The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel.


Raleigh, y. c., May l.
Governor Russell was yesterday
speaking about the maintenance of the
convicts and their earning capacity.
He remarked that the real trouble was
in the penitentiary proper. While the
convicts on the farms earn. those in
the penitentiary do not. They are near
ly all life term prisoners, old or infirm.
The manufacture of Jail cells, shoes and
plug tobacco has at various times been
tried and there was always failure.
Brick k-making is the only industry
which has been maintained.
EX-State Democratic Chairman Fou,
of Johnston county, is here and says
that - the various towns in that coun-
ty the democratic administration is so
popular that no opposition ticket is
named.
The city election here next week
promises to be very quiet indeed. There
is perfect confidence in democratic sue
cess, and that by handsome majority.
The three justices of the supreme
court who do not reside here left for
home today, to return in September.
Fine rains, which appear 10 be gen
eral, fell last night and today, at exact
| ly the right time for all crops. The
| drought was beginning to be felt.
| The supreme court has let another
| term pass without deciding the case of
| S. p. Satterfield, the principal clerk OF
| the lower house of the legislature Of
| 1895. who was convicted of fraud in the
| enrolment of the notorious assign
ment act" One of the justices said
| last week he felt sure this case would
be disposed of.
| The secretary Of the State Press As
| sociations today gave notice to DR.. G..
| W. Blacknall that it wiuld hold its an
| nual convention at Morehead City June
| $40 About 100 members Will attend
| and many Of them will be accompanied
| by some lady relative.
| The state labor commissioner is ar
| ranging to inspect personally the mines
| and the mills in each county. He pro-
| poses to make most Of the trips on
| horseback.
There is n good deal Of talk at the
| moment about the titles to land sold
| for taxes Under the act Of 1895 title
! is now absolute in the buyer of land
so sold There was an effort to alter
this at the last legislative session, but
| the state treasurer declared that IL a
| change was made the whole fabric OF
the collection of real estate taxes would
fall to the ground. Representative
Lusk, who, it is said, lost several thou
sand dollars by tax titles. was also
deeply interested. 1t is claimed that
| syndicates are buying UP such lands.
Attorneys certainly represented the
state treasurer in the opposition to any
change of the law. Under the old sys-
tenn, under which such titles were
worthless, it is claimed that the state
was cheated out of great sums.
Much new machinery is being put
| in the Pilot cotton mills here and the
| weaving room is to be enlarged.
The secretary of state reports 100 in
surance companies as licensed up tc
| today.
| 1t is stated that Governor and Mrs
| Russell will give monthly receptions al
| the executive mansion.
| A "wOman's exchange" was opened
here today. 1t is for the sale OF arti
| cles made by women and makes a goot
| beginning.
One Of the queer things in this stat,
is the extreme jealousy which some
| places feel toward Raleigh. A lecturer
| who was making a tour OF the state il
aid of a monument here to Senator
! Vance said he was told people did no
care about the matter if the monument
was to be at Raleigh. But this jeai
! ousy cannot be greater than that be
tween Norfolk and Portsmouth. Wher
the Portsmouth amateurs were herr
| Wednesday night a Norfolk man wht
| was with them said that they were no
from Norfolk, but were, all save him
self, from Portsmouth and that he wa:
| very sorry he was from Norfolk. A
| this the audience roared with laughter
For some reason very little talk abOu
= the "dispensaries'' is now heard. Th'
|
: of sight.
! DIR. Kellog, state secretary OF th'
I | board Of public charities Of Connecti
cut, is here visiting various state insti
2 tutonS.
II Governor Russell left for Whining
ton today to be absent until Tuesday.
81 A special term OF Durham superior
court to begin June 21st. is ordered
5 Judge Timberlake to preside.
, Senator Jones in the Camp of the Enemy