The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
A VISIT FROM PRESIDENT ELIOT
This Noted Educator to Spend a Day
in Raleigh in February-Rapid
Growth of Odd Fellows Mecklen-
burg Settles it's State Taxes-An
Important School Question De-
cided. -
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., January 16.

Raleigh, N. c., January 16.
President Eliot. of Harvard UNIVERSE
ty. accepts an invitation from President
c.. T. Winston. of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college. here, to visit the
latter and will do so April Sth. He will
be here a day and night and will prob
ably deliver an address in the Raney
library that evening. A reception will
be given him there so he can meet the
citizens of Raleigh and educators from
various parts of the state, who will, no
doubt. be present. He is easily the first
educator in America. and is one of the
greatest living Americans. His visit to
Raleigh will be an event in its educa-
tional history.
The state charters the Bynum Com
pany, of Chatham county, capital $780,
900. and the Warren Land Company, of
Durham. capital $40, 200.
Grand secretary 3. H. Woodell says
the growth of the Odd Fellows in North
Carolina is phenomenal. There are now
5000 members, a gain Of 100 per cent in
the past three years. The receipts for
the year will very closely approximate
Sill 300.
Mecklenburg county today paid it's
taxes to the state treasurer, aggregat-
ing SGT. 929, a gain of $4,4S2 over last
year. 1t is the first of the large coun-
ties to make settlement.
A question has come up for discussion
by the state superintendent of public in
struction. and it affects the whole state.
In Pennsylvania the school board order
cd that the public schools should open
on a particular dav and hat the term
should be a continuous one. A teacher
in one school stopped the exercises for
three weeks in order that the pupils
might pull fodder. The county superin-
tendent declined to pay him for the
three weeks he taught after the time
officially fixed for the ending of the
term. The board sustained him. Now
the state superintendent sustains the
hoard. and says terms must positively
be continuous unless there is some cpl
demic which makes it necessary to sus-
pend the exercises.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested here as to whether Raleigh will
have a professional base ball team this
year. 1t will be in a league if one is
formed.
The grand lodge of Masons adjourned
this afternoon. The new grand officers
were installed.
Grand Master of Masons Clark au-
pointed the following officers: Chap
loin A. A. MARSHALL: lecturer. T.. W.
Hatcher: senior deacon. T. J. Reed;
HS&SOAAs ~. - lL4o loIlC4l,
E. F. Lamb: sword bearer, L. NJ. Win
chester: pursuivant. F.. w. OHanlon;
stewards. W. B.. McKoY and j. q. Sun
der: tiler and librarian. Robert II. Brad
ley. The officers were installed by Past
Grand Master Richard J.. Noble. S. l..
Parks, acting as marshal. A past grand
masters jewel was presented Is. S. Roy
ster by S. w. Minor. Thomas u. Wo-
mack. P. NJ. Pearsall and A. p. An
drews. Jr., were appointed 10 codify tho
grand masters decisions
The people here are called on to raise
$4,000 in order to secure the reopenins
Of two tobacco warehouses. A leading
cotton dealer says the cotton market
here is pretty nearly gone n that the
re-establishment of a tobacco market is
more a necessity for the business
life of the place.
The working force which will be here
February 10-15. with the good roads"
train will build q street from the CAPT.
tol square to the Rex hospital and also
build an approach to h insane ASYLUM
grounds.
Your correspondent has procured from
Pinehurst thirty-six young long-leaf
pines which are to be set out In the
capitol square. the grounds of the gov
errors mansion. and Pullen park. There
has long been a desire to hav these
trees growing here
Twenty-Five ~convicts were sent to the
roads here today. as a result OF the
term OF the superior court The road
force is now larger than ever before.