The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-07
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
EX-SENATOR RANSOM TALKS On
PARKER,S CANDIDACY.
He Thinks the New York Judge
worthy and Ssrong-A. & N. c.
Officials Sign Bond to Put Matter In
the Circuit Court-Problem OF the
Wild Onion
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh. IN. c., June l.
Ex-senator Ransom is here, having
some business before the Federal court
He was asked his view as to h availa-
bility of Judge Parker as the presiden-
tial candidate and replied: While I
think Mr.. German an ideal man for
President, wise. able and good. Judge
Parker is worthy the place. He is a
true Democrat, through and through,
is 4 master of the political situation and
ideas Capital respects him. The peo-
strength. And faction or opposition in
New York noun to nothing when
the battle begins"
United States Marshal Dockery show
ed up bright and early this morning
with Editor Josephus Daniels. his pris-
oner, who had spent the night in a
room in the Marlborough House. with
Deputy Marshal Mitchell. Editor DAN
iels read one of Thomas Carfyle's books
for an hour or two before retiring.
Handshaking with him began as soon
as he struck the hotel office after
breakfast.
This morning President Bryan and
NoA4OuS dIu okuc OlllCldlS Oh
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
way met in the office OF the governor
with counse and quickly made up the
SIS, 1000 personal bond, required to put
the receivership matter in the United
States Circuit court of appeals. Tomor-
row Receivers Meares and McBee who
took charge yesterday, will step down
and out, never. it is expected. to as
sumo those positions again. The state
authorities are annHdanr that tbf- uiIl
end all that business.
1t was expected that the hearing OF
the habeas corpus case of E. w. Kerr
and others put in contempt by Judge
PEBBLES would come up before the SUI
preme court full bench early today, but
a telegram sent yesterday went to
Lumberton instead of to Wilmington
where they were. Interest in this ha-
beas orpus matter is intense. r. C.
Lawrence, of Lumberton, arrived early
his morning and engaged a number OF
rooms at the hotel, for the various de-
PENDANTS, lawyers, etc.
State Auditor Dixon is sending out
the blanks for reports by all corpora
tons, banks, and building and loan as
sociations, thousands of them.
The governor and other state officers
did not go to the State University COM
mencement as they expected. Too
much was going on here to permit
them to leave.
There are yet outstanding s134, 900 Of
original Atlantic and North Carolina
railway bonds, never turned in for ex-
change. When Treasurer Lacy came
into office they amounted to s135, 600
but one bond was turned in. The bonds
were issued in 1857 and are signed by
Governor Bragg. For some years it
has been supposed that all were held
by one person. No precise reason can
be given for this belief but the officials
hold it, nevertheless, and they want to
find out who that person is.
Professor w. f. Massey, who has
been. making what he considers ex-
haustive experiments to see whether
copper sulphate in solution will kill
the wild onion which is such a pest
to southern farms tells me he finds the
solution will not do the work. 1t will
kill the tops of the onions but does not
get at the roots. The wild onion is in
fact a great n a growing problem.
The state superintendent of public
instruction is advised hat a public
school district in Columbus county has
voted for local taxation and that three
more districts in the same county will
soon vote the same way. The move
ment is growing fast.
Judge Purnell has made an order that
the Atlantic Hotel be kept open by the
receiver of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railway. The contracts for
help and supplies had already been
made by Manager A. J. Cooke.
The company of the National Guard
at Wilson left today for the st. Louis
exposition where it will encamp for
ten days. The people Of the town made
it a gift of $1,000.
K. S. Finch, one Of the plaintiffs in
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
way receivership matter was inter-
viewed before he left here n aid
II will be Jack here July 18th to ans
wer roll call in the Superior court on
the bill Of particulars"