The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-07-24
HEARD AND DONE AT RALEIGH
Major French Arrives to Inspect
TrooHs-Superinten Joyner
Returne-EEau uiries Regardi nS
Barrett CoTlege-Two Girls Escape
From RefOrmatOry. President Win
stpn ON Cope Leo.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh n. c., July 20.


Raleigh n. c., July 90
MAJOR F. II. French, U. S. army, ar
rived here today. He will inspect the
troops of tine national guard of this
state while they are in camp.
The corporation commission has on
file applications for passenger stations
from the following points: Charlotte,
High Point, Old Fort. Lumberton,
Waynesville. The stations is to built
in the autumn at the last named place.
Two elections are soon to be held
here; one on the question Of sub
scTiption 10 the bonds of the Raleigh
and Pamlico Sound railway; the other
on the question of a liquor disnensary
The saloon men want the dispensarv
election delayed as much as possible
as they think delay IN the matter wifi
be OF service to them.
j. Y Joyner, state superintendent of
public instruction, returned today from
Knoxville where he spent last week at
the teachers summer school of the
south. He says 1000 teachers are pres
ent, 100 being from North Carolina.
Last Thursday was North Carolina
day. He made n Sneech that day eX-
tending greetings from North Caro-
lima, and speaking on educational ques-
tions of the day and the problem there
of: what is being dopn and what is
hoped TO be accomplished.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers IN this state greatly deplores
the death of its grand chief P. NJ. Ar
thur. and the dangerous illness of the
next man in rank. Some OF the
brotherhood here are very desirious
at the head of the order and say that
if he were a candidate no man from
this part of the country could show
more strength.
Among todav's arrivals are: w. w.
Clark, New Bern; J. A. Vann. Frank
linton: a. j. Maxwell. Rockingham; j.
E. Alexander. Winston.
J. c. Buxton. of Winston. has been
here to see the penitentiary authori-
ties in regard to securing some state
conVictS to work on the public roads
of Forsyth county
Insurance Commissioner Young has
returned from Fayetteville. where he
secured the arrest of a couple of ne
groes, who are charged with house
burning.
The state superintendent Of public
instruction has several letters from
England, Canada and other countries
making inquiries as to Barrett Col
lege,'' which they say is somewhere in
North Carolina. One of them says it
is at kinstOn. The state superinten-
dent says he knows of no such institu-
ton there or in fact anywhere in the
state. He would be glad to know
something Of this college. Is it one
which sells degrees. like the fake law
college out in Tennessee which sold
any kind of a degree for ten dollars?
There used to be a fake college at
Lumberton, the head of which was a
negro doctor, but he has long since de-
parted.
There is considerable amusement
among the democrats here at the way
in which the Madison county republi-
can last week drove out the fifty ne
line. A republican says no negroes are
allowed in Mitchell county, and that
one has never been permitted to line in
the Rock Greek section of that repub-
ican stronghold. Several wears ago
when Richmond Pearson was candi-
date for congress he sent q negro band
through Mitchell county or rather at
tempted to send it through The noun
tanners set upon those poor black mu-
SicianS and literally chased them out
OF the county. smashed the band wagon
and the horns. cut the horses traces
and let them go. 1t cost Pearson IL
pretty penny to pay the damages.
Some days ago Audrey ONeill and
another young white girl from this city
We're sent to a reformatory at Roam
oke. Va, after the O'NeiI girl had fig
ured in sensational episode. News
now reaches here that both these girls
made the;" escape last Saturday night.
A great many people will go to Lii
hngton next Thursday TO be present
at the celebration of the completion
of the Raleigh and Cape Fear railway
70 that point. 1t is expected that many
thousands of Harnett county people
VIII be present at the greatest celebra-
ton that section has ever known.
President Geo. T. Winston lectured
before the A. and NJ. college summer
school tonight on Pope Leo NIII. and
the vatican art treasures. He pro-
nounced Leo Gladstone. and Bismarck
the three greatest European statesmen
Of the present generation and Leo the
greatest Of the three. President Win
ston saw and heard all three of these
great men in 1884. "Gladstone" said
he, "liberalized the British Empire
Bismarck vivif1ed and unified the Ger
man Empire: Leo held aloft before the
world its best ideals Of personal puri-
". family integrity. and social life
based upon individual character. His
whole life was a warfare against loose
living. loose thinking. and Wild con-
duct. He has wrought more against
eXtragant thinking. socialism. anarchy,
communism. easy divorce and the like
modern fOllles and vices than any man
that the century has produced.