The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-07-24
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, July q. 1903.

RaIelgh, July q. 1903.
The state today authorized an in
crease of the capital stock of tn.
Cooleemee Cotton Mills, in Davie conn
ty. from five hundred thousand dol
lars to one million dollars.
A charter was granted the Carolina
Distllling Company. at Hamlet, with
fifty thousand dollars capital stock, the
stockholders being E. A. Lackey, John
NJ. Smith. A. K. Atkinson and John p.
Cannon. The company will manufac-
ture. rectify and buy and sell liquors
and wines of all kinds and also buy
and sell live stock.
Up to this date thIrty-three counties
have asked for aid from the loan fund
for building public school houses, the
total so far asked for being forty-f
thousand dollars.
Adjutant General Royster arrived
here today. He says Governor Aycock
will next Monday review the second
regiment in camp at Morehead
Commissary General Solomon CAL
lert and his assistant lieutenant
Ceburn L. Harris left today for More
head City to purchase rations for the
second regiment. The issue will be
made in regular army style. according
to directions from the war department.
North Carolina per cent bonds are
today held at 103 1-2 asked, while 102
Is bid for them.
Today an immense tree at the corner
of North Blount and East Edenton
streets was removed; a tree which has
been a landmark ever since Raleigh
| was laid off Ill years ago. 1t was
known as the Haywood oak and stood
| a block east Of the capitol square and
q block south from the governors
ma
and its age was estimated at between
300 and 400 years. 1t was greatly de-
| cayed and was removed by the city.
1t overhung the street car track at
curve.
Today some changes were made in
the faculty Of the University medical
school here. Dr. H. Mckee Tucker IS
made full professor of obstetrics; Jas.
Mckee clinical professor of nervous
and mental diseases; DR.. Joseph Gra-
ham lecturer on diseases of children.
The fall term begins September 7th.
There We're last term seven students
and the prospect is bright for an in
| creased number next term.
State Chemist B. w. Kilgore is this
week the foreman of the grand jury
| in the superior court here and is very
| proud of the honor.
Next Tuesday at the Academy of
Music there will be a grand concert,
| given as one of the closing features
| of the Agricultural and Mechanical
| college summer school for teachers. In
| the concert there will be a chorus Of
| 200 voices, in which will be all the best
| singers in the city. as we'll as those
| attending the school and taking the
| special music course.
| Raleigh is this year absolutely with
| out any summer amuSementS, a very
| anomalous position for the capital or
| a state to be in. There is no baseball
and there are no summer theatrlcalS-
1t was said earlier in the season that
| the street railway company would
| provide for theatricals and other di-
| versions at Pullen park, but it has en-
| tirely failed to do ANYTHING.
| Superintendent Mann of the peni-
| tertiary, has returned from visit to
| Hyde county and says the crops there
| are the best ever seen. He declares
that since the use Of artesian water
| became general there no county in the
| state enjoys better health; that in an
area of IS miles from his home there
| has not been a, case of sickness in 18
months. except that of Representative
w. II Lucas.