The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-15
Messenger Bureau. Park Hotel.

Raleigh. y. C. October Il.
4 curious case was today brought 10
the attention OF the superintendent Of
public instruction by the supervisor Of
M~ecklenburk's county schools. who
says two of the teachers, one of each
race, are charged with infidel and athe-
istic opinions. The supervisor asked IL
the certificats should not be revoked.
and the state superintendent says yes.
1t is said that there is quite a row at
one of the state convict farms on the
Roanoke and that a man named Day
and three Others of his white assistants
have left in a huff, saying they could
not stand the negro equality" They
were in Weldon yesterday n spoke
freely BOT the matter.
The superintendent of the peniten-.
tiary was at first inclined to doubt the
news that Governor Russell wasnot bit
ter against him. He quickly found on
arrival here that matters were just as
stated by your correspondent. The
governor appears to be lamentably de-
ficient in gratitude to his friends, and
has done some plain talking about
Smith, saying he was incompetent and
did not actually know the financial
status of the p~enitentiary; that while
Smith has said the debt is about $780,
OOG, yet that $50, 900 is nearer the mark.
The fathe of Mrs. Albert Watson
(who was yesterday shot and probably
fatally wounded by her husband) was
killed by lighting some a ago
Watson, who committed suicide. was
buried today. His wife is ~paralyzed
from the waist down as a result OF the
bullet wound.
NJ. 1. Stewart of Winston, one of the
ex-public printers, is here, he says to
supervise the printing.
The state auditor that
Miss Flora Creech, of Raleigh, is PEN
sion clerk.
The board Of trustees of the Odd Eel
lows orphanage reports twenty-five
children as present there. The boys
are to be put in the new building.
The contracts for heating, lighting and
sewerage are all made.
Only two democratic papers in the
state favor fusion Of democrats and
populists. the others are all crying out
against it. 1t is safe to say there will
be no such fusion in North Carolina.
Secretary Lewis, Of the state board
Of health says the annual health con-
ference will be held this year with the
people of Goldsboro. Such conferences
have been held at Salisbury, Washing
ton and Charlotte.
Rains are falling, but as yet not
enough to fill the streams.
There is one female "osteopathic"
physician in this state and she says the
regulars are trying to run her out"
Safe blowers made a successful haul
at Durham Sunday night.
Senator Buffers paper contains no ref
erenc to Ohio Wilson's paper. the
Hayseeder, save an article from the
Progressive Farmer, the alliance order,
%ridiculing the Hayseeder.
Trinity college now has 147 students.
The fertilizer sales in this state this
year are 2O3, O98 tons. while the average
cotton crop is 443 900 bales. The con-
sumption by mills in the state last year
"a 258, 923. It is asserted by the re
gressive Farmer that the average cost
Of fertilizer is a bale OF cotton to the
ton. This means that only 1874. or bales
remain to meet the cost Of the 203, 098
tons of fertilizers. The paper figures
that the cotton crop has actually not
paid for itself.
Rapid work is being lone at the state
museum to prepare the exhibits for the
view OF the thousands Of people who
will next week visit the museum. The
complete change Of the arrangement of
articles in the various rooms and also
the filling of the new rooms in the an
mex has made necessary a great deal OF
work.
The five banks here make a splendid
showing in their last quarterly state
ment.
The Greensboro rumor that the gen
eral Offices of the Southern railway are
to be moved there from Washington Is
denied.
In h supreme court appeals from
the fourth district will be called on
Tuesday the 10Th in the following
der: Railroad VS.. State Treasurer,
Maroon VS.. Wyatt, Pope VS.. Coats,
Bright vs.. Maroon, johnson VS.. Mar
com, Lamb VS. Railroad, Pate VS.. Rail-
road, Edwards VS.. Railroad, Peasants
VS.. Railroad, Monroe VS.. Fuchtler,
Smith VS.. Goldsboro, Singer Mfg Co.
VS.. Draughan, Finlayson VS.. Kirby.
Scott VS.. Smith.