The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-21
Nebraskaa Maze a Fine impress
sitn and Mas veU Popular.
Change in the Arrangements haae
Necessary by the Bad Weather.
Fine Exhibit OF Cotton Sent To the
Boston Fair-Negro Convicted for
Representing an Unlicensed Insur-
ance Company.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c., september Is

11N a.
death OF DR.. Charles d. McIver. Mr..
Bryan made q very fine impression
here among all classes Of people and
was better liked han ever before. The
death OF DR.. NcIver cast a gloom over
the Bryan tour. Il is learned that las
year DR.. Newer had an offer Ct $4,000
a year and his expenses, this being
made by a great manufacture n this
state, but declined ii, preferring his
work. a. the Normal and Industrial col
lege TO any other.
Mr.. Bryan's visit here was certainly
very much enjoyed and his audience
was one which he could well refer to
as being attentive. 1t was composed
of about a third ladies. these represent
ing quite largely two Of the female
colleges, and It was interesting 20 note
the fact that a number of the c~ollegians
We're taking down short hand reports
Of the speech. Mr.. Bryan arged rather
than detained and his speech was
not oratOrtcal but very full OF logic.
He had a great many pleasant things
to say aboJt North Carolina, which
was n of the very frs states 10 de-
clare for him in 1896; he spoke about
the democrats here as being very de-
pendable people, saying they had al
ways been his friends and Were now.
He complimented the president very
warmly, but was frank TO say that
while the president had done and was
doing a lot Of good things, he got his
inspiration always from democratic
sources, that is from platforms,
speeches and such like.
There was no cheering when Nj.
Bryan detrained nor as he passed along
the streets, but he certainly got plenty
Of it at che city hail, which to be sure
was damned to the limit. There were
many thousands of disappointed people
who wanted to hear him in the open,
but it was impossible y sp Ak out
doors, there being rain squalls, which
would have soaked any audience. He
really liked to talk in the hall because
he had the ear OF the people and indeed
it was we'll. Governor Glenn certainly
seemed to enjoy his speech and so did
Chairman Simmons and Chief justice
Clark, and National committeeman
Daniels who were front row men. Judge
Clark was right with Mr.. Bryan with
his advocacy of government ownership
of railways. After the speech | was
talking with Congressman w. w.
Kitchin about this ownership and he
is against it, and says North Carolina
does not favor it, but d friend Of Mr..
Bryan in his view says sentiment here
will change and that soon. Mr.. Bryan
evidently thinks 20 and believes that
President Roosevelt is looking to own
ership. Mr.. Bryan says that it has
e proved to his mind hat legisla-
ton cannot control the railways. He
must expect a grave turn in things two
years hence.
1t had been planned for Mr.. Bryan
to have a reception, but the ram
Knocked out a good many Of the ar
engagements and so only a few dozen
people got a chance for a handshake in
a group. OF course there were scat
ter;ng handshakes all along. It was
he comment that MIR. Bryan had not
changed any in the ten years since
which he first spoke here. He is q
tritle balder and within the past few
years has begun to use Y glasses.
He made his audience laugh very much
when he said that though he used
four eyes now instead of two he was
nevertheless able to see perfectly good
democratic doctrine. The audience
laughed again when he said that Pres
tdent Roosevelt was the only popular
republican and that his popularity was
due to his being s%poradically demo-
cratic. He re-asserted what he had
before said at other places about bis
views on railway ownership being his
own and said that if every MA
thought like some other man thought
no man could ever know what any
man thought.
Dixie certainly does move a crowd
and it moved Mr.. Bryan too. for he
smiled his broadest and with his nand
kept a sort of time with the gay music
of the dear old tune. Some cynic re-
marked in a speech here some wears
ago that women cared nothing for
politics, but certainly their action to-
day showed that they did or there
must be quite a lot of magnetism
about Mr.. Bryan for they We're simply
attentlvaness itself. Raleigh never saw
a auleter or more rapt audience.
The North Carolina Poultry associ-
alton is TO meet at Greensboro January
9Th TO 18th. and hold its annual show
at that point.
d agricultural department is plan
ming a campaign of farmers institutes
IN the eastern counties from December
10th TO the 22nd. Last winters cam
paign there was very satisfactory. ,
Some Of the finest stalks of cotton
ever seen in this state have been sent
from his county to the fair at Boston
to be placed in the North Carolina ex-
hibit and 300 bolls of cotton from
Wake will be used in Special decora-
Six experts from the United States
agricultural department ara now at
work in Polk and Yadkin counies max
ing war upon cattle ticks and Cooper
ating with the state experts.
Insurance Commissioner Young has
a report from Deputy Commissioner
Scott at Greensboro announcing the
OF a negro named Fuller, CT
High Point for representing an un-
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