The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-03
AYcock STILL ON THE STUMP
His iecent Tour of the East-New Mill
1tary Company THANKSGIVING Day
Messenger Bureau.

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Observances-Public school Census
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., November %.
Governor Aycock returned this after
noon from his tour in the northeastern
counties in the interest OF public edu-
cation. The trip was a successful and
pleasant one and the only thing which
marred it was the sickness of General
Toon, state superintendent of public
instruction. who became sick at Swan
Quarter and got no further. He return
ed here this morning. He has fever
and fears he Will have pneumonia, but
his physician says it has not as yet de-
veloped.
The Gate City Guards. the new mill
tary company at Greensboro, was to-
day equipped and commissions is
sued. Captain Albright is it's COM
mander. The company will be in the
First or Third regiment. Some changes
in the assignment of companies in these
regiments will be made to arrange
them better geographically.
At the Methodist orphanage here
there was served by the ladies a very
attractive Thanksgiving dinner. Bish-
op Hargrove said grace. At the sol
diers' home here there was also a spe-
cial Thanksgiving dinner.
The new dormitory at the soldiers
home is complete, but it will be the
end of December, most probably, before
the heating plant is in place and the
furniture put in. 1t was decided today
to use a hot water instead Of a hot air
heating plant. The former will cos.
$500 or $500 more, but Ii is better, and
besides can heat also the hospital. The
contract for the furniture is made.
Most of it will be made at High Point.
The state superintendent of public
instruction is worried because some OF
h returns as to school children this
year show just the same progress as
last year. Explanations are coming in.
One is from New Hanover. No census
has been taken there since 1895 until
quite recently, and after the report
came in. The officials there desired to
know whether the United States census
or the local census figures must be
used. The law in this state fixes the
school ages at from 6 to q years, while
the United States census takes from 5
to 20. The officials here say there are
many more persons between the ages
of 5 and 6 than between 20 and q. The
last school census of this state gave
the number of children as 669, 1873, while
the United States census makes it 753.-
826. and the officials here cannot under
stand this difference of 1893.
A letter from w. j. Hicks, superin-
tendent of the Oxford o~rphanage says
there were present yesterday 226 or
phans. Tt is a Masonic orphanage, yet
it is open to all orphans and 1t may be
Interesting to state that only a fifth of
the inmates are the children Of Masons.
The state has for a long time given it
so. 900 a year.
The easy defeat of the Davidson col
lege foot ball team by the Agricultural
and Mechanical college at the state fair
grounds here yesterday was quite Il
surprise.
rnn-nA Dnonrr n1fn- E-0a-~o- s. IN
Jail here as the result of a Thanksgiv-
ing afternoon tragedy in East Raleigh,
in the heart of the negro quarter, hav-
ing shot Alonzo Davis. another negro.
Both were drunk, and in the house of
another negro, Bud Sims, who was also
drinking. Rogers says he fired the shot
accidentally.
The attendance at the churches was
very large yesterday. Union services
were held by most of the denomina-
tons.
Perrin Busbee, a son of Charles NJ.
Busbee. who was last spring appointed
secretary to Senator Simmons. declines
and A. D. Watts, of Statesville, is given
the position.
In the state library the portraits of
Henry Wyatt, the first soldier killed in
battle in the civil war. and of Worth
BagIey. the first killed in the war with
Spain. have been hung together.
Rev. c. c. Jones of the Christian con-
ference. preaching at Harrisonburg. Va,
was married near here yesterday even
ing to Miss Cammie Ellington, daugh-
ter of one of the commissioners of this
county, Rev. ]. o. Atkinson, of Elm
college. officiating.
a great many calls are being made
on the state treasurer to register North
Carolina bonds. One New York firm
has during the past few weeks asked
for 1855. 600.