The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-09-07
Only One Public Man Favors Goy-
eminent Ownership.
interview With Congressman kitchin.
democratic State Campaign Opens.
1aroorough House Again Employs
Negro Naiter-Fine Display To he
Made 1t the Boston Food Fair.
Messen ger Bureau.


! sie>ol4au claude hitchlD. of The Se-~-
ono district He was interviewed and
said. L doubt greatly whether We will
make half a crop III my district. in
fact, may say that l am quite certain
we Will not Exceptionally few farm
ers have good crops" AS 10 politics
ne said everything was all right. and
regarding the financial condition OF
the people he said that while there
were not as many mort CAGES as usual.
yet many farmers had given liens on
their crops. Speaking about Mr.. Rry-
! ar declaration for government owner
ship OF railroads, Mr. kitchin said il
was no new thing. as all who know
Mr.. Bryan remember that two years
ago he said he favored government
| ownership and now adds that his ;Oar
abroad thoroughly convinced him hat
II was the best system. yet that Nir.
Bryan was only giving his personal
views, entirely disconnected with the
partys policy and that he thought
! government ownership should not come
/ 4
that he was not trying To commit lis
party to take this matter up as a
policy. Mr.. kitchin went on TO say:
IF Mr.. Bryan had desired to make
political utterance he could not nave
made SOunder one so far as the neo-
| pie are concerned for at least two
| thirds Of the voters in the north and
west favor government ownership. 1t
| Of q II
which prevents it from taking hold in
this section Of the country. | will say
that if all the senators and representa-
tives in congress and all the govern
Ors combined to prevent Mr.. Bryan's
nomination, they could not do il, for
there is only one power on earth which
can prevent it, that being Mr.. Bryan
himself in declaration that he would
not accept the nomination." Mr.. Kitck-
in said speaking about the next legis-
lature that it would be one Of the
strongest in many years.
State Treasury Lacy is against
federal ownership of the trunk lines,
and state ownership of the minor ones
and says: Il do not think the state
could run the roads and it has not the
money to buy them even if it could run
them and | am therefore opposed to
state ownership and for the same rea-
son to federal ownership and in no
uncertain way.
The democratic state campaign
opened today, with speeches by State
Auditor Dixon, representing Senator
| Simmons and Congressman William
W. Kitchin.
Blanks are being sent out by the
secretary of state giving notice to the
judges and registrars of the elections
to be held The registrars and judges
were all appointed yesterday, there
being 100 registrars and 3,400 judges
in the state.
| Curator Rrimley of the state museum
was notified today that rattlesnake
seven feet seven inches long had been
killed in Craven county He has a
record of one seven feet two inches,
from the same locality. Mr.. Brlm.ey
will pack the car Of exhibits from this
state to the Boston food fair next Fri
day or Saturday. He is greatly pleased
at the collection which is made.
The supreme court took up second
district appeals today Chief Justice
Clark is the plaintiff in one case, a dam
on stream having backed water upon
his farm and doing damage claimed TO
be $4,000
Weyland Ferrall, the man who shot
Bertha Brown in the tenderloln dis
trict here, has been transferred from
the station house TO the jail. A white
man named Startling has been placed
in Jail on a charge Of attempted as
sault made upon girl about - years
of age. The case is SO mixed that there
seems to be not much in it. II IS
said that the girl is in some way a
relation of the man.
There is quite a demand for the
printed list of the new school text
books and this Will be issued tomorrow
with the prices Of these books.
A charter is granted the Guilford
Furniture company. Greensboro, cap
ital 5000. VI. J. McDuffie and others
stockholders.
Secretary Of State Grimes. who IS 4
tobacco grower, says that the tobacco
in the eastern part of the state IS very
poor and the crop is short The leaf
is light and papery. The excessive
rain has ruined nearly all the crops n
that section
Insurance Commissioner Young says
the fire insurance companies nave pai1
over fifty FIVE millions Of losses at
| San Francisco ana are pay iAA C4diAAs = !
the rate Of a million dollars day
Large numbers Of students are ar
irving 10 attend the Agricultural and
Mechanical college, the number viii
reach $50 which is all that can be &C
comodafed at one time
Charles Henderson IS nominated as
insurance commissioner OF Alabama
His home is at Troy and ne married
Miss Laura Montgomery OF this city
The Improvements al the capitol
square continue The wet weather has
linterferred considerably with the lay
ing OF the granolithic walks hut the
main trouble has been the failure 70
obtain crushed granite from the
quarry which is usually spoken OF as
the city quarry but which Is really en-
tirely the property o. the state ana
sd in na