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Tlie Weather Today: ImbolS? i Fair; Warmer. The News and Observer. VOL. LII. NO. 150. ®DD KtoiFSDD ©fflo°®Ooons) ROOSEVELT AGAIN TALKS OF TROSTS Compares Them to the Mis sissippi River. THIS CANNOT BE DAMMED Levees May be Built to Keep it With in Bounds. SO OF TRNSIS. 7 HEY MAY BE CON TROLLED But the First Thing is to Give the National Government Power. This Address at Wheeling is Greeted With Great Applaus®. (By the Associated Press.) Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 6.—President Roosevelt and party arrived over the Baltimore and Ohio at 8 - 30 this morning from Washington. He was greeted by a vast crowd at the depot and smiled his apprecation despite his badly discolored face. His right cheek was rather badly swollen and contused, and his left eye showed signs of discoloration. Mayor Sweeney, President Laughlin and Secretary Birch, of the Board of Trade, Postmaster Hall and Councilman AN aterhouse formed a committee which received the President. The entire par ty, which embodied Secretary Cortelyou. Secret Service men and a staff of corre spondents, entered vehicles and were driven to the McClure House, headed by a military hand. Throughout the entire route enthusiasm was rife, the streets being lined with people from western Pennsylvania, east ern Ohio and West Virginia. At the hotel the Chief Executive met a dele gation of the prominent citizens of Wheeling, introduced by enator Nathan Scott. President Roosevelt seemed in a very jovial humor and joked with his newly made acquaintances. He addressed an enormous crowd from the balcony of the hotel. He spoke long beyond his sched uled time, which necessitated the cur tailment of the regular program. The President said: “A sreat period of national material well-being is unavoidably one in which human minds are turned to the wav in which those interested in the manage ment of the gigantic capitalistic corpora tions, whose growth has been so noted a period of the past half century, flour ish. Wc have grown to speak of certain corporations rather loosely as trusts, using tue word in its usual and common significance of a big corporation, usually doing business in several Siates at least, beside the State in which it is incorpora ted. It skeins to me that in dealing with this problem of the trusts (perhaps it wmild be more correct to call it a group of problems), we have to class all of our follow Citizens. One is composed of those men who refuse to admit that there is nny action necessary at all. The other is composed of those men who advocate some non-effeci ive action or action which if effective, would be effective only by destroying everything good and bad connected with our industrial develop ment. In every governmental process, (he aim thai a people capable of self government should keep in mind, is to proceed by evolution rather than by revo lution. On the other hand, every people that has self-government must beware of this fossilization of mind which re fuses so allow of any change, as condi tions change. Now in dealing with the problem of a change in our great indus trial civilization in dealing with the ten dency which has been accentuated to an extraordinary degree by steam and elec tricity. and hv the tremendous upbuilding of industrial enterprises, dealing with these problems, I think we must set be fore ourselves, a desire not to accept less Hian the possible, and at the same time not to bring ourselves to a complete standstill by demanding the impossible. It is a good deal like taking care, through the engineers, of the lower Mis sissippi River. No one can dam the Mis sissippi. If the Nation starts to dam it. Tts time would be wasted. It would not injure the Mississippi, jt would only damage the population along the banks. You cannot dam the current, so you build levees, and keep the current within bounds and shape its direction. Now. I think that is exactly what we can do with these great corporations, known as trusts. NVc cannot dam them, wc cannot reverse the industrial tendencies of the age. You can control and regulate them so that they will do no harm. ‘•\Ve can do something. T believe we can do a yood deal, is conditional upon setting to work in a spirit as far removed as is possible from hysteria. \ spirit of sober, steadfast, kindly (1 want to emphasize the word kindly), determina tion not to submit, to wrong ourselves and not to wrong others. Not to interfere with the great business development of the country, but at the same thqjfe so as to shape our legislation and administra tion to regulate, if we cannot remedy the vicious feature connected witli that industrial development. I am sufficient ly fortunate to bo defending now so President, precisely the remedies that I advocated two years ago lam advo cating the mnot <n any partisan spirit, because, gentlemen, this: is a problem which affects the (if" of tue nation as; a whole. I atu advocating