The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-02
DISPENSARY FIGHT A HOT ONE
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION ARE IN
GREAT DOUBT.
Hard-Aid for the Rural school
Misunderstanding Ready for the
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., September %.


The supreme court today took up the
appeals from the Sixth district. There
are five state cases upon the docket.
The following attorneys are in atten-
dance; w. ". Clark and 3. L. Ward, OF
New Bern, w. c. Monroe, of Goldsboro,
G ". Cooper, N. j. Rouse, w. T. Orm-
end. and T. c. Wooten, of Kinston, John
D.. Bellamy, George Rountree and E. x.
Bryan, of Wilmington.
The ~dispensary campaign grows
warmer and warmer, and both sides
continue their claims. 1t is said that if
an election a have been held ten
days ago the dispensary would have
lost by a considerable majority, but
that the church work along all lines is
nov SO earnest as to make the results
doubtful. The advocates of the dis
penSary admit that the votes will be
very close, but say they will win if they
can get out all their voters. 4ester-
day it was said that the city govern
ment was opposed to the d~ispensary,
but today it was stated that Of the
board of aldermen nine were in favor
of the d~ispensary and seven opposed to
it.
State Treasurer Lacy will go to Spen-
Ger tomorrow to lay the corner stone
of a church there, having been specially
invited to act as most Worshipful mas
ter.
State Auditor Dixon today sent a let
ter to the registers of deeds, asking
them to return him at once all undellV-
cred pension warrants.
Inquiry having been made by a Wom-
an palmist as to whether there was
tax in this state upon persons in her
| line Of business, she was informed that
| there was no tax levied by the state as
| a license tax, it appearing to be the
| opinion that palmistry is a science.
Four counties, namely. Alexander,
| Carteret, Clay and Jones have no rural
| school libraries. The legislature of 1901
| appropriated $4,000 for state aid, at $40
each to such libraries, this providing
for 500 of them. Of these 4S7 have been
aided. The last legislature appropriated
IS, 900 more, and out of this there have
66 schools so far been aided. The legis-
lature also provided $500 to be used in
buying new books for the old libraries
upon the same plan as the original aid
tina is. the state gives S.. the district
school fund SIS, and individuals IS. Thus
far only seven schools have awaited
themselves Of this offer: Fiv counties
now have each twelve state-aided libra
ries, under the acts of 1901 to 1908, these
being Forsythe, Iredell, Jackson, Neck
lenburg and Wayne.
The work of securing the special We
nire to try the Haywood murder case
KEEP the county officials busy today
Of the venire of $50, 81 are from Raleigh
township.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Marshal, wife of Rev. DR.
Marshall, rector of Christ church here
who has been very i'll, is improving
She is a sister of the late Bishop Wing
field, of California.
Yesterday morning a United State
official here saw a man who he though
was Duncan, he United States prisone
who escaped from the penitentlary a
Nashville, and for whom officers mad
a long search in the North CAROLYN
mountains last summer. This is tn
man who it is said has tracked 81
postofice safes in this state since hi
escape from the penitentiary n TO
whom a reward of $500 is offered, a
was stated in this correspondence tW'
or three days ago together with tn
; description of him. Last evening TIN
suspect and two others were arreste'
: while in the back yard Of the expires
office, their conduct having been yer,
suspicious during the day..
: The work of decorating the large ha.
2 in the agricultural building in which tn
> Masonic temple fair is to be held is /
active progress. A Raleigh firm ha
, the contract for the decorations, Whlc
are quite elaborate.
e Governor Aycock pardons John Rus
[ sell, of Winston, a painter who stol
paint from his employers Warehous
and was given a sentence Of a year o
the public roads, of which he has serV
" ed eight months. His pardon was rec
= commended by all the county officers.
= The Masons of this city held a NEE
n ing this evening in the interest Of tn
great temple fair, for which contrlou
Y tions of all kinds continue to come II
1t is hoped to raise $4,000 at least &c
the temple fund.
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