The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
MeSSnnPnr Bureau.
Raleigh y q March ~

asking for a list of the registered dis
ullerIes IN North Carolina. Neither one
fdd authority to furnish it, but Col
Iector Duncan wrote TO the cOmmis-
sIoner of internal revenue Il the lat
ter sends the auditor the official lis,.
This gives the distilIeries in all the
states and shows some extremely in
teresting facts. For example, Ala
bama has about II distilleries: Ar
Kansas %; Georgia 20; Florida /:
Louisiana 2; Mississippi none; Mary
land 20; South Carolina 80; Tennessee
so; Texas 8; Virginia 125: while North
Carolina has the immense number of
$50, and Kentucky has about the same.
Auditor Dixon said North Carolina had
not made anything out of the manu-
facture OF WhiSkey, that is in the way
OF taxes, n that the state has been
getting perhaps less money than any
other The old law imposed S25 state
and 81 5cOunty tax on a whiskey dis
tllery where the whiskey was sold in
quantities Of from one to -four gallons.
The distiIlers avoided this tax by
claiming that they were wholesalers
n sold only in ) gallon lots. and so
paid nothing.
A charter is granted the Clemmer
Lumber Company Of Rutherfordton,
capital $4,000.
The letter sent out by State Super
Intendent JOyner to the superinten-
dents Of public instruction of other
states. transmitting the resolution
which the legislature adopted asking
for Il division of the Peabody fund.
urges the various superintendents to-
cooperate and use all their influence
10 secure such a division, as far pre-
ferable to the application of the entire
fund To some one great central insti-
tuition.
As vet everybody is at sea as toI
whether the Haywood murder trial
viii BE- held mex week. Up to noon
today one subpoena had been issued
through the sheriffs office. this havingI
been issued yesterday. but a number
of sUbpOenaS have beer issued inI
blank, signed by the clerk of the
court. and these it seems have been
sent to witnesses of town. SOmeI
of those were so issued a week ago
The one served by the sheriff was on
n Raleigh man. The only reason givenI
for this way of issuing subpOenas is
that neither side wish the other to
know who its witnesses are. 1t is said,
however. hat each side knows the
greater number of he others Wit
nesses. n attorneys on each side
had the SubpOenas nus issued in
blank.
John Broadnax. colored, who night
before last enterel the house OF -
Sidney Blair in Rockingham county,
shot Blair dead and shot his niece,
Miss Sally Wa" ar. three times and
then began p lging the house. was
brought here : daylight this morning
and delivered o Sheriff Page by the
deputy sherif who brought him, and
was in a few minute placed In Jail for
safe keepinc. ErOadnaX appears to be
about IS, a was very cool in man
ner. One the deputy sheriffS here
i H.
who Boa-..naX killed. The Rocking
ham dep Y turning to Boadnax ask
ed him 10 it was he killed. Broad
max rel ed simply with n word.
Blal There is of course no fear of
any ly-ching here. The negro had a
close all yesterday both at Reidsville
and Greensboro. Governor AycOck
der = special term of court 10 try the
murderer.
\ new lodge of odd Fellows is to be
created next week at Whitehead. near
Sparta in Allegheny county
Among today's arrivals were A w.
PIyler. Weaverville; O. T. WalbOn,
Hartford: r. y. Woodland, Wilson;
Dixie GiImer. Greensboro.
Miss Mary SeatOn Hay, daughter of
Mr.. Thomas T. Hay. is to be married
to Mr.. William E. Jones. son of Soil
citOr Arn.istead Jones. also of this
city. on the 22nd of April, At Christ
church Mss Belle Cameron Hay will
be maid Ct honor Inc Mr.. ArmiStead
COwan best man.
IN the Hall of History, in h state
museum here. are two copies OF the
Book Of Prayer of the Episcopal
church. on one of these, handsomely
bound in morocco, is stamped in gold.
Army Corps. Army Northern Virginia
Bishop Cheshire of this Episcopal
Diocese, looking at this book, said TO
me. Let ME show o a singular
thing. You see this book was printed
by Frye K SpOttiswOn1a of London.
T"U notice also that here i thu prayer
tCr the President of the Confederate
States. but look at he prayer r. the
Navy IIeTe you So that thu printer
ura = n change from the old pray"--
br,,,k. ard that the prayer r-u.a eed for
thr fleets If the United Sttt-$.' This
i IcSIIy -ery singular. Now 1t me-
tell v[.u about how +nvSS prayer books
gJt here. The clergymen of this ii ccSr
EuIEnt , bales OF :oeGn, sent th"$C
:, England through tie blockade. s,Ih
IIam AMI with the proceeds bought
'n-su prayer books. Only one "GitIJn
va III! ished. The books cam"
through the blockade ana So- here. lat
only 4 Es:c of them succeeded in
reaching North Carolina, a vessel haV-
ing a number of copies on board haV-
ing captured. These books were
bought by the churches of Whining
ton. Raleigh, Charlotte. Fayetteville.
Scotland Neck. Pittsboro. and possibly
one or two other places. The books are
row extremely rare.
Another interesting object in the
Hal of History" is a little note
signed and written by hat famous
M whom the English nee tried
% make ut 4 pirate. to wit. John Paul
Jones. The note is in these words:
The Chevalier Paul Jones will eS-
teen it a particular favor if Mr.. Burke
can send him by the bearer the con
SututjJu of North Carolina 70 send
this cay for a particular friend TO
America in high rank in France at Yer
>aiIies."
Claude Bernard. who has local charge
OF the Fairbanks Boomlet was asked
today what he thought of the state
lnent that Fairbanks was not a candi-
date. He laughed and replied that he
didn't believe 4 word OF the statement
to that effect, and added that Fair