Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-19

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will attend the meeting of the Com
missioners of Agriculture from the
Southern States here on the 2Sth.
Writing to MIR. S. J.. Patterson. Mr.
Wilson says: II have your favor of
the 18th. and thank you for your cor
dial invitation to attend the meeting
Of the Commissioners at Raleigh on
the 2sth instant. will endeavor to be
there"
Commissioners Patterson expressed
his qualification upon receipt of the
letter. in which Mr.. Wilson expressed
his desire to be here. Mr.. Patterson
has very high regard for the Secre
tary of Agriculture, whom he says
has shown more interest in and done
more for the South than any of the
heads of the Agricultural Department
In recent years.
1t Is Mr.. Patterson's desire that all
tho farmers who can attend the meet
Ing of the Agricultural Commissioners
here. The railroads will give reduced
rates on account of the occasion.
LIGHTS AND WATER.
It is very probable that the ques-
ton Of the city's owning It's electric
light and water supply plants will cut
considerable figure In the next munich
pal election in Raleigh.
The question OF the city owning its
water works is certain to be agitated,
eIlQ IL is MUCH TO De nOpeQ tnat j
Will result in either the purchase of
the present plant at reasonable fig
ure or in the installment Of O new sys-
tenn by the city.
Only this week Greensboro has
bought out the water company in that
city. paying $4,000 for it. The water
company wanted a much larger figure,
but the aldermen couldn't see 1t. and
were preparing to put in an indepen-
Gent system. This brought the water
COmDanv rea SOunble terms md n
trade was made.
Charlotte has owned its water works
for about two years. with the most
satisfactory results, leading the OBJ
4 server OF that city to thus comment
on the action OF the Greensboro gov
ernment
I'VE venture to say that Green's
boro will never regret having bought
out the water works company, as was
told In yesterdays paper she had
Fdone. One of the best things the city
OF Charlotte ever did was the purchase
OF the water works property. Every
municipality should control its own
water and light"
WILL VOTE FOR BRYAN.
Tho Charlotte News contains the
following:
Mr.. J. c. Long to-day received the
following letter:
Dear Sir: Your name has been
with the national third ticket move
ment. We should be pleased to learn
that you are willing to cooperate
with us. We hope to receive from you
names of others who are willing to aid
yours truly,
ISAAC H. KLEIN.
Secretary.
Mr. Long states that in his Judgment
the best interests of the people of this
country will be subserved by the sue
cess of the Democratic ticket at the
polls In November, and while he voted
for Palmer and Buckner In 1896. he in
tends this year to vote for Bryan and
Stevenson.
MIR. BAILEY'S CARD.
To the Editor: regret the neces-
sity of writing this letter and of re-
Questing you to print it.
desire to say that I have made no
IN 20 - = nave courteously
written some letters to gentlemen with
whom / ann acquainted. saying earn
estly that ] hope the race issue will
not be raised in this or any future
campaign, and that in my opinion if 1t
shall be. 1t will be hurtful to the Dem
ocratc party and to our Common
wealth. / say this to you and to all
men. These gentlemen answered me
satisfactorily. You may be unaware
that MI Chairman Simmons answered
me publicly. and that his answer was
printed Ia the same dispatch with
mine II tfe SeTr York Sun and other
papers Yo1 reprinted what I was re-
ported "a haTe said in that dispatch.
but you SrePped short there leaving
your rsN[ers ignorant of Chairman
Simmczas Table reply TO me.
wish you '>-gJgld print It, Were I in
clined. cuuid attribute your suppress
sion OF Il 70 = desire to nisrepresent
me, Dut prefer - nope that you wore
yourself missed ~ some strange mis-
fortune. think you were out of the
city at the time. doubt IL you would
have suppressed Sfr. Simmons answer
and have undertaken to make the i'm
preston that an unfavorable reply
from him was forcgone This was
done IN the headline that your assist
ant gaze the clipping from the New
YORK sun. Indeed one may construe
that headline as an effort to suppress
Mr.. simmons answer. but 10 make n
new and Quite different one for him.
my reason for writing these letters is
this: That In advocating the ratlfca-
lion or the amendment declared that
3 SO soon as 1t should ne passed the race
issue should be RELOCATED. You printed
my utterance. and 1t was right general
~ approved. Fly this I stand. Ana
Mr. Editor. hope you will yet recog-
4 rize the obligation and the desire or
your party and perceive the wisdom
nnd the duty of conducting the cam
palsn IN North Carolina upon the mo-
n1entous issues that NOW confront our
nation. We have duty here. and we
must look VOL 70 it,
say. toe. that VIC must have no
more pshtical intolerance in North
3 move physical or social terrorization
IT is iiobier and will be more effective
to magnify tho excellence OF the issues
Upon Which ones party stands than to
endeaYor to heap contempt upon and
,,is fellow citizen. This win lead us in
20 intellectual liberty. and to this we