The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30
Messenger Bureau.

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The state today chartered the No
komis cotton spinning and weaving
mill at Lexington, capital 800, 900, J..
D. Grimes, CT. W. Mountcastie and
Others owners. It is the fifth mill
chartered this month, the others being
the Lafayette knitting at Fayetteville,
the Twin City knitting at Winston;
the Cora, in CASTOR county, and the
lScott-Mebane at Graham. There is a
STEADY increase of the plants at the
various old mills. The Caraleigh here
is putting in "A looms and 1000 spindles.
The state treasurer is notified that
the Piedmount savings bank will be-
igin business at Winston February 1st,
IT. j.. Brown is president and l.. w. Pc
gram cashier.
A charter is granted the l.. B. Alex
Iander, Jr., Company, of Charlotte,
which will max and sell electrical ma
Ichinery and appliances. The capital
stock is So, 900.
Last evening the faculty of the Bap-
ltist female university here gave a bril-
liant entertainment at the institution
for the blind, in compliment to the
teachers and pupils of the latter. The
large auditorium, which is IIe DesI al
this city, was well filled.
George l.. Morton, commanding the
North Carolina naval reserves, is here.
This will be quite an active rear for the
reserves and there will probably be
two cruises during the year, so as to
give all the divisions an opportunity.
Money is the thing urgently needed.
The men ought to be paid and rationed.
Then they could be ordered out and not
Invited.
One hundred natural history spec
linens have been sent from the state
museum to Paris. These represent q
species of ducks, and five of geese, be-
sides a carefully selected lot of game
birds, including a notably fine bevy Of
quail feeding.
Many of the friends of Charles B.. Ay-
icock have always thought he would
have a walk over, so far as the demo-
lcratic nomination for governor, but
lit was said today there would be sharp
Opposition from the west. There are
three other candidates, Cunningham,
Justice and Davidson.
Vice president st. John, of the Sea
board Air Lin stopped here for a few
minutes On his return from an 1nspec-
ltion of the bridges n other work on
THE Columbia-Cheraw Division. He is
pleased with the progress of the work.
IA very large force is employed.
A populist eX-member of the legiS-
IIature who has always been a repub-
llican annex man, says this year the
lpopulists will name the men on the
fusion state ticket and let the republic
cans vote for them. This is a very
shallow p%retence. The republicans are
really dominating the whole matter
and direct all the populist movements.
The socalled populist leaders are such
in name only. They are merely repub-
Ilican puppets.
At Goldsboro the jury found Thomas
Smith, colored, guilty of numbering a
Iyoung white man, Charles hawthorn,
i'm Johnston county during the Christ
mas holidays, 1898. Smith was in jail
here some months for safe keeping. He
Twill be hanged next month.
The executive committee of the
North Carolina teachers assembly
Twas i'm session here until 2 o'clock this
morning. 1t decides that the annual
meeting of the assembly shall again
he held at Morehead City, June II. w.
n. Whitsett resigned as secretary and
IC. H. Mebane, state superintendent
Iof public instruction, was elected his
successor. Professor Whitsett was
thanked for his admirable work for
the assembly.
Judge Purnell files an opinion in the
bankruptcy case of Scott & Gresham
and Scott & Co., the same firm) gem
Ieral merchants at Rose Hill, Wallace
land Warsaw. He allows the receiver
Iactual expenses, clerk hire, etc. The
receiver gets an allowance of $3.50 a
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