Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-08

raleigh, N. c., Sept. 7.-IX-Repub-
4ilican State Chairman Halton admits
fthat the State Committee of his party
8favors giving business men in this
Estate (Which means Gold Demo-
1lcrats'D who are in sympathy with the
lipolicies of the Mckinley administra-
Ition the right OF way in several Con-
Iigressional districts. II is intimated
lImore or less plainly that the Repub-
llicans desire to have at least two
llsuch men become Congressional can
ldidates.
INDIGNATION MEETING.
The Fusionists Populists and Re-
fipublicans) are to hold an Indignation
ameeting at Dunn. Harnett county,
flSeptember %. at which they will talk
21about the chasing of one of their
Flown day or two before the August
5,election. Senator Butler says he and
q the Republican State chairman are
surged to have n monster Indignation
|tmeeting at Raleigh.
n AFTER a NOMINATION..
h John Il. Johnson. of Bellhaven, is
There, and he says he Is right after
4:the Republican nomination for Con-
Ilgress from the First District. He
74snys Meekins was nominated by no
A'convention at all, but by few of
MS friends. and says 1t Is the Repub-
lican convention in his district, and
3not Carl Duncan and the other rcve-
f2iue and machine people, who say and
kEnow McekinS is no nominee at all.
InFhen johnson was asked if the NOM
&fnation was equivalent to election, he
Ireplied: Not much 1t will take
! |hard fight to win" He was then
Easked If the Republicans proposed to
lspoll the negro vote. and replied
Yes, tho fun vote will be pollcd;
feyery man we can get out"
WILL SUPPORT BRYAN.
The Post publishes the following:
Sjspent last night in the city, return
ling from n sojourn of several days at
ljPanacea Springs. TO member OF
the Post staff Mr.. Keith said that he
Blexpected to vote the Bryan-Steven-
son ticket, but that Stevenson will be
la bitter pill for him to swallow. He
Itfears that quite Il number of Popu-
lists in this State will not support
4 the ticket on account of the Vice
4 Presidential candidate. Mr.. Keith
|iexpects to revive his silver paper. the
New Era, very soon"
TEXAS FEVER.
\ State Veterinarian Cooper Curtice
there was very bad outbreak of
Itick or Texas fever. which caused
! the death of fourteen dairy cows be-
4 longing to q Mr.. McNair. Fourteen
ycattle which two months ago were
bought added TO the deadly outbreak.
Tricks were on them. They were not
flhurt but they carried death with
them. The tick is an expensive in
I,sect to North Carolina. or the Nc
| Mir herd no less than thirty-iive
cattle were affected.
\ Z TOM JONES EMBALMED BODY.
The stream of people who look at
the embalmcd body of Tom Jones, the
WHOLESALE murderer. never ceases, and
4 the undertaken. who has the cada-
Ever in his place of business. says
NEARLY 5000 have viewed it. He says
1.-THE negroes show their hatred OF
I,Joncs, some by cursng him, or,
|srnther, what remains of him. This
looks like it was carved out of eb-
fony. The cmhalmer thumps the
lforehead, the checks, the arms. the
shoulders. and says Jonas is AS
solid" as wood. White cotton is
around the upper part of the body
3this seems to make the contrast all
1lthe greater. The negroes take de-
Flight in viewing Jones, and out of
several hundred cXcursionsts- who
came here Wednesday, from Norfolk
all save n few saw him. The under
itaker shows another triumph OF his
art in the shane OF a negro body en-
sbalmed two years ago. and tells of
lady whose embalmed body was kept
[itwenty-thrce days in order that the
1lundcrtakcr'S convention might view
Fit. Undcrtakers, it seems, take
quiet, one might say reposeful,
pleasure in these things
l. HIGH POINT PROGRESSING.
L October Q the enterprising town OF
High Point, the centre of the furni-
[iturc ana other woodworking inter-
eSts in this State. will again vote on
lthc issue of $4,000 of water works
bonds. The election was ordered last
Spring by the Aldermen.
a HISTORY.
Miss Sallie Stocllard, sister of Prof.
Henry jerome Stockard, we'll known
as a writer of poetry, has recently
lcompleted wcll-prepared history of
,Alamance county. Her services have
bean secured to write Il history of