The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-09
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., October 4.

Rale1Sn, N. O., OCTOBER 4.
Secretary Pearsall, of the democratic
state committee, says that while just
now the senatorial contest is attracting
far more attention that the national
campaign, so far as North Carolina
is concerned, yet he thinks it will soon
be fought out and that then the peo-
pie will return ito the main issue. He
expects a speedy subsistence of the SEN
atOrial fight.
Francis d. Winston, state organizer
of democratic clubs, who is here and
hard at work on that line, said a few
days ago that the white republican
leaders were working like beavers to
induce the white men of their party
to vote for Bryan and Stevenson and
the democratic congressional nominees,
in order to get an opportunity or right
to vote in the senatorial primary and
knife F. M. Simmons. Today he
repeated this statement n said the
hitch had been in the Eighth and
Ninth districts, but that he believed
the republicans would remove it. He
thinks the sentiment against BLACK
burn in the Eighth ds a sign of his.
In the Eighth and Ninth districts,
it is learned from a member of the
state democratic committee, the con-
census of opinion among the party is
that the hot senatorial contest is in
juring the national campaign; the
ISdSOIl SlNSh DSIllS llld lAlS Sl1oASOSL
party workers there are fighting on
the senatorial question and not work.
ing for the -SSional candidates
or for Bryan as tley should be do
ing among the doubtful voters. 1t is
also said that some of the strongest
advocates from o districts for he
senatorial primary are now o anX-
| ious for postponement of it, abandon
| ment of the plan, OF else abandonment
of it so far as those districts are con-
cerned.
Julian S. Carr has provided the cots
and furniture for fifty persons in the
new hospital at the soldiers home. IL
| this he carries out his offer, made at
the annual meeting of the State Vet
Grams Association here in August. 1t
is a very noble gift. 1t makes the
much needed hospital Immediately
available.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will be represented by ~fifty-seven del
egates here next week. They will be
given a reception at the soldiers home.
St Paul's African M. E. church here
is nearly ready for occupancy 1t was
begun in 1884; has cost about $1,000
of which white people gave a large
part; seats 1,SO0 people and is an i'm
posing building.
employs 125 persons. Its output is 300
dozen a day. 1t has replaced half its
looms with those making fine goods.
The Seaboard Air Linz is putting
down sixteen miles OF eighty-pound
rail south of here, towards Hamlet.
Tt is building a large depot and offices
at Hamlet
Decrease in the number of crop liens
and mortgages in this county this year
is about o~ne-ffth, the register Of deeds
says.
The secretary Of state is shipping the
public and private acts of the June
session of h legislatur@2.0O 600 OF the
private, 5000 of the public.
The e meeting of the corporation
October 18TH
During September the mean temper
allure here was 1913 degrees. or 3.S
above the average; the highest So, low
est 81; rainfall 2.13 inches, or an inch
less than the average.