The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-18

Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Greensboro. ". c.. July u.

Greensboro. ". c.. July L.
Next in interest now TO the approach
ing state democratic convention. IS the
convention to nominate candidates fot
judge and solicitor OF the Eleventh
judicial district. which meets in Win
ston next Tuesday. The republican
convention was neld in wilkesboro last
week. but after 135 ballots. failing To-
nominate a solicitor, took a recess un-
til August, even going through the un-
p~recedented performance OF declaring
void an unanimous nomination OF
Judge Starbuck to succeed himself In
connection with this / only quote the
statement made yesterday by = promi-
nent republican here, 10 wit: / have
no doubt in the world. leaders % the
convention got an order from Boss
Pritchard after the judicial
was made, and while the long ballot
ting was being had Tor solicitor, Ia
withdraw Starbuch's nomination.; he IL
not in favor with hat portion OF the
party known as the revenue wing.
which dominates and controls the party
as yet and every man in IL who is only
seeking office; Judge Starbuck has ex-
ercised that independence OF thought
and action which some OF you democrats
are bowling for, by the advice by the
way of Senator Pritchard himself.
Coming back to the Winston conven
ton, the situation was anomalous be-
fore yesterday, when every count in
the district had either two or three
candidates for judge or solicitor, but
today il is that two candj-
dates for judge from Surry county have
withdrawn-Messrs, Folger and Level
Ign in of a Surry man for solicit
tor and eliminates some Of the COM
plicationS in one direction, il increases
them in others, for it puts Porter
Graves forward for solicitor, leaving
Surry with a free hand to manage for
the nomination of a judge suitable to
his candidacy.
There was a sad. and unexpected
death here yesterday evening late, of
Mr.. w. ]. Wiley. of Hillsboro. who was
at a Sanatorium here for nervous trou-
bles. His emains went to Hillsboro
this morning.
The board Of aldermen a another
lively meeting last night. and by a vote
of five to four the celebrated baggage
ordinance, which had been repealed.
was r~e-enacted. after the fourth trial
in as many meetings. AS a
bond of only 500 instead of the former
$500 one is required, a drayman taking
license can use n or more drays, and
charges cannot exceed 20 cents a load.
There are twelve members of the board,
and only five voting for the ordinance.
it's opponents insist that under the
harter is requires seven votes in the
affirmative to pass it, and the matter
is now in finri, awaiting the opinion of
City Attorney Scales, who was not pres
ent last night. Another important ac-
ton taken was the granting a petition
that the bar rooms could remain open
until II o'clock the nights of the state
republican and democratic conventions.
Will Logan, who was released from
SERVING a cpntannp on the nnh1ic roads
last Tuesday, was placed in Jail agar
this morning for breaking into a colored
woman'S house and stealing a dollar.
The grading anew of South Elm street
to fit the grade of the street car line
is rapidly approaching completion.
One of the clevereSt detectives out
side Of Greensboro is policeman j. J.
Adams, of Winston. He spent a few
hours here today returning from Nor
folk, where he went Tuesday looking for
G. F. HAT, alias c. T. Osborne, who
had just been released in Norfolk f.
wife murder there. Policeman Adams
had reason to believe he was HAT,
wanted for a wife murder in Oklahoma
in 1896. Mr.. Adams oun him to be
the nan he was looking for and he is
now in Norfolk Jail awaiting the arri-
val of Oklahoma officers. HAT former
ly lived in Winston, and his arrest will
entitle the clever officer to the reward
VI VIZ llS oCoiuOSL
tice a professional wife killer for insur-
nee money.
Mrs. T.. v. Taylor, and Messrs. a.
NJ. and j. 1. Scales returned today from
attendance on the Scales-Harris marri-
age at Henderson.
Rev. John c. Troy and daughter are
among our distinguished visitors. Other
distinguished divines noted, are Revs.
J. B. Fry, of Concord, and T. j. Ogburn,
of Summerfield.
The Greensboro Loan and Trust Com
pany has been made guardian of the
Boyd heirs in the Worth will settlement.
Revenue Agent Patterson, just re-
turned from Asheville, says that a big
seizure was made yesterday of a distil-
lery in Rockingham county.
officers William King and A. S. a
terson captured % barrels of whiskey
and Is unstamped barrels. The agent
also says that there was the smallest
number of seizures made during the
past June, that has ever been known in
the business.
There were 600 colored excursionists
from Oxford here today, it being given
by the Baptist church Of that town. 1t
was an orderly, we'll dressed and happy
looking crowd, not a single incident
transpiring to make them unwelcome
or to give