The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-30
Requisition by the Gov
ernOr Therefor.
TO Be MUSTERED OUT
The Negro Regiment to be Disbanded
Within Thirty D~ays-SenatOr Daniel
to Assist IN Our ~Campaign-A Brew.
cry TO be Established at Raleigh
Railways Pay Their State Taxes
"A Brakeman's Serious Injury-Liquor
=Deaiers, Association.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. c., August 25.

Raleigh, N. c., August %.
Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia,
writes the democratic state chairman
that the people of S~tatesville urge him
to make a speech to them and that he
will do so if possible. He says: Il
feel the greatest interest in your strug-
gle in North Carolina. Your energetic
efforts to restore the state to the dem
ocratic column. command the respect
and sympathy of all good democrats
and Of nom more than myself"
The requisition by the governor On
the United States for supplies for the
state guard, to replace those put in
use by the volunteers, is for 500 rifles,
and for blouses, trousers, hats, caps,
leggings, blankets, overcoats, ponchos,
morning, re-electingt the former officers:
wall, 400 common and 1000 shelter
tents, together with complete camp
equipage.
Assurances come here from Wash
ington that the Third (negro)
regiment will be mustered out at Fort
Macon during the mex thirty days.
The entire regiment is now armed and
equipped.
to be located here by Pennsylvania
people. The State Liquor Dealers
Association endorses it and will take
it's product. Reports show that 10000
barrels are SOL in kegs and barrels in
North Carolina yearly. This is of
course exclusive of bottled beer. The
men who are to put up the brewery
would not consent to any location in
the state other than Raleigh.
The sheriff of Wilson has added
three convicts to the small number in
the penitentiary-some 275. Nearly
half of these are federal prisoners.
The Seaboard Air Line and the
Southern railway have paid their taxes
for 1898 to the state, these aggregating
about $42, 900.
At Pinehurst, Mr.. James w. Tufts
model town in Moore county, a great
deal of work is in progress. Mr.. c.
D. BenbOw, the manager says forty
rooms are being added to the Holly
Inn and hat a new hotel, the Berk-
shire, with sixty rooms is nearly
completed, while a particularly hand
some ball room is being built.
Mack Adams, a white man, fol
years a brakeman on the North Caro-
lima, is at the hospital here, with con-
cussion of the brain and paralysis
Yesterday while leaning from a ca
boose car, near here, he STRUCK q
whistle post" Two hours later he
was found, unsconsciOus, between the
tracks of the Southern and the Sea
board Air Line railways.
The State Liquor Dealers Assocla,
ton closed it's session at l o'clock this
morning, reelection the former officers
Frank O'Donnell, of Asheville presl-
dent; S. T. Smith and T. H. ScOgglns
vice presidents; F. w. Ortmann, OF
Wilmington, secretary and treasurer;
J. G.. Patterson, of Durham, CORE
spending secretary; T. e. Wallace
state organizer; R. r. Proctor, F. w
Hilker, Nj. Disosway, j. M. Smith
J. G.. l.. Gieschen, j. Lowerstein, r. 5
Nelson and S. E.. Cunningham the
board of control; S. T. Smith, Scog
gins, Gieschen, delegates to he ma
tional association at Asheyille OCTOBER
11th-15th.