The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-16
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Meets Today in Greensboro tn seIect
n congregational Nominee to he
Sacrificed.
Correspondence of The Messenger
Greensboro, ". c.. September o

Greensboro, ~. c., September Q.
The republican congressional onven
ton meets here tomorrow. 1t is said
now that r ]. Petre, of Stokes. is
ABOUT n only man who has so far
signifed his willingness to undertake
the OBJ Of campaigning against Kitchin.
Major Alexander, of Winston, seems to
hang back, but he was prevailed on
to become a sacrifice. 1 asked a prom
inent republican why it was candidates
did not come forward for these places
with a view to having a call on Some
FEDERAL appointment His answer was:
Oncer rule tina makes no
dlfference. A man might sacrifice
everything but his life UNFOLDING repub-
mean principles and keeping the organ
lzatlon together, and if he did not haC-
pen to be a satellite of the boss. he
would cut no figure at all for any Off
cial recognition. Joynce, who ran for
congress before, found that out. 1t is
THIS very thing that is playing the devil
with us In p up the organization"
Delegates to the convention are COM
ing in. There will hardly be any nomi-
nation Of a candidate tomorrow. The
plan tonight is to leave tina in the
hands of the executive committee as
was done in the state convention, re-
garding Walker and Common. to await
developments.
President Roosevelt will pass through
here at 500 tonight. Judge Boyd wired
Secretary Cortelyou this morning if the
president would not be able to give the
people here q short talk, or at least
come out, so they could have the pleas
ure of seeing him. A gentleman has
suggested that the president would get
a good object lesson as to how his party
was run in the south, by stopping over
tomorrow and seeing who composed on
Ventions of his party in the south. He
would see, he said, las the only dele
gates to the convention from Guilford,
a county in which resided a great
many life long republican farmers, two
present revenue officers and two ex-
revenue officers, and about the same
conditions exist in every count in the
district" But the president could not
stop for a small thing like that.
Senator P~ritchard's son Arthur, spent
the day here yesterday on his way to
Chapel Hill. In driving out yesterday
to give a lady friends an outing, his
horse became refractory too near a
street a with the result that his bug
gy was completely overturned. Grave
fears were had for the young man., as
he was thought to be crushed under
the buggy. When the debris was re-
moved he bobbed up serenely, having
sustained no serious injury.
Miss Hattie Johnson, of Raleigh, who
has been visiting Miss Ellie Foushee,
extended her visit to Wilkesboro this
morning.
Miss Mary Petty, of the State Nor
NAL and Industrial college faculty. ar
lived last night after a summer vaca-
ton in New York.
The board of aldermen are consider
ing the purchase of a chemical fire eX-
tinguishing apparatus, and had a call
ed meeting last night, but a quorum not
being present nothing was done.
The military company is arranging for
the presentation soon of a grand spec
tacular tragedy or comedy, the Battle
of San Juan"
officer Barnes this morning arrested
a negro, Clarence Sherman, wanted in
Winston for larceny.
Rev. D. H. Conan, of KernerSVille,
will assist DR.. Turrentine at a love feast
and experience meeting at West Mar
ket M. E. church Friday night in the
interest of a series of meetings which
will begin next Sunday.
There was a lively shooting scrape
at Lindley Park last night, and as a
result John Things is at home in bed,
laid up with a pistol ball in his thigh.
All efforts by DR.. Richardson to find or
eXtratct it lave SO far been futile. 1t
seems that there was a large number
of Proximity people out enjoying them
selves. LiVings jumped out of a swing
and stumbled against a man, George
Lindsay, causing the latter to get mad.
After considerable time had elapsed
five reports of a pistol rang out on the
edge of the park, and Livings was found
lying on the ground, with blood issuing
from a wound in the leg.