The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
INTERESTING MISCELLANY
or Facts anu Fancte~ Here
and There ny our Raleigh Correspon-
dent.

facts anu fsncte& OatneheA 1@
and There ny our Raleigh Corrcspon-
dent.
Messenger Bure ~.
Raleigh. y. c.. April =
The matter 81 the selection OF a 5cEs
ocratic candidate for United SexteD
senator will very likely be left to- p1-
maries. There is to be an interesting
race. with seven or eight sta-ezrs. and.
to be SURE. these ought to make thfngs
very lively after August and before
November. The primary" idea AXE
so far only one county has declared
against L.
This year the democratic state con-
vention will meet In the Academy 81
Music. After his year the couventiox8
will meet In the auditorium The desire
was that at least SIC. 900 should BE rais-
ed for an auditorium. That sum 4 now
secured. IL appears to be the popular
sentiment that IL should be disoincSfy
an auditorium ard not a theatre II ~
TO seat at he least 1850 people Now
that &c. 600 Is raised. IL Is regarded ~
reasonably certain 5000 more viii De
called for.
Al one Of the great negro colleges
here. to- which students come from The
uttermost parts OF the earth. there ara
several from South Africa These tel
sad stories of the crueltiee OF the Beers
Easter is a week away. The teatur1s
% the day viii be the ladies
and the offerings at the churches O1
the costumes the hats this year are
said to be gorgeous. veritable flower
gardens. The poor birds have for once
escaped slaughter and are not this
spring .'butchered'; not ito make q
Roman holiday" but TO make hats gay
April is quite a month fer birds
More than 200 kinds brighter CTR North
Carolina woods and fields. The blue
bird was here two months ago. Robin
Redbreast il just now more plentiful
than at any time since the year be-
gan. Birds are scarcer In February
than in any other month
The writer is much Interested In the
experiment OF tr~ansplantinG the long
leaf pine here. 4 number OF specimens
taken from clay soil have been put out
in Pullen park. Some are only two feet
high: some four feet. Much care WAS
taken To preserve the tap root entire
At Pinehurst many thousands OF these
trees have been planted: and grow
well-Slowly for three years and then
at the rate Oh our IeeI a year SL1IE
Forester Ashe has been successful In
transplanting them in the southeastern
counties. When young the tree is very
beautiful. Next autumn a number OF
seed of this pine will be- planted in the
park here.
The spring is late; probably later
than in several years. The past three
months were colder and rather etter
than the average. The soil is cold But
LITTLE nlanfinU has haan dnnn md DaT
a few observant people say tina his
is by no means To be deplored. - ia ere
are far more misses than hits iu early
planting.
There are said TO yet linger in this
! state some democrats who long f'r an
alliance, offensive and defensive. With
the populists. In 1898 that WAS
squelched, at the famous state coEv n
ton in the Academy OF Music. II IN
never be made. IL is as dead ~ me
free silver party or a-maigaraat. Jn
which was attempted at Metropolis n
hall here in 1896. Both pans l.
lapsed.
The death of the late General F. =
els III. Cameron recalls a war ~inciGe4t,
which had a particularly pleas Il
finale. Early in 1865 Cameron. TIL .
lieutenant. Colonel John WT@er It
4 kinSon. Of Wilmington. and Il number
of other confederates were c.. -urefh ~
federal troops near Petersburg. Among
their captors was an office. n FIR
glishman, of imposing appes Il g. xdo
busted himself ~ looking af.- lra1-
creature comforts. He gaye tEscm
5, cigars. something good to dri--. md
in other ways played the hos Lzsu-
! tenant Cameron was smoking a psEu-
d liar pipe and this the officer. whom
they found to be j. |. Baker. com
handing a regiment Of etts
al cavalry. noticed particularly. H. 1877
Baker came to Raleigh from YossSonI
! to engage in the cotton business. He
one day met Cameron while tho latter
! was smoking the pipe referred 10. Y. led
to recognition and a fast friendhship-
Two years later Baker died here. He
III was given a military funeral and was
buried in the Cameron burial ground
He was a cousin OF Sir Samuel Baker
q that Nimrod of the Nineteenth CEN
fury, and of Valentine Baker, who af-
ter dismissal from the ENGLISH caxaL
ry service entered that or Turkey and
- won honor for gallantry. Colonel at
k1nson renewed his acquaintance with
his captor, and came here to attend the
funeral.
Raleigh has a politician and vueae
whose uniqueness II viii be h. rtf ts
match. He votes and works T TIKI
democratic ticket In cry politics: for
the populists in the county. for ;he fu-
sionists in the state and for the re-
publlcans In congressional and press
. Dental electionB. He Is an office .lorder
in the government service here.
"a
= "A gentleman from FS-ettryT VA
speaking a day or two ago s5C the
SILK mill at his town. which L. Dp--
ated entirely by negro Labor. By e<fu-
{ Gated negroes. all selected. Over these
Is a negro foreman. Each parent ,r
guardian signs a paper which allows
MIN 10 correct those who misbehav re
- and he hnn NJ -
order is said to be excellent. the work
wen done. A large property owner In
n Raleigh says the experiment is OF M
tionai and not Of local interest. a IN
opens a field 10 educate negroes. An
those employed In the fayetteville m \,
II are selected. The gerfIenan -ar.--.