them simply a san American citizen>whn for the time being stands as: the chief executive Uj.l the special representative of his follow American citizens of all parties. A quarter of a century ago. there had been no development of industries such as to make it a matter of the least im portance whether the nation of the State took charge of the great corporations and supervised the great business and industrial organizations. ' Some of the ultra-conservative friends have professed to be greatly shocked at my advocating governmental control of corporations. I would explain to those gentlemen once for all that they err whenever they think that I advocate on the stump anything I will not try to put into effect after election. Now the point is made that working alcne these lines will take time. So it will. The first thing is to give the National Govern ment the power. What power is given, I can assure you, will be used in a spirit as free as possible from fancor. but with the firmest determination to make big little men alike obey the law. The first thing would be to find out the facts. For that purpose T am absolutely clear that we need publicity, not as a favor from any one corporation, but as a matter of right. The men fact of the publicity itself will tend to stop many of ihe evils, and it will show that some of the alleged evils are imaginary. And, finally, in making evident the remain ing faults, those that are not imaginary, and are not cured by the light of day itself, it will give us an intelligent proposition as to the methods to take in getting at them.” (Applause). At the conclusion of the speecn the party re-entered the train of carriages and were driven over a route of the principal thoroughfares of the city. The decorations were of an elaborate and festive order. All along the route vast crowds cheered the President to the echo. The party was driven to the Southern portion of the city, where the Baltimore and Ohio special train was boarded and the trip to the South con tinued. To Present a Cane to Boosevelt. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 6.—A committee of Atlanta citizens, bearing invitations from Governor Candler, Mayor Mims and the Chamber of Commerce, will leave to morrow for Chattanooga and will at tempt to induce President Roosevelt to visit Atlanta during the Southern Inter- State Fair, which will be held here in October. Colonel Robert J. Lowry of the Governor's military s'aff will present Governor Candler’s invitation to the President. A number of citizens of Rome, Ga., will also meet the President at Chattanooga, and present to him a handsome souvenir cane cut from wmod grown on the bat tlefield of Chickamauga. The stick is enclosed in six silver bands, bearing the names of Generals Bragg, Longstreet and AVheeler of the Confederate army, and Generals Rosecrans, Thomas and Howard of the Federal army, all of whom parti cipated in the battle of Chickamauga. On the Diamond. National League. (By the Associated Press.) At Boston — R. H.'E. Boston 0 0020001 0 o—3 10 3 Chicago 30000 00 0 0 2—5 8 3 At Philadelphia— R. H. E. Cincinnati 1 0013 10 0 I—7 9 3 At Brooklyn— R H E St. Louis 0 0000-010 I—2 0 1 , Brooklyn 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 o—s 10 0 At Now York— R H E Pittsburg 10000230 3—9 11 3 New York .. ..0 00 0 10 0 0 2 —3 0 5 At St. Louis — R H E St. Louis 00 0 11 0 0 0 o—s 11 2 Poston 10200030 o—o 14 6 At Cleveland— R H E Cleveland .. ..0 0 0 0 1 41 0 0 o—2 S 0 Philadelphia ....0 0000 30 0 o—3 1 2 American League. (By the Associated Press.) At Detroit—(First Game.) R. 11. E. Detroit 4020 32 0 1 o—l 2 14 3 Baltimore 10010 200 0 — 4 4 4 (Second Game.) R. H. E. Detroit 3020 00 1 0 o—6 10 1 Baltimore 100 0000 1 o—20 —2 7 2 Chicago 1000 03 1 2 *—7 13 2 Washington 10000001 2 —4 7 0 Southern League. (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta 4. New Orleans 8. Birmingham 0, Shreveport 1. Second game: Birmingham 1, Shreve port 0. Chattanooga 7, Memphis 9. Nashville 3, Little Rock 9. Eastern League. (By the Associated Press.) Worcester 13, Newark 4. Second Game —Newark 8, Worcester 7. Montreal 6, Rochester 2. Second Game —Montreal 6, Rochester 3. Providence 3, Jersey City 1. Second Game—Providence 1, Jersey City 2. Buffalo 8, Toronto 5. Weekly Bank Statement 'By the Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 6. —The statement ,of tin* associated banks for the week (five days) ending today, shows: Txmns. decrease $3,665,200; deposits, decrease $12,600,300; circulation, increase $629,900: legal tenders, decrease $2,962.- 600. specie, decrease $5,833,200; surplus I reserve, decrease $5,645,725. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7 1902. 15,000 ORDERED BACK TU WORK- The Strike in the Kanawha and New River Fields a Complete Failure (By the x\ssociated Tress.) Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 6.