The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
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Carrie Nation Creating n Stir i'm IA
leiSh-Visits Pool Room and Dis
Densary-Denounces Local Option
and Anti Sa Dol League-Southern
Railway Files Notice of Appeal.

Raleigh, ~. c., July 2s.-In addi-
ton TO the Southern and Atlantic
Coast Line railways, the Carolina
and Northwestern railway and the
Louisville and Nashville railway re-
fused to obey the new rate law. Gov
ernor Glenn today sent the following
telegram TO l.. D. Nichols. superin-
tendent of the Carolina and North
western. at Chester. S. c.: The
Southern and the Atlantic Coast
Line railways have agreed that the
rate of two and a quarter cent fxed
by the legislature go into effect Au-
gust Sth Will your road also comply
and adopt the rate on that day?
Please answer. to the end that II
you refuse to recognize the law l may
AXE such action as to me seems
right.
Governor Glenn his afternoon re-
ceived the following telegram. in re-
ply from l.. D. Nichols of the Caro-
lima and Northwestern railway:
your wire Just to hand. Do not
feel authorized to reply and so have
taken up the matter with our pres
ident. Hope you will take no action
until you hear from him" Cover
nor Glenn said this meant a back
down and that this roa is going to
put the new rate into effect.
He added they have all got to come
to my way Of thinking. l have re-
'ceiVed telegram of congratulations
from all parts of the country, many
from leading citizens, jurists sanda
politicians. l do not feel inclined to
give their names to the public.
The governor has received an in
vitation to deliver an address at Full
ton. Mo. in September at the reunion
of Confederate veterans. u cannot
say now whether he can accept or
not.
G. D. Harris. of the pure food di-
vision of the department of agri-
culture. returned TODAY from the
eastern art Of the state. where he
took many samples of food. He says
he finds very few authorizations.
He leaves for the western part of
the state Wednesday.
Carrie Nation came today to Ra-
leigh and lectured this afternoon and
evening. She visited a pool room and
talked there. place being crowded.
and but little attention was being
shown her.
Then she went to the ~dispensary,
want incSIo 90 $500 -
Bachelor. who showed her all over
the place. She stood a box in rear of
the counter and denounced the dis
penSary. While she was speaking,
some man called for a quart of corn
Whiskey Rev. Sylvester Belts, who is
the head of the prohibition move
ment here. preached in spite of the
objection of Manager Bachelor to it's
being done. Then Bets went with
Mrs. Nation to Pullen Park but the
rain reduced the audience to about
200. She attacked the Raleigh dis
pensary fiercely, saying it a sold
during the past three months, liquor
amounting to $66,5S2. She denounced
W. N. Snellings. the treasurer of
the ~dispenSary, as a hypOcrite, and
Manager Bachelor as a most prOfane
man, but aid he was conducting
a damn business any way. She de-
nOunced pool rooms as hatcheries of
crime, breeding ~drunkards, cigarette
and coca cola and all kinds of dope
tends and gamblers. She said all
sorts Of philosophy had been used
to get the dispensary. but it must
be removed. She bitterly opposed
local option and attacked the state
Anti-Saloon League, saying its presi-
dent, J. W. Bailey had prevented
NcrSh Carolina from going ahead
Of Georgia IN declaring for prohibit
ton. h said this league was really
the Authorization League. She
was applaudei when she stated that
tnt sa'lon was g.ing out and in FIVE
ears would be .::iven from tie
United States.
She said in the north the prOhi-
ton party was a sort Of side line Or
annex to the republican party and in
the south it occupied hat position
to the democratic party.
h denounced President Roose4
welt for permitting by his sigma
ture saloons in Alaska and Panama
Judge Purnell. N the Federal court
in the Murfreesboro railway bond
case, orders the county commismis-
sioners to show cause why they are
not in contempt for their action in
the matter.
From the adjutant generals office,
special order is issued, saying that
preparatory to selecting a team to
represent North Carolina at the
National Shoot at Camp Perry,
Ohio. Colonies Of the Second and
Third roninnnnA- rrilI each dafail