The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The D~edicatory Services to be Held
INSTRUMENTATION Wedding An
nounced-Political Notes-Needs of
the State Normal School-Raleigh's
New Newspaper.
Messenger Bureau.


Raleigh, N. c., September Is.
The local event here tomorrow is the
dedication of the new First Presbyte-
rian church. The cost of the building
is s2S, 900. It's seating capacity is 1,000.
Rev. DR.. Walter G. Moore, of the Union
Theological seminary, Richmond, will
preach the sermon of dedication at the
DR.. William Nj. McPheeters, of Column
bia, preached, and this evening Rev.
DR.. John S. Watkins, of Spartanburg.
DR.. Della Dixon, sister of Rev.
Thomas Dixon, so we'll known as a
Baptist minister in New York, is to
be married here in the near future to
DR.. Norwood Carroll, son of ex-United
States Marshal o. J.. Carroll. DR..
Dixon is physician to the Baptist fe-
male university here. DIR. Carroll is a
we'll known young dentist.
The republicans of the Second dis
trict at Weldon yesterday nominated
for congress Joseph j. Martin, post
master at Tarboro. DIR. d. H. Abbott.
republican chairman of the First dis
trict, speaking this morning about Mar
tins nomination, sal the negro Con-
&c Io Jul I'D
nipulated it. He added that there was
not the ghost Of a chance for the cleo
ton of anybody but a democrat from
the Second district, and that he would
take n odds against it
One building at the Methodist or
phanage here is almost ready for use.
Another is under way. Rev. DR.. Ivey. of
| The Christian Advocate, says both will
be ready January LIST, n that fifty
orphans will then be received. At the
session of the North Carolina Metho-
dist Episcopal conference in December
there will be a great "orphanage raj
ly,' at which it is proposed to raise a
large sum for it.
Manete Lodge of Odd Fellows here
this week made a liberal gift to the
ethodis O~rphanage and also to the
Roman Catholic orphanage. The Off
Gals in charge of the latter write a
very grateful letter. The Catholic or
phanage does not confine it's good work
to Catholics aolne, but shelters Protest
ants also.
President c. d. McIver, of the State
Normal and Industrial college, is here.
It opens October 4th. 1t changes as to
it's dormitories from the double bed to
the single bed system, and hence can
not accommodate as many students
as heretofore. 1t will, however, lease
quarters for students 1t greatly needs
dorm1tory room. DR.. McIver says there
are in this state 1000 more I'M
educated white women than white men.
He declares that the women ought to
be given a better opportunity. Tht mat
ter will be probably pressed bcr0re the
legislature.
Secretary T.. K. Bruner. Of the ag-
ricultural department., has gone to
Yancey county after choice apples
which he will pack carefully and send
to Washington to be forwarded to
Paris, for disrlay al the exposition.
AS stated, n penitentiary will next
Monday take ~convicts from railway
work and send them to the state farms
on the Roanoke, to pick cotton. Pres
ident H. c. Bridgers, of Tarboro, who
is building a thirty-mile road eastward
from that town, is here to urge the
p~enitentiary authorities not to take
away his 100 convicts.
The state board of public school ex-
aminers today issued life certifcat ties to
ten teachers, among them Miss Mabel
McCulloch. of Clinton.
John Wilbur Jenkins, of Charlotte.
has bought the afternoon paper here
The Times-Visitor, and will change its
name to The Raleigh Times. II will
be made an eight-page paper. He mas
bought a complete new equipment 70
it and leased a building.
Raleigh's contributions 70 the Gal
weston sufferers We're this morning
IIIOIe lHdn SSDu.
The grand lodge of Nasons has
chartered the following lodges: Luke
Mclaughlin. at Ahoskie: Unaka, at
Unaka: Scotland, at Gibson; Roberdel,
at Roberdel; Cherryville, at Cherry
vile.
The conference Of the democratic
nominees for congress and electors.
held last night with Chairman Sim
mons, lasted until very late. II was
decided a there should be appoint
ed a sub-elector in zach county. All
are urged to work like beavers in the
national election. h state chairman
will print and send OFT all the congress
sional tickets. The republican candi-
dates for and electors are to
be challenged to meet their democratic
competitors.
The report on North Cardinals ell
mate during August was made public
today. The mean temperature for the
state was So.2, which is AZ degrees
above normal. The highest monthly
mean was IS, at Washington and
Southern Pines: the lowest was 81, at
Linyille. The highest absolute tenn
perature was log, at Southern Pines.
The lowest IS at Linville. giving a
range OF IS degrees for the state
The mean temperature was the
highest since August. 1872. The aver
age rainfall was 3 inches; 2 below the
normal. The least rainfall was y an
inch. at Biltmore. August In 1881 and
1856 was drier-