The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-22
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER
TERMS OF BID FOR LEASE OF THE
A.. AND n. c..
More Money for North Carolina Ex-
hiL.-Complaints Before
ton >ammission-An Appeal to the
FarmeC.-St. Mary's College opens
Messenger Bureau,

tSaIelSA, n. e., september 10. |
The bid for the 90 year lease of the
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad
as made by Walter Mills and Herbert
F~inlayson is slightly modified. They
offer to pay , per cent for the first
IS years, 5 per cent for the second Is
and 20 per cent for the last 20; TO |
enter into i heavy bond that there
shall be no alliance with or control
by the Southern or Atlantic Coasr
Line. and that a roa not less than
80 miles in length shall be built from
Goldsboro westward. to connect with
the Seaboard Air Line. This seems TO
be- considered "a pretty strong PROPOSE
ton.
Today a check for $500 from George
w. Watts of Durham for the North
Carolina exhibit at the Worlds Fair
was received by the governor and
turned over TO State Treasurer Lacy.
Governor Aycock left for Ivanhoe,
! Sampson count where ne will speak
tomorrow in the interest of public
education.
General earle "A. Woodruff has pre-
scented to l.. O. B. Branch Camp,
Confederate veterans, and to the SOL
diers home here, portraits of Cen
| cIdl 1kODSIl L. Lee NlleIl lie was cap
tain of engineers U. S. A, and COM
mandant of the military academy at
West Point.
The fact that the property owners
here who are kicking against the in
creased assessment of property have
secured an Injunction. soon to be heard
to prevent the collection of tax un-
der the assessment, did not create
any surprise, as several of them a
intimated some time ago hat they
intended to go into the courts with
this matter. The ground of their con-
tentiOn is that two of the assessors
are not ~freeholders and hence not
eligible.
One of the directors of the auditor
ium company, which now owns the
Academy of Music. says the latter is
certainly to be improved and enlarged
next spring. despite the fight which
one of the directors is making against
this course.
Col. A. 3. Andrews VINO was men,
toned yesterday was injured some-
what, his car having been run into by
a train, a switch having been left
open and who arrived at his home last
night was this morning reported as
resting pretty easily, his greatest pain
being in the ankle. He was thrown
through a cor and his chest is some
what bruised, but it will be a day or
two before the sorenes there deveI-
ops.
Rocky River Spring has for years
been a summer resort In Stanley coun-
ty. 1t was yesterday sold to J. w.
Candle for only $4,000. a Raleigh law
yer having gone there to make the
sale. He says the place is worth s20,-
600; that there are 100 acres of land,
four springs and a hotel with SO
rooms. The place wasn't opened this
season, but $50 people, mainly from
South Carolina went there and
camped.
1t seems to be not improbable that
the idea of utilizing the penitentiary
for a hospital for male insane per-
sons may be again brought to the
attention of the Legislature. 1t came
up first at the last session, but moth
Ing was done.
The corporation commission will be
at Hickory September oath, to hear
the petition of citizens for a passen-
ger station. They say the station
quated and entirely insufficient for its
uses.
Julian S. Carr commanding the Con-
federate veterans in North Carolina is
sending inquiries to all the camps as
to the number of men each intends to
bring to the encampment here during
the state fair. A great deal IS Of
NO1S IL liz 'NS " pAS
plration.
The supreme court viii next Tues
day call the docket of appeals from the
fourth district. There are very few
of these, as follows: Johnston against
CutcEins, from Edgecombe; Farrar
against Harper from Edgecomoe;
House against Railroad from Frank
lin; Edwards against Railroad from
Franklin.
Secretary T.. 3. Parker of the State
Farmers Alliance issues an appeal to
the farmers of North Carolina urging
thorough organization and absolute
concert Of action. He says this is the
only way to secure reduction Of crops
and to do other things necessary for
h protection of farmers. He tells
them how they whipped out the jute
bagging trust.
The governor authorizes an ex-
change Of courts, by which Judge
Brown goes to Mecklenburg and Judge