The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-30
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. G.. October %.

The state fair ended today.s In point
of attendance it was a record breaker,
and everybody vas pleased with it.
Speaking about the fair this morning
the governor said: The fair is the
people, you know. and it was the great
est gathering at a fair ever seen in
North Carolina. L thought the eXhib-
its of agricultural products very good
and was much Impressed with the show
Of farm machinery. SO important as a
solution Of the ever increasing labor
problem The agricultural display was
meritorious, but should have Lean twice
as large
The pickpockets had a rough time of
1t At the fair. The people had been
warned about them, and as a result a
number Of these ilI-birds left the city
Wednesday night and so did some of the
tough fakirs. Three pickpockets are in
jail. very heavy bail being required Of
them. One or them is in the hospital,
having been terribly mauIed in the head
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grounds. The cOuntryInan felt the
thief's hand in his pocket, and wheel
ing smashed the fellow in the face.
Again and again he knocked him down
and took his roll Of money from the
hand Of the PROSTATE man. Then the
countrynan said to the crowd standing
By I'm going to give him one more to
remember me by" and with that struck
him 81 cu+fr and tarrihT, q, hIpu- in
the face that it knocked him senseIess.
Then the ambulance came and the man
was carried off.
II IS the plan of the management OF
the Raleigh and PamIico Sound railway
to build II with COnVic labor if posi-
bic. this being regarded as the best
labor for railway construction. 1t is
hoped to secure bOth state and county
conyicts.
Tonight was Shriner's night at the
great Masonic fair and the members of
that mystic order turned out in great
force. aided by some from Virginia and
South Carolina. There was a street
procession in which camels and various
other animals figured. and at the fair
there was no end of fun. The fair ends
tomorrow night. 1t has been the great
ShANNSS SNS4 hA4OHII III liz SldlE
along its line. a mOney-maker. and also
Il big social feature, and VIII long be
remembered.
The Confederate veterans express
great delight at their treatment here
this week, and say they want to come
again.
The police report unusual good order
in Raleigh all the week. There have
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oldest policeman on the force remark
ed that he had never seen a more or
derby crowd and less drunkenness.
Charters are granted to the following
companies: The Salisbury Pin Granite
Company, with $500, 600 authorized capt.
tai. of which $185, 900 is paid UP. The
company Will quarry and dress granite,
marble and other stone. The principal
stockholders are NJ. H. Jansen, Of Sal
isbury. ]. r. NoechaI and ]. P. Knoche
of Kansas City, these holding almost all
the stock. The Dan Valley Lumber
Company, of Mount Airy, is allowed to
amend its charter by increasing It's pre-
frrred stock to 1880 The T~ate-Brown
Company. of Charlotte, capital SIS. 900
with j. {. Tate. c. w. Brown and H.
&. Patterson as stockholders. is char
tered, to make clothing and do d gen
eTaI merchandise business. The Caro-
lima Spoke and Handle Company. OF
Greensboro is chartered. with 500. O0J
capital stock, W. l.. Clement and 9TH
eTs being the stockholders.
Argument Is in progress here before
Judge PurneII in the federal court in the
case of Kali against Wescott, Trenchard
and others involving title To many
thousand acres of timber land in Hert-
ford and Northampton counties. also a
saw mill and railway, the whole prop
erty being valued at over $4,000. and
Of which Thomas W. Mason is the re-
Ceivrr.
w. Z. Whitaker. business manager
of The Raleigh Morning Post made the
best record at the clay pigeon shoot at
the state fair "Wednesday and yester-
day. breaking 800 out Of a possible 3S5.
The MaSCus have received pIans from
six architects. for the Masonic temple,
the committee on h temple will meet
next Friday. and viii then choose q de
sign. W. J. Hicks. the superintendent
Of the Masonic orphInage at Oxford IS
to meet with the committee At its spe
e.tI eQues
only one remedy in the world that
Will at once stop itchineSS of tn" skin