The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-08
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS.
Hold n Caucus Next Monday-The
Fertilizer Carload Case-The West
ern Union to Fight the Tax
ment Case TO a Finish Inspection
OF City Water Supplies state Uni
versity summer Term.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, y. C. June s.
The state charters the Charlotte Belt
ing Company. capital SIS. 900; Armistead
IBurweii and others stockholders
The democratic members Of the leg
will meet here in caucus next
Monday, the day before the legislature
begins its adjourned session Senat
Thomas Skinner is chairman OF the
caucus.
A third telephone company is in
a plant here n in very good
style.
Judge Moore Of the superior court
sends TO the clerk OF the court here
his decision. at chambers In the case
Involving the minimum car load OF
commercial fertilizer on the Raleigh
and CASTOR. and Raleigh and Augusta
divisions of the Seaboard Air al
Last summer the corporation commits
sion made ten o the minimum car
load. There divisions appealed 10 the
superior court. The Carolina Central
took the matter 10 the federal court
Judge Moore decides that the order
of the commission is reasonable. The
defendants now appeal from his decls-
ion to the supreme court.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's attorney here says il will hight
to the last the increased assessment
of it's property, and the matter comes
up at New York June 18th, before
Standing Master Shepherd. The COM
PAW contends that the valuation OF list
property is 1-43rd of that of property
of all the railways of 1-43rd of all city
and town property in the state. IL
further asserts that its profits in this
state per mile of wire are only $l.2o.
while the general average in this coun-
try is Sc.
negro murderer in Jail here was told of
the issue of the death warrant. 1t is
said by the officials that while he is
not of strong mind he knows we'll the
difference between right and wrong.
All the negroes want him hanged. To
this there is not one exception. An ef-
fort will be made by his attorney 10
Secure a communication.
Engineer A. w. Shaffer, of the state
bureau of health, will in a few days
begin his biennial inspection of the
water supply of the various cities and
towns. He says there are twenty
which now have such supplies, the
new ones being Tarboro, Washington
and Gastonia. Speaking of Whining
tons water supply he said he thought
it ought to be taken for the northeast
branch of the Cape ear river. in Pen
der county. He regards Wilson as
having the ideal water supply. 1t is
from a swamp full of springs.
At Trinity college, Durham, today
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, Of New
York, preached the commencement
sermon; Hon.. John Temple Graves, of
Atlanta, made the annual address
and w. C. Bradshaw, of High Point.
the alumni address.
Rev. DR.. Edwin NJ. Poteat, of Phila-
delphia, delivered The literary address
at the Baptist female university COM
mencement here today.
June 18th the university will begin
the first complete summer school in
it's history, and all its 142 courses of
instruction will be open for twelve
weeks. The usual summer school
for teachers will be conducted four
weeks, beginning June 18th. Nc less
than IS students have been able to
support themselves during the session.
In debate the university, has taken
high rank defeating Vanderbilt and
the University of Georgia. In ath-
tletics it has won many victories.
Professor w. F. Massey left today
to speak at the closing exercises of
LELAND academy, Brunswick county.