Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-27
The Initials Of Hon. W. ]. Bryan
on the She'll.
.. o. OF ANNIVERSARY
The Egg Has Boon Sent to tho Nobraskan
Statesman That It's Donors Wishes May
BIO Complied with-Raleigh Odd Fol-
lows Will Celebrate tho Founding of
Thoir Order-The Fight on Trusts.

ttaIeiEh, IN. c., March 26.-The POSTS
correspondent at the national capital
contributes the following: Congress-
man Small read this letter to-day:
Washington, N. c., March 20.
sTo Hon. John II. Small Washington,
D. c.;
Il am expressing to you a hen egg
that was laid on Redding Stancil Wool
ards farm, nine, miles west OF Wash
ington, N. c. Mr.. Woolard requests me
to send you this egg and get you to
show it to the newspaper men in
Washington. The egg has w. j
Bryan's initials in plain letters on 1t.
This egg was found, while warm, in
Woolards hen house, with the initials
on 1t. The people in his nelghborhood
think this Is a sure sign that Mr.. Bryan
VIII be the next president, and all are
going to vote for him. Mr.. Woolard
wishes you to send this egg to MI.
Bryan and ask that he acknowledge
receipt of 1t to him, at NIineola, Beau
fort county. N. C.
Very truly,
I'D. NJ. CARTER"
The original of this letter was shown
to your correspondent; also the egg.
The egg was carefully packed in cotton,
and upon it were the initials w. J. b.
In plain letters. 1t was suggested that
not only were the people thinking of
MIR. Bryan, but also the poultry. The
egg, from its shape. is a rooster egg,
and Mr. Bryan will be requested to have
1T Matched out under n hen, not by in
cubation so that the rooster may crow
when Bryan is In the White House
next year. MIR. Carter who sent this
egg, is a member OF the firm of Carter
&c Tayloe, groccrs. of Washington, N
c., Il firm of high standing. There can
be no question Of the genuineness of
the initials. They were embedded in
the egg.
Mr.. Small showed it about the Cap
1tol, and all who saw 1t say they re-
garded 1t as Il marvellous hen product
AS requested, he shipped it TO Mr.
Bryan.
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATION.
The three subordinate lodges in Ra-
leigh are now making preparations for
the celebration OF the eighty-nrst ami
Versary of American Odd Fellowship
which occurs on the 26th OF next month
The order OF Odd Fellows i'm Raleigh
is active and enthusiastic, all the lodges
having large membership and doing
splendid work. building up and
strengthening. the combined member
ship here being between 400 and 500.
me lull programme for the occasion
mas not yet been arranged, but 1t is
known that during the day a meeting
Will be held in the Academy of Music
and an address delivered by Hon. Chas
j. Aycock. who is an active and enthu-
siastic Odd Fellow. The exercises will
he public, and will be attended by the
members OF the order, their families
friends and the public generally. The
opera house will certainly be filed to
its utmost capacity with people anxious
to hear Mr.. Aycocks address.
FIGHT ON TRUSTS.
]. f. Jordan. OF Greensboro, address
cd meeting Of the farmers at Win
ston this afternoon, and explained the
plan Of the State Tobacco Growers
Association to fight the tobacco trust
He was followed by Hon. c. B.-Wat-
son. who made strong speech against
trusts in general. He said that as n
last resort he stood ready to help fight
In order to drive these combinations
out He believed he knew better how
to fight them than his children. as he
had had experience. A county organ
ization was effected by the election of
officers. Another meeting will be held
on the last Saturday in April.
NEW INDUSTRIES.
The Seaboard knitting Mills of Hon
derson were granted articles of incor-
poration by the Secretary OF State YES
terday. The capital stock of tho com
pany is to be $4,000. The business nro-
posed Is the manufacture and sale of
cotton flax. silk and other fabrics.
The Halifax Hotel and improvements
Company of Halifax was Incorporated
with capital of $4,000