The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
BUILDING
What Is Being Done In Ibis Line I'm the
state The Gold Brick Case Letter
From Lieutenant wooten
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, y. c., October Il.
There is considerable railway con-
struction in the state. Among the
lines may be mentioned the Appalachia
short line ten miles in operation, three
miles under construction; the Atlanta,
Knoxville and Northern, ten miles
branch 10 Appalachia, nearly complet-
ed. The Carolina and Northwestern.
long the Chester and Lenoir narrow
gauge. is being made standard-gauge
100 mile. Chester to Lenoir. About ten
miles Of the Charlotte, Monroe and
Columbia is completed; his to be a
branch or connecting link of h Sea
board Air Line. The East Tennessee
and western North Carolina has COM
pleted twelve miles of its extension
from Montezuma via Morganton TO
Lincolnton. siXty-five miles. Eight
miles Of thirty-three of the Fayetteville
and AlDemarle is graded from Southern
Pines eastward. OF the Moore county
and western twenty miles is complet-
ed. The Norfolk and Western is build
ing three branches into this state; n
into Ashe county and two into Allie
ghany; TWO to reach iron ore beds, and
one TO reach factories. The Beaufort
county Lumber Company is building a
twenty-five mile line from Granville TO
Vanceboro. Coco progres is Elm
made in the survey of the ninety-mile
o from Winston to W~adesboro.
Attorney General Gilmer says the
notable case against the three gold
brick" swindlers. now in Greensboro
Jail. will be argued in the supreme
court next Tuesday, The case is Of
special interest, as it is the first of it's
kind in this state. The evidence is con-
elusive. a Chicago lawyer will appear
for the ~swindlers. These are the men
who tried to victionize Paul Garrett. of
Weldon. who SO admirably trapped
them.
The contract for the s25. 900 main
building at the Methodist orphanage
here. is to be 500 awarded, but the
work will hardly begin before next
spring. 1t had been the hope to have
work begin in September.
The department of public instruction
today received n accepted an appli-
cation for a free library for a public
school on Ocracoke island.
A letter today from Lieutenant Brad
ley, j. Wootten. of the Seventh Caval-
ry. stationed at Havana, says Captain
Gresham. his troop commander, leaves
in a few days for Washington and
thence goes to the Sixth cavalry at Ma.
hAAiSN' 60 AiiNJoi. oDlltT1
Is now commanding the troop. Major
Gresham was for two years military in
structor at the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college here and in 1898 in
mustered in the volunteers of the First
and Second North Carolina regiments
at Camp Russell here.
The adjutant general today sent out.
the last of the warrants in full settle
ment of the claims for expenses incurr-
ed in the mobilization nf tho I-nl1,ntaars
here in 1898.
The mourning for President Mckinley
remains on the government building
here until October 18th. a month after
burial at Canton The flag will re-
main at half-staff until the same date.
All other morning has been removed.
he state charters the Martin Coun-
ty Telephone Company, Of Winston.
capital $25, 900.
Half a dozen ostriches arrived today
for the state fair. One is "Oliver W."
a noted ''trotter."