The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-28
THE BARRETT INSTITUTE
Chartered and Authorized to Confer
Degrees-Gross Violation of the Game
Laws-Thc PnrneII-Fortunc Issue Of
veracfty To be Investigated.
Messenger Bureau.


Raleigh. N. c., November "a.
The sheriff OF Washington county to-
day brought to the penitentiary. to
serve n ten-year sentence. "a white man
convicted OF wife murder.
Special Agent Wheeler OF the rcvenue
service has been here all this month.
making a detailed inspection oe Reve-
nue. Collector Duacan's office.
The laS as 20 the se&sipE OF par
tridges Is being violated grossly kzz
some sections. The other day n
Chatham county man set his net and
caught three coveys-sixty-nine hkrds
in all. Not one escaped. He shipped
the birds here alive. sold them for f2tL
cenX leach. and the bsyer rescad them
foraS cents. quite probably TO be ship
20 out OF he state. The penalty for
F<tang or trapping birds Is heavy and
fJCstly so.
The secretary OF state nnds that the
acts OF 1895 (passed by the first fusion
~legislature) confer upon the Barrett
collegiate and industrial institute for
the education and Industrial training OF
colored people" the power TO confer de-
grees as other colleges or universities
have" Chapter s77, private laws 1895.
thus charters the college. There Is no
telling how many degrees IL has con-
ferred in England. Victims continue to
be heard from.
1t is stated that an official from tho
department OF justice liz coming here
TO look into the matters in dispute be-
tween Judge Purnell and ex-Cierk For
tune OF the district court. IL Is alleged
that Fortunes are irregular.
This is in addition to the charge OF vio-
lation OF the law In signing discharges
in bankruptcy in eight cases illegally.
Fortune says he desires "A full investi-
cation. There is much feeling In the
matter and IL appears that some re-
publicans on the outside now may be
brought into the affair. This hearings
in all the bankruptcy cases I'm which
Fortune signed discharges are set for
January 3rd.
Chairman McNeili, OF the corporation
commission, arrived yesterday after
noon and he and DIR. Abbott. the rev
member, were in the office today. There
will be no session until December 9Th.
Tomorrow T.. G. B~eddingield, who was
ousted by the supreme court. will pay
over TO DR.. Abbott the 81, 166 he receiv-
ed for salary during the seven months
he was in office.
The city's new rock CRUSHING, hoist
ing and separating plant today began
operations. The capacity is $50 tons
a day. There are fifty men at work at
the quarry. Inc latter mas reached "A
depth of over fifty feet and The granite
steadily improves In quality.
The attorney generals decision that
municipalities in this. state do not seem.
under the constitution. to have any
power to exempt industrial enterprises
from taxation is Of more than passing
interest. The broad view is aiken
that the exemption is inhibited by that
section of the constitution which de-
clares that all taxation must be equal.
John Cochran, OF New York. and
James Phelps, OF Detroit. have trans
ferred to the North Carolina Lumber
Company timber holdings along Neuse
river in this county for 500, 900. The
timber is in the northwestern part of
the county. The timber Will be cut by
a sawmill company which has its head
quarters at Durham. or this company
Cochran and Phelps are members.
Next Wednesday the students at the
Baptist female university here will give
a reception to the students OF Wake
Forest college.
Postmaster James Nj. Pittman, color
ed, of Tillery, is in Jail at Wilson.
charged with making false returns OF
Cancelled stamps. He was unable to
give bail.