The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. c., February %.

tlOn Is yet 10 De disposed OF.
The question OF the issue of bonds
grows in interest daily. Some members
o. the legislature appear 10 have the
Idea that they can avoid it, but those
OF the best judgment think the issue
q certainty. The state treasurer and
auditor were met today and asked
what they thought of the bond issue.
Treasurer Lacy replied that there
ought TO be one. n Auditor Dixon
said there would be.
State Labor Commissioner Warner,
when asked what he thought Of the
child labor law said that it was a good
enc as far as it went. What he was
more interested in than anything else
was the prevention OF night work in
factories by children. He also was
deeply interested in the educational
both Of these provisions were knocked
out. and the bill simply limits the age
Of 12 for work in mills.
Another one OF the tropical storms
swept over his section today, with
torrents of rain. almost like the storm
OF u fortnight ago. The winter has
been really remarkable here, by its en-
tire absence of nov Indeed the small
amount of snow in the entire state is
nearly unprecedented. Only in one or
two points in the entire state was q
snowfall sufficient to amount to any
thing. ana yet from the very early
FnOW-faI3 IN the west. slight as they
were. ui.-ny people had an idea that
the winter would be a cold and snowy
One
A bill was introduced today to char
ter another town" where there is
only = whiskey distillery. this place
being Shore, in Yadkin county,. where
the revenue distillery of a man named
Shore is located.
The State Teachers Assembly is en-
c~eaVOring to have what is known as a
supervisor of education, for each Of
the ten congressional districts.
No one seems to be able to make any
estimate as to what the railway tax
will yield this year. The present as
SCESment Of railways is AZ million dol
t7rs. There are some people who want
10 assess the loads at one hundred and
fifty million IN order to bring in a tax
CT one million and a half to the state.
1t is TO be said, however, that very few
people have such an idea as this.
4 good many liquor dealers and man
Cfacturers are here. looking after anti
VI lIloIe Is ID
more now than any previous session
Of he legislature.
HAnrE Layton was buried from the
Soldiers Home today. He served in
Company c, 41th regiment, and was q
native Of this county. His age was
81 years.
Representative Erwin's bill to nro.
vent delays in freight shipments and
o~VeF-Gharges IN rates was favorah lv
reported today. This bill has been be-
iore Inc railway committee of the
mouse several weeks.
H B. Warner Of Lexington. saws that
place has a smaller boundary than anv
otner town in North Carolina. An Of
tort was made to secure an extension
one IIlhICS- put today this was I'M
raVOrably reported.
The most earnest efforts are being
MADE TO secure the building of a state
arsenal n hall of records. Half .
uozen or the state officials show cIea rIv
me need for it. The United States
property which the state has now in an
unsafe n rented building. is worth
from $4,000 to s75.G00 and for this
building and insurance. $3.50 is beinp
paic- The state librarian
says that such ; building is an sb4o-
iute necessity: that thousands OF val
liable books are now in the hasen,an-
OIL the agricultural building. being
more or less damaged all the while:
that an old warehouse is rented for a
~storehouse for other books. The COM
missioner of labor says the secretary
or state has no storage room. for the
laws, Legislative documents. state na-
pers. etc. which are stored here and
there, and 3 great many OF which have
been lost or deStroyed; that in q rooro
on the third floor OF the canitoI Some
OF the papers from which the colonial
records we're compiled are packed ON
the floor and covered with dust. Part
OF the state library was 10 Years 9co
partItioneG for the use of the bureau
OF labor. The plan is that the first
hocr Of the building will be used for
Tie arsenal, adtutant generals Office.
and Offices for the bureau of labor and
printing. The second fIOor for the use
o. secretary Cf state and the third
tcoT Tor committee and storage rooms.
The state bought the site five years
ago. The plan Is. 30 have 4 building
10 cost $25.0 600 ana fire proof. The Sec
retary of state makes en- earnest plea
for the building. and shows that there
are il the fourth Ioor of q rented
building, 50 tons Cf books. and great
quantities Of other property In 8 rent
&c building. Tt. cost IF rent for these
TWO buildings ana tlc insurance on
supreme court reports. Ea!uec ct SIS
5GH. being sSa".
Raleigh has Seen very Eull. socially
speaiiCS during tho past week. recent
event having kept members of a num-
Der OF prominent families away from
n Sayeties, and Lent having added
to the causes for quiet.
The young ladies gave q morning
Serman Wednesday in Compliment
to the Thaieriar German Club Of the
Agricultural n Mechanical College
here. The german was led by Cadet
Ross md Miss Mary Smedes.
Hiss Pattie Lewis gave 4 luncheon
at Glover Dale her country home at
which among those present were
Mi - Alexander OF Chapel Hill. Re-
be- Chambers of Charlotte. and Sally
Is. @7Ch of Littleton.
Miss Helen Moring Will entertain the
senior class of the Baptist Female Uni
yer :ty on Monday evening.
Mis- Jennie Proctor gave a Wash
inStC' birthday party at her home in
continent to q number OF young
ladies. The house was decorated with
the national colors.
The Catherine Ridgeway Concert
Company attracted a notable au-
Hence at the Baptist Female Univer-
City Wn6nnS6nC nr-n-s-~ 4~-1a-,-r