The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., January Is.

Raleigh, N. g., Zo.
The lower house of the legislature
did an unprecedented thing this morn
ing, by meeting at 1880 o'clock. Satur-
day morning it met at $50 o'clock Mr..
Graham, of Granville desiring early
hours. Then, to get even with Mr.. era
ham, Mr. Rountree, Of New Hanover,
made a motion to meet at 1880 this
morning. Meantime Mr.. Graham had
secured leave of absence until Tuesday
at noon, so the joke was not on him
at all, but on Mr.. Rountree n the
others. The house disposed of a lot of
minor local measures this morning.
The state charters the Enfield Knit
ing mills at Enfield, capital $4,000, r.
]. Corbitt and others stockholders, and
authorizes the Louise cotton mills at
| Charlotte to issue 500, 900 of preferred
stock.
The finishing touches are being given
| the new Willard hosiery mill here. The
| machinery is nearly all installed in an
other new knitting mill here, the Mel
rose.
The Security Life and Annuity in
| urance company, the charter of which
was granted by the legislature Satur-
day, was organized that afternoon at
Greensboro, and began business today.
There will this week be a good deal
Of talk about the soldiers home, as the
Daughters of the Confederacy n the
State Association of Confederate Vet
Grams meet Wednesday to decide what
they shall ask the legislature to do
for it. The home now gets SO. 900 a
year. There are 100 on its roll, and of
these about seventy-five are present.
| There are. always a number absent on
| furlough. There are more in the home
in the winter thap in the summer, as
quite a number stay at their homes
in the summer and do light work. in
gardens, etc.
The superintendent Of the home says
| SIS, 900 a hundred more could be taken,
and hat there are now fifty applica-
tons on file. The cottage system is in
| use. There are twenty-three living
rooms. The buildings are of wood, one
| story in height. Wood fires are in use.
| Most of the inmates are from the coun-
| try and it is said this sort of life is
healthier for them than if they were in
a large steam heated building.
The legislative committees on mill
tary affairs are invited to the Agrf-
cultural and Mechanical college Friday
to see the drill OF the cadet corps and
to make an inspection. There r 250
cadets. There are only 14S rifles and
it is said no more can be obtained from
the government. This is strange, as
the latter has a great stock Of rifles on
hand. The North Carolina congressman
ought to be able to secure the needed
| rifles at once.
But little has been heard lately about
the auditorium for Raleigh. No place
in the state so greatly needs one. The
subscriptions aggregate 81, 900, of
which only a fourth has been paid in.
| Steps are now to be taken to enforce
the collection of all. Many people say
| they never expect to see an auditorium
| here.
Some of the legislators say they will
make the most heroic effort ever made
in this state to tax dogs. Some one has
made the statement that there a-~ -
00o. 900 dogs in h state. Half that fig
| ure is probably nearly correct.
Thus far the legislature has enacted
only mt law. establishing a ~dispensary
There are several dispensary bills be-
for it.
The legislative joint committee. or
p~enitentiary is now at the Roanok
farms, and Will be there several lays
A study is being made of the entire
p~enitentiary system. Later in the ses-
sion a great deal will be heard about
the penitentiary. Some favor the farm
system. while others oppose it There
is as yet no uniication Of ideas OF
i pIans.