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KALEJGH, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING,- OCTOBER 17, 1896.
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Exhibitors, Fakirs and At-
. . . tendants Arriving. '
MILITARY COMING.
, A Program for to Evenings Km Week
' Bowl at tb Grounds '.-Sceretary y
, Nlehola Moved Out to '
' , ' Today. - i.
- The fakirs are here. So are the
people who help to make themidway
. one o( the 11 vest places at the State
, Fair. - Large numbers of them with
all kinds of tricks and devices came
in this morning ifrom "fiiohmond
wheie they have been attending the
Virginia state fair, and from other
points. v "Roly Boly", hasn't come,
but "Roly" will be here. He hasnH
v i " . missed for a decade. . -
There was a scene of activity at
' - the grounds today.! Exhibits were
being put in place in the various
buildings and the fair attendants
, ' were kept continually on the go.
-' Secretary Nichols was forced to
; move his office out to the grounds
yesterday owing to the press of bu-
, ' sinessv. By Monday, night every
- thing will be in condition and order
" for the' grand, opening when it oc
curs. Tuesday a number of very
fine horses arrived. . -,
The races will be one of the dis
tinctive features of the fair. The
i purses are probably the mostliberal
ver offered by jthe society and the
' variety of entries will attract many
splendid animalsfrora a distance.
The leading educational institu
,. - tlons of the State' will be well repre
sented in the 'educational exhibit,
which is quite a new feature this
V fair. .
The University, A. & M. College,
St. Mary 's, Peace Institute, Guild
ford College and the Durbamgraded
school-all have- very -attractive' and
creditable exhibits.
'". ' The military committee in charge
of the State encampment here next
. week has finished, arrangements for
the cam p whioh . in-pitched 4n the
, Cameron field beyond St. Marys and
Maj. Hayes, chairman reports a gala
'. time ahead for the" boys. The fol
tlowing troops and possibly others
"Z - will be in camp; Forsyth Rifles,
' Capt. Bessant; Franklin Rifles, Capt
' - McGee; Goldsboro Rifles, Capt. Bain;
" Pitf Rifles, Capt. Smith; Durham
Ijlght Infantry, Capt Mohte; Reids
vllle Light Infantry, Capt. Elling
ton; Governor's Guard, Capt. Wooll
tsutt Other companies ' wift ;. likely
come and Raleigh will give the boy 9
a royal welcome. 4 . '
''. The following is the program of
evening meetings at Commons Hall
during the week- of the Fair as an
" ' nouncedby Searetary Nichols: ,
- On Tuesday evening, October 20th,
- the North Carolina's Swine Breed-
ers' Association will meet and some
interesting speeches may be expect-'
ed. This will be the first annual
meeting of this association, and eleo
' ; tion of officers will take place at the
' nd of the meeting. ' .!
.Wednesday, October 21st will find
the North Carolina State .Dairymen
v "( i in possession of Commons Hall . and
if they provide as good an entertain
J ' ment for the public, as was present
. ed last year this meeting will be
- ' well worth the attention of .visitors
' - and citizens of our capital city.
Thursday, October 22od, will be
V the regular meeting of the State
' M Agricultural Society and the regu
, lar business Is expected to be trans
! "'. acted. " . ' - - . "
- Mr- Thompson
Aooldontly
Shoot HU
- (l Son. j '
- While out hunting one . day this
week Mr. Dick Thompso n Uiid the
misfortune to shoot bis son. .
The father and son were- out rab
bit hunting and the latter, a boy
about 15 years old, had -stationed
himsolf behind a tree. The rabbit
which both the Thompsons , were
chasing, suddenly passed near the
tree: Young Thompson started af-
- ter the rabbit just as his father fired
from the' rear, not anticipating that
the latter would move. ' - -f J
Mr. Thompson , brought his son,
who wasT very' badly wouuded, to
the city on his shoulder, About
twenty shot ': have been vremoved
from the young man's thigh, where
At Central Methodist Church to
morrow at 11 a. m.r' Rev. R. G. Tut
t'o, will preach. ' The pastor Rev
D. H. Tutlle will preach at 7:30.
Publio invited.
