The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-29
Messenger Burea,
News Notes.
Raleigh. y. c., September 26.

Raleigh. y. c., september 20.
Interest increases daily in the dis
pensary election, which is TO be held
here October 9TH. Both sides continue
to make claims Of a sweeping victory
and nobody knows what Will be the re
suit.
The state superintendent Of public
instruction mas prepared an article
composed of clippings from newspa-
pers in 40 counties, giving opinion as
to the educational campaign now in
progress all over the state. These
opinions are very favorable indeed,
and particularly crafty the superin-
tendent.
On the 9th day Of October. the Raj
eigh Chamber of Commerce will give
a free excursion on the Raleigh and
Cape Fear railway in compliment to
the people of Ellington and of Har-
nett county. Five hundred invitations
will be issued. to each ex~cursiOnist
will be given a button as a 1--WE
Of the event.
State Treasurer LACY left today for
Graham to participate in the cere-
monies at the laying of the corner
stone of the graded school there.
1t IS very evident that the reunion
Of non-reSidentS at Greensboro next
month is going to be an immense af-
fair, as already more than 5000 names
of non-residents have been received
who express their intention of attend
ing. Five hundred newspapers. all
over the United States and Canada
published the invitation to attend this
reunion. Answers have come from
Australia, Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
There are now So female state on
victs, of whom So are at the state
farm. Of the 20 remaining here, seven
are white. The two white men. Med
lin and Rice who hid in a loft for nine
days and were finally found, have for
feited all the good conduct time they
gained, this being three days in each
month. To this five days is added for
each 80 days gained, so 1T will readily
be seen that good conduct is it's own
reward. There are some very deSper-
ate conVictS in the penitentiary, and
there are three or -four especially so,
who are ring leaders, although very
quiet men to all appearances, three of
these being murderers n another a
safe cracker. Various rumors have
been current during the past few
weeks to the effect that some of the
conV1cts had arms. but it is probable
that the officials inspect their cells
and persons so ~frequentl- as to guard
against sue thing as this.
II appear nat the desperate safe
blower who is at work in this state
and who has recently dynamited at
least six poStoffice safes, is Frank
Duncan, for whom the sheriff at Bur
lington, Ala, offers $500 reward. Dun.
can Is known also as Edwards and
Winston, and his name among his fra,
ternity is "Davton Slim He is ar
Illinois man, but married at Chatta-
nooga. He is 5 #. s II inches high
weighs 16S pounds has fair complex.
ION. light brown hair, small nous
tache, beard lighter than hair. medium
blue eyes, chin rather p~rotruding, nose
rather long, and slightly turned to tn,
right, II ObliQue scar. a cut. IN tn
second joint of the left thumb. and {
regular cut on the inside of the RICH
thumb o the second joint. Il small
oblique scar above the right eyebrow
n small scrOfuluS scars on the neck
under the right ear. He is 2 prores
Sional burglar and safe cracker and /
also a murderer. His victim being
police officer. who was a brother Q
two locomotive engineers.
James Stark. who recently killed
man in Florida, is a aon of Bollin
Stark, who for a number of years wa
manager OF the Western Union Tele
graph office at Raleigh.
, Judge Purnell, Of the federal cour
has rendered an opinion in the cas-
of a bankrupt manufacturer here, tn
!, North Carolina Car Company. TT
opinion winds up the litigation, whic
: has gone on for several years. At or
time this was an important e]nterpris
and built a good many cars. also flu
!. nished material for houses. Then it e1
gagged in the manufacture of c.
: wheels and soon afterwards failed.
The corporation commission will {
all it can to investigate railway acc
, dents, but few people have any idt
Of the difficulty of obtaining inform;
ton about such things, as there q,
SO many men whe viii not talk. son
!, from Discrimination and others becau
of fear of loss of position and tn;
O sort Of thing.