The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-14

Railway Brings New Men On for the
S~hops-Board OF Internal Improves
~ments-Large Attendance at Teach.
ers' Assembly Expected-supreme
Court Rules Amended.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, N. c., June 10.
About a dozen Of the new men
brought here by the Seaboard Air Line
to take the striking machinists' places
were put at work today. Eighteen were
brought here. The strikers declare
nore of the men are machinists. They
also say the explosion In the shops
Saturday was of a gun used in blowing
out bolts. which had been left loaded.
n railway people make a widely diff
ferent statement.
The state board Of internal improve
nents, B. w. Ballard and B. c. Beck
with, left today to inspect the Atlantic
n North Carolina railway. Governor
Aycock also went.
Governor Aycock orders a special
term Of Madison superior court, begin
ming July 1St. Judge Moor to preside.
The state charters the Carolina Spoke
and Bending Company, of Greensboro.
j. Elwood Cox and others stockholders.
capital $500 o
1t is expected that the attendance
at the North Carolina Teachers AS
sembly, which begins at Wrightsville
tomorrow. will be larger than in some
years past.
The Raleigh Athletic Association has
relieved Sutch. one Of the pitchers, and
he goes to Alabama His work this
ScdSOH has Decn VdlueleSS.
The state text book commission had
a session this morning.
Editor j. w. Jenkins of The Times
visitor has gone to the southern in
dustrial convention at Philadelphia as
Raleigh's representative.
1t is said that if the scarcity of float
ing labor continues farmers will have
to reduce their crop acreage. They
really plant more cotton than they can
pick.
Miss Laura w Williams of Raleigh
is to be married Wednesday to Mr..
Seymour L. Johnson, formerly of War
saw.
New lodges of Odd Fellows will be
instituted in a few days at Jacksonville
= ! PowelI's Point.
The supreme court decides in a
steamboat case from Beaufort that
this state can tax a prOrata part of the
capital stock of all companies doing
business in several states including this
state, not restricted to the tangible
property here but measured by the pro-
portion of the business done in North
Carolina.
The rules of the supreme court have
been amended by striking out the word
twelfth wherever it occurs and in
sorting the word sixteenth" and also
providing hat the fall term shall begin
the fourth Monday in August, adding
four weeks to the term) so as to con-
form to the new act increasing the num-
Der of superior court districts. Rules
5 and 6 are so amended as to require
that transcripts on appeals shall be
dOcketed seven days before the call of
the district to which they belong, other
wise the appellant will be subject to a
motion to dismiss. Rule IL is amend
ed by requiring a copy of the brief
when printed to be delivered to the OPP
pOsite counsel at least t~wenty-four
hours before the case is called for ar
gument, and copies of transcripts must
be sent each member of the court at
least twenty-four hours before the case
is called for al gument
The agricultural department today
gave out the following: A careful and
observing citizen of the state says:
ut is settled by the medical faculty
that malaria is communicated by mos
quito bites. 1t is reasonably we'll set
tied by experience that if the castor oil
bean is planted LEI ahouse or its leaves
placed in a room that mosquitoes will
disappear. 1t will be a cheap and pro-
badly a pleasant experiment, if those
living in malarial sections will plant
a few castor beans They can be had
of any seed house and are besides a
great improver of the soil. The agri-
cultural department will be glad to
hear reports or results of such expert
mentS.