The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-02
Political Conditions in Western
N. C. Are Satisfactory.
Interview With the Democratic State
State School of the BIind-Interest-
ing Gifts TO the Hall of History.
COlOred State Fair Opened~Other
Raleigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., October so.

13-16th. Richard H. Lewis, .. .. "es-
tray Battle, T. l.. Murphy, W. II. n.
Cobb, Jr., Albert Anderson, George G.
Thomas, ". P. Beall and Dr.. Hanes.
of Winston.
The governor expects to speak at
Troy today at the great democratic
rally, and left here last night for Aber-
deem. He received a telegram there
that his brother, E. T. B. Glenn, of
Macon, Ga, was sinking rapidly, and
expected to leave for Macon on the
8 O'Clock train this morning, but the
train was five hours late Mr.. Glenn
has Bright's disease and has been sick
for two months.
The colOred state fair was informally
opened today, the regular opening oc-
curing tomorrow. The first fair was
held in 1879, where the Soldiers Home
now is.
y A charter is granted the Southern
Agency company, to do insurance,
headquarters Marion, G. j. Cooper and
others i~ncorporatOrs. 1t is inaugurated
by the Suthern Insurance company Of
Fayetteville. One of the Greensboro
companies was a pioneer in this meth
cd of securing chartered insurance
agencies.
The charter of the North Carolina
it's capital stock to $4,000; making its
Headquarters at Charlotte, with Il
branch at Davidson. The college build
IN ~ sr,;l1 ho 81 4ho Ouro 80 CI,ra6 =, ~ /
Sixth streets, Charlotte.
State Chairman Simmons was seen
at democratic headquarters today, and
when asked the condition of affairs i'll
h 8th and 10th districts said: "They
are all right. There is in my opinion
the best condition in western North
Carolina that | have known since the
amendment came into effect. There
is O life and energy in the party.
I'VE are going to do we'll in all that
mart of the country. Crawford and
Racket. will win by a fine majority.
The conditions are very satisfactory to
me. There is a large registration in
all that part of the state. | have been
in both districts and have studied the
situation
Secretary 3. w. Kilgore announces
that the eighth annual meeting of the
Southern States Association of Conn.,
1nissiOners of Agriculture will be held
at Jacksonville, ,NeEember 19th-2lst.
Among the speakers Are DR.. TAFT But-
Ter. Commissioner Patterson and Har-
old Hume.
The governor issues a warrant TOR
xhe execution of Benjamin Williams,
colored. who almost a year ago muir
dered Alexander Clark, colored, near
+ha SeaboardEAir Line shops here.
In the supreme court today the ap-
peal came. up of George Hail, conVlcCeu
of lynching at Salisbury and VINO mas
been in the ~penifentiary ever since,
His contention is that the term OF coufl
was Illegally held, the governor moi
calling it. Hfkt
Principal John E. Ray Of the state
school for the blind has gone to Asne,
VILE to meet six blind children ane
hiring them here as pupils. He say
there are now 335 present, when Il
about - more than we're here at tn
school a wear ago. He finds thai tneI'
are q great many white blind chlldre'
who ought to be here, and says ina
hiring the summer the list was pre-
nared OF them who were not 9eIllh
the benefit of the training they s.
much need and the number was 1otah
to be 1873. He says he is very sure lha
+hero are now 100 who ought TO u
here at the school. The u OF II
trouble is the refusal of parents 10 d
low their children to come. For e
annie at Durham, there is a WOhla
who has a very bright blind daushte
about Is years old. Nearly ever
preacher in the place and a hullo'
of the most prominent citizens NAY
called to see this wOman and pesEe
her to let the child go to Ralelgn aI
get the instruction she so greatly nee
hrt the obdurate mothers only stae
mont is 81 can't give her up. 81
thinks she is doing her child a servl'
in so acting but as Mr.. Ray remark'
She does exactly the wrong th1n
uor love for her child could be shoV
far better by allowing her 10 go l" "
school especially prepared LOT hei'
Editor Charles L. Stevens OF u
New Rern Journal sends to the HAL
history a nextremely interesting d
+opranh letter from General Robert
lee. dated Petersburg, December lo'
1864 and addressed to General Bra
ton Bragg, then in Wilmington, co
manding tire defense Of North Carolll
This letter tells about the endln
the fleet and force Of troops on ira
morris to attack Fort Fisher. This v
fhe first expedition which failed. 1
one which went next in Janua
succeeded. A copy o fthis letter v
sent to Governor Vance at Raleigh a
as soon as he got it he hurried to v
rnington and was there during his d
attack on the fort. General Lee ma
a memorandum at the end OF his
ter that he had sent the same inforI
+ion to the secretary of wal at Ri
mond. Mr.. A. B. stronaeh, the e
mander of l.. o. B. Branch camp, =
federate veterans of this city, has {
presented to the Hall of History a
i'm plaster of General Lee, and MO
your correspondent that he has
L. A. JInitad nanOhflrS OF