,- o-AIa o1rr IN vry1z4- Tl,;-
meets tomorrow to elect a president.
There was a wide variance of views.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS MEET
ING.
The confederate veterans annual
meeting tonight was the largest ever
held. Julian s. Carr was reelected
dent, Claude B. benson secretary. A
resolution of sympathy with General
w. w. kirkland, no where, in his recent
Illness was adopted. 1t was reported
that Mrs. Stonewan jackson was in
needy condition and arrangements
were made to aid her. Walter Clark
was thanked for completing the records
~ AOSiilftIllS dLCC&
five years work and they ordered print
ed January LIST A report showed that
h amount required ITO erect a memo
rial shaft in Winchester cemetery had
been raised and that the monument
would De completed next month. The
action of L. OBJ. Branch camp,
of Raleigh, to erect a monument
to the women OF the confederacy''
was endorsed and all camps will be
asked TO cooperate. Preliminary steps
were taken for a great reunion next
year, either in the summe to continue
three days or here next October.