The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-03

certain knowledge Lewter makes him.
self exceedingly active politically in
trying to intimidate voters and uses
the postoffice as a place 20 gather coll
ored voters togetfler to confer with.
counsel and advise them. and by ussng
the office for this purpose. makes II
extremely inconvenient for patrons OF
the office TO get their mail and spe-
cially for ladies: and negroes congre-
eating in office at times. become very
boistsrous. Deponent further says
Lewtsr i keeping in sasd office at the
money order department a private reg
istration book. and he has told coll
ored voters in Wocivills township
they were legally required TO come be-
fore him and register as much 50 as
they Were TO go and register before the
registrar. and he has heard parties
who went before the duly qualified
registrar to ask him fo- their name as
he had registered IL TO carry IL 10 Lew
ter 20 be entered on his private regis
tration book. as he had told them they
were legally required IN do -.
"Deponent further states that Lev
| ter had publicly charged him Of IL
inc out to the democratic party and
had accused the sheriff - BERTHE
county and John l. Harrington. chsir-
| man Of the executive committee. II
WoodvilIe township. of giving him n
check for the same. which was pub
| licly proven in his presence - BE- IA -.
| and that Lewter had originated the lie.
"Deponent further states Lewter has
been a delegate to various republican
| conventions. and has made himself
very officious, in every instance, try
| ing to dominate the convention and IN
carry everything according - his own
| dictation and has repeatedly tried TO
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| the republican township executive
committee and to have him read out
| of the party"
| BUTLER COMPARED TO TOCRGEE
Insurance Commissioner Young came
| in to-day from the democratic cam
paign and said that in every county
| in which he spoke the people ara de-
clar:ng that Senator Butler ought not
to be allowed TO remain In North Caro-
| lima. He says that for the past thirty
| years Tourgee has been held up rs the
most unpopular man ever known in
! North Carolina, but that Tourgee was
| popular compared to Butler.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
Evidence accumulates that the bull
| let which wounded a democrat pa
raider named Wallace at Asheville was
really aimed at Congressman Crawford
| or Locke Craig, member Of the leg1g-
lature. negro was seen aiming Il
| them, but at the instant Wallace rode
| along side their carriage and received
the bullet.
| Red shirts are speading. II is de-
/ clared that had the campaign coEtsn-
| ued another month they would have
| been in every county. They have so
| far appeared in only about a fifth OF
| the counties, as far west as Mecklen-
| burg and Alamance and as far Earth
| as Vance.
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
The democrats used this week with
great effect the letter of Cyrus Thomp-
son, retiring as populst nominee for
| governor in favor Of Adams, republi-
can. Democrats say that read be-
| tween the lines. ii looks as II he wrote
it to even up with Senator Butler who
| took him down from the ticket. This
| letter and the terrible letter of Ex-
Judge Ewart denouncing Butler v -
used by scores of democratic speake. )
yesterday.
1t is learned at democratic head
quarters that during the past fortnight
there have been over twelve hundred
speakers Of that party in the field artf
that this multitude literally over
whelmed the fusionists.
POLITICAL ROWS.
CBy Associated Press)
Charlotte, y. c. August 1.-The
democrats held a rally at Caesar in
Cleveland county to-day. After the
speaking Bob Bracket, a republican,
was cut badly in a row and Is re-
ported TO be dying. Orange Latimore
| is also cut. During the fight, Frank
Queen, another republican, opened fire
ON the crowd. One bali struck John
Bynum Latinfore IN the thigh, an.
other struck watch in the vest pocket
| of B. E. Hamrick and glanced. Queen
then ran, but is being pursued. If
caught he may never get to jail.
IN A HURRY TO GET BACK TO
| TEXAS
At Concord the biggest rally Of the
| campaign was held, 1900 people being
| in town. Harry Lacey, and imported
| populist orator from Texas. tried to
| address crowd of populis.s. nTt was
yelled down by. democrats. Later. n
crowd gathered at his hotel. Rev. La
cey Hoge, Baptist minister. appealed
/ for law and order. Mayor George w.
Means personally escorted Lccey 10
| Mr.. HogeS residence. Then he was
/ slipped out Of town to a. country depot
six miles distant, where he took the
train for Texas.
Il There were a number of fist fights
between democrats and poprlists, but
In only one instance was weapon
used and a populist was severely cut