The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-01
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
Efforts Made to Negroes from
being Chosen Delegates Negro Boy
Convicted of Robbing The Mails
Railroad Taxation Case.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., April 81.

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The republican state convention here
next Wednesday will be called to order
by State Chairman Holton. 1t will have
240 delegates and as many ~alternates.
The republican image have made
special efforts to prevent negroes from
being chosen delegates, but there VIII
be quite a sprinkling of the brother
in black" in spite of all the efforts.
The trick in some counties was to elect
white delegates and negro alternateS,
in order TO pacify the negroes. 1t is
quite we'll understood among republi-
cans that r. L. Linney, now congress-
man from the Eighth district, is to be
the nominee for governor. As to most
of the other places on the ticket there
is doubt. 1t appears to be unquestion-|
ed that Z, V. Walser will be renominat-,
ed for attorney general. He could have
had the populist nomination if he would
AVE accepted it. 4 letter received
here from a republican of prominence
intimates that ID. w. Patrick, now
census supervisor of the Second dis
trict, will be the nominee for commits.
sioner of agriculture; Professor Hold
gin, of Guilford college, for superin-I
tendent of public instruction, n
Charles Reynolds, now lieutenant gov
ernor, for chairman of the corporation
commission. 1t is unqueStioned that
a. 4. Holton will be reelected state
chairman. There is no other candi-
date for the place.
The officials of the United States
district court returned today from
New Bern, where a three days term
was held. The only case of interest
was one in which a 1~0-year-old negro
boy who was convicted of syStemat Ii
cally stealing letters from the general
delivery of the New Bern postoffice,
was sentenced to a year in a Maryland
reformatory.
The first reports from correspondents
for the states May crop bulletin ar
rived today. They say the preparation
of arm lands is only three-fourths as
complete as usual at this date; that
the increase in cotton acreage will be
20 per cent, perhaps 20; that there are
more horses and mules than were last
year.
Insurance Commissioner Young "a
he has since the first of January COL
lected from companies $50 600. He has
besides this made a careful examina-,
ton of the reports of 100 companies.
The state convention of Christian
Endeavorers had three sessions here
today. The opening subject was IN
dividual Faithfulness,' on which Rev.
M. A. Kelsey, of High Point, spoke.
President A. D.. Thaller, of Winston-I
Salem, delivered his annual address.
This was followed by an address by
Rev. c.. H. Whitaker, of Burlington,
and by another on christian Citizen
ship" by r. A. Spaugh, chairman of
the Christian Citizenship department.
This evening Rev. j. n. Newman, of
EIon college, spoke on The Contribu-
ton Of Christian Endeavc- to the Re-
ligious Life of this Gently" Rev. j.
w. Goodman, of High Point, on THE
Possibilities of the Child"
The Southern railway telegraph strik-
ers here say they hear nothing in re-
gard to the strike n consider it a
failure. They say they are yet getting
aid from the strike fund, but do not
know how long it will continue.
The appeal of the Bell Telephone
Company from the order reducing the
rate of rentals of telephones has been
and the company pays the costs. This
appeal was against the order of the
corporation commission.
The corporation commission excerpts
to the rulings mad April 18th by Judge
Simonton in the railway tax assess
ment cases. h rulings were on in
structionS to Standing Master Shep-
herd: ID That it is competent for the
compliments to offer in evidence indi-
vidual instances of differentiation by
the township board or assessors in
New county of property 9TH
er than railway property. (2) That it
is not competent for the defendants to
prove that the railway properties in
the state were under-valued by the
commission, until after the COMPLAIN
ants have shown the other property in
the state to be u~ndervalued. CD That
the court did not instruct the standing
master to allow the defendants to cross
examine the compliments witnesses as
to the value Of stocks and bonds of
thu
10 snow that the same has been under-I
valued in the same or a greater ratio
than 1t Is alleged the other property in
the state has been u~ndervalued.