—The coal miners’ strike in the Kanawh|i and New River fields, involving 15,000 miners, which has been in existence since June 7th, is practically at an end. Each local union is instructed to go back to work on the best terms possible without regard to the actioil of any local. Several of the largest operators in the New River field have made terms with their men and w r ill resume on Monday. No concessions have been granted and from the miners’ standpoint the strike is a complete fail ure, the men returning to work at the same rate as before the strike. There is great activity among the operators get ting ready to start up. Evictions will stop row and old men will be given em ployment where possible. Most of the strikers are happy that it will soon he over, as many went out under protest in the beginning. One Thousand Return to Work. (By the Associated Press.) BramweM, W. Va., Sept. 6.—About a thousand more striking miners resumed work today ir. the Norfolk and Western fields, making a total of 2,500 to go badk since yesterday morning. All armed guards have been withdrawn from the coal mine property. Hundreds of miners families are today moving from the little tents on the mountain tons back into the company’s houses in the narrow . valleys from which they were evicted since the strike began. Many mines are today run ning in full, employing more men than before the strike. Business in this re gion will be fully resumed by Monday. THE PUBLIC BUILDING SITE- The Kirby Property Beautifully Situated Ac cepted Por This Purpose (Special to News and Observer.) Goldsboro, N. C., Sent. 6.—The site for Goldsboro’s public building has been set tled upon. The Humphrey-Gibson Com pany, real estate agents, this city, hav ing withdrawn the Allen property. Were advised this afternoon, by the depart ment at Washington of the acceptance of the Kirby property, which site was also offered by them. The price agreed on for the site is eight thousand dollars. The buildings on the lot wore not included in the deal. The lot is 110x150 feet and fronts both John and Mulberry streets, being within one block of the passenger depot and in the same block as the pres ent site of flic nostofficc. The Ktrby site is without question, the most beau tiful situation for the public building of the several offered by the Humphrey- Gibson Company and others here. Woody Sends For a Preacher, (Special to > T ews and Observer.) Greensboro. N. C., Sept. G.—Woody, the man in jail here charged with assault on a young girl at the park, it is said, be gins to feel the weight of his sins to such an ext?nt that he sent for a preach er last night to obtain some comfort from religion. In the report yesterday of the trial, injustice was inadvertently done the officers who served the warrants which were lost. It was through no fault of the sheriff or his deputies, the officer bringing Woody from Salisbury having forgotten to leave the warrant here, carried it home in his pocket and returned it today. Greensboro has saved her manners hut last an eagerly coveted opportunity of ex tending hospitality to the Chief Magis trate of the nation. The following tele gram has been received from Senator Pritchard: ‘ Marshall, N. C., Sept. 5. ‘‘Mayor W. H. Osborn, Greensboro. “Telegram received. The President advises me that hr cannot stop at any point in the State except Asheville on account of other engagements. 1 regret this greatly and beg to thank you sin cerely for your cordial invitation to our Chief Magistrate.” The Goldsboro Schools, (Special to News and Observer.) Goldsboro. N. C., Sent. 6.—At a meet ing of the trustees of the Goldsboro Graded School last night Miss Sallio Kirby was elected to a position on the faculty of the school. She will preside over the primary department. The school has a number of new teachers for the next session, which will begin on th" 22nd instant. The school now has twenty teachers beside the superintendent, Prof. T. R. Foust. The two commodious and handsome new briek buildings of the school that have been erected, one at each end of the original building, are now receiving the finishing touch and will he ready for oc cupancy by the date fixed for the opening of the school. The old building has also been remodelled inside and equipped with the same modern furnishings as the new buildings. New Military Post at Chattanooga. • (Bv the Associated Tress.) Washington, Sept. 6.—Captain H. J. Slocum, quartermaster, has been ordered to proceed to Chattanooga. Tenn.. and assume charge. und°r the instructions of the Quartermaster General, of the con struction of the new military post at Chickamauga, Ga. Seven Thousand Ballots Cast. (By the Associated Press.) Fort Worth. Texas. Sept. 6. —The dead lock in the Twelfth district Democratic Congressional Convention at Cleburne, was broken today by the nomination of O. W. Gillespie. It required more than seven tliousaud ballots to make a ‘nomi nation. BARELY ESCAPED WITH LIVES. S. H. Buchanan’s Cottage Near Jonesboro Burned, Probably by Incendiary, (Special to News and Observer.) Sanford, N. C., Sept. 6.