The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-07
BUFFERS GAME OF BLUFF
HIS PLAY or GONTeSTlNG THE ELEC-
TON IN SEVERAL COUNTIES
A Midnight Conference With the Hon.
orabIe John Graham-Belated County
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Only Elec-
ton Disturbers-Base Bali NOTES.
Grand Encanpment of Odd Fellows
to Meet I'm wilmington-The Western
District Judgeship.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. c., August 4.

Raleigh, ". c., AuguS 4
The Grand Encampment OF d Eel
lows meets August 18th at Whining
ton and Grand Patriarch Louis c.
Hewlett, Of Greensboro. Will preside.
1t will elect a delegate to the sovereign
grand lodge. which meets al Richmond
August 18th. Many North Carolina
members of the order will attend the
sovereign grand lodge. There are now
lis lodges in this state, with 6.40o
members. an increase. Grand Secretary
Woodell says, OF over 1000 in a e
Democratic State Chairman Simmons
heard to-day from Watauga county.
The ~fuSionists carried il. He also got
the official figures OF Pitts vote. The
democrats Won by Loo Yancey and
Mcdowell have both beer carried by the
democrats. The lattar's majority in
Burke is about 450.
At midnight last night "a But
Ter and Cy. Thompson and Attorney
John w. Graham were hard at work
at populist headquarters. Butler is
making a great play of contesung
the election in various counties. A
emocra here remarked to-day that
Butler had better drop this business
and get out of the state quickly.
IL 1uSlOllSlS lcd 81 4puAAs Al
advance about democratic outrages on
election day, that they were hit hard
by the fact that they committed the
only one-in their pet county of Chat
ham, when, at Congressman Atwater's
own precinct, finding the democrats
were out voting them, thew attacked
the judges of election, smashed the
boxes and burned the ballots.
The ~fusionists only carried one coun-
ty east of here. There are certainly not
over 3 populiSts in the legislature.
The republicans by thousands
scratched the ames of populists on the
fusion ticket.
1t is said the democratic majority
will not vary a thousand either way
from 5000.
The baseball season here ended yes
terday. Raleigh quit with money in
pocket. The other teams lost from
500 to 81, 900. Raleigh wanted TO play
another series. Next year the finest
athletic park in the state will be here.
There will a strong local team the rest
of the year, and Persons will pitch and
Manners catch for it. Raleigh finishes
second place in the association. There
is much sorrow here at the ending OF
the team.
The crops are splendid. The cotton
prospects are excellent. The farmers
are in fine spirits.
The next event here is the Vance
monument unwilling August 22nd.
One of the greatest crowds ever here
will be on land.
There is a queer little story current
among the republicans about the feder-
al ~judgeShip for the Western district
1t is said that Pritchard was certain
ly slated for it; that the appointment
was 20 to be made until after the
state election of this week., perhaps no
until after tho NnvaYphar election
Now the question arises among the re-
publicanS whether Pritchard was in
any way ignored or whether Boyd's ap-
pointment has a string to it; in other
words, whether he will step down and
out at any time and let Pritchard &C
in. 1t is said Pritchard thought he had
a "cinch' on the senatorship for SIX
years more after the two years of his
present service ends.
A new building at the Agricultural
and Mechanical college here, to be
known as the electrical engineering
building, is nearly completed.
a car load of machinery for the e
textile department at this college has
arrived. This machinery and more
| yet to come, will be installed TEMPORARY
ly until a building is constructed es.
pecially for it.
Great improvements of the water
works system here are being made
An engineer is now locating two set
ting basins. The filter capacity will
be doubled. The present reservoir will
be used as a basin for clear water, Oh
a reserve in case of excessive rains.
The Knights of Kodosh make appli.
cation to the commissioner of insurance
for lease TO do business N this state.
State Chairman Simmons says
North Carolina will give is electora
vote for Bryan beyond p~eradventure.'
Democrats from his county say II
the election had been delayed ten day.
they do not believe a white man il
the country districts would ave votet
against the amendment. Those wht
did vote against it now express theil
regret.
Secretary P. NJ. Pearsall, of the dem.
ocratic state committee, left to-day fol
home. He did great work here during
the whole campaign. He had charg'
Of the appointments of speakers.
The board of trustees of the stat,
university met to-day at the e~xecutiv,