The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-30
WILL SPEAK
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Pritchard Will Follow on
tuesday Night.
CLOSE OF REGISTRATION
Very Few Names of Voters Have Been
Added to the Books.
Will JENKINS CONSENT TO CONE DOWN
The Republicans Say He Viii But Jenkins Says
Not. Same Polho'drrs Will Serv4 in
This Election as in the Aug
ust { lection.

Mr.. Edward W. Pou, Democratic
candidate for Congress- in the Fourth
district, Viii speak in this city to-
morrow night ut $50 o'clock, in Me
troFolitan Hall. Everybody is invited.
Mr.. Pou is Il fine speaker. He has
made a brilliant campaign Of the dis
trict and his triumphant election 10y a
very large majority is assured.
Mr.. 10. J. Jenkins, the Populist
candidate for Congress in this district,
was in Raleigh yesterday. The Repub-
licans are "at work on him, trying
to pull him down in Giles interest.
"NNill he conle?' one of them was
asked.
I'VE hope so. He seems pretty bull
headed about it, but my understand
ing is that he's just hunting a way by
which he can ~honorably get out Of
the race
Jenkins, however. remembering that
God Almighty hates a q%uitter, sWears
that hell stay in the fight till the
last buttons off Gabe's coat.
Senator Pritchard. whom the rene
gade Mckinley organs of North Caro-
lima low delight to honor. is adver-
tised to speak in Raleigh on next Tues
day night. All revenue officers and
negroes are expected to be present,
prepared to exercise their vocal or
cans at concert pitch.
The time for registration Of voters
for the November election closed yes
terday at sundown. During the five
DAYS (from % to 21th) hat the books
were open very few new names were
added.
The same p~ollholders and registrars
who held the August election are re-
CURED to hold the November election.
and any vacancies are to be filled tx
actlv as they were filled iii tina cleo
ton. In all respects as to time and
place of holding the election IN No
vember teh same law prevails, the
polls being opened at sunrise and
closing at sunset, and the voting be-
ING done at the present voting pre-
cincts unless they are altered by the
county board Of elections.
A special from Chicago 10 the New
York Journal says: The Middle West
is dotted with factories and mills which
nave been clOSeO Dy lIuSlS II II idot
four years. All the steel and iron mills
and plants at Joliet were closed today TO
enable employees to hear senator's Gull
lom and Spooner speak at a big RepuD-
lican rally. 4 tent which would old i've
thousand was erected and arrangements
We're made for an overflow meeting.
Only six hundred were present
Senator Smith. OF New Jersey, says
that his State viii go for Bryan.
The New York correspondent Of the
Washington Star Quotes an lnsur-
ance agent. who does not think Bryan
will be elected, as saying that he had
been talking with the proprietor CT a
restaurant, who told him that he had
never voted the Democratic ticket, but
was going to vote for Bryan this time.
While they were talking it developed that
FIVE other men present occupied the same
position. He said he ran across Bryan
men of this class chiefly among what he
terms the butchers. the bakers and the
candlestick makers He did not regard
it as at all significant as indicating the