The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-21
CANDIDATES
HAVE REPLIED.
All the Aspirants for Governor
Favorable to Anti-Saloon II
Movement.
TRY 10 POISON FAMILY
Pieces Of Bread and Bag Of Roots
Found III Well--Aycock Does
Not Want to be Delegate.
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RAn,B1GH, N. G., juno 2o--Editor j.
w. Bailey, of the Biblical RECORDED, WIN
as chairman Of the North Carolina Anti
Saloon League. wired each of the four
candidates for the Democratic nomination
for Governor Saturday morning, for an
EXPRESSION Of their position in the ten
perance fight in this state, has received
satisfactory replies, lie had regarded
Stedman as rather hostile to the a1iti-
saloon movement, but finds his letter very
satisfactory
THE REPLIES.
.j8 Mr. I,n,n says II am not in any way
supported BY. the North Carolina Liquor
Dealers Association. MY record as a
a friend Of temperance is well known |
4 rill support all reasonable and just tenn
rerance legislation calculated to improve
b the moral condition of the State, and at
4 the same time tpresers1 to, integrity OF
1.-The Democratic parry
Stedman says: II believe In and practice
temperance and support all reasonable
measures in its interest. / will stand by
all temperance legislation adopted by my
party, and IL elected Governor, ] will
execute the temperance law and all other
laws which are now or may hereafter
books. 1f the Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton is supporting any ofJthe candidates
for Governor 1 do not know IT; 1t Is not
supporting me. If elected Governor [
will enter upon the discharge of the
duties OF that high office absolutely UNI
trammeled and free from en- tangling
alliances of IL kinds"
inquiry. My legislative and public record
since 1878, Including the last General
Assembly. was open to you'll never
think one way and act other.a }5
Turner In his reply. says II favor
Temperance and laws to encourage So
l.iiSty 1 know nothing about reports
mentioned In your telegram.
Here is the telegram of inquiry, in an
! ser 10 which the above answers were
r,ada Nj. Dniley's query: There is Il
persistent repori that the North Carolina
Z, s.u4r denle;s' are supporting one of the
III tlntes for Governor. VIII you wire
ma your position as to temperance? VIII
ven stand by the Watts act and anti-jug
il4w, supporting all reasonable measures
in the interest of pernnce?-( Signed)
a. Nv. Bailey, Chairman Anti-Saloon
SI.eague.'t fii IS IA sg II. .tt
CioNERNORSs DENIAL.
1. e;c,lrnel5 II. M. sPearsall, private secre-
tary,Ato Governor Ayc9ck, gave out the
i statement this morning that the Gov
cinor wishes to emphaticaly deny the
persistent reports that lie is a candidate
for election rs a delegate to the National
Convention. THAT he is not now and has
never been al candidate for that honor
and. in fact, could not go to st. Louis
we're he made a delegate. And that
he has always told those who men
toned the matter to him that he did not
desire the election. 8
A charter was issued this morning for
the Brown Rogers Company, of Winston
Salem. The ircorporators are Thomas j.
Brown, James NJ. Rogers and w. 7. Car
ter. and the capital stock Is 100000. The
company will conduct the wholesale and
retail hardware business. run there for
many years by Brown and Rogers.
TO POISON FAMILY.
An attempt to poison the we'll and kill
tbs family of Mr.. VIII Cooley, a pros-
porous farmer. few miles frcr Raleigh,
was discovered Sunday. Pieces of bread
With some evidently poisoned substance
suread on 1t. weia FOUND in thu we'll.
and a small sack of roots and hcras with
IL rock for slnker. were found lodged
on the wall near the water. A negro
tenant. VINO had been dismissed for neg
lecting his crops, Is suspected lie re-
fused to drink water from the well be-
lore the suspicious substances were
iuunu 'Jhc state chemist Is ill:l"illS an |
analysis of the bag of roots and bread.
John G. Drcwry, one of the managers
of Stedman's campaign for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor, says that
with two counties--Asle and Washington
Stedmun has Bill votes, Glenn
49l. Davidson III and Turuer S., 1liis
gives lei votes pledged out of a total |
of ] ,244 in the convention. H. viii re.
Quire 623 votes to nominate In tile con-
THE JUNIOR ORllER.
John u. Brdgers. State organizer. has
Just organized lodges of Junior Order
United American Mechanics in Rocking
ham and LaurlnburG, and charters have
been allowed for lodges at ANeGeaDCro
and Maxton,
o. "A. Starbuck has resigned the deputy |
internal revenue collectorship for the
district and Collector Duucan
has issued from his office mere an order
appointing ". r. Vincent OF Burlington,
IN lis st"rd. Staruuck resigns because
OF his indictment by the Federal Court
grand jury at Charlotte for alleged con-
ection with the big whiskey stamp fraud |
by Collector Duncan's office by
of Milton.
Many Raleigh lawyers left tiis ,aofn- |
Ing for Charlotte to attend tao sessions |
Of the North Carolina Bar Association |
there Tonight and to-morroH.