The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-11
Messenger Bureau.

Craig Law
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., July Z.
The executive board of the peniten-
tiary decides to issue warrants on the
state treasury TO pay all the employees
at the eight farms their back salaries,
from October l, 1898, 10 January l,
1899, and from March 7th Of this year
to July 1st. 1t will require some $22, 900
to do this. Today they drew warrants
for $11, 900 of the amount.
The executive board and Superinten-
dent Day went to the Caledonia farm,
near Weldon today, this being one Of
the two leased farms which will be-
purchased before this year ends.
The state charters the jelle Hans
com Mining Company, OF Henderson
vile, capital s5OO,0OO, H. ]. Pullen, D.
D. Suttle and w. F. Wright being the
principal stockholders. The Asheville
Land Company is also granted char
ter It's capital is $4,000 and w. T.
Weaver, J. L. Wagner and others are
the stockholders.
Today Robert C. Strong, as attorney
of the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany, filed notice of appeal with the
corporation commission from its order
fixing the rates of rental of telephones.
Mention was made ten days ago OF
the fact that the preliminary steps had
been taken at Richmond to develop
the water power on the J. w. Heck
estate lands near LOckville, this state .
The company is now regularly organ
lied with $475,000 capital On the di-
rectorate are T. c. Williams, Jr., S. D.
Crenshaw, J. H. Mayo, S. w .Travers
and E. B. Addison of Richmond, J. S.
Carr, J. S. Manning, w. M. Morgan
and Bennehan Cameron, of Durham
county, and R. Percy Gray, of Green's
bOro. Three great water-pOvers on
the Cape Fear river will be developed,
to furnish electrical power.
There is great pleasure at the ad-
mirable selection of the model of the
Vance statute. DR.. R. H. Speight,
chairman of the legislative committee,
says of the model ''That is Vance, just
as he looked when he accepted the re-
nomination"
A telegram from Beaufort says that
the wife of Revenue Collector Duncan,
whose death was hourly expected, is
better and that there is slight hope
United States Marshal Dockery left
here Tuesday to attend the funeral, a
telegram then saying she was dying.
The Cape Fear and Northern rail-
A n crin 1u on
from Ellington. There is a mystery
as to the southeastern extension of this
road.
Commissions were sent today to the
following line officers of the First reg
iment North Carolina state guard, the
first being captains, the others lieu
tenants:
Company B, Goldsboro, T. H. Balm,
w. G. Lewis, Jr., H. L. Doughty.
Company c, Winston, j. C. Bessent,
r. w. Bryan, G. H. May.
Company D, Reidsville, A. J. Filing
ton, J. D. Gwynn, E. S. Blockwell.
Company E, Statesville, R. L. Flan-
nigan, R. L. Leinster, c. w. Turner.
Company G, Shelby, ]. T. Gardner
J. K. Wells, w. K. Jones.
Company H, Waynesville, Thos
Str ngfeld, H. A. Love, J. B. Hoyle.
Company J, Durham, 2. B. Chris
tian, r. P. Hackney, Sam' Henderson
Company X, Raleigh, W. r. Beav.
ers, Claude M. Broughton.
Company L, Concord, Edward Hill
e. T. Collision.
Company M, Charlotte, w. A. Erwin
G. L. Niez, L. C. Terrence.
Company A, Salisbury, Louis Lich
tenstein, J. F. Gather, M L. Barker
There are two Goldsboro Rifles a.
Goldsboro. The one in the First regi
ment is the "war company" the othe
being in the Second regiment. TIL,
name Of the latter will be changed.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., July o.
Today the penitentiary executive
board called on the state treasurer TO
100000 Of per cent bonds, to be sol
to realize $64, ,165, with which to pa
for the two Caledonia" farms on tn
Roanoke river. There are 1900 acre
in these farms. No other farms will b
bought, certainly not at present It wa
once the plan to buy the 'tAnson" farm
near Wadesboro. The treasurer will a
once ask for bids for the bonds.
The report of the expert machinis
on the condition of the Atlantic an
North Carolina railways rolling stoc
has been made to the board of interns
improvements and is not favorable.
the nine engines two are third class an
two nearly scrap. The plant is far fror
complete. As soon as the democrat
come into complete control of thi
road, September 1st, they will begi
the construction of two branch lines
one to Snow Hill, the other to Trer
ton, and will apply themselves to in
provement of the plant. 1t is now
second class road.
Mrs. Duncan, wife of Revenue Co
lector Carl Duncan, died at Beaufol
at 3 O'Clock this morning, aged 3
years.
Deputy Revenue Collector Adams ha
lively time yesterday after the moor
shinrs in Johnston county He car
tured three illicit distilleries. Johnsto
is now acquiring quite an official repu
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