The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-22
A SECRET UNDERSTANDING
Evidently Existing Between Populfst
and Republicans - Report on h
Smallpox I'm this S~tate-State Medical
socfety-Southern Baptist
ton Notes.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, n. =, May IL.
DR.. Richard II. Lewis, secretary to
the state board Of health, today gave
some rather startling figures regarding
the spread OF smallpox in North Caro-
lima. He saws that the epidemic began
at Wilmington January II, 1898, the
first case being that Of a negro railraod
employe from South Carolina Up to
May 1, 1899, there were only SIG cases
In the state. The report for April,
1900, shows that during that month
alone there We're no less than 6O6
cases.
DIR. Richard Battle. who for twelve
years has lived at Denver, Colorado,
has sold his half interest in the Colo
RADIO StOckman newspaper and has re
turned to Raleigh to live. He is a
brother Of the late Judge Dossey Bat
tie.
Among today's arrivals here were
Colonel a. NJ. WaddeH, of Wilmington;
George w. Scoville, of Atlanta, the
lessee of the Atlantic hotel, Morehead
City, and A w. Shaw, of Rocky Mount.
The Medical Society meets in an
nual session at Tarboro next Tuesday
IA. George w. Long, of Graham, is
the president. The state board OF
health meets at the same time. Dr.
George G.. Thomas is the president of
the board. The latter and the Medical
Society will on Wednesday hold a con-
Joint session, and discuss matters rel
ative to the public health.
The populists are evidently working
to help republican State Chairman
Holton out of a hole. Holton evident
ly does not want to have a point dis
cussion with the democrats. The pop
ulists have, as stated yesterday, chal-
lenged the republicans. They will, OF
oo,,rca cov their challenge WAS given
as soon as that Of n democrats, or
perhaps sooner. But DR.. cyrus
THOMPSON, their nominee for governor,
said today he knew nothing of any
challenge until day before yesterday,
when Hal. Aver, n assistant popu-
list chairman, told him of it.
Editor Bailey, of The Biblical Re
corder. returned today from the South
ern Baptist convention at Little ROCK.
He said that Rev. George B.. Eager
was elected to fill the chair OF biblical
theology in the Southern Baptist The
illogical Seminary at Louisville, and
that this fact has not heretofore been
published. The Baptist women OF North
Carolina led those of all the states IN
the matter of money collections. North
Carolina made by far h best financial
reports it has ever made. Secretary
.Jno, F.. White, of the Baptist state
mission board, made a striking ad-
dress and was given an ovation. 1t is
learned that one of the most important
s~ecretaryships of the Southern Baptlst
convention is to be offered him, yet 1t
is believed he will decline it and ac-
cept the presidency of the Baptist re
male university at Raleigh.
On June End the democrats in TINS
city will nave a primary for county
officers. 1t is a new departure, but an
excellent one.
Today before Standing Master Shep-
~ f0CfIrOnnV "a
gan in the case of the American TO-
bacco Company against the Blackwell
Durham Tobacco Company, this being
the case in which the majority STOCK
holders in the Blackwell Company ash
for it's sale, because of the notice by
Major w. A Guthrie that he ntende
to ask the legislature to revoke It's
charter. w. w. Fuller, general counse
for the American Tobacco Company,
was present.
The state board of agriculture is to
meet June 18th. BY that time its sec
rotary, T. X Bruner, will nave re-
turned from Europe.
Tom Jones'. the negro who is 10 De
hanged here next ont takes Things
cooIIy. He will be hanged in the jail
ward, which is surrounded by a renee
twenty feet high, and on the gallows
ON which such we'll known murderers
as Orange Page. the stranger, Geo.
Mills and Jim Booker came to their
end
There are bets hat the popul1sts
and republicans will juggle their state
tickets within the next two weeks.
The populists say they will not begin
their regular campaign until ABOUT
Time 10th. Perhaps they are waiting
so pat their uniforms furnished by Re
publican State Chairman Holton, VINO
told your correspondent in the spring
of 1896 that ne intended to uniform the
~populists and put them on the TANKS
of his republican forces