—The handsome cottage this side of Jonesboro, belonging to S. H. Buchanan, and known as the Eccleston house, was burned this morn ing at 2:45. The present occupants bare ly escaped with their lives, as the house was burned almost to the point of fall? ing in when the fire was discovered. S. H. Buchanan, the owner of this property, was not in town when this house was burned, but was in Baltimore on busi ness. It is said that the insurance is about half enough to cover loss. The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin. The Fitts-Crabtree Manufacturing Co., have increased their capital stock to SIO.OOO and will begin the manufacture of furniture as soon as the new ma chinery can be installed. Jt is reported on good authority that the charter will he amended during the next six months, and that there will be a further increase and that the capital- will bo increased to $25,000. Sanford can now boast of two well or ganized fire companies, Lion Fire Com pany, No. 1, was organized July 15th, and is the city company, with the following officers: R. F. Holton, foreman; T. S. Cross, assistant foreman; A. M. Clark, secretary, and G. H. Wilkie, treasurer. The Independent Hose Company, was or ganized September Ist, and is the prop erty of the Sanford Furniture Manufac turing Company, with the following offi cers - R. V. Hilands, captain; W. M. Crouch, foreman; B. F. White, secretary; XV. J. Gaines, treasurer. Those two com panies arc now being equipped, and when all equipments are ready there will he some warm competition between the two companies. At a meeting of Lien Fire Company, No. 1. held in the office of the secretary, last night, a resolution was passed by the company thanking the secretary and the ladies of the town for the aid they gave the company in the success of the enter tainirent given a few nights ago. FFLL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT Mrs Frazier of Savannah Meets With a Ter rible Accident (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville. N. C., Sept. 6. —Mrs. Frazier, of Savannah, today fell down two stories of the elevator shaft at the Windsor Ho tel in thi scity. She is in a grave con dition. The financial troubles of a young widow from Aiken, S. C\, who has been here for the past month of two, and been making things lively in a social way at Battery Park Hotel is furnishing feed l’or gossip. The trouble is about debts she is said to have made since her arrival As a result attachments have been taken out against some property,’ notably a pair of horses and a smart turnout with which she has been ‘"doing” Asheville. Talk of attach ing her trunks. She explained that the debts were those of her husband, who died here about a year ago while living at Battery Park: that his heir and not she was liable for them. It has been given out that she is worth $3,000,000. It appears that she was about to leave the city, and hence the precipitation of the trouble, he Is said to be engaged to a prominent outhern society man. WON WATERMELON CAKE, Free Rural Delivery From High Point and Uniforms For Firemen, (Special to the News and Observer.) High Point, N. C., Sept. 6.—lt will be of interest to those familiar with the ease to know that Mr. A. H. Ninestein, a com mission broker of this place, won out at court in Salisbury this week. It will be remembered that Mr. Ninestein sold a load of watermelons to the merchants in Salisbury early in the season and on going there and delivering them was ar rested, the Salisbury officers claiming that Mr. Ninestein had violated the law in that he had not paid the local tax for that place. The United States Civil Service Com mission announces that free delivery will he established in High Point December 1 next and that a special examination will be held in this city October to select clerk and carriers. Steps are being taken to raise enough money to uniform the volunteer fire com panies of this place. NAPTHA LAUNCH BURNED Engineer Blown Overboard by Explosion But Only Slightly Injured (Special to News and Observer.) Beaufort, N. C., Sept. 6.—The Naptha launch Kitty Watts, owned and operated by the Beaufort. Morehoad City and Ocra eoke 'Steamboat Company, was burned and sunk at her dock at Ocracoke at . o'clock last night. The boat is a total loss, a s she was not insured. The crew had all left her for an hour. The engineer returned first and on open ing the saloon door struck a match. There being a leak in the gasoline tank, it is supposed an explosion occurred, blowing the engineer overboard. He was rescued and was but slightly injured. OEORQE E COOKE THE WINNER Results in the President's Match Made Him the Military Champion (By the Associated Press.) Rifle Range, Sea Girt, N. J., Sept. 6. The most largely attended and successful rifle tournament ever held on the New Jersey range was terminated late this afternoon with the close of the firing of the President's Match for the