7 Night clerk EVENING VISITOR. Line of Toilet Foaps, Cigire ana Tobacco. Hoda led Mineral Water. Kim-le the Adtaloretu Cigar bt ia loD. Thomak J. Watts, Prescription Druggist. Cab always be found at THOMAS J. WATTS' DRUG STORK. Bill at Side Window. VOL XXXI. PKOMPTSEMa! NEATNESS! ATRAC ! THOMAS J. WATTS, Pkeschiptio.xist. RALEIGH, X. C, WEDXESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1894. I Take PljaiTre is Sebyixo the Pvelic Pat m Night. THOMAS J. WATTS, Pharmacist. xo. j.-. 8 We hare just received a supply of HEW CROP TURNIP SEEDS All varieties, which we are selling at reasonable priced. ALSO CABBAGE- SEED AND COMBER SEED For lute planting for fall use. .'NELLTHG& HICKS. Druggists. gJuLM LfcWfS k CO .3 224 FAYETTEVILLE ST. Hardware, Tinware, '"jf? Building Material, 2ZCarpenters' and Machinists' ToolsJ House Furnishing Goods, "aLL RIGHT" 3 Open Saturday night until 10 o'clock. EE Have . 3 JE Comrjto 3 A NICE LINE SVailse: fs sER.ofce -AT OAK CITY STEAM LAUNDRY. The Oak City Steam Laundry will do your work better than any laundry in the" city or state, with less wear and tear, at competition prices. Because it is the oldest and most complete plant in North Carolina, with latest improved machinery and most expert enced operatives. Efficiency and promptness guaranteed. , Telephone No. 87. L. R. Wtatt, Prop. Wanted Good,quick ironer. Steady work. : . . Oak Citt Citt Steam Laundri. For Rant, One 0-room, two-story house on West Hargett street, and one 5-roora cottage' on West street, both with bath rooms, wash Dastns, water cioseta, an, Possession (riven for both September 1, ' Price with watec famished $20.00 and B - JULIUS LEWIS 3 Jj. 5UCCESSOR T ) K ? v - $14.00 per month. Apply to H ' j. A. Mills, : Cor, Hargett and West Sts. - aogilw. " ., , ' N. C. DEMOCRATS. THEIR STATE CONVENTION HELD HERE TODAY. j The Supreme Court Justices and Treasurer Renominated. When the city clock struck 12 today Metropolitan hall began to fill rapidly with delegates. Yellow placards bear ing the names of the 96 counties dot ted the hall. The delegates were in great good humor and laughed a. they fanned themselves, for it was pretty warm. The delegates were a line ooking a iid well dressed lot of gentle men, un the stage tne newspaper fraternity were quite well represented. It was just 12:15 when chairman Sim mons rapped the convention to order ud made the announcement of the official call for the convention and ex ploited its purposes, namely, to nora- nnte candidates for chief justice and three associates, a state treasurer and six superior court judges; also to adopt a platform. ' He then requested Mr.Howard J.Herrick to assist Mr.R.H Cowan, the secretary of the state com mittee, as temporary secretary. He also called Mr. J. C. Buxton, of For sythe, to act as temporary chairman. flie two largest men iu the convention, wen. J. v. tiienn, ot uuiitoru, ana Mr. John W.Thompson, were assigned the duty of escorting the gigantic ciiairman to the chair. Mr. Huston end a vigorous speech. He alluded feelingly to the great loss in the death it senator Vance and his sentiments jvere loudly applauded; as were also Uis references to Hansom and Jarvis. He urged that all matters be subordi nated to the only duty of destroying all enemies of the democratic party, for now there two are enemies, the old ime republicans and their coadjutors, fhe populists. There was a great laugh when he said .' that most of the populist leaders were dis appointed democratic office-seekers. He declared that the democrats would sweep tne neia. He men reau tne news from Alabama, and this brought out more cheers. He said that some one had said that populism had now reached the stage of Coxey ism and that this was semi-socialistic, tnder vagabond direction. He said e are now at the parting of the ways; 'We must choose between the republic md the commune; between the eon- ititution and anarchy. There is only ne party of the people the demo cratic party. lie said the- time had come to repel the repnblican insinua tions against Mr. Cleveland. He said that shamelessly the repub licans had looted the national treas ury, and also that they had endeavored to spread falsehoods. Mr. Buxton eulogi2ed president Cleveland, saying that on the main issue on which the democratic party went into power- that is the tariff he had the confi dence aud the support of all loyal democrats. He added that a campaign on state issues was most unwise, as would be any cutting loose from the national administration, and that the most cowardly thing a democrat could da-would be to do anything to weaken Mr. Cleveland's administration. At this there was great applause. It was 12:30 when Mr. Buxton concluded his remarks, which were well received Secretary Herrick called the roll of counties. All the counties save twenty were found to be represented. A resolution was offered by Theo dore F. Davidson, of Buncombe, - that all resolutions regarding the platform be referred to the committee on plat form, without debate. This caused some excitement. Upon a viva voce vote the resolution was adopted by an overwhelming vote. " Col. Paul B Means objected to this and wanted an expression of opinion as to whether there could be a full discission of the matter. The chairman stated that any member could offer an amend- menttotbe platform committee's re port after the latter had been made The following committees were an nounced: Credentials, L. L. Smith, F. A. Daniels, F. S. Spruill, T. L Peay, John D. Shaw, R. Cole, W. F. Carter, R. L. Durham. Organization J. H. Small, W. H. Day, W. R.Henry, Nathan Lunsford, C. W. MoClammy W. C. Newland, R. J. Shipp, R. M Fnrman. Platform. C F. Warren. R B. Peebles, A. W. Haywood; John N. Wilson. Joseph P. Caldwell. S. M. Fin ger, Clement Manly, J. D. Murphy. The various districts sent in the fid lowing an the list of members of the state executive committee: W G. Lamb of Martin, W. T. Cross of tiates, S. T. Beckwith of Beaufort, L. W. MrMullin of Perquimans, Fran cis D. Winston of Bertie, J. W.Grain ger of Lenoir, J. H. Baker, Jr., f Edgecombe, N. A. Sinclair of Cum berland, D. C. Mclver of Moore, W. H. Oliver of Craven, T. C. Whitaker of Jones, J. H. Pon of Johnston, K. C. Beddingfleld of Wake, F. S. Spruill of Franklin, II. A. Loudon of Chatham, J. L. Kiug of Guilford, W. W. Fuller of Durham, W. W. Kitchen of Person, John W. Graham of Orange, Heriot Clarkson of Mecklenburg, R. B. Davis of New Hanover, S. C. Weil of New Hanover, W. H. Neal of Rich mond, A. It. Boyden of Rowan, Ed ward Reinhardt of Lincoln, Sam. J. Pemberton of Stanly, J. S. Scales of Iredell, It. N. Hackett of Wilkes, R. L. Ryburn of Cleveland, W. C. Erwin of Burke, E. B. Jones of Forsyth, R. M. Furman of Buncombe, Chas. D. Blanton of Buncombe, Kope Elias of Macon and R. L. Durham of Ruther ford. This committee is to meet at the close of the convention and elect a chairman and a central committee. Gov. Carr having appeared in the hall was invited to a seat on the plat form aud was called on for a speech. He was heartily cheered and spoke briefly. He thanked the convention for his nomination two years ago and said he was always ready to answer any call of the democratic party. Capt W. H. Day, chairman of the committee on permanent organization, made a report as follows : For perma uent chairman Hon. R. H. Doughton ; for vice presidents, John L. Cunning ham, W. T. Caho, J. E. Green, A. C. Huggins, J. R. Young. T. C. McNeill, S. J. Pemberton, Cyrus B. Watson, Kope Elias. Mr. Doughton, on taking the chair, made a few remarks, but discussed no political topics. Calls were made for several gentlemen and Walter R. Henry, Esq., spoke forcibly. The credentials committee made its report, showing 20 counties unrepre sented. In none were there any con tests. At 2 o'clock a motion was made that the convention go into nomination for chief and justice associate justices. R. H. Battle, Esq., of Wake, offered a resolution in behalf of the Wake del egation that the convention nominate by acclamation James E. Shepherd; for associate justices, Walter Clark, James C. MacRae and Armistead Bur well. A motion was made to add the name of Samuel McDowell Tate for treasurer. Mr. Battle accepted the amendment and his resolution was unanimously adopted. Kope Elias, Esq., of Macon, made a motion that the six nominations for superior court judges be ratified. This was also adopted by acclamation. : Efforts were made to secure a re cess of an hour, but these failed. The delegates said they wanted to press their work and go .home. At this stage of the proceedings there were loud calls for Hon. Alfred M. Wad dell, of Nw Hanover. He made a very practical speech. He spoke of the attitude of the North Carolina democrats towards the president and said the man who meekly submitted to an endorsement if he disagreed with the president on financial question, was worse than a coward. He spoke of the president in high terms. He felt sure the platform committee would do its duty well. Hon. Lee S. Overman was the next speaker. He said it had been said by the populists last week that the dem crats were whistling to keep up their courage. The election results in Ala- bama and Tennessee showed that de mocracy is not dead. He said he favored free coinage of silver, but on all other points agreed with president Cleveland. Capt. Oct. Coke was next called for and made a stirring speech, in which lie pictured the dangers to democracy in this campaign! Mr. S. J. Pemberton offered a reso lution as follows: That section 1, un der the head of "county and district conventions," of the plan of organiza tion of the democratic party of North Carolina be amended by adding at its end the following Provided that in all eoonty conventions in which dele gates shall be selected to attend any state, congressional, judicial or other convention, a vote shsll be taken in ac cordance with the plan of organiza tion s to the candidates whose name may be presented to such county con vention. The delegates slinll be se lected from the friends and suppor ters of eath candidate voted for. in proportion to the number of votes he shall receive in such county conven tion, and no other instructions shall be given; provided that when only one candidate is presented and voted for at such unty convention it shall be lawful to instruct tor such candidate." Quite a discussion followed, par ticipated in by Messrs. Pemberton, Paul B. Means, J. A. Long, H. C. Smith, L. L. Smith, A. Leazar, W. A. Dunn. The latter made a motion to table the resolution. Mr. H. A. Lon don called for a roll of call of counties upon the motion made by Mr. Dunn. The roll was partially called, but stopped when it became clear that the convention favored the resolution. Mr. Dunn then withdrew the motion to table and moved to refer the matter to the ex ecutive committee, with instructions to to prepare the best plan to secure minority representation in primaries and county conventions. Mr. Leazar thought it ought to apply to all coun ties, and offered and amendment to that effect, which was accepted. Mr. Dunn's motion for reference was then adopted. Col. S. McD. Tate, the nominee for state treasurer, having been' officially notified of his nomination, was called on and spoke, accepting it and thank ing the convention. He declared him self as for the "money of the consti tution" gold and silver and for state banks of interest and low inter est, and for a tariff for revenue ouly. At 3:25 the committee took a recess until 5 o'clock, upon notice from ' the committee on platform that it would be sometime before it would be ready to report. OBSERVATIONS. There were many callers at the ex ecutive office today. Mr. Thomas Pescud has received some line apples and pears from Cali fornia. All the trains had extra cars today for the accomodation of delegates to the convention. John Lee, colored, was this morn ing sent to jail and in default of bail must tarry there until the September term of court. It is learned that the transfer of the News and Observer, which it was intimated would take place today, will probably not be made for a few days The work of replacing the pavement on Fayetteville street, which was torn up in repairing the street car tracks, is now rapidly progressing. The sidewalk around the governor's mansion is being greatly improved. A gang of convicts is no at work put ting down curbing. The sidewalks will be laid with brick. The Greenville Index says it knows of three Pitt county confederate sol diers who cannotget admitted into the soldiers' home at Raleigh, for lack of room ana also says mat nearly one third of those there are from Wake county. The Visitor is told by Mr. W. C. Stronach that this is absolutely untrue. No applications for admis sion of Pitt county veterans are on file. No unworthy applicant is ever denied admission for lack of room . The Weather Report. For North Carolina: Fair. Local forecast: Thursday, fair, warmer. Moderate warm wave next few days. Local data for 24 hours ending 8 a. in. today: Maximum , temperature 78; Minimum temperature 66; rainfall 0.00. The weather is generally fair this morning. But little rain has occur red during the past 24 hours. The pressure is high over the south Atlan tic states, which makes it favorable for fair, warm weather in this part of the country. A small depression, however, is seen over Alabama, which may develop into a storm; but this will not affect us during the next 36 hoars. The pressure is comparatively low in the. northwest, but there is no distinct storm oenter. " Melbosh" flour just received at Tubhkb St Wynne's. PERSONAL POINTS. ABOUT PROMINENT NORTH CAROLINIANS- People "Who Come, People Who go and People You Know. Miss Maggie Stith is visiting friends at Asheville. Kope Elias, Esq., of Macon county, is in the city. Dr. (ieo. T. Winston, president of the university, is here. Col. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, arrived this afternoon. Mrs. Mary Hinton has gone to visit her daughter at Warrenton. Miss Carrie E. Horton is quite sick at her residence on East Lane street. Mr. Jerome Homer, one of the prin cipals of the Horner military school. is here. Mrs. Cat cilia Williams, who has been visiting her lather at Winston, has re turned. Gen. W. P. Roberts is here. He will in a few days go to Victoria, Brit ish Columbia. Miss Emma Williams has returned to the city from Winston, where she has been visiting. Mr. John Underwood, of Fayette ville, is here as chairman of the Cum berland delegation. John P. Person, colored, well known as a performer on the harp, died at his home here this morning. Lieutenant-governor R. A. Dough- ton, of Sparta, is attending the state convention and is its presidenj;. Miss Willie Johnson, of Baltimore, is visiting Miss Janie Brown, on the corner of Dawson and Morgan streets. Mr. Josephus Daniels will in a few days become the head of the new com pany which will own the News and Observer. Ed. S. Hart, colored, who burned a barn iu Carteret county, has been cap tured. The governor recently offered $200 reward for him. : Something for the Boys. Boys who love to hear pretty stories should go to the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. R T. Wyche, formerly of this city, but now of the state university, will entertain the boys for about one hour by telling them stories selected from the writings of Longfellow, Tennyson and Hans Anderson Mr, Wyche will tell quite a number of stories about the wonder ful Indian chief "Hiawatha." The entertainment will be tree ana espe cially for boys under 15 years of age. Adjt.Gen.Tarsney yesterday was fined $250 and costs at Colorado Springs for contempt of court for refusing to ap pear before the grand jury at once1 j and testify regarding the tarring' and feathering of which he was the victim. 500 gallons fine domestic Ives' seed ling wine just receivea. it lias no equal for table or medicinal use. Sam ple free on application. Price 75c per gal. or 25c per quart bottle. Try it. Ed. V. Denton, 8 tf 232 Favetteville street Special Values in Ladies' All Silk Black Mits. -' We have placed on sale the entire stock of our left-over black silk raits. You can buy a 20 cent, mit for 15c. " ' " 25 ' " " - 20c. " " " 35 " " " 35c. . Swindell's Department Store. You will find daily additions in bar gains on our ginghams aiid wash dress goods counters. We lead the prices on all this stun. Our sales have been immense. . Swindell's. Ladies' gauze vests 5c, 7 l-2., and the best value you ever saw at 15c. Swindell's Department Store. Our quilt sale is still on. We have only a small quantity left. Better take advantage of it. D. T. Swindell. Children's muslin caps, lace trim med, only 10c. Swindell's. Remember you can buy ladies' misses' and children's Oxford ties for your own price, at Swindell's Department Store, Six towels for 38o. Good to put iu places where people oarry off towels by mistake. D.T.Swindell. r ' Torbell's cream cheese at Tdbbeh & Wxnnk'b. 1ST M If you want the best you should buy this wheel. SGS&MS.0 RALEIGH, N. C. I ooooooooo-o oo Aug. 15th we take an account of stock. From now until then every inducement will be offered in order to clear out as far as posssible every thing of summer character-. JELTp will be selected from regular stock and prices made that should move them quick. ALL GO at reduced prices. An early inspection invited. ATTEND THIS SALE. and save dollars. Everything sold is with our Iron Clad iua ran tee perfect satisfac tion or nothing. oo oo oo oo oo oo GJL SHERWOOD & CO. IB What you can get at a " TUCKER'S with little money. LISBON CLOTHS. 0 iil u-k and Navy grounds 3c l'KlNTKh LWVNS, , 'Remainder "1 5c. and 71-.1. !!. (ilNUHAMS. j Length ranging' from ft to 10 yards. GRASS LINENS. ,Sold for 10c. Patterns suited for dresses or shirt waists. FIGURED LAWNS. . Remainder of 10c. line PRINTED o BATISTE, light and dark grounds. Sold for 12 l-2c. FIGURED PERCALES. yCo Have always been 10c. 10 rth frc PRINTED'DIMITIKS o AND SWISSES, worth from 10c. to 25c. per yard. In stripes plaids and open effects Sold from 10c. to 15c. ; all now marked at 7 l-2o., 8c, 9c. and 10c JOHN B. KKN'N'BV, tllEMUNMBg MBIT Room No, 17 Commercial and Farmers Bank Building, RALEIGH, N. C. Represents First-CIass Foreign and Ameri can Companies. Solicits a share of your paironage. Prompt attention given to business. jy31tf Finest New York State cremery but- il li i; A They are ll't tested ill Y a hall. 0 The 24 II. wheel has A been tested on the 1 rnghest read I Pa ver m Year A and have StcH Talcum ' W.H.&R.& iwm. i oo. Iter at Turnee & Wos'a

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