The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-09

FRAUD In Public frtnttGg.
MeSsengyv Bureau. Park Hotel.
Raleigh. n. c.. July &
President Petty. Of the Carthage
railway. met in conference with tire
superintendent OF the pcnitcu;,ary re-
CARING the use Of convicts In grading
the e~xten<'on of that road. ConvaCTx
were secured.
The " guards w1ro permitted seven
of the convicts at the Castle HAYNES
phosphate mine tn e~@capc. have h,cu
dismissed
The negro Luke Richardson. who
attempted to assault n young WHITE
woman at Grsnsboro, was last even
ing taken % Winston for SAFE keeping.
Late last night "a number of county
people rode quietly into Greensboro in
order 10 lynch him. but found he had
been removed.
The reason why the twenty criminal
insane from the hospital nj Morgant,n
have not yet ben transferred Ia the
penitentiary is that there has been "A
dispute whether the hospital OF thu
penitentiary sfnuuld pay the cost. state
Treasurer Worth to-day der!des tha,
the must he paid out OF the
general funds. as he act says th~
transfer is to- be "a state charge" IY,e
riminal insane Will arrive in a day or
two.
The adjutant general is notified that
the two military companies at Reds
Vile go into b~aftaifon encampment nj
Piedmont springs this month: thar tn.
company at Lumbcrton g,prs into camp
at Wrightsviile and that the Governors
Guard viii leave for Nashville. Tenn.
on the 18th.
The reports of Inspector General u
:. RoySter, OF the inspection Of TIN,
Third regiment, are in hand and are
very gratifying. All the companies are
IN good shap, and completely equipped
and all are gctting the state ~appropria-
ton.
b White, a young negro who *
charged with having been the accom-
plice OF Berry Cook, who ranglc
Rosa Morgan, hrs mistress. to death
IN this county, was brought here and
Jailed today. Evidence in this horrible
crime accumulates.
Deputy Sheriff Oakes. w-ha in an at
tempt to arrest John Jones. a nrgn,
desperate here, was struck by the lar
ter, IS in a bad condition. n tiIru@
out that he was struck i'm the groin
with the handle or a heavy knife
Jones, who was then shot by Cakes. is
not expected TO live twcnty-four hours.
rms was the statement ~ sheriff
Jones this morning.
captain John &. Gresham, of tn. Ar
ricultural and Mechanical COLLEGE.
leaves in n day or two for a months
tour in the eastern part Of the state
IN the interest OF the college. while
Professor ID. H.. Hin will go to th,.
piedmont section on the same business
1t is the purpose to make the college
better known and greatly increase the
attendance, which is not half as larr,
as it Should be.
An addition to the printing ofica OF
Barnes Bros, the new state printers
is under way. The new system = been
ing accounts by the public printers viii
preVent frauds. In Tho first place when
an order COMES in Barnes make a
statement of it TO the council ~ state.
then the latter must approve before
any work can be done. \ record IL
then kept and a copy filed with a sam
pie of the work, this record showing
the department, number Of copies.
number OF tokens. cost Of binding pr,-ss
work, price per 1000 ems. number of
rulings. etc. The council of state muyt
then 20. K" and so must the dcpart-
ment. If there is a hitch there must
be arbitration.