The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-20
DEBT DUE NEXT THURSDAY,
New York Bank Agrees to Extend
Time-The' Haywood Case En-.
campments of the National Guard.
Freight DETERMINATIONS = Ehe
BOOm-Funera1 of Col
Onel HarrelI.
Messenger Bureau,

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Two counties nave so far applied for
loans under the act authorizing the
lending of the literary fund for the
purpose of building and improving
rural public school houses. One county
applies for $4,000 and another for S.
900.
The supreme court is this week hear
ing appeals from the Seventh district.
The docket is a light one.
The new law imposing an inspection
and license tax known as the tonnage
tax, upon all cotton seed meal whether
used as food or fetiliZer does not go
into effect until July 1st. Heretofore
there has been a tax only upon this
meal when used for fertilizer and the
receipts last year from this tax were
about three thousand dollars. OF
Course there was considerable lodging
of the AK, persons claiming that the
meal was to be used as foo and not
as fertilizer, and this is one of the
reasons why the law was changed so
as to take in all of it.
A charter was granted today to the
Carolina Single Company, of Bon
merton, Beaufort county, capital $780,
600, Peter Whaley and others stock
holders.
The Epworth League Union of Ra-
| leigh met yesterday in annual session
and was addressed by Rev. j. H.
Shore, of Franklinton. Afterwards
| there was a reception by the league of
Edenton Street Methodist church and
| an Illustration of old fashioned Meth
odism.
It is rumored that the encampments
of the National Guard of his state
this year may be held as follows: The
first regiment at Chattanooga, the sec
| ond at Fort Caswell, the third at Fort
Monroe. Adjutant General Royster is
at Washington on matters connected
with the new military law.
Among today's arrivals were H. L.
| Cook, N. A. Sinclair, n R.. H. Dye,
Of Fayetteville, who are here on mat
| tiers connected with the application of
| Edward L. Utley for leave to give bail.
The representatives of the chambers
I Of commerce and boards Of trade,
headed by the president of their state
organization, P. H. Hanes, of Win
| ston, has a conference today at Wash
| ington with the authorities of the
Southern, Seaboard and Coast Lin
railways, regarding freight discrimi-
nations against North Carolina. The
| plan of having a commissioner to look
! after determinations failed, the legis-
lature defeating the bill. 1t is the
| plan Of members of the association to
| prepare a series of open letters and
| send these to the corporation commits
| sion, asking for specific information,
in order to have the letters and re-
| plies published in the newspapers all
over the state, and in this way bring
| out information which the association
! greatly desires to get before the peo-
| pie.
Their are now II rural free delivery
| postal routes in operation in this
| county, and these have put out of
- g
| postoffices. In Mecklenburg no less
than 10 postoffices have been knocked
| out by the rural free delivery, the
| number in Buncombe being 4 and in
Craven 4.
There was a conference Saturday
night of the attorneys for the defence
in the Haywood case. When asked
whether there would pe any applica-
| ton for the continuance of the case
until. July, one of them said he had
| nothing to say. There is a street ru-
NOR to the effect that a continuance
| will be asked.
The debt of 5000, 900 due by the state
to a New York bank is due next
| Thursday. 1t cannot then be paid, as
| the bonds authorized by the legislature
| have not been sold. The state treas
| urer hopes to pay the money by the
! end of Anril. The bank from which
! it was borrowed notifies him that the
| lOdI VII NC So1ll1lluSu III IL lllo1lSy
! is needed, but that it must be regard
! ed as a call loan, and asks him to sell
| the bonds as soon as he can do so. The
| issue of bonds under this act will be
| an entirely new one, and the gra
| ing company has not yet prepared the
| design. 1t is hoped that most if not
| all Of the bonds will be sold to people
in the state, and the treasurer has ad-
vertised them in no less than 10 news
papers. This $500 900 issue of bonds
does not cover all the debt, there being
in addition SIS, 900 which the Western
Hospital borrowed from banks in that
part of the state. and also $4,000 Dor
rowed for the textile chool at the A.
and NJ. College. There are also a few
other small debts Treasurer Lacy
has to pay these out of the ordinary
revenues of the state.
The members of the code commits
sion met here today, these being I. B..
Rodman, in order to organize and
make the preliminary arrangements
for work, which it is understood will
be begun May 1st.
Republicans here say that ex-Dis-
trict Attorney Claude Bernard is look
ing after the Raleigh end Of the Fair
banks boom for the presidency.
The counsel for the prosecution in
the Haywood case will all be here
! Wednesday,. JOIN E. Woodland has
been here all the while, Donnell Gill
liam arrived yesterday and Walter Z.
Daniel comes Wednesday. EX-Judge
A. w. Graham Will not appea for the
prosecution. He had been engaged to
do a special line of work., but gave no
tice a few days ago that he could not
appear in the case. He is now at BOs-
ton. When Woodland was asked if the
case would be tried at the term begin
ming March 23rd, he replied that this
depended upon the defence. The de-
PENDANT being in Jail the prosecution
could not we'll insist pon a trial. 1t
is expected that in a day or two Judge
Justice will name a solicitor to prose-
cute for the state, Solicitor Armistead
Jones having declined to act.
Postmaster Bailey thinks about so
new rural free delivery routes have
been established in the state this
month. He will not know definitely
until the end of the month, when the
payroll is made UP, as he pays all the
carriers in the state.