WATSON IS HOT. 1
U la On Tha War Path After Marlon
Butlar.
' The Atlanta Constitution of yes
terday says: - 1
Watson is irate, and is seeking
revenge on Chairman ' Marion But
ier, of the Populist national" commit
tee. - , .
- Watson has again aimed his sting
ing blows at the leaders of his party
and in giving vent to his indigna
tion yesterday he charges that the
fusionists have abandoned princfple,
and gone into a scramble for the
oounteriav''-.ii
The vice - presidential nominee
charges that his party has been sold
out; and made a foo'tmat for Demo
cratic politicians to wipeHon under
hypocritical pretense of patriotism.
Watson' says that if Bryan is de
feated, it will Jbe - the fault or the
traders in his party and his own,
wh have ignored the St. Louis com
promise, " X ' . ' f - . .
' - Yesterday Watson telegraped hts
latest Indignant ideas of the situ-
tion to Topeka, Kan. ' In his mes
sage he says that on account of his
sore throat he paunot keep his west
ern engagements,- and' he takes oc
casion to add a few scorching sen
tences, evidently aimed at Chairman
Butler and the .leaders of Demo
cracy. ; ;; '
Watson's message reads as fol
lows..; .
Thomson, Ga., Oct. 14. Abe Stein-
berger, secretary of the middle-of-the-road
committee, Topeka, Kan:
Ulcerated throat will prevent my
keeping-, appointments. I greatly
regret this. . The middle-of-the-road
Populist all over the union have my
sympathy -and admiration. They
have been sold out and their party
made a foot mat for Democratic poli
ticians to wipe their feet on under
the hypocritical pretense of patriot
ism. '.'
The . fusionists have abondoned
principle and gone into a mad scram
ble for the pie counter. If Bryan is
defeated it will be the fault of tra
ders in bis his party and ours, who
have ignored the St, Louis compro
mise and tried to force the Populists
to rote for Sewall, the bondholder,
national banker, corporation pluto
crat and "gold cluuso" millionaire.
: (Signed)- Thomas E, Watson. . ,
Said a prominent Populist last
night!.: " : '-V
Watson Is endeavoring tohumiliate
our party leader by using his influ
ence in making propositions of fusion
so ridiculously unfair that they must
be rejected by Democrats. Every
time the Democrats are compelled to
reject a proposition of fusion by rea
son of its unfairness Watson then
holds up to Butler the scarecrow of
selfishness on the part of the Demo
crats, crying' out that fusion is not
wanted unless the Democrats get
all. This is the way many promi
nent ; Populists look at the matter,
and they are disgusted with Wat
son's plan of campaigning. "
The Populists- who believe in fu
sion for patriotism say that Watson
is trying to ridicule Bulter in every
way possible now.
Oouoled with the suggestion comes
the fact to substantiate it that Wat
son wired Senator Butler that it was
useless to -come to Georgia to see
him.' Watson declines to meet But
ler and by that means hopes to pre
judice him in the eyes of the middle-of-the-road
men e.very where.
ANOTHER NOMINEE.
ftcpublieana Likely to Pat ap a Snooeaaor
-' ::- M Pat Maasey. ...
As the Prks8-Visitor foretold yes
terday Pat Massey made his flying
leap in mid air. Hoi ton had numer
ous nets out and Pat's fjll was com
paratively an easy one, . When the
nomination was first tendered the
Johnson gentleman,-, we stated then
that the candidate was only a "dum
my." Republicans protested.- They
always do. -.
h In - retiring from the race Mr.
Massey thanked the Republicans of
the district for their support. . Mr.
Massey explains the circumstances
which brought about the necessity
of his retirement in his letter. : - -
In concluding his letter Mr. Mas-
sey said:
"Considering the vital interests
involved all contingent upon the
political complexion of the next Gen
eral Assembly I, hereby withdraw
my name as a candidate. I do so
from sincere motives and with the
most kind and grateful feelings to
iny many, friends throughout the
district."
: There is not much doubt but that
another candidate will be put up in
Massey 's place from what can be
learned. - It is claimed that a major
ity of the Republican congressional
committee favors the nomination of
another candidate. . -
THE FAIR EPITION. ,
tt la No in Press and Will Appear Mon
.. - . day Moraine. -
- The P1B88-Visitor fair edition
goes to press this evening and the
work upon it will be completed dur
ing the forenoon Monday and it will
then ; be ' ready, for distribution.
While npf suoh an extensive special
edition as has at times been Issued
by newspapers in Raleigh, we haz4
ard nothing in saying that it will be
decidedly the most interesting spe
cial edition of its character ever is
sued in this city.? It 'sets forth hot
only the leading institutions of dur
city, but practically all of them, from
the great to the small, and is a com
plete and comprehensive mirror of
the commercial and industrial life of
Raleigh,' Al the leading men and
business concerns Wfllf be-rtepre'
sented in it and it will be a desirable
paper to preserve for valuable infor
mation and statistics about Raleigh
and ber business ancU. social inter
ests and features. .
The PHSSs-ViBrroB ! fairi edition
will be sent to every . subscriber of
this paper on Monday afternoon- and
will be distributed daily ' at the fair
and at the hotels and throughout the
1 MR. WATSON BETTER.
His Condition lsNot Alarming Can Maks
no Mora Speeches.
A telegram was deceived this af
ternoon by Chairman Manly from
Winston announcing an improve
ment in the condition of Hon. Cv.
Watson. " '
This will be glad news to Vie -peo
ple a!l over the State who have re
ceived reports during the past
twenty-four hours from persons
from . Winston to the effect that bis
condition was alarming. The re
ports have been exaggerated in most
every instance.
While Mr. Watson is quite a sick
man and his illness has told on him,
having emaciated to some extent his
naturally strong and robust body,
still his condition has not been con
sidered alarming by his physicians.
Mr. Watson bad a relapse a few
days ago and since then his fever
has been very high. At times he is
out of bis head
It does not seem now that it will
be possible for Mr. Watson to enter
the campaign again.
Calls Ashevllte "Sodom and Gomorrah of
the State."
Evangelist Fife is stirring things
in Asheville. He said in a receut
sermon:
"The town here is going to hell
while the church of God is asleep. I
do not believe another revival ser-!
vice will ever be held in Asheville.
Before that time comes I believe that
God will come to claim His own.
Asheville is the Sodom and Gomor
rah of North Carolina and almost of
the entire South. I believe that had
it not been for a little band of chris
tians your town would have been
swept off the earth."
Avar's Course Endorsed.
Chairman Hal Aver is receiving
great stacks of letters by every mail
from Populists all over the State
endorsing the course of the execu
tive committee in declining to fuse
with the Democrats.
One Populist wrote: "An eleventh
hour con version, will do in some in
stances but not in this."
Bloyels Raees for Fair Week.
Four blcvcle races are : beta? ar
ranged to take place on Thursday of
Fair week. One confined strictly to
Arfend M. College students, a boys
race, novice race and a city cham
pionship racer Suitable prizes will
be - given for each race. All those
wishing to take part in these races
will please give in their names, on
or before Tuesday Oct. 20th to F. A.
Brinig. - . . ; r N
Will Carry the State With FaU RegUtra-
' ' ' tlon. - ',
Chairman Manly sent the follow
ing telegram to the county chairmen
after the action of the Populist Com
mittee: , " v - v
"Populists have declined our pro
position. With our vote registered
we will carry the State. It , Is of
paramount importance that vigorous
measures be taken to secure full
registration. ' Saturday is the last
day, leave nothing undone. " 1?
; . , : For Men. " . ,.
- ; . . - ;. -t
A profitable subject will be pre
sented at the Y. M. C. A., meeting
tomorrow evening at 4 o'clock. Sec
retary Overton will have charge of
the service. . '
JUMPED I BOARD BILL
And Left $6000 Worth of
. Bond? in A Trunk.
OWNER IS UNKNOWN,
The Man's Mother, Lives In Virginia and
Has Relativea- in Rlehawnd ; .
' , nocoments Have Been the Trunk
'zti''' tbn f Year. ;
By Teesrraph. to the Preat-Visitor. -X
CHloAobj Oct. 17. About sixty
thousand dollars worth of railroad
bonds i and other, securities have
been found in a trunk held for board
bill at the Saratoga'otetfot nearly
three years'. - The documents were
turned over to - ibq chief of police.
The affair is surrounded by mystery.
The papers are made out in the name
of J. Lawrence Schoolcraft, whose
mother lives at TE'ium Forge, Vir
ginia, Mrs. Beatyy, of Richmond,
Va., is also interested. The chief
of police of Richmond wired, "full
information by , niail; y . They were
left by a man registering as George
Craft, Philadelphia, ; whose bill of
thirty -eight dollars was unpaid.
The Speaking Last Evening.
A large audience was out to the
Court House last 'evening to hear
the Hon. Jm Bent. Alford, gold can
didate for Congress, discuss the is
sues of the day. A brass band was
a feature in front of the court house
before the speaking began.
Mr. Alford said at the beginning
of his speech that 'tie needed no in
troduction to a Wake county audi
ence. The speaker ' took up the
financial issue and - discussed it in a
most exhaustive manner. He had
copious notes and references which
he used voluminously and was fre
quently greeted with generous ap
plause. ,' ' '
Hon. BJ. W.'.Pou was present to
bear Mr. Alford , speak, but the
crowd insisted upon a speech from
the Democratic nominee. Mr. Pou
made a few neat remarks, addressing
himself especially - to the colored
voters, . Mr. Pou . was accorded a
hearty reception. .
Rev. Meacham voluntarily took
the task of answering the Hon. Mr.
Alford. Both speakers kept up a
hot cross fire and the audience thor
oughly enjoyed it
Loge Harris added to thtf gailty of
the occasion and delivered a strong
Republican talk.
Mr. Rufus U. HortonDead.
Mr. Rufus H. Horton, son of Mr.
Rufus Horton the well known
engineer in the service of the Sea
board Air Line, died last evening at
nine o'clock at his residenceon West
Morgan street Mr. Horton 's illness
dated back nine days and the an
nouncement of his death -was quite
a surprise to many of his friends
who were unaware of bis illness.
The immediate cause of his death
was meningitis.
Mr. Horton married a daughter of
Dr. J. H. Crawford, who with three
children survive him. He was con
nected with the grocery establish
ment of Messrs. J. R. Ferrall & Co.
Mr. Horton was a most estimable
young man. ae was neia in tne
highest esteem by those acquainted
with him and he leaves a large num
ber of friends. ;v .
Mr. Horton has been a member of
the choir of the First Baptl Rt Church
for a number of years. The funeral
will occur from the church tomor
row afternoon at 3:30.
J'fff V;-;" Marriages--
Mr: R ' O. '-Williams and Miss
Elorence Lee Crabtree were united
In marriage Thursday afternoon by
Rev. 1. L. Foster, of the Christian
church. . , " . ,
Married in Brooklyn, jiear this
city, Thursday ' night at the resi
dence of Mr. T. J. Moore, Mr. Tu
lice V, Ruth to Miss Ophelia Moore,
Eev. R H, Wbitaker, pastor of the
Brooklyn church, officiating.
Btskop Cbeeklrs Leaves For Raw York.
: Bishop Cheshire has left to attend
a meeting of the House of Bishops in
New.York next Tuesday, ytj;;
- The special business of the ses
sion will be the election of Bishops
for the . missionary .jurisdiction of
Asheville, N. C, and Duluth, Min
nesota, ' , V.
Col. J. S. Carr has promised to
erect a building for the colored sani
tarium for consumptives at Southern
Pines for which Dr. Scruggs is se
curing an endowment fund. y
THE STATE TTAIR.
Tha Complete List of Marshals Given Ont
by Chief Meklaalokv V
The Annual State Fair of North
Carolina will begin on Monday, Oct
19th. It promises to be one of the
most notable and successful in the
history of the Association. One of
the features will be the social func
tions, numbering two germans and
a ball. - This latter feature will be
given by the Marshals : Mr E P
McEissick of Asheville, is Chief
Marshal, ' and a complete list of the
Marshals has just been issued . It
is as follows :
EP McEissick of Asheville, Chief
Marshall; Henry W Miller. Raleigh;
Chief of Staff, A B Andrews, Jr.; E
H Fellows, H J Decker, Dr J no M
Ayer, Thomas Busft, John B Strbn-
aoh,0 E Litchford,. W H King, LA
Mahler, Dr Norwood Carroll, Perrin
Busbee, Major S F Telfair, Victor
HBoyden.E B Bain.Robert Gatling,
T P Jerman, A J Cowan, W B Snow,
W H Williamson, Greek O Andrews,
Ben Baker, H C Thomas, SS Batcbe-
lor, F L Merritt, Howard Thomas
Frank P Haywood, of Raleigh;
Col T F Emerson, George Morton,
Bush Wilder, Robert Williams,
Wilmington; W R Fagan, Atlanta;
Will Weaver, Asheville; Teach Coxe;
Asheville; Henry Gilliam, Joe Cot
ton, Tarboro; Henry McAdan, Giles
Mebane, MoAdamsville; Robert
Galloway, Eck Galloway, Winston;
Root. Holt, Burlington; Percy Gray,
Greensboro; C W Murphey, Savan
nah, Ga. ; Finley L Williamson, Gra
ham; J O Rumbough, Asheville;
Richard Gwathney, Richmond, Va. ;
General John Gary Watts. Columbia,
South Carolina; John M Moore
head, Spray; John S Cohen, of
Atlanta; S T Dorsett, Asheville;
George Holderness, Henry Johnson,
Tarboro; Dr Charles Bland, Dr Will
Graham, Dr Renwick Wilks, Char
lotte; Hal Mebane, Greensboro;
Bowman Gray, Frank Spencer, Joe
Blair, A R Eller, Marion Farlan,
Winston; Frank Laud is, Oxford;
E A Holt, James Holt, Burlington;
Walter Williamson, Graham; Col N
A Alston, Charlotte; George Gra
ham, Hillsboro; James Wilson, Mor
ganton; J W Williams, Fayetteville;
Henry Nichols, Charlotte; William
Simpson. Greensboro; Bruce Cotten,
Falkland; J E Mebane, Spray; R L
Holt' Burlington; Hon Thos Settle,
Reidsville; William E Breese, Jr.,
Asheville; William M Halblinston,
Petersburg, Va.; B N Allen, Bir
mingham, Ala. ; John M Slaton, At
lanta, Ga. ; Mel Drennan, Birming
ham; Gordon Eises, Atlanta; R L
Watt, Reidsville; George Lee Boyd,
Reidsville; Joseph Edwards, Welch
Clark, Danville; W M McGhee, Nor
folk, Va.; J B Douglass, Charlotte;
Lewis Frazier, Charlotte; John B
Kenney, Raleigh; T E Butler, Union,
S. C. : W S Reamer, Columbia, S. C.
ELEGANT RECEPTION.
Mr. and Mrs. Van B. Moore Entertain at
Their Home Last Evening.
The beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. Van B. Moore was the scene
last evening of a charming reception-given
in honor of Miss Crudup
of Mississippi a sister of the lovely
hostess. Assisting Mrs. Moore and
Miss Crudup were Mrs. E. P. May
nard, Mrs. Bart Gatling, Miss Janet
Badger, Miss Kate Badger, Miss
Fannie McPheeters, M,iss Mordecai,
Miss Montgomery, Miss Sally Cot
ten. Delicious refreshments were
served and gracefully dispensed by
Miss Eleanor Haywood, Miss Mamie
Kittrell, Miss Mordecai and Miss
Cotten.
The spacious home was elaborately
decorated and brilliantiy illuminat
ed and the halls and drawing rooms
were filled with the elite of the city.
Among tha Popnliata.
While the Republicans and Popu
lists are having so much to say rela
tive to the registration of college
students, it will be interesting to
know that J. E. Fowler of the third
district and D. S. Moss of the second
district, both Populist nominees for
congress voted at Wake Forest three
years ago while attending college
and their names are now recorded
on the registration books.
Fowler says the Populists vote in
this State is 75,000. He predicts his
election by 7,000 majority.
Congressman Harry Skinner, who
arrived here yesterday; returned
home today. Sir.: Skinner claims
that he will carry every county in
his district, ' ,
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Mr. J W Smith and Miss
Lucy Eva Turner, of Norfolk, Va.,
on the 19th inst , ,
TODAY'S MARKETS.
A Sport in Wheat Is tha Featare of tha
Day.
Niw York, Oct 16.
Cotton quotations furnished by G.
E. Leach, Broker, 311 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C. .
By Private Wire.
wnw-THB (OPEN-HIGH-LOW- CtOS
MONTHS, ma KST. EST. INQ
January, 7 82 7 89 7 82 7 88-
February, 7 88 7 93-
March, 7 94 7 98-
Aprll, 8 02-
May, 8 01 8 08 8 01 8 05-
June,
July
August
Sept'mb'r
October, 7 62 7 66 7 52 7 66
Novemb'r, 7 62 7 69 7 52 7 68
December, 7 71 7 77 7 72 7 76-
' It was a quiet day and prices
fluctuated within narrow limits.
Prices declined 1 to 3 points owing
to a fall in-Liverpool of i and then
recovered the loss and made a net
advance of 3 to 6 points, due to pre
dictions of frost in Arkansas, Okla
homa, and Indian Territory. The
large receipts are still an unfavor
able feature, but they are traceable,
partly at least, to an unusually rapid
marketing of the orop, as the plant
matured earlier than usual.
Nsw York stock Market.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today:
8ugar 1061
American Tobacco 69)
Burlington and Quincy 688
Chicago Gas 59
Des. and Cat. Feed
General Electric 25i
Louisville and Nashville 421
Manhattan 9U
Rock Island 60f
Southern Preferred
St. Paul 69i
Tennessee Coal and Iron 211
Western Union 83
Chleago Grain and Provision Market.
Thefollowing were the closingquo-
tations on the ChicagoGrain and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat December, 754; May, 80!.
Corn December, 26i; May , 29.
Oats December 19t; May 29i.
Pork Deoember,7.15; January, 8.10.
Lard December, 432; January!. 52.
Clear Rib Sides-December, 3.75; Jan
uary 3.97.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
October 4.16.
Ootober-November 4.12.
November-Deoember 4.09.
December-January 4.07J.
January-February 4.07.
February-March 4.07.
March-April 4.07.
April-May 4.07i.
Liverpool was unchanged on spot,
with sales of 8,000 bales. In New
Orleans December declined 1 point,
but rallied and advanced 4 points,
Spot cotton was unchanged; there
were no sales; middling, 7 15-16
against 9J cents last year. Port re
ceipts estimated at 62,000 vs 44,111
last year.
Grain.
The potent factor in wheat the
past week has been the extraordi
nary strength that foreign markets
have displayed. Chicago usually
leads all other markets in making
prices, but at present those abroad
are tne dominating influence,
based apparently on legimate condi
tions. The rapid advance in price
does not seem to curtail either the
speculative or export demand and
purchases for foreign account in
both instances have been on quite
a large scale. London says that
American wheat parcels since yes
terday morning have advanced 2-6
equivalent to about 7 l-2c per bushel,
and St. Louis reports this morning
a good export demand there at a
liberal advance over yesterday. The
speculative market is out of the
hands of the losal trade and is being
influenced almost entirely by monied
men who have been buying freely
from 60c up. The wheat that has
been sold has seemed to disappear,
and very little has come on the mar
ket again.
Purchases lately of an investment
character have been largely of May,
a great Seal of Deo. has been chang
ed over to May which suggests that
holders are buying with the object
in view to hold on. Clearances for
the week aggregated 4,156,000
bushels which was almost double
those of last year.
Postmaster Wilson to Speak in tha State.
The Oxford Democrat learns that
Hon. Wm. L. Wilson, Postmaster-
General, will pass through the State
in a few days and will speak' at
Greensboro, Winston and Asheville
in behalf of the Palmer and Buckner
ticket " .
SHORT STATEMENTS.
Minor Matters Manipulated
for the Many. : "vs.
AROUND THE CITY.
Pot-Ponrrl of the News Pictured on Pa
per Points and People Pertinently :
Picked and Pithily Put In , ,
Print. -t
A wreck was reported on the Sea
board Air-Line yesterday at Little
ton. No particulars are obtainable.
Telephone subscribersadd to their
list the following hew names: Geo.
N. Ives, fish, stall, 255 3; B. P.
Bush, restaurant, 256 B.
The fusion candidates for county
officers had their largest crowd of
the campaign yesterday at Koles
ville. They claim 350 people were
present.
Mr. T. A. Bland, a brother of Mr.
J. S. Bland, died Thursday at his
home in the northern part of the
county of typhoid fever. Mr. Bland
was a well known and influential
citizen. He formerly resided in
Chatham.
Mr. James H. Southgate, of Dur
ham, candidate for Vice-President
on the National (Prohibition) ticket,
is making speeches in Indiana, and
will continue his canvass in that
State until the first of November.
Rufus Brown, colored, of Cary,
deserted Mrs. Brown and ran away
to Winston. A warrant was sworn
out for Rufus and he whs returned
to the city. Yesterday he obtained
his liberty upon furnishing a fifty
dollar bond and pledging himself to
be ever faithful and true to his wife.
Messrs. Sherwood Rises & Co.,
have their windows beautifully dis
played for fair week . Their hand
somest wares adorn the big show
windows and they are brilliantly
illuminated by electric lights at
night. Everybody who passes stops
to admire.
Messrs. Woollcott & Son's popu
lar department store offers some un
surpassed bargains which are told
of in their new advertisement else
where. All goods are sold at one
price and at the lowest for cash.
Their bargains can not be sur
passed.
The old Alfred Williams & Co's.
book store which has been vacant
quite a while is now occupied by the
Southern Law Book Exchange. We
note with pleasure thesuccessof this
new enterprise . It is the only house
of the kind in the South and Mr. M.
M. Smith is manager. See his ad
vertisement in this paper.
The second installment of the
Hayseeder Gilded to the gaiety of the
town today. This edition numbers
thirty thousand and will be used as
a campaign document. Ten thous
and extra copies of the Caucasian
were also printed for campaign pur
poses.
Mr. John R. Ferrall has dangling
to his watch chain a coin which looks
to be twice the size of a silver dol
lar, but upon closer inspection it is
observed to be a silver dime under
the free silver plan. It was sent to
Mr. Henry Bates by a gentleman in
St. Louis. If this is the correct size
of a dime a dollar would be about
the size of a dinner plate.
We take pleasure in calling atten
tion to the announcement elsewhere
of Messrs. W. B. Grimes and W.W.
Vass, who have associated them
selves together and will represent
leading fire insurance companies,
including the Carolina Mutual of
Charlotte, the Westchester of New
York, the Hanover of New York"
and the Phoenix of London. It is a
strong line of companies represented
by two most clever gentlemen. ,
Coma Hera to Vote). ,
Mr. T. H. Collins, brother of Mr .:
S. B. Collins, of the Press-Visitor
office, and connected with the Gov
ernment Printing Office at Washing
ton, D. C, arrived in the city today.
Mr. Collins came here to register in
order to vote for Wm. J, Bryan No
vember third. One hundred North.
Carolinians employed In the govern
ment department came to the State
yesterday for tne purpose of regis
tering, y .
Mr, Collins gives the interesting
information thatacoording to a straw
vote taken in the Government Print
ing Office recently, the employees
were two to one for Bryan.