The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06
THE AssoS COUNTY FARM.
To be Purchased by the Penftentfary
Authorities Elegant Reception to
Baptist CoIIege-J. X Carr Announ-
ces His senatorial Candidacy.
Messenger Bureau,

Messenge- Bureau,
Raleigh. N. c. October >
1t is decided to purchase the .Anson"
farm, near Wadesboro. 2.Io0 acres, for
81, 900. IT lis quite probable that white
~convicts will be In the future employ
ed on 1t, and that negro convicts viii
be utilized on the Caledonia farm. near
| Weldon.
In the penitentiary proper there will
only be employed federal c~onvicts.
feeble state conyicts and women.
Day after tomorrow the Roman
| Catholic orphanage, two miles south
west of Raleigh, will be formally open
| ed. 1t was completed Saturday. There
are now sixteen rooms and it will ac-
| commodate fifty children. Two Sisters
Of Charity are in charge. The orphan
age has 260 acres OF land and Ia stu
miles of Raleigh
Over ten years ago there was a sur
vey made by Colonel Fleming Gardner,
for the Wilmington and Weldon rail-
| way, of a line from Raleigh to Spring
Hope. This was a pet scheme of the
late Colonel r.. r. Bridgers, but or his
death it ended. Today a preliminary
/ survey DCSdH VI Wud Is 10 Dc hlIOWI
as the Raleigh and Eastern railway,
but it is not designed tina this road
shall connect with any other, but that
it shall be solely a feeder Of Raleigh.
1t will develop the richest section Of
Wake county. The first eight miles
from Raleigh will cause the heaviest
expenditure, to get across the great
valley of the Neus river.
There will be an elegant reception
1 fnn6nrnI tho foa,,Ify onl ~,1D;lo hf fho
Baptist university by the ladies' of that
congregation in the university parlors
tomorrow night. This evening a re-
ception vas given the faculty at the
home of Mrs. Heck.
Julian S. Carr, of Durham, announces
hat he will be a candidate for United
States senator to succeed Marion But
Ter, whose term end in March, 1901.
A United States convict from Ala
bama claimed that his term of impris-
onment would expire September 18th
as q result of good behavior on the
Communication plan. His term would ex-
| pire October 18th, SO the prison officials
claim. The prisoner was represented by
Mr.. w. c. Douglas, who argued the
case before Judge Purnell, which re-
suited in the prisoners release. The
question was whether or not the act
of the legislature of 1899 giving con-
victs five days communication for every
month of good behavior was retroac-
tive. This act increased the number of
days allowed for good behavior. The
prison officers think the prisoner could
only gain by the communication allowed
by the act Of 1899 after the date of it's
passage. Judge PurnelI decided that
the act was retroactive, with the above
result.
Yesterday about l o'clock a negro
woman died here under very suspicious
circumstances. Later her husband was
arrested and put in the guard house
charged with poisoning her.
About thirty recruits left here today
for the different camps to join the vol
unteer regiments.
Never has building been so active
here before. Raleigh at the present
rate will before we know it be a big
city. 1t is now impossible for any one
to get a contractor to take a contract
for any work.
When the Southern railroad purchas-
ed the Atlantic and Danville recently it
| was stated that through passage to
Primers Point would be turned from
the North Carolina road to the Atlantic
and Danville. This is not true, the
Southern propose to- lay 85-pound rails
on the North Carolina railroad this fall.
Two a ago 65-pound rails were laid
on this road. The entire roadbed is
being ballasted with crushed rock. This
rock from near Hillsboro. This
is done for the big engines that will be
put on this road soon.
Professor Ray, of the blind institu-
ton, says he will not be able to accom-
mOdate a great many who desire to en-
ter the institution. Over 300 have APP
piled thuS far.