The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-24

Chatham Record: An old colored
man in New Hope township, named
willis Ryrd. has registered as a. voterl
because he was a voter before 1885,
when free negroes were DISTINGUISHED,
We doubt il there is another such al
voter in the state. He will be ninety
years old in December and is respected
by all his white neighbors.
Asheboro Courier: The crowd at thel
democratic barbecue and basket picnicl
last Thursday has been estimated Ut
anywhere from 5000 { 5000. We DON'T
know how many people were there. but
this much We do know, that 1t was thel
largest. most representative and best
behaved crowd eve assembled together
in Randolph county at a pulic speaking
New Bern Journal: There was a good
sized meeting of business men at thel
court house yesterday morning to de-
wise means to counteract the evil ell
fectS Of the exaggerated ~cou Of
small pOx- The gentlemen felt that
something should speedily be lone tol
assure the farming community adj
jacent to New Bern that there is mol
small pox in his city.
Kinstsn Free Press: Mr.. E. G.. Tyn-I
dal, Of Neuse township, today finished
selling his entire crop of tobacco rais-l
ed on W. acres and the total received
was S3o9. As. Mr.. Tyndal did not raiseI
a large crop this e for fear his land
was not fit for tobacco culture. beingI
hard and stiff land. Much to his sur
prise the land proved very productive,
and he says it looks as, if tobacco can
be raised on any kind of land in this
section. MIR. Tyndal sold his tobaccOI
at the Eagle warehouse.
Greensboro Record: At the Cum
mock mines about 100 tons a day is now
the output. Everything is ready toI
mine 300 tons daily. In fact were a new
shaft sunk l 900 to 1,500 tons a day.
could be be mined. Experts say there
Is enough coal to permit of a daily
output of 1900 tons for forty years.
Noae of the coal is now sold to theI
Seabeard Air Line, all going to indus
trial plants in Durham, Greensboro
and winston, etc. During twenty
days in September in which coal was
mined there the output was 2,1J0 tons,
Some years ago the Seaboadr Air Line
took $50 o a daay.
News and Observer: A private let
ter from Greene county says: The po-l
liticaI situation in Greene at the pres-I
ent time is very promising. 1 think
u entire county ticket will be elected
by at least 500 majority, in case wei
can secure a full registration of dem-l
ocratic voters, which we shall endeav-l
or to do. Very few negroes have Offer
ed to register. The effort to work upI
an independent movement is a conf
p1ete failure. Only five or six demo-
Gratis participated in the so called con-
Veation of independent democrats,
held here last Thursday. There were
present twenty-five or thirty repuo-l
licans and populists.
The RobesOnian: Hon. Heriot Clark
ston will speak at Partition on the NORM
ing of the 9th, at Rowland at night
n at AshpOle on the morning of the
18th. Hon. Lee S. Overman will speak
in Lumberton on the 31st. Both are
able. well-infOrmed speakers and should
have large crowds out to hear them at
their several appOintments.-The prop
erty listed in the town of LumbertOnI
subject to taxation aggregates 1898, =
POS. which is about $50, 900 greater than
last year. hat the valuations repre-
scented by this aggregate are too low
is unqueStiOned and especially does it
appear so since, that on the first of
June only S8,621 in money on hand was
listed for taxation and s., 200 of this
amount was listed by one man.
Fayetteville Observer: The democrat
ic county candidates brought the first
week Of their canvass to an end at
Smiths Shops in Little River Town
snip Saturday, speaking to a large and
enthusiastic crowd. Everywhere the
candidates have been greeted with larsel
crowds and much enthusiasm. TheyI
made good impression everywhere, and
the speeches of Mr.. Lamb, nOmineel
fer the senate, and MeSsrs. Moore and
BuIard nominees for the house, are
winning votes from the opposition and
strengthening the rank and file of theI
democratic party. The candidates are
ali enthusiastic on their reception thusI
far and re confident of an OverWhelm-I
ing victory in November. On thel
3oth Hon. G. 3. Patterson, the next
congressman from this district, will
speak at Fayetteville with the demo-
cratic candidates. He is a fine speaker,
and it is useless to say that he Will
have a great crowd. as Cumberland
shares the honOrs with Robson as
being her nominee.
Durham Herald: There is one more
week in which the people can register
for the approaching election. The time
is new about three-fourthS zone and
there are a large number who have not
qualified themselves for voting. The
returns secured by The Herald for
eAevea of the twelve precincts in this
township yesterday afternoon shows a
total registration of 1,5I7. OF these
there are only 81 negroes n some of
these qualified under the grandfather
clause. 1t looks now as if the reglStra-
tion will be quite large in this township
that is if the usual precedent is fol-
lowed. 1t is usually the case that
about half of the voters qualify during
the last week of the registration perio1.
II thiS Is the case this time it will mean
more thar twenty-three hundred vo-
ters in Durham township. When 1t Is
takea into consideration that very few
less than one hundred-of these will
be negroes it will show a rather large
registration. Reports from the county
precincts are coming in and show a
large registration
Special to Charlotte Observer: Sec
end section of 80 passed through Char
lotte Saturday morning at 1:40 o'clock
en- route from Baltimore to Pass Chris
tian. Miss. with seven cars of o
mans. These Bohemians spend the
summer in the north in the tanning
factories canning fruits and berries,
and the winter along the Gulf of Mex
leo shocking oysters. They pass back
and forth as regular as the robins.