Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-23
An Interesting and important
Weekin Politics.
TIL RE E
CONVENTIONS
jail Delivery In wilkes Counsy-saw
MILL Hen Exempt from Lumber
Deniers' aicensc Tax-Civio ceIs-
bration or Trinity Historicnl So
cioiy-A killing Admitted Meet
ing of,ho state horticultural So
cioty.

Raleigh, ~. c., Jan. o. The past
week has been an interesting and i'm
portant one in politics.
The Populists have got down off the
Amendment fence and we all now know
,where were at.
5 The last OF the three State conven-
: lions has been called.
: In short the track has been laid off
The get-ready gong has been sounded
and 1t is now In order for candidates
10 canter out upon the course for q
SHOW off" before the grand stand and
q preliminary warming up.
Soon the race will be on in dead earn
est-for the Democratic party.
SIX MEN BREAK JAIL.
A Winston special says: Six persons
broke out OF Wilkes. county Jail last
night. They were released by negro
prisoner who broke the lock with O
pick.
While he was In the act of breaking
the aeek to another cell the joiier s at
-itention was attracted by the noise, and
ne captured the negro who was re-
*Bponslble for the release of the other
Sfive men. The Sheriff says those who
got away are bad men and were to be
Stried for serious offences.
SAWMILL MEN EXEMPT.
y; Judge Moore, who held court at
Durham last week, rendered u decision
;that is Of special interest to snwmll
sIpen generally. State Treasurer Worth
has decided that oil sawmIll men In the
S:State must nay IL tax as lumber deal
strs under a section of the revenue act
iaevying tax on people who deal in lum-
Der. In order to test the legality of
Treasurer Worth's decision j. H. Bar
bee. sawmill man OF Patterson town
.ehip. refused to nay the tax and the
case was carried Into the courts. Judge
Moore held that Mr.. Barbee was not
liable for this tax and In rendering the
y decision said that 81 lumber denlcr,
under the laws. was one who bought
and sold lumber and not sawmill men,
who are manufacturers
CIVIC CELEBRATION.
The Historical Society of Trinity Col
lege will hold a civic celebration Feb
ruary 22d. This movement was inau-
gurated last year, and great interest in
1t was manifested, both by the college
community and the people Of Durham.
The speaker for the year Will be Rev.
II. +. Mari, pastor of Centenary
Church, Winston, N. c., one OF the
most important Methodist churches in
the State
ADMITS THE KILLING.
AS has already been told in this cor
respondence, Ed. Mcclure, The negro
who stole j. II. Perry's horse, was
captured at Burlington and brought
back to Durham. A tremendous crowd
of people, both white and black, were
at the depot when the train came in
about $3.50 o'clock
Mcclure and HOnofo xyaro bait, ra
manded to Jail without bail to be tried
at the term Of Durham Superior Court.
The Identification of Mcclure as the
murdered and his Acknowledgement of
1.-THE fact, removes the mystery that has
surrounded the affair. There was some
thing In what the witnesses said about
the unknown man in blue oyeralls. and
Mcclure was that'man.
a dispatch from Burlington saws:
Mr.. w. c. Cameron. chief of police
arrested Mcclure. He admits shooting
q the man. and taking the horse, but
says he killed the man in self defense
and rode the horse away to save his
y own life.
e. STATE HORTICULTURISTS
The State Horticultural Society.
o which was In session at Southern
Pines, has adjourned The Raleigh del
esation in attendance. DIR. C. T. Win
ston and Prof. w. Z. Massey, of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
and DR.. Cooper Curtice, of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. have returned to
the city.
q, The annual meeting Of the society
was well attended, some fifty visitors
being present. The sessions were both
pleasant and profitable. The annual
election of officers resulted as follows:
President. Van Lindley, of Green's
boro
Vice President-Prof w. T. Massey,
Of Raleigh:
Secretary-T. L.. Brown.
Executive Committee-Presdent Van
Iindley. DR.. George T. Winston and
Prof w. F. Massey.