The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
THE SOLDIERS. HOME BILL
House Committee Decided to Report
Favorable Furches and Douglass,
Answer CompIete-The Penitentiary
Board.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. c.. March 5.

Raleigh. n. c.. March 5.
The Committee on soldiers
home this morning considered the SEN
ate bill appropriating $4,000 annually
for maintenance and 5000 this year
for a new dormitory and for repairs
and improvements Of the other build
ings. and decided to report the bill ia
orably The fact developed that since
the home was opened as a state insti-
tuition in 1881 no report had ever been
made to the state. The committee add
ed a prvision to the bill recurring an
nual reports to the governor and also
an annual meeting OF the directors, il
being discovered that the latter has
never. in the ten years. held more than
one meeting. and that the lady man
ayers nave v met. The govern
ment of the home will be under an en-
tirely new system.
The answer OF Judges Furches and
Douglas to the charges contained in
the articles of Impeachment was COM
pleted today, n is over fifty typewrit-
ten pages. The attorneys 70, the de-
fence say it is a complete answer to all
the charges contained in the articles.
Andy Winecoff. colored. VINO since
1870 has been in the penitentiary here,
was discharged today. his time having
expired. He was one Of the once noted
Henry Berry Lowery gang OF uespera-
does in Robson county. He is now
about SO years old. He did not care to
leave the prison. He has been a good
prisoner and very useful.
Senator Travis, who is chairman of
the penitentiary executive board,
which today expired by limitation.
says the sixty conyicts o. the Ans
farm near Wadesboro. have been most
all removed to the farms on the Roam
ok river, leaving only ten, who will
cultivate about 100 acres. The Arson
farm is practically abandoned.> Travis
says 1t has never paid. The lease does
not expire until 1906. but he says an
arrangement has been made with the
owner by which. after this year, part
of the rental will be RENTED. Some of
the conVicts are transferred to the
Caledonia farm. which the state owns.
and some to the Tillery farm, which it
leases. The legislature not having
passed the bill placing the penitentiary
under new management. the present
officials will AVE to hold over for a
day or two.
A bill was favorably reported to the
legislature repeating the act giving to
the graduates of the state normal n
industrial college. the Asheville college
and the CulloWhee school exemption
from examination as teachers.
Yesterday afternoon. while a number
of the chiefs of fire departments were
here at the invitation of Senator James
D.. Mcneil, the president Of the State
Firemen's Association. a test of the
fire department was made. While this
was in progress a real alarm was turn
ed in and they had the pleasure OF see
ing some practical work. They were
taken to the fire on the hose wagons.
Arrivals: T.. w. Dewey, J. A. Bryan.
r.. A. Num-, j. D. Mclver. New Bern;
E. G.. Parmele, Wiln1ngton; George
H. BelIamy. Brunswick county; w. J..
Bethany, Wilmington. w. H McLau-
rim, Rod. MacRae. John F. McNair.
L~aurinburg; P. D. Gold. Wilson; r. 3.
PEBBLES, Jackson; Thomas NJ Rose,
Hamlet; .. X. Nimocks. Fayetteville;
Thomas II. Battle, Rocky Mourt
Dan. Hugh Mclean. oc Harnett, is to
be secretary-treasurer Of the North
Carolina railway. He has knowTs this
several months.
During February the lowest ten1pera-
tuTe here was 13 degrees; the highest
72. The mean ture for the
month was 80 degrees. which is 4 be-
low the February average The rain
fall was only 1.48 inches. willie the av-
erage is 40. h snowfall was %
inches