The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
WARM FIGHT IN WAKE.
POLITICS TAKES ATTENTION OF
THE PEOPLE.
Commissioners on the Firing Lin
Ready Reference Book Being Com
piled-New Point Brought Up I'm
the Case Against a Pelt-Other
News Notes.

Will really De q manu- DOOh VI id1iod
for the use Of the Legislature, and
which will contain a great deal OF in
formation of much value, not only for
that body, but for the general public.
It will be a ready reference book. He
issued one during the last session
which was much appreciated.
Tickets are being circulated in his
county bearing the name OF r. T.
State Senate.
There is quite a lively fight in Wake
Politics this ear and as has been
stated, the county commissioners are
on the firing line" There Isl a citi-
zen's ticket. as it is called. for commits
sioner. and some influential citizens
are making trips through the county
speaking in the interest of this. Feel
ing is really high and the campaign is
on the verge of being personal.
President Venable, of the State Uni
versity, was here this morning and
when he was asked what he thought
of the talk about consolidating it, the
Normal and Industrial College and
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege with one head, he smiled and said
he did not think it amounted to any
thing; that the first time he ever heard
the subject mentioned was in an ad
dress delivered by Chief Justice Wal
ter Clark two years ago. at Chapel
Hill, in which the matter was dis
cussed, but was dropped out OF sight
until lately. He added that he was
very certain it would be found that
all three of the institutions were op-
posed to any such scheme.
Three times has the wise head of
Governor Jarvis figured in great rail
way matters in this State. First IN
the salt of the Western North Caroline
1881; second in the extension of the
lease of the North Carolina Railway,
Gray, Esq, as a candidate for the
and now again in the lease of the At
lantic and North Carolina. Railway.
1t is no secret that Governor AycOck
relied very greatly upon the admirable
business and political sagacity Of Gov
ernOr Jarvis, a man who always has
a wise head and who for forty years
or mere has been doing things for the
safety, honor and welfare of this
Commonwealth
The State officers, with the exception
of Secretary of State are delighted at
Carolina Railway, excepting Secretary
of State Grimes, who had nothing
more to say when interviewed except
to state that he regretted the leasing
Of the property.
The crop report to be issued next
Monday is expected to be much more
favorable than recent lines, as condi-
lions ave been much improved.
State Chairman SimOns is greatly
pleased with his headquarters and has
his office force working very sysCe-
matically. In one room is Secretary
Field and in anOthap his nriy1t. core
tary. A. d. Watts. The latter by the
way, has a remarkable memory, MS
speciality being campaign figures, and
he can state off hand the vote of any
county or district, for the respective
parties. being really regarded as an
authority on this subject.
The weather report for August here
shows that the mean temperature was
a degrees. which is exactly the average
for the past Is years. The highest tenn
perature was 80, on the 22nd; n the
lowest "a. on the 2Sth. The rainfall
was 52 inches, which was almost Il
third of an inch below the average.
The deficiency of rain fall this year
is S inches.
The Attorney General has received
the papers in d case which involves a
new point in this State. 1t is that
against Van Pelt, n comes from
Rowan county. Van Pelt and others
"S1S VI d 1ClOOl uIl4OII. olIt1
the charge was conspiracy against G.
A. Roce, a lumber dealer, by publish
ing in a newspaper an article declar-
ing him unfair" in other words
boycotted him, and saving no union
carpenter could use any of his lum-
Der. The defendant demurred to the
bill in the Supeme Cou and moved
to quash, on the ground that the bill
did not state a crimina offence. He
was acquitted, the State excepted n
appealed. While his is a new mat
ter in this state. yet the boycott was
recognized with speeches of crime n
is covered by a special chapter in the
criminal law. The case will be watch
ed with much interest.
of the So persons who applied Tor
l~iscense as attorneys. only 80 appeared
before the Supreme Court. OF. those
who passed the examination three
are oolored, these being -. F. Rich, Of
Durham: H. w. Wilson. of Pitt; and
W. A. Field, of Halifax There We're
five colored applicants, four Of them
graduates of law schools
State Auditor Dixon returned TO
day to FuQuay Springs, ihe water Of
which he finds benefits him greatly.
The Confederate Veterans express
delight at their visit to Ashevilla and
at their treatment by h people there.
Gener William P RobestS. OF Gates,
expressed great pleasure at the run
ion. He was tn youngest ibrigadier
in the Confederate service, and Cor
his gallantry General Robert E. Lee
once gave him a pair OF his own
gauntlets. These were unfortunately
destroyed a few years age.
There is an annoying delay in the
arrival of rails for use on he Raleigh
& Pamlico Sound Railway but these
are now looked for every cay. Every
thing is ready for active work in put
ting down the track.
The estimates of the reduction Of
cotton yield runs from 80 TO 35 Per
cent. below an average. The increase
in acreage seems to have ben about
ten to u per cent, as compared with
last year.
Today at Wake Forest College Me-.
Wiley NJ. Rogers. for mary years
connected with the News ard ObSer-
yer, was buried. He was a lative OF
Durham, and for twelve years was
with the business department. Of the