The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-13
To HONOR BISHOP CHESHIRE
SERVICES CELEBRATING HIS con-
NECTION WITH THE EPISCOPATE
interesting Injunction Case to be
Heard-LiquOrs Dealers Will Con-
test the ~Dispensary Election.
Storm in Raleigh-Other News
Notes.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c.. October 10.

Raleigh. n. c.. October 10.
At the anniversary services here next
Wednesday and Thursday in connecticut
with the celebration Of Bishop Ches-I
hires tenth anniversary in the Episco-i
pate. there will be addresses Wednes-l
day evening il the Church of the Good
Shepherd by Archdeacon E. A. OSBORNE
Of Charlotte, on behalf of the clergy andl
Henry A. London, Esq, of Pittsboro,I
on behalf of the laity. The combined
choirs of Christ church and the Church.
Of the Good Shepherd will sing. Onl
Thursday morning, a special comment
orative celebration of the Holy Commu-I
Mon Will be held. Many visitors, in-I
Guiding several of the clergy of theI
diocese are expected.
Miss Adelaide Snow, Of this ethyl
daughter of the late George H. Snow
Esq, is to be married on the 18th in-I
slant to Mr.. BOyleston of jacksonville
Fla.
Superintendent W. J. Hicks, of thel
Oxford orphan asylum says there areI
now 247 pupils and that the institution
is entirely full.
Samuel T. Smith Of the state liquorI
dealers association says they will con-
test the ~dispensary election held here
last Monday. He says he is informed
by the best lawyer in Raleigh that theI
Watts law under which the election was
held is unconstitutional, because thei
general law in regard to elections is not
nuIlified by it. He makes the point that
the polls were not open at S o'clock and
says that for this reason the aldermen
Of Elizabeth City threw out the eIectionl
there.
Governor Aycock has respited Henry
HOlaman of Greene county, who vas
under sentence to be hanged at Snow
Hill on the 18th instant. The respite is
until December 18th. Holoman was
convicted of burglary. 1t is said that
the only Identification of him was of his
voice, by a woman. The respite is
granted at the request of the judge who|
tried the case and with the consent of
Swift Galloway. Esq, the prosecuting
counsel. in order to have a more full
investigation OF the case. In this case
no appeal TO the supreme court was
taken. The case was a very close n
and some considered it doubtful.
The September bulletin Of the North
Carolina board of health was issued to-
day. 1t says the very marked increase
in the prevalence of diphtheria during|
the past month suggests the advisable
ity of calling renewed attention to its
dangers and its p~reventions. The re-
port shows it prevailing in IS counties,
there being y cases. In the review of
diseases for August, typhoid fever is re-
ported in GO counties. in some counties
there being a great many cases. Mala-
rial fever of the ordinary type is report
ed in % counties, and of the pernicious.
type in four counties. Smallpox is re-
ported in 10 counties, with a total of 81
cases, Madison having 20.
The wind which began to blow very.
nearly a gale about s o'clock yesterday
morning made ii a continuous perform
ance all day, last night and today.
Telegraph wires are in a tangle. The
cotton crop has been very closely pick
ed. yet Il good deal of it blown out.
Some corn is blown down. The damage
is not as great however as il would be
ordinarily.
Raleigh is to have two circuses this
season. This is good news not only to
the tOWnfOlk, but also to the country
people to whom the coming of a circus
is one Of the main events of the year.
Before Judge w. r. Allen here today
there was a hearing of the injunction|
case in which certain citizens here seek
to prevent the levy and collection of
taxes under the new assessment. their
claim being hat the valuation is excess
sive, and discriminative and that the
law was not complied with, because two
of the assessors are not free holders
here. Both the township and the city
are under 4 temporary Injunction,
which was secured about a month ago.
prevented from collecting taxes until
this matter is disposed of. There are
many lawyers employed. Those for the
city and county have all the while eX-
pressed the opinion that the injunction,
or rather the restraining order. would
be dissolved. The matter is of NOR
than local interest, as il affects the en-
tire state. as it deals with the method
of assessment prescribed by the last
legislature. \ majority of the people
here are not in line with the step taken
by the property holders who secured the
restraining order. There are not a great
number Of those who have made the
kick against the increased valuation.