military championship of the United States. The champion is George E. Cooke, of the First District of Columbia regiment. In order to win the title he found it necessary to shoot better thau forty-three other com- 16 PAGES— SECTION ONE—Pages 1 to 8. petitors. The victor scored a total of 189 out of a possible 210. The winners of the individual matches, the firing in connection therewith hav ing been in progress daily throughout the meet, have not yet been announced. It will take some time to figure out the results. All the riflemen, except those who are to compete for places on the all-American team, have departed and tonight the range is quiet. The following telegram was sent to the President of the United States at the conclusion of the President’s match: “President Roosevelt, Chattanooga, Tenn. “We, the riflemen assembled at Sea Girt, N. J., recognizing in yourself a kindred spirit, sincerely congratulate you in your recent escape from a serious ac cident, and trust you will suffer no per manent ill effects from it; that your eye and aim in the future as in the past, may assure you a bulls eye every time. The President’s Match shot today was won by George E. Cooke, score 189 out of a possible 210. (Signed.) “GENERAL BIRD W. SPENCER. “CAPTAIN ROBERT TAYLOR. “SERGEANT F. T. ALDER, “CORPORAL W. B. SHORT, “Committee.” THE WAR BALLOON’S PART. Played a Very Important One in the Recent Manoeuvers. (By the Associated Press.) New London, Conn., Sept. 6.—With the game of war ended, the officers and men of the respective commands of Major General MacArthur and Admiral Higgin son are once again in peaceful co-opera tion. Early this afternoon the flagship Kearsarge with the Alabama and In diana came through the race, made a loop toward the harbor’s mouth and then sailed back toward Newport. General MacArthur went out in his yacht Kanawha and exchange salutes with Admiral Higginson by dipping flags as the Kearsarge passed. Through his chief of staff, Thomas H. Barry, Major General MacArthur today sent a telegram to all commanders ex pressing his entire satisfaction with the work of the army during the war ma noeuvres which came to a close this noon. The first news given out at headquart ers regarding the war balloon used in connection with the war manoeuvres, came today when the following message was received from the balloon by tele phone: “Ascended at B:3ft a. m. Ascension suc cessful in spite of Wind and the great difficulties we have encountered. Lieu tenant Clifton and myself ascended in the balloon. Discovered the enemy's full sq'uadron off andy Point. Block Island. Can command entire country in adjacent waters from balloon. A military balloon will always prove of great value for mili tary purposes when used in serviceable weather. (igned) “REBER.” American Officers Meet the Kaiser, (By the Associated Press.) Bei lin, Sept. 6.—Major Generals Corbin and Young, and Brigadier General Wood were presented to Emperor William to day at the Markendorf parade field, near Frankfort-on-the-Oder, after the parade was finished. General Corbin was pre sented first. The Emperor welcomed him most cordially. Among His Majesty's first words were hearty thanks for the attentions shown to Prince Henry during the latter’s visit to the United States. After further conversation Emperor Wil liam presented General Corbin to the Empress. While General Corbin was conversing with Her Majesty the other American generals were presented to the Emperor. A Kepublican Split (Ry the Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 6. —The Repub licans of the Sixth district met here to day to nominate a candidate for Cou gress in opposition to the present Rep resentative, John W. Gaines. The Con vention was inharmonious and the old Brownlow-Evans feud was revived. A split followed and the Brownlow men nominated District Attorney Tillman, while the Evans followers named H. A. Luck. The Brownlow faction organized the convention. Collision at Glasgow. (By the Associated Press.) Glasgow, Sept. 6.—A tram car became unmanageable while going down the Renfield Street incline tonight and crash ed into three cars which were waiting at a crossing. One of the waiting ears was driven through the front of a shop. Twenty of the passengers who were in jured were taken to an infirmary. The drivers of two of the ears and several of the are in a critical con dition. The Christian College. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilson, N. C., Sept. 6.—The Christian College opened with eighty-live stu dents. They will probably have one hundred and fifty enrolled during thi- - the first session. Dr. Coggins, the pres ident, is well pleased with his opening and bright prospects. There will be a faculty reception"’Monday night, a musi cal and reading reception Tuesday night of next week- Woodard and Jones to Speak. (Special to News and Observer.) Goldsboro, N. C., Sept. 6.—Hon. John E. Woodard, of Wilson, and Hon. Armistead Jones, of Raleigh, will speak at the ' court house in this city on Monday at 12 ; o'clock. Senator Simmons may possibly he here also. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IHE GATHERING OF THE INDEPENDENTS Wake Republicans and Popu iists Their Allies. NOMINATE NO TICKET Propose to do This on Twentieth of September, THE ATTENDANCE WAS VERY SMALL An Exhor’ation by 6. Bent Alford, Warm Words by Erastus Ballentine, Fisticuffs By shad * Ivey and Rambling Discourse bv John Atwater. The Wake “Independents" met yester day in the court house. They came in response to a call issued by parties stating they were Democrats, and inviting all conservative white vot ers of the county, regardless of past po litical company, to meet in Raleigh and help nominate a full county ticket. The meeting was set for 12 o’clock, but a private caucus with a guardian at the door began shortly after 10 in the court house. In this private meeti lg came the Republicans and Populists of Wake, because the call had asked theia to come. But these were not wanted at the preliminaries, and on motion of Mr. Bryant Smith, were invited to get out till the doors were open for the regular meeting. This they did. Left in the court house were about thirty whom the signers of the call con sidered regular enough to attend. These mapped out the work of the main meet ing, which was to consist of nothing - but to agree to a primary and a convention on the 20th of September. The caucus had elected Mr. L. B. Wyatt chairman, and Mr. D. I- Fort sec retary. The following resolution com mittee was appointed to* prepare the views of the convention: J. E. Ballen tine, A. F. Taylor, W. H. Cfiapell. B. F. Sanderlin, W. F. Smith and W. H. Jones. It was decided that every pre cinct in the county should be entitled to send one delegate for each twenty-five Democratic votes cast in the last elec tion. Having fixed the slate behind closed doors these were opened and the Repub licans and Populists drifted in, as did about eighty people from Raleigh and vicinity, drawn thither by curiosity. Dave Lane, who failed to see what was going on in the Greensboro Republican convention, in company with three or four other negroes occupied a rear seat in the court house. The “Independents,” Republicans and Populists all combined, now numbered about eighty-five and a number of townships were not repre sented in the meeting. The one hundred and fifty people who made up the meeting in the Wake county court-house yesterday was a conglomer ate made up of five or six distinct fac tions. The assemblage was in obedience to a call issued some weeks ago and signed by a number of former Democrats and others who expressed themselves as dissatisfied with the regularly nominated Wake county Democratic ticket. There were perhaps thirty men present yester day who have hitherto been regular Democrats, and who were taking part in the meeting. There were equally as many old moss back Republicans like Ceburn L. Harris, L. M. Green, J. Prat Massey, J. R. Chamberlain, Ham Jones, J. P. H. Adams. Henry Pollard and othor-s who are always ready to lend presence and any influence they may have to any move , ment, that has in it the slightest hope of j dividing the Democratic party. Then | theij' l were perhaps twenty Republicans, | Pouulists, such as W. If. Chamblee, W. ; M. Arnold, Thadeus Ivey, Oscar Robert- I son, Green Bagwell, Hill E. King and I others, who have for years bcenready at I any time to lend their influence to any kind of anti-Democratic movement. Besides these there were a tew that ' might be termed Populist-Leaners such as Henry Ghancl, B. W. Green, Raines, of Wake Forest; J. R. Gray, and i f ibers, who generally feel better and more at home in a convention of inde pendents, or kickers, than elsewhere. There were a few others who might he termed Republican-Democratic-Populists- Oold Bug-Silveritos, such as G. Bent Al ford, R. M. Wynne, and others, who be lieve in almost anything except what other folks believe in, and there was a sprinkling of regular Democrats, who vent, hither to see what was going to happen, and these factions made up the great conclave that had been promised ! amt that was intended to be a. regular I Mt. Pelee in its effect on the Democratic party in Wake county, but its lava was I frozen and failed to do damage, j The convention organized by making j the caucus officers the permanent officers on motion of Dr. L. I*. Sorrell, and a bout seven voices agreed. Dr. Sorrell stated that it har been agreed to hold prima ries on the 19th and a convention on (he 20th, and after Messrs. J. J. Raines and W. H. (’happen had been heard it , was agreed to have the primary on the ISth. To call those primaries the chair man was instructed to name on" mem- » Ih r of tiie committee in each township and this one to select two others. Chair j man Wyatt gave authority to Secretary Fo r t. to appoint the committeeman. Then Secretary Fort was requested to (Continued on Fifth Page.)