The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-08
Views and Interviews,

4.
port Standard, who has been attending
the Epworth League, returned home yes
terday. He is Register of Deeds or
| Brunswick as well as editor OF the Stand
ard Speaking of his town he said.
southport has had numerous railroad
plans of late years that have not maze
rialized. Recently a syndicate composed
Of Philadelphia capitalists have pr
chased the water frontage which is very
desirable. They have invested large
sum of money and the investment will be
valueless until it is utilized as a railroad
terminus
"Col. Albert E. Boon, president of The
Black Diamond syndicate has dropped his
scheme of making Port Royal S. G. tie
terminus of the system and has .lect III
Southport as the best point It Is on the
direct line from the coal field to tie sea-
coast, and is the midway point South tf
HatteraS. If it is made a coaiing station
there will be no need of vessels goinS
200 to 800 miles out Of their way to get
coal. Cape Fear is a natural land fall
made by seamen who take their bearings
by the lghtship before crossing the ocean
Therefore it would be an ideal coalin5
station.
THE prospect for the future of South
port is greater than ever before. There
is considerable Improvement. Not va,
cant house in the place and there IS de-
mand for more it is likely that tner.
will be established two and perhaps three
batteries when the troops return from
war"
Iredell county can always be relied upon
to send the best representatives in the
Legislature year in and year out of any
county in North Carolina. The first time
l knew anything personally about the
Legislature, Iredell was represented by
I w. ID. Turner in the Senate and Augustus
LeaZar and John B. Holman in the House.
/ 1t has been sending such able and honest
men ever since, and it's representatives
| have always had influence. Even when
| the Fusionists were in control, it was an
| Iredell Democrat. Mr. j. 4. Hartness.
| who introduced the fellow servant act.
This year Iredell is one of the first coun-
| ties to nominate it's legislative ticket,
! and in keeping with it's record, it has
nominated particularly strong candidates.
Mr.. Chas. Fl. Armfield is the nominee for
! the Senate. He is a son of the late
Judge r. F. Armfleld, and he is man of
! brains and character. AS private Secre-
/ tary to Governor Scales, he made many
| friends all over the State who will be
glad to see him leader in what is
| destined to an historic Legislature. For
the House, Mr. A. ID. Watts and DR.. T.
j. Stephenson were named Mr.. Watts
is the editor of the Statesville Mascot,
one of the best weekly papers of this
generation. 1t is true blue in it's Democ-
racy-1all wool and a yard wide" He
stands for reform and the day after the
election in 1896 Mr.. Watts put the picture
OF Bryan at the mast head of his editorial
columns and has kept il standing there
during all these four years. He is a
Bryan man right. DR.. Stephenson is one
of the first men of Southern Iredell, a
gentleman of culture, influence and use
| fulness. In these gentlemen Iredell sets
a good example to all the counties to
nominate its best men.
II am in favor OF making Dewey King
of Hawaii" said Mr.. w. C. Newland, OF
Caldwell, who is in Raleigh to attend a
meeting of the executive board of the
penitentiary.
So far two of the members of the last
State Senate have been renominated-
Senator Speight, of Edgecombe, and Sen
ator Travis, of Halifax. This will make
DR.. Speight's third or fourth term, and
Mr.. Travis's second. They represent two
counties where the militant Democracy
is of the most aggressive type. DR..
Speight was first a member of the State
Senate that organized the Railroad Com
mission, and was a member Of the Senate
| that changed il 10 the COrDOra tiCn Com
mission. Mr. Travis was one OF the most
useful and level-headed men in the last
Senate, and as chairman of the executive
committee of Halifax county has done
great service for his party.