The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-06
Question Should be Submitted to All the
People.
Believes After a Canvas He Could Car
for Seats for THE Clansman."
Drought Proving Serious to the
Farmers-Immense Crowds Expect
ed ( See Roosevelt ut Raleigh.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c., October >.

mpcfan Union Is III session mere.
The opening addresses of welcome
were by Governor Glenn, who spoke
ten minutes, Mayor Johnson, and Rev.
b. NJ. Bumpass, each Of whom spoke
three minutes. In the course of the
Governors speech he took occasion to
say that if all the officers Of the law,
great and small from u magistrate to
a judge, and all the county forces,
were strict in enforcing the laws
not pardon men who violated this law,
nine-tenths of this illicit manufacture
II sale of liquor would be stopped.
This would take away the greater part
of the cost Of criminal courts, and of
asylums county homes etc, because
he prime cause Of crome and poverty
would be removed. Some persons did
not like it because the governor had
not taken an active interest in the
Ward Liquor Regulation Law, enact
ed this year. The governor said he
thought his a shell, d kernal, because
it did not go far enough and reach
everywhere. He added hat he thought
the prohibition question could be best
settled by submission to the people of
the whole state, and that if they want
ed him to make a canvas OF North
Carolina he believed he could carry
the state for prohibition by a clear ma
jority of $4,000. He exploded the
notion some people have that there is
no prohibition in New England, saying
he had very recently been through
that section and knows hat there was
| prohibition to a remarkable extent.
At tOday's session of the North Car
DINA w. c. Z. T., Miss Elizabeth
Marsh presided. Prayer was offered
by Mrs. G. E. Craven, OF Concord.
Roll call showed 40 delegates present,
representing 81 unions. More dele
gates arrived during the day. Vari-
Gus committees were appointed, Miss
NOtre Johnson, corresponding secre-
tary, made her report, which was very
encouraging. Mrs. Frances e. Ross,
made the annual report as state treas
urer. At noon there was a special
prayer service, being what is known
as 1.-The Evangelistic Hour each day,
being under the care Of the state su-
| perintendent, Mrs. Mary c. Woody, of
GuilfOrd College, who is In honorary
president of the state union. At the
afternoon there was prayer by Mrs.
| Ellen j. Pryor, and President Marsh
delivered the annual address. Reports
of superintendent followed, Mrs.
Woody for evahgelistic; Mrs. Priscilla
Hackney on Sabbath observance; Mrs.
! Mary e. w. White on systematic Civ
ing; Miss Lucy Davis on almshOuses.
1t had been expected that tomorrow
evening there would be a recital by
Miss Lille O'Daniel, of Nashville,
Tenn, but it was found that the hall
had been engaged for tomorrow by an
| other organization SO the recital was
| held there this evening. There was a
regular session, President Marsh pre-
siding, with music, Bible lesson and
prayer, a song by Mrs. Horace Dowell,
reports by Mrs. E. Garland, of Green's
bOrO, and other features. Reports
show good interest in the order, with
| six new unions formed during the year
| and additions to old ones. This is due
to eight weeks tour through the state
by Miss Lille O'Daniel.
All day Sunday the Governor receiv-
| ed telegram after telegram from Madi-
ooll Coulty, dShluS III 1lOI W ltC
Peter Smith, the rapist be hanged to-
day. Some Of these kilograms appear
tc have been forged, n of them, pur-
! porting to be from the medical expert
| who was d witness in the case, strik-
ing anyone as being a forgery. The
| Governor said he had not answered
any Of the kilograms and that Smith
deserved richly the fate he would meet
en- the gallOws today.
There was a great rush today for
seats for the Clansman, Tom Dixon's
| play, and in. an hour and a half all the
seats on he floor were sold, many Of
them evidently going to spectators,
being bought in blocks of from ten to
thirty. There were orders for 200
seats out of town.
It appears to be the belief of the
ex-liquOr men here that the supreme
court will decide that there must be
an election on the d~ispensary or sa-
| oOn question. A member Of the
board OF aldermen said this would cost
the city $500, and all for nothing, as
the ~dispensary was certain to win by a
big majority. The liquor men of
course think the other way and will
spend money like water to carry their
point.
The Governor was advised today Of
the death of S. T. Wilfong, a member
of the board of agriculture from Ca
tawba. He was a Confederate veteran
and lost one arm in service.
Postmaster Bailey today paid off thA
rural free delivery carriers, about 1850
! in number, the amount paid being
! $4,000.
State Auditor Dixon has gone to
Yancey county, to make a series Of ad-
dresses on education.
The weather bureau says the total
rainfall at Raleigh during September
was 1.43 inches. Mr.. Thiessen, the OBJ
server, says the rain-maker of the de-
| partment is IN a strike, like the Char
lotte printers.
The Supreme court is devoting this
week to appeals from the sixth district.
Cotton is opening SO rapidly that n