Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-20
WHAT DAY TOLD M'CASKEY
Preparing Draft OF tho New Election
I.nw-.The Fay etteviIIo Dispensnry
Fisht-Rooker's Roufo 10 Heaven
Tho Vance Textile schooi-Ncsro
Congressman whites Advice :
Newsfrom other Parts OF state.
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honor of the day.
Superintendent Day, of the peniten
tiary. is very angry because Supervisor
II. L. McCaskey, Populist, came here
from one Of the State farms to endeav-
or to induce the Board of Directors to
annul the order OF Day that McCaskey
should Immediately retire. Day told
McCaskey to-day that he was out and
would stay out. and that demand for
back salary came with poor grace from
him, as he owed board for his family for
n year or more. Day says other super
visors like McCaskey, also owe board to
the State for their families.
ELECTION LAW SUGGESTIONS.
The Legislative Joint Committee on
Election Law is receiving many sug-
gestions from leading Democrats. Sen
ator Glenn and Representatives Stubbs
and Winston, OF the committee. are
making draft of a law, in conjunction
with Democratic State Chairman Sim
mons. The law will be taken as it is in
the Code and to 1t will be added the
feature of electoral boards in the va
rious courrtir7s.-stnd sist,- -of,t-regis-
trar of election at each precinct. 1t is
said there Will be no feature in 1t which
VIII dlsfranchise any voter, and the ig-
EOranl voter VIII De given every OppOr-
tunity to vote. Outside of the county
electoral boards there is said to be no
special feature. 1t is not yet decided as
to the State Electoral Board and how
1t will be constituted This Informal
ton comes from a member of the COM
rnitee. The bill will put in effect the
law as 1t was in 1893 before the days
of fusion, with the changes above al
luded 10.
THE FAYETTEVILLE DISPENsARY
The delega tons which came here
from Fayetteville for and against the
"dispensary' returned to-day. The
Legislative Committee knocked out the
ti-dispensary bill introduced by Rep
resentative Ray. OF Cumberland. Rep
resentative Robinson. of that county
will Introduce an amended bill, which
your correspondent is Informed, merely
strengthens the present dispensary law.
NEW ROUTE TO HEAVEN.
Booker, the negro murderer who was
hanged here yesterday. made new de-
parture in his speech on the gallows.
by saying he was going to Heaven on
railway train. A negro preacher VINO
heard this. said he hoped Booker had
through ticket ana would not DC put
off at n waystation.
VANCE TEXTILE SCHOOL.
This afternoon the Legislative Com
mittee on Manufactures heard arsu-
ments in support Of the bill appropria-
ting 200 yearly to the Vance state
Textile School. ]. Z. Caldwell, D. y.
Tompkins and r. J. Brevard, of Char
lottc appeared in favor of it-so did
delegation from Raleigh. Both Char
lotte and Raleigh want the school.
Representative Garrison, the introducer
of the bill, says the manufacturers OF
the state desire the school to be dis
tinct institution. There were others
who say 1t ought to be in connection
with the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Raleigh.
NEGRO CONGRESsMAN'S ADVICE.
A leading negro here. who attended
the Negro State Council yesterday.
over which the negro Gongressfrtstff,
George II. White. presided, said that
Whites advice was never good to the
negroes; that before the present cleo
ton he had told them to go to the polls
with revolvers and guns. and IL they
did not have these to put stones in
their pockets. White wanted to get a
resolution through advising the ne
grocs to leave the State, but was folled.
He also desired to make a thrust at the
Democrats. Here again he was foiled.
The negro who told us this says that
John c. Dancy, the secretary of the
council. made while North since the
election some speeches refiecting on the
state of affairs In North Carolina.
The new Methodist Conference paper
is TO appeaer here February 1st. Rev.
Dr. Ivey will be editor, and Rev Mr..
Watts, of Greenvile. business manager.
The architects of North Carolina met
here to-day and formed a State insti-
tute, with II. s. Ashe chairman and II.
E. Binetry secretary.
The negroes do not like the sugges-
ton of State Superintendent of Public
instruction Mebane. to consolidate
their present seven normal schools
each OF which nets $1,000 a year, into
three schools. 1t is claimed that seve-
raj of these schools are not doing the
work they should do.
JONES-WHITE CONTEST.
In the Fourteenth Senatorial district
Jones DemocraO contests the seat OF
White (PopulsO. The latter, on the
face of the returns, had % majority.
Harnett. Bladen and Sampson compose
the district. 4 recount Is in progress.
Jones shows that over 200 Of the votes
cast are Illegal, and also that at Lii
!ington negroes held n meeting and
agreed to lynch any negro who voted
the Democratic ticket In Bladen and
Harnett the recount is half done. In
counted for White. One box in Baden
Is found to have been stolen.
Four convicts. Uriah Bill. serving 80
years, for murder. from Beaufort coun-
~. n. c.: his brother, Sherrell Bill. UNI
der the same sentence; Joe Reid. Fed
eral prisoner. safe cracker and post
office robber, and Joe Jones, of South
Carolina, esca ped from the penitentiary
here. Sherrell Bill is re-captured.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO-DAY.
The Senate to-day summoned the