The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-13
Messenger Bureau.
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Today Messrs. PenI-r AID WaIcott.
Of Norfolk called on Governor Aycock
ana Senator Simmons as q special com
m-ttee and lvited them TO b present
at Il ceremonies preliminary 70 the
great celebration Of the first settlement
q Virginia and jamestown. II is PROF.
5able that both these gentlemen viii at
tend, and also that Senator Overman,
whom thes= gentlemen have invited will
also be present.
The supreme court IS this week hear
ing argument on appeals from the
Sixth district, composed Of Wake, John
ston. Htrn-tt md Wayne. The docke.
is ! light one.
Mention was recently made that three
of the stately oaks on the north side Of
the capitol square had died. Today the
trees were cut down by Il gang of con-
victs from the p~-uiteutiary. The re-
movaI OF the trees makes an ugly gap
il the square. Later IN the year a num-
Der Of trees are 10 be planted, under the
direction OF Gerald Mccarthy of the
agricultural department.
State Superintendent Joyner is in
form that at ~OrmondsviIIe, Greene
cOunty. three school districts have been
consolidated and that the citizens have
subscribed sufficient money TO carry on
Il school nine months in a year The
school wiz b in Ormondsville and will
hdV" .thEee teacher
Last week the state auditor requested
tn va -TtTTG COMMITTEES 70 RETURN van=i2D
warrants in cases where pensioners had
died AID where the warrants, were, for
any reason uncaIled for. These war
rants are now coming in and today
GiuIfOrd and Wayne each sent in nine
OF them.
The second week of the Haywood
murder trial began today. Haywood
seemed unusually bright and cheerful.
There are all sorts of opinions as to
what the verdict will be. The jury can
! return any one OF four verdicts, namely
murder in the first degree, murder in
the second degree, manslaughter, and
not guilty.
The state is making a very fine finan-
ciaI showing The bond issue of $780,
600 paid the money borrowed from a
New York bank 100000, and also paid
a lot of other special debts, but the leg
iSlature required the state to pay out OF
it's current revenues. between $60,0O0 n
SO. 900 of debts not covered by the bond
issue. These debts nave now all been
paid. 1t is estimated that the state will
have u surplus of more than $40, 900 at
the end of the fiscal year.
The extreme dryness of the weather
makes things particularly fine for the
cotton pickers as It * very certain that
cotton was never picked more rapidly
than in his section of the state. 1t is
an unusually good year for gathering
forage Of all kinds,
Today "a formal appeal was taken il
the ease of the inter-stata commerce
commission against the great railway
systems. this being the case in which
the business men of Wilmington claim
ed that there WAS discrimination
against that point in favor of Rich
IAuI amt Norfolk. The Interstate
commission appeals the case
to the United States supreme court. or
the ground that first, Judge Purnell err
81 in his decree in the United States
circuit court mere. ~pereuptOrily denying
the fujuuctjuu- second that he erred 1T
not rendering i decree for the enforce
meut of the decision heretofore made
by the Interstate commerce commits
sion. third. that he erred in not render
\ ing I decree to the respondents TO cease
and desist from enforcing the present
freight rates from Chicago n st
Louis to Wilmington on the one hand
and to Norfolk and Richmond on tbs
other Judge PurnelI it Will be remem-
bered decided that there was no dis
elimination in favor of Norfolk and
Richmond and against Wilmington.
Desperate work was done yesterday
IN the interest of the d~ispensary, FOL
the election today. The estimates giver
by the liquor dealers chairman. las
night was that they would carry tn,
election and defeat the d~ispensary b!
2S5 majority. while the dispensar!
chairman said his side would win by 2Ol
The general public believes the vote vii
Z very close either way.
Arrangements are perfected by Claudt
Duckery and other republicans here I
conduct a weekly newspaper at Raleig!
IL the interest Of that party, the frs
issue to appear in November. TIL
funds have been raised. Later il ma.
o. made q daily.