The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

To - Ready for dwelling May Goth.
h - OF Reuben Ross, the Rapfst.
Femate College -Moonshfuers Nov
ing Fest.


Raleigh, ~. G, January %.
Today thezc committee on the yano,
statue received q letter from Arts, FL
hcott. from Washington, saying that
the model Of the statue would not be
ready for inspection until mid Febru-
ary~ The committee will then go ,o
Washington to see IT. There Is no
question CT Its being ready by Nav
10th. the date set Cor the unwilling.
Persons from Pfnehurst state that
Dir. j. ". Tufts new hotel there. the
Carolina, with 400 rooms. will certain
ly be ready for occupancy February
l9th- There are now nearly Loco nor
thern visitors at P~iuehurxr and as
many are at Southern Pines
MT A 1. McCollom. OF the board of
agriculture, personally urged Governor
Russell to send a special commission
to Red Springs. To fully investigate the
evidence for and against Reuben Ross.
the negro under death sentence. Mr.
McCollom said: We are convinced
Ross Is an nnocent man" He saws the
Red Springs and Maxton people are
very angry a OF criticisms By the
Lumberton paper. he declares that he
Is sure IL the governor sends a COM
missioner the latter will be convinced
and so will the governor that Ross Is
not guilty. The governor has not as
yet said he will do Ira his mat
ter.
The Baptists are beginning active
work To raise a debt OF $4,000 upon
their female university here. Twenty
thousand dollars OF this was created n
little prior to the opening. The uni
versity has had a remarkable opening
and progress since.
Revenue officers say the movement
of the moonshiners eastward continues:
that they follow the tobacco men. and
that in a very little while after the
culture OF tobacco begins a distillery
appears.
A. 5. Peace. of Granville. one OF the
populist state committee, says the leg
islature ought to have enacted a law
that no negro could hold office. He
says this would be entirely constitu-
tional. Peace says the populists Sc
cretly believe the legislature VIII in
June repeal the constitutional amend
ment. There was never a greater mis-
take h this. The democrats are In
earnest and there is no sign OF turn
ing back.
Secretary Bruner, OF the agricultural
department, Is preparing the copy for
the February bulletin. which will be
mainly evote to poultry. He says
there is general interest on this sub
ject and a desire for as To
breeds. He has made Investigations
which show that the poultry prodnct IN
this state brought In over 5000. 600 last
year.
Revenue Officer NJ. L. Wood last
night captured a large Illicit distillery
near Gold Rock, Nash county. The
owner got away by rapid running.
The supreme court will on February
5th examine applicants for license as
attorneys. The next a the docket
of appeals from the First district will
be taken up.
The state superintendent OF public IN
struction says, that SO far as he knows
there is only one suit now before n
courts involving the question whether
the f~usionists or the democrats shall
control the public schools. This case
is from Granville. There Is a contempt
case from Sampson, TO be passed on
by the supreme court at its next term
Reports as 10 oats n wheat are
to the effect that some damage was
lone by the extreme cold early this
month, as there was no snow protec-
ton.