The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-10
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh. n. c., August A.
The crop report is very favorable in
deed. The farmers were never in finer
spirits.
The special rate of one fare TO the
gust 22nd is made by the railways, and
a rate OF n cent per mile for orgapi-
zations in unifom. The committees are
hard at work a great e is TO be
done The statue was photographed
last week n the photographs will be
sold for the benefit Of the Vance mon
ument association.
The apportionment OF railway taxes
among the various counties, cities and
towns has been completed by the cor
poration commission.
Some populists have been heard TO
Intimate that Senat Butler could or
would cause trouble as to the seating
of his democratic successor. The SEN
ator is still here.
The government crop and weather
bulletin for this state for the week
ending last night, was issued today
n says the reports of correspondents
Indicate hat favorable conditions pre-
vailed and that crops made good pro-
gress since the rains of the preceding
week.
Upon solicitation Of Mr.. NJ. O. Sher-
rill. state librarian, a portrait of Colo
mel w. F. Green has beer presented 10
the state library by his daughter, Miss
Fannie l.. Green. The work was done
by Mrs. Jennie Yates, of Louisburg,
n. c., and is ar excellent likeness.
Colonel Green was born near L~ouiSburg
September %, 1928, and died at his
home near the place of his birth Sep
TENDER 10, 1898. All his life was spent
in his native county, Franklin. Till
his death he was IN obServant student
of men n affairs, n few possessed
a larger fund of general information.
He was major of the Fifth North Car
DINA regiment and, later, colonel of
one of the regiments organized by Gov
ernor Vance for state defence. He was
a member of the general assembly for
1856, 1858, 1850 and 1882, of the conStitu-
tional convention of 1875, a member Of
the boar of agriculture for fourteen
years and chairman most of the time,
and a trustee of the Agriculture and
Mechanical college from its inception
to his death.
Of the ninety-seven counties in the
state, only twenty-five have given ma
~joritieS against the amendment. Thir-
teen of these twenty-five are very small
counties, and quite a number OF them
have given majorities of less thai 100
against it. In the First congressional
district every county gave a majority
IOr the dIl6IUIlSul cACSpl IL SIloli
county of Camden, and it gave less
than twenty-five against it. Every
county in the Second district gave ma
~jorities for the amendment. Sampson
is the only county in the Third district
which went against the amendment.
Chatham, in which the democratic
legislative ticket was elected, is the
only county in the Fourth district
which went against the amendment.
In the Fifth district only two counties
voted against the amendment, and one
of these, Orange, gave a majority OF
only sixty against it. In the Sixth
district every county except Bruins
wick, which was lost by reason OF
factional differences in the party, gave
a majority for the amendment. Every
county in the Seventh district, except
the rock-ribbon republican unit OF
Davie and Yadkin, which gave about
their usual republican majoritleS, gave
majorities for the amendment. Some
time before the election the fuSionists
confidently claimed they would carry
the Eighth and Ninth districts against
the amendment by 20, 900 majority. 1r
the Eighth district the fusionists car
ried seven out of twelve counties, and
carried the district by "a majority OF
less than 1000. In the Ninth district
we carried four counties, with yet one
to hear from, and the aggregate ma
jority in that district against the
amendment is less than 1000.
Leaving out of the count those coun-
ties which lie east of Wake, the major
ity for the amendment is more than
10000. Including in the count only
those counties which lie west of Gull
ford county, the majority for the
amendment exceeds 1000. Including
only those counties which lie west OF
Iredell, we have a majority for the
amendment of more than 1000. 1t ap-
pears, therefore, that one-third of the
majority for the amendment was poll
ed in the counties west of the capital
These figures show the utter falsity OF
the fusion claim hat the elction was
carried by fraud, manipulation and
intimidation Of the negro vote OF the
east.