The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
AN ANTI-SAL00N CAMPAIGN
NOR OF 4 DISPENSARy.
Corporation COn1nGi>s:on to E-1-=-c
in Important Inspection. a..,..-
Day Quietly O~bserved-A. and Vi.
College Opens Well.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c, September :.

Raleigh, y. G, September =.
Labor Day was very quietly OBJ
served here. The public buildings We're
nominally closed and flags We're dis
played on the capitol. The banks
We're also closed. This was about the
only real observance of the dav. Three
state officials spoke, the governor at
WrightsviIIc. Treasurer Lacy at Sails
bury ana Commissioner Of Printing
Faison at Rocky Mount. The COVER
nor viii 90 from Wilmington to Ocra-
coke and on his return from there viii
stop at Beaufort and Morehead City
FOR Il few days. He is expected back
here next Monday.
The supreme court Will tomorrow
call the appeal docket from the sec
ond district. 1t is an unusually large
one, having twenty-five cases.
AS was intimated a uay or two ago.,
the great Masonic fair. in aid Of the
Masonic Temple Will be held on the
lower floor of the north wing Of the
agricultural building. where a space
200 feet by 40 feet Will be available.
The manager Of the fair says it will
be hard to find d better location for
the fair.
The Corporation Commission leave
today for Charlotte and will hold a
conference there tomorrow with the
Chamber of Commerce regarding
freight rates, etc. and the next day
VIII inspect that part of the Spartan
burg and ASheVilIe railway between
AshevilIe and Saluda. this being the
part where the great grade is where
50 many dreadful accidents nave Oc-
Cured from time to time. several OF
them recently. The Commissioners
VIII then inspect the Georgia and Car
DINA extension. from Marion to t&e
South Carolina line. looking carefully
at the road bed, t~restles, ETC.. here
are a number of t~restles on MS line.
The inspection of both roads is I -
Very thorough.
Among the arrivals here are Thomas
y. Hill. of Halifax. ana c. e.. PEBBLES.
Of Northampton.
A little Improvement in the prices
of leaf tobacco is noted here, and
while some OF the buyers are saying
that there Will be an advance in
prices. very few growers can be found
who believe that this Will be the case.
The theatrical season here promises 10
BE- very good. 100 companies have been
booked
There are fifteen appncations for the
admission % companies into the Ma
tiOnaI Guard Of this state. these appli-
cations come from all parts Of North
Carolina. from the mountains To the
sea. 1t does not appear that the au-
thOrities viii grant the applications
made for the reinstatement of a COM
pany at Lumber Bridge as there is a
company in that county, and the policy
now is To scatter them as widely as
possible.
1t is said that only four votes will
be east in Raleigh against the PROPOSE
a. --I- -. 10 e tho Dol
eigh and PamlicO Sound railway.
Much of the cotton in this section
is now opening quite rapidly. yet in
some fields very little has yet opened
The bOIIs nnpear to be pretty we'll
grown. and the crop prospects are
regarded rs good.
The number of students at the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College in
creases daily. The need of dOrmitOry
room is so urgent that private persons
are being urged to uild dOrmitOrieS,
and are promised 80 per cent. on their
investment. 1t is strange that Raleigh
men have not seen what n good invest
mert it would be to erect large dorml-
tories at this college. This would take
4 great strain off the institution which
has not the money with which to build
dOrmitOries and which yet needs them
so much.
The anti-saIOon campaign, in favor OF
the establishment of a ~dispensary here
will be opened tomorrow n IN
regular style. with speeches by a num-
Der of prominent men. both preachers
and laymen. 1t is evident that 1t is
going to be 4 very lively campaign
and that there will be plenty of en-
thusiasm and hard work before it ends.
The advocates of the ~dispensary eX-
press their entire confidence in victory