The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-18
Messenger Bureau,

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., July Is.
In the superior court here today there
was argument in the interesting case
OF Abbott VS.. Beddingheld, Argo and
MacRae appearing for DR.. Abbott and
Simmons, Pou and Holding for Bed
dingfield. The question involved is the
title of Beddingfeld's position on the
corporation commission
The superior court in five days this
week, up to last night, cleared the
criminal calendar, ITO cases. The ex-
, convict, Broach, who planned and car
ried out the stealing Of provisions from
the penitentiary and their sale in Raj
eigh, is given ten years at hard labor
Up to date six volunteers for the
Twenty-seventh regiment have been
enlisted here and four at Greensboro.
Solomon Mason, one of the clerks in
the revenue collectors office here, has
gone into business as representative
of the American Tobacco Company
and Alex. Berry, Of Hyde, succeeds
him.
The Second regiment, now in camp
at Morehead City, has lot of work
cut out for it during the next seven
days. Colonel Rodman, it's commander,
| is fine disciplinarian and very capa-
BILE officer.
The corporation commission orders
that in future where passengers pay
their fare on railway trains conductors
may collect 25 cents extra, but must
give a redeemable drawback therefor.
Up to this time an extra charge of 10
to 20 cents has been made.
ic 1oi int a6 ha
commission by citizens of the towns of
Reidsville against the Jim Crow
cars on the Southern railway; or rather
against the division of such cars.
The agricultural department is advis-
ed Of two more outbreaks of splenic
fever, one in the herd Of cattle of c.
"A. Dry, at Concord, where four out of
| fifteen have died; the other in w. NJ.
IGarrison's herd at Pineville, Mecklen-
Iburg county, of which six have died.
Il E. D. SandersOn, of the United
Estates agricultural department, has
Iarrived here, to act as state entomolo-
gist. He has been in this line of work
Tin Maryland. The plan is that here he
will cooperate in the work Of the new
lly created crOp-pest commission.
A telegram from New York says that
the six New York, SculptorS who sub
mitted designs for the Vance statue
here had an idea that to one Of them,
6nQ 10 no one else, the design HluSI Ue
given. 1t was also stated that one Of
the monument committee had been to
New York and arranged that only the
| six should compete. This is an error.
/ Mr.. ]. G. Brown, the gentleman in
question, tells me he was given by a
New York firm the names of six ar
fists there. Then Mrs. Vance gave 9TH
er names and so did Mr.. Josephus
Daniels. All the fifteen or twenty were
asked to compete, the competition not
being in any way limited. Granville
Hastings, one of the New Workers,
thanks Mr.. Brown for courtesies in the
matter.
| The first new tobacco of the season
arrived here yesterday.
The penitentiary committee (of the
legislature) which meets here July
24th, will investigate the officials of
| the penitentiary other than superin-
tendent Day. Him they cannot investi-
gate.
J The penitentiary executive board
wins it's case against State Treasurer
Worth. Judge Moore orders the latter
to pay the debt warrants as issued
that is, to July 1St.