The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-16
THE pENrTENTIARY BOARD
Again I'm Session Yesterday-Awkward
Position OF the Democratic Members.
Total OF Deaths at state Normal
Sch0o1-
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh N. c., January IL.

Raleigh. n. C.. January IL.
The grand lodge OF Masons Is very
DESTROYS that a temple should De built
here It VIII co-opemte with local
hodges TO C one. A noble building
Is desired. worthy IN al respects OF the
order and the state.
Special Master (. ). Martin today
resumed the hearing % the matter OK
fertilizer freight rates on the Carolina
Central railway. whsrh n Seaboard
Air Lane is a-ntagonizing 50 vigorously
through a new York lady who OWES
stock IN the Carolina Central railway.
John h Sharp Usasurer OF the
board Air Line. a the chief witness
today.
The p~enitensiary board was again IN
session to-day The position OF the lem
ocTatic Of the board - now,
as IL always a been, awkward When
the board Is not in SESSION the power Il
superintendent Day IL absolute A d.
rector said today the general public did
not know b extent OF The fec OF the
supreme courts decision IN Days favor
and OF the act O 1897. He adted that
some people had more influence than
the directors in shaping affairs. as a
look at the reports would show. It
was intIrrated that the $50 900 advanced
by the state last year might be repaid,
SO as TO wipe out all old debts and then
the s55.o0o appropriated for 1900 d
drawn Il needed That 5. OF course.
about is broad as Ii is aong. Il IS
further said that contracts made
abou 400 corvfcts wifi be employed ON
railway and other contract work this
year. unless there Is a sudden reversal
OF the policy OF giving UP leased farms.
The fact appears To be that the posi-
tom nf diraNfnT- OF rhss rmenfs1rf "A ~
under the act or 1893 Is not a happy one.
As a director said 1T IL an awful I'M
pleasant one"
The legislature failed to make any
appropriation for the maintenance OF
the criminal insane in the penltentlary.
The asylum directors nave tn care for
them DR.. James McKer, OF the asy-
lum board, says all the p~enltentiary
furnishes. Is heat, light. water and air
and not very good air. as the building
Is not properly ventilated. Laxf year
State Treasurer Worth advanced the
$1,000 necessary for their maintenance.
and this yea via do the same thing.
The treasurer remarked: 1T win not
do to let Them suffer-"
The state superintendent OF public
instruction no letters to the mayors
of b various towns, making fnquIr-
les as to whether there were public
schools. any special tax, or any desire
to establish public schools. The mayor
Of Halifax writes a queer answer. He
says his town has 500 population, no
special tax for schools, and has never
contemplated establishing public schools
In conclusion he writes: This town
is finished"
Among the arr rails are: c. W. Bid
good, Wilmington; John H. Cook, Max
ton: Mike Fob, Fayetteville: B. H.
Bum, Nashville: T. J. Jarvis, Green
Vile; Donneil Gillian. Tarboro.
All of the sick students in the hospi-
tad Of the State Normal an Industrial
college at Greensboro have been sent
home. Chairman G. II. Mebane, of the
directors, tells me the total number OF
deaths in the hospital and at home was
fourteen. He went to Greensboro to-
day to preside at the directors meeting
tonight.
The Wake county alumni of the State
university meet here tomorrow To con-
slider the matter of aiding in the publ
cation of a complete catalogue of all
alumni.
Mr.. Ashley Horne tells me he viii
not be a candidate for the democratic
nominee for state treasurer.