The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
E~NCAMPMENT SUCCESSFUL
governor RETURNS FROM RE-
VIEW At ASHEVILLE.
ing-Supreme Court Meets Next
Week-Deposits of Building Stones
in the State.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. c., August q.

Raleigh. y. c., August p.
Governor Aycock returned this morn
ing from Asheville. He expressed him
self as delighted with the encampment
of the First regiment there. He says
the people are very kind to the troops
and that the latter e~+oyed the en-
campment Immensely. He spoke Of the
good behavior as regards property.
saying that on the boundry line of the
camp was a tree full Of red apples and
that this had not been molested.
State Superintendent Of Public In
struction Joyner will not return here
from his speaking tour until the mid
die of next week. The educational
campaign will not end this month, but
will be ca~~ied on until frost. Prof.
E. c. Brooks say it will be prosecuted
with undated vigor during the au-
tumn. He is now MAXIM OUT a list of
appointments Of speakers for Septem-
Der. In this great educational cam
paign, which began with the summer.
over 500 speeches have been made. 1t
is an even greater campaign than that
last year.
The supreme court meets next week.
Inc oOChSlS i Ilol L4CoN Ills OlS-
trict cases will be called Tuesday.
There is no state case from that
docket.
A very singular accident. and one
which narrowly missed being fatal, oc-
Cured yesterday afternoon in Swift
Creek township. near this city. A
preacher rode up to the house of Mr..
George Fort and left his horse un-
hitched in the yard. The horse went
to the we'll. one of the kind having two
buckets n a nulley. On the edge of
the curb was a bucket full of water.
This the horse hoVed back into the
we'll. Mrs. Ford was standing near
the we'll and as the bucket fell, sprang
" and seized chain. to stop
the bucket. In a second she was drawn
hearforemost into the we'll. which is
% feet deep n in which there is 10
feet of water, the walls being of rough
stone. Her husband and the preacher
hurried TO her rescue. She was con-
scious and when they let some lines
down to her. seized them and was
drawn IN Her head was cut and
bruised by the stonn~
The examination of the deposits of
building stones in this state by Messrs.
Watson and Lanay, the experts, will
be continued. The examination of the
deposits of marble is about completed.
The quality of the building stones in
this state is fOund to be high from a
commercial point of view. Much is
being done in his way of granite ship
mentS, from we'll known beds, but
some new mes have been discovered.
The best deposits of building stone
are luckily located either Immediately
upon railway lines or very near them.
1t does not annear that any com
plants of increased assessments of
real estate and building have been
made at ~oints other than Raleigh.
Here it seems that the complaint will
be eliminated by the reduct'-- of the
tax rate, which it seems is now prac-
ticable. The citv will reduce its rate.
it is stated. and the effort now being
made is to induce the county to also
make a reduction.
The first of the warrants for money
for public School houses. lent by the
state board of education. under the
W law was sent out toda- The loans
already approved aggregate about
$4,000. Later others are to be APP
proved.
The number - anplications for ad-
mission int the Central Hospital for
the insane here increases limos daily.
1t is one of the questions which the
legislature will have to face. as more
room is an imperative necessity.