The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-01
new FEATURE AT STATE FAIR
To be a Fine Bench Show-Raiiway
Stockholders Meeting Postponed.
Orders to Confederate veterans
North Carolina at the Paris EXPOSE
tion-Charity Rewarded.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c., April %.

Ralelgn, ~. - ApEn - 1
Today there were to nave been meet
ings here OF the stockholders Of the
Raleigh and CASTOR n the Raleigh
and Augusta Air Line divisions OF the
Seaboard Air Line. There were no
meetings. however. John NJ. Sher-
wood. the secretary, came here to ad-
journ them. Attorney Grover, of Nor
folk. who represents Thomas w Ryan,
also came. Some of the newspapers
have stated tna Ryan had withdrawn
all his suits against the Seaboard Air
Line. Grover says this is inaccurate;
that. as a matter of fact, he has only
withdrawn his appeal from the decision
of Judge Purnell which was rendered
here.
Secretary T. X. Bruner, Of the agri-
cultural department, is now in Paris.
looking after the installation OF the
North Carolina exhibit, which Is In
all respects the finest made by any
state save California. The latter is al
ways pre-eminent at all expositions.
The rains continue. The farmers are
very blue. 1t is stated that less plow-
ing has been done than the oldest in
habitants can recall. up to this date.
There is TO be a bench show OF logs
at the state fair here in October. Geo.
| T. Leach has been to i Point, 10
| interest the owners of the kennels in
| h section in the show. He says there
| are four noted kennelS-thoSe OF George
| Gould. MacKay (of the Atlantic cabie),
Brokaw and Pierre Lorillard, all OF
New York. Brokaw has lost many dogs
by distemper this year., and Mackay
| has lost thirteen. Gould make a Spe-
cialty of pointers. He and the others
have the exclusive privilege of shoot
ing over vast areas Of lands, paying
the state n county for long
terms Of years. Gould has in this way
l., 900 acres, Mackay $4,000, Lorillard
1000, Brokaw 1000. n last has In ms
kennels Joe Cummings, a pointer, FOL
which he paid 81, 100. All these kennels
will be we'll represented at the bench
show. Gould has some magnlhcenl
wolf hounds.
Grippe is reported to be widely prev
alent in the Piedmont section Ii
many cases entire families have 1t.
Julian s. Carr, commanding the con-
federate veterans in this state, ha:
issued the orders in regard to the re
union at Louisville. He is also Ver1
| DESTROYS thai there shall be a good at
tendance at Winchester June 9th, a
the unwilling of the monument to tn
confederate dead in the cemetery Their
Each year the first roses to bloom
here are in front of the supreme cour
building, and this morning they mad
their appearances; about two week
later han last year.
:, In the palace of agriculture at tn
Paris exposition the finest of all tn
: pictures is one representing a seen
on Valley river, in western North Car
DINA. Secretary Bruner and MI
Green, now with the Southern railway
but formerly curator of the state mu
, scum, were present when the picture
: which is ar, eXquisitely colored photo
graph 4 by ) feet, by Hillyer, wa
' being put up. 1t vas being labeled a
a view in California. They proteste
and had it credited properly to Mort
Carolina.
The social event here today was tn
marriage at Christ church this ever
ing of Miss Windham Trapier an
Samuel A. Ashe, Jr., son OF Captal
n s.. A. Ashe.
: At Durham this evening Miss Lal
Ruth Carr. daughter of Colonel julia
f s. Carr, W. married to Mr.. Patton,
e Philadeiphi7. Many entertainment
were given early in the week to con
e pliment to the charming bride-elect.
o A man he~e named Dan Harris n;
n been left $4,000 by the will of a Swet
named larsen. who died last week
New Nexi.o. Hansen was here S
k years GO. .oor and sick. Harris b
a friended him. Hansen went to Ne
]. | Mexico for his health. Last year {
uncle ir Gw den died and left him S3'
It O0O. 1t is part of this money that Ha
= ris gets.