The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
WHAT WILL REYNOLDS DOE
Who Will be Chief Justice Depends on
This-No Friendly Feeling Between
Him and Russell-The Chief Justice
ship the All-Absorbfnx Topic.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, January 4.
Talk about the chief ju~sticeship was
rife today. 1t vas learned that Reeve
Collector Duncan. who went to
Greensboro night before last ITO see
Senator Prf.chard about the appoint
ment. couldn't find out how the sena-
tor stood on that matter. He wanted
to get Pritchard to make sure with
Lieutenant Governor Reynolds that the
latter would appoint Governor Russell
chief justice. One thing is sure and
that is Russell will be certain Reynolds
will appoint HIM before he resigns. AZ
soon as Russell resigns the public may
be sure Reynolds is Fixed 1t is a
new thing, this looking to Reynolds as
a friend, while Governor Russell has
had no use FOR him these four years.
The Russell people are giving it out
that Pritchard is for their man. They
said Wednesday might that Reynolds
was for him. T. g, L. Harris made both
statements.
The two sides, the Russell and the
anti-Russell, are Lining up" The
anti-Russelli+es say Vice President
Andrews, of the Southern railway,
started the Russell boom. The RUSSELL
ties say that Judge Walter Clark. who
wants to be chief justice two years
hence, is inspiring the ~newspape
attacks on Russell. and also that it
was he who choked off the endorse
ment of Russell for chief justice by the
Raleigh bar. Some Of Russell's friends
go 80 far back as to say that jude
Clark wrote some Of the newspaper
articles.
The moderate republicans say that
the right thing for the governor to do
would be to promote D. M. Furches to
no chief ipctjoa and all Hhp yyaRanou
by appointing Augustus M. Moore.
But" said one Of these moderates.
you can't expect Russell to do the
proper thing. He simply Doesn't know
how"
The whole scramble for the chief
justiceship is becoming a farce-comedy.
1t is raising a laugh all over he state.
1t is the talk of everybody. The gov
ernor has persistently snubbed Rey-
holds. and now wants him.
. Mention was made the other day Of
a m that IL Reynolds got to be
governor the Atlantic and North Car
DINA railway would be sold. This was
a fake. The governor has no authority
as to this road. It is all in the board
of internal improvements and he d.
r%ectors. and the legislature elects both
these, having taken the power of ap-
pointment from the governor.
General William r. Cox. Of Edge
combe. is here and today assumed his
new duties as president of the state
agricultural society. He says he in
tends to make h next state fair a
great one.
There are at least five ~aspirants fol
the appointment of %adjutant general.
;. The state charters the Piedmont
Shuttle Works, at Greensboro, CAPT.
tai ST., 200. c. E. Fleming and other.
stockholders. The company will manu-.
facture mill and wagon and buggy sup.
plies.
The state bad 15S days to gee in it.
evidence in the tax assessment. It nov
takes a rest until after the Legislative
session ends. 1t rave UP five days, a.
a suggestion from the other side, as the
hearing was to have gone on until tn.
day the legislature met.
State Labor Commissioners Lacy to
day made up his report OF the newspa
pers in North Carolina. It shows tina
there are 2S4, a gain Of 20 in twelv,
months. Of these % are dailies, 49,
weeklies, IA semi-weeklies, 80 monthiies
20 semi-monthlies, 5 quarterlies, / semi
annual. In the way Of politics 135 ar,
democratic. 10 republican, IS independ
emit. 3 populist. There are II Baptist
5 Methodist, 2 Christian. 4 Episcopal
ian, s Presbyterian. one Roman Catho
lie, one Quaker and one each of all tn,
other denominations. Besides there al,
six religious journals, Of no particu
lar church. The Masons have 2. tn,
PythianS and Odd Fellows one each
while literature. medicine and agricul
ture each has 8. There are 4 medica
journals. One is devoted to law. one t
textile industries. one to poultry, on
to athletics, one to labor union Eigh
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