The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-16
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER
MASONIC TEMPLE COMMITTEE TO
EXAMINE PLANS.
Purpose is to Have the H~andsomest
Building in the State-Argument
in the Haywood Cause.-The Meth
odist OrphanaGe-Other News.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. c., October 9th.

1Id4e4Sn, y. g., OCTOBER 9Th.
The Masonic Temple committee will
meet in this city at > o'clock on We'd
|nesday, October 21st, TO consider plans
for the building OF the temple. 1t is
understood that something definite
will be decided at this meeting in re-
gard to the plans for the temple. The
architects nave been notified to have
their plans ready to submit at this
meeting. 1t is understood that a num-
Der Will compete for the design. Some
designs are in hand. The building is
to be made the handsomest in North
Carollla, mat is the set purpose of the
he long strain of taking evidence
in the Haywood case has ended and
today the long speech-making began.
1t Is the general belief hat the trial
will not end before Monday or Tues
speak. All naturally desire to be
heard at length, and there is really
no limit as to time. Naturally from
the desire to make a reputation in this
lnotable case. The court is working
leight hours a day. Haywood's coun-
Isel AVE never had any doubt of his
lacQuittal. One of them asserted on
the night Of the killing that they had
la perfect line Of defense. This at
Itorney said today hat the statement
widely circulated hat some of the
lawyers or all of them for Haywood,
had desired the plea of insanity to be
lmade was utterly ~unfOunded and that
there never was anv such purpose. The
general public still seems to have an
Idea that there will be a mistrial. OF
icourse some persons believe there will
lbe absolute acquittal, some believe
There will be a verdict for manslaugh-
tier, n some a verdict of murder in
the second degree. All sorts of guesses
lare heard scores of times every day.
Superintendent ]. w. Jenkins of the
Methodist Orphanage here a every
leffort was being mad to have the
building ready for dedication on
Thanksgiving Day, but that a great
deal depends upon the plasterers.
There have been V 200 application
for admission, which he has tbeen
forced to decline for lack of room.
lSome Of these applicants may have
Igone to other institutions. There are
Inow no applications on file. all the 200
referred to having been rejected.
1t is learned from Adjutant General
lRoyster that the cause of delay in the
tissue of the magazine rifles to the
national guard of this state, is hat
IIne a~lnlnuflIlOn Tor tnem mas not yet
leone.
The Oxford Company of the state
national guard, locally known as the
iGranville. GrayS will be here during
the state fair and will go into camp.
a charte was granted by the state
to-day to the Farmers Consolidated
Tobacco Company of Greenville. with
Ian authorized capital stock Of s125,000.
10. L. Joyner and a number of others
being the stockholders. The company
lis given extensive privileges, and will
|buy and sell tobacco and manufacture
Iplug and smoking tobacco. cigars ana
cigarettes at its pleasure.
State SUPERINTENDENT JoyHer return
led toda- from Atlanta, where he at
tended a meeting of state superinten-
Idents from six Southern states, the
Iothers being Georgia. Alabama. Mis-
Isissippi. Tennessee and South Caro-
lima. The meeting was a good one
land a rermanent organization was
Horned. The next n will be held at
Montgomery the day and ni"ht before
the annual meeting Of the Southern
Educational Association. It is crafty
ling to know that the meeting revealed
the fact that North Carolina is max
ing as much educational progress now
las any other state in the south.