The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-06
Messenger Bureaus.



The fiscal year of the North Carolina
lBaptists ended las Saturday night and
they are more than gratifed to know
THAT their collections are % per cent
han ever before They raised
flor state missions $ss.ooo. as against
Isa. 900 last year. Other sums raised are
lare as follows: American missions s.
loco. foreign missions sIo.ooo. education
is. 900. mountain schools s1l. eoo. orphan
lage SO. 600.
The news that the state superinten-
dent OF public instruction has pneuno-
luia gives his friends much concern
| Contributions are being asked for n
humber Of the students who lost al
their property in the fire 1T the Agri-
l~culturaI and Mechanical college here
FRIDAY night. Yesterday SIS was rails
ed for them in Raleigh. The trustees
meet tomorrow TO make arrangements
for building a dormitory and also a
mess hall. It is thought better 20 have
these buildings separate instead OF COM
Iposite as heretofore The cadets yes
Iterday began TO take their meals IN a
basement room. years ago used as a
nan. pat ACNNAsf
textile machinery.
The need for rain Is grave All the
lf~all-sown crops are in urgent need or IL.
/ good deal OF clover has died. For
lover two months there has been almost
mo rain.
The newly built Raleigh hosiery mill
lis now employing 200 persons has
doubled Its capacity.
The rural free delivery mall carriers
Imade their November reports today
THESE show the great increase IN the
use of the mails which this very pcpu
liar system brings about One carrier
reports that he handled 5.09S pieces OF
mail. of which 1850 were newspapers.
This is as against 2,73S during August.
1880. the first month OF the service.
Then only 800 newspapers were
The secretary OF the corporation COM
mission is arranging TO publish the rail-
lway map Of the state for 1902. 1t viii
appear in January or early in Febru-
airy. He has already filed 1000 letters
asking for 1t. There are 1900 OF the
maps printed, the cost being $500 and
they are given away. General Robert
f. Hoke says of this excellent map that
lit has done more good for the state thar
any other publication 1t has made.
The republicans here who hold reder-
jal Offices appear to be rather amused
at the notice that they must get of OF
political committees. They say they
seen the same order before. Ons
Iof them. District Attorney Bernard, has
resigned from the state COMMITTEES.
however.
The secretary of state is notified that
at a meeting held at Danvilie the stock
holders of the J~onesboro cotton mill
lchanGed it's name to the Eugenia Man
Iufacturing Company. David Clark, son
of Judge Walter Clark. of the supreme
court, is the president.
A charter is granted the Farina
Towering Mill Company, at Raleigh.
capital $50. 600. Wallace de Rundeau end
Others stockholders.
Governor Aycock is powerfully urged
not to pardon j. b. Price. a man who
Twas convicted at a recent term OF court
at New Bern, Of false ~pretence. Formal
protest against pardon is filed. A long
list of crimes is alleged to be 1t Prices
Idoor.
The board OF agriculture meets tomor-
row and will see what can be lone IN
1.-THE way of providing buildings at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
Wednesday he regular session win be
held.
The notable revival meeting of a
fortnight's length. held by Rev. II. @.
Pearson in the First Presbyterian
Ichurch, ended last night. The numbe-
Iof conversions was not so large as at
his meeting in 1889.
John Justice. an inmate of the SOL
diers' home here left it Saturday to 20
in the country to see relatives and when
near his destination had a stroke OF
paralysis and died in the road. Some
negroes found him and carried him to
the house. a casket for his burial wa
sent from the home yesterday after
moon Justice was In COMPANY c.
Forty-seventh North Carolina regf-
ment.
The condition OF Miss Lena Lee, who
was thrown from a horse Thankagfv-
ing day here is very serious.
The annual meeting of the trustees
Iof the Methodist orphanage will be held
lat Fayetteville during the meeting of
the conference there. The cash coiIec-
lions thus far for the o~rphanage are
$4,000: from A. F. Page half of the
academy OF music here, IN lieu Of s., 800:
from sons of A. F. Page $4,000: sub
Iscriptions 80. 1000; and besides this thir-
lty individuals and Sunday schools
lpledge themselves to pay $50 a year to
maintain an orphan. this being equiv
TALENT to a $50. 900 endowment.
The county Of Lincoln fs the hrst to
tsettle state taxes for 1901, Johnston
county being second.