The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, y. c, June ).

Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, y. c, June ).
The grand master of odd Fellows will
be here this week TO visit the Raleigh
lodges \ new lodge of this order
was instituted yesterday at Cold Hill,
Rowan county. and there is a petition
for a new lodge at East Durham.
There are now in North Carolina 14O
lodges with 1000 members, while IN
1885 there were only 81, with go mem
bers.
Commissioner Of Agriculture Patcer-
! son hopes 10 b. able 10 hold arnerS
institutes in several Of the counties
later on. but as yet has not hal time
to repaT a
Cotton growers say tine unsedsonably
cool and cloudy weather is unfavCrable
for he young plants. as il is apt TO
give them a. disease which they term
sore leg \ good deal Of Gotten is
Just ncu coming up. Some persons
say il IS the latest crop they have ever
known
Most OF the talk here for the past
few days has been regarding n Ernest
HAYWOOD habeas corpus case, and in
-lr-sc this morning was more intense
than ever upon knowledge that JUSTICES
Douglas and Walker would at noon de-
eide whether OF not TO admit Haywood
10 bail. Until the very latest each side
stood firm. the prosecution that there
would be no bail, the defense th9t bail
vas IL certainty. a lawyer said that
the largest bail bends eve required IN
this state, so far as his knowledge
went. we're not over $4,000. Thai was
the figure n the cases of George w.
~Swepson. Of Raleigh. Baxter Shemwell,
of Lexington and DR.. Baker, Of Tar
boro.
Secretary Thomas X Bruner, of the
state board Of agriculture. who IS Su-
periutendaut nf special exhibits in the
agricultural and horticultural sections
OF the 81 Louis exposition, viii go to
Charleston tomorrow to IOOk after the
collection Of exhibits there. He has al
ready finished this line OF work N all
the gulf states beginning with Texas,
ana has also finished up the Atlantic
Coast as far as Charleston. He will
make his headquarters here this month
and viii work in South Carolina North
Carolina ana Virginia. Then he viii go
TO the middle and New England states,
and later To the west, making 81. Louis
his headquarters.
The subcommittee Of the board of
agriculture inspected the buildings at
the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege today and Will arrange. is posi-
BILE. to finish the Pullen hall as soon as
September 1St. The floors of he
building are laid. The summer school
for teachers is to be held at the oil
Iege from July 1st to August 1st. and
1t is desired to have part of the build
ing ready for use then. Commissioner
Of Agriculture Patterson expects fine
results from this summer school. which
marks an entirely new departure along
several lines.
There vii be quite q patch OF con-
viCts to BE- sent from the federal court
here to the panitentiary at Nashville,
Tenn, rs - result of the present term.
The lOCI! pension boards after much
care have been selected and are ap-
pointed t,r al the counties in the state.
The fc.iIv.;nE composed the local pen
sion u.DaTd for New Hanover w. L.
DcROs~et- