The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-24
A LADY PHARMACIST
MISS SARAH JOHNSON GRANTED
A LICENSE BY STATE BOARD

C0ncord's Telephone Company-Another
Convict Pardonsd-New Life Insurnncs
Company Lsunched-Large Attendance
ut tho Deaf Mute and Blind A~sylums-Ex
amining Pension Applications-0old Put
in Circulation-The Case Against the Ex.
State Printers
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel.
Raleigh, n. c., September IL.
Out Of the twenty applicants before
the board Of pharmacy to become liz
censed druggists, seventeen were sue
Miss Sarah Johnson, of Southern
Pines, passed and will take a place in
her brothers drug store at hat place.
In the secretary of states office yes
terday, letters of Incorporation were
granted to the Concord Telephone Com
pany with a capital stock of 1900.
A pardon was issued last week from
the governors office to Sherman Grier,
Of Wilkes county. He was sentenced
to ten years imprisonment for man
slaughter. He has served six years
and is pardoned because he is dying
with consumption. This pardon. was
not given out at the time and was. only
noted yesterday. -~ 1-
The cadets of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college have perfected
their military organization and formed
three companies with N. r. Stansel as
major of the battalion. 80;
A call was made for quite a number
Of Raleigh's prominent business men
to meet last night in the parlors Of
the Park hotel to perfect the organi-
cation OF a home insurance company.
The South Atlantic Life and Endow-
ment Insurance Company was launch
ed. The capital stock Is to be 500, 900
and much OF this is already subscribed.
The break in the drought has not
come yet. It has lasted twenty-one
days. The thermometer was SO this
morning at 1880 o'clock.
The freshmen will be treated to a
reception at the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college tonight. This is done
to take the place of hazing, but it will
be perfectly natural for some jokes to
be played or the new boys by the adj
vanced classes.
At the opening of the deaf, dumb
and blind institutions here there were
many more pupils than heretofore.
There were 112 pupils at the white in
stitutiOn n III at the colored.
The pension examiners met yester-
day in Auditor Ayers office according
to the state law and examined the ap-
plications for pensions. There are 1000
new applications from confederate vet
Grams or their widows.
The Seaboard railroad in paying off
their employees used a great deal of gold
here; therefore on yesterday the
moun of gold in circulation was very
noticeable.
The complaint of the state treasurer
against Stewart Bros. the ex-state
printers, will be filed in the next few
days. The complaint charged at first
that full SIG, 900 a been paid Stewart
over and above the amount of
work done. In addition to this it is
said that double and even triple pay
ments were made for different jobs of
work., and cites the state auditors re-
port as one Of these cases. 1t seems
hard to get the Stewart Bros. off of the
states hands.
Miss Ethel Fray will teach music
here. She is the only daughter of the
late Captain ]. j. Fray, who once lived
here.
Mr.. w. w. Ashe meets the forestry
association at Biltmore today and goes
with them to Nashville. He carries
specimens of North Carolina woods,
etc.