The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-12
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., June s.

People have little idea how great the
exodus of negroes from North Caro-
lima is. For example, about a dozen
leave this section daily, and other
places show, perhaps. a like proper
ton. The negroes are going north. as
house-servants mainly. and many of
them are of the better class. Ii is
learned from railway people that this
movement goes on without cessation.
Eleven ear ago a law was passed
TO stop this movement, but in 1899 It
was repealed. Now there is a tax on
emigration agents, but It does not
check his latter-day exodus.
Many persons are talking about the
possibility of a vacancy in the presi-
dency Of the State University, and are
asking whether Governor AEcOck j. Y.
Joyner or Charles D. McIver would in
such an event. be elected to fill it.
In the federal court here judgment
of c~onf1scatiOn was obtained against Z.
a. Lackey's distillery and 95 barrels of
Whiskey. and he was taxed with costs
amounting to nearly 81, 100. Today an
appeal was taken to the United States
circuit court of appeals.
At the Soldiers Home some improve
ments are being made. The dining
NONAA' AA4Ni ~ SOil 90. - cS4llS Gil
larged in order to seat 40 more of the
inmates.
The rains continue but are all local.
There is some complaint of too much
rain for bottom lands, but in general
they are very beneficial.
The North Carolina LIQUOR Dealers
Association will meet III nnual ses-
sion mere Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday of this week. E. A. Lackey,
Of Hamlet. is it's president. and John
I. Smith, of Raleigh. it's secretary. In
an interview with Secretary Smith to-
day 1t was learned that the member
snip OF the association nov consists of
five hundred and fifty-four retail deal
ers.. about six hundred and forty-eight
distillerS and twelve wine makers. One
of the matters which will receive the
most careful consideration will be the
effect OF he Watts Liquor law. which
goes into effect July 1st. All that mat
ter will be minutely discussed. Moth
ing gives the liquor men so much con-
Germ as this measure. The efforts of
the State Anti-Saloon League to still
further curtail the the manufacture
and sale of liquor will also come in for
a large share of attention. The league
is doing a very lard work. as the liquor
dealers association very we'll knows.
The sessions of The Liquor Dealers
Association are not open to the public.
Governor Aycock left today for Due
West, South Carolina to deliver the
annual address before the graduating
class at ErSkine College.
Miss Alice Aycock, the eldest daugh-
ter of the governor, is o at Wilson,
at the home of her uncle. and it is I'M
derstood will next Monday be operated
upOn for an'1endicitiS.
1t is SAID that less cotton is now
held here than at any time in many
years. The receipts of cotton from the
first of last September to date are IA
915 bales, against 1883 during the
previous season. Once Raleigh vas n
of the largest, if not the largest. inland
cotton markets, as during the season
of 1851 no less than 6,72S bales were
received here. nearly all by wagon.
Attorney General Gilmer was here to-
day, on his way from his home at
Waynesville to Charlotte. where he will
appear in the federal court in a case
against John w. Simpson, who last
year was a registrar of election in Ruth
erford county. Simpson is indicated for
refusal to allow a negro preacher to
vote. The preached spelled '.divided'
'devided." Attorney General Gilmer
says chat Simpson has made a very
complete statement IN defense to the
effect that he had made a fixed rule in
regard to the requirements for those
who applied to register under the edu-
Cational Qualification, and that the gen
eral character of the writing and the
reading of the man thus refused regis
tratlOn was not U to the standard.
solomon Gallert. of Rutherford county.
appears as local counsel for Simpson.
The North Carolina GrOcers Associa-
ton met here in annual session this
evening.
A charter is granted to the Stone and
Barr.nger Company of Charlotte, to
deal in books. stationery, etc. capital
$4,000: Charles s. Stone. OSmOnd Bar
ringer and others being stockholders.
The supreme court justices hope to
be able to adjourn Thursday of this
week. Opinions in two or three impOr-
tant cases are yet to be filed, notably
in the Wilcox case.
State Auditor Dixon who is in charge
Of the collection of material for a cor
rect roster of North Carolina troops in
the Cnfedeate service. says he is meet
ing with great success in occurring in
formation for this purpose. Auditor
Dixon Will go to Washington City next
week. at which time he and Governor
Chandler of Georgia Will meet General
AineswOrth of the war department in
regard to the publication of the rosters
of Confederate troops. Auditor Dixon
today received a letter from Genera
AaineSwOrth, in which the latter eX-
pressed his pleasure at the fact hat
the Auditor and Governor Gambler
Woul be in Washington in a few days
to have a conference with him relative
TO the roster. Auditor DiXOn thinks
that another valuable publication by
the war department would be a roster
OF soldiers buried in Confederate Gene
terieS. OF course there is already such
a list of those buried in National ceme-
terieS.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Patterson is very busy letting contracts
for the completion Of the Pullen Me-
mortal building at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College here. He is also
letting the contract for completing
Watauga Hall there, but on this very
little work remain to be done. The
students OF the college did some work
on Watauga Hall. but non on the Pull
len building. There has been a great
deal of annoying delay in completing
the latter building. which should have
been ready for use very early IN the
spring.
Asa result Of the term Of the federal
court here which ended Saturday. only
two ~convicts We're sent to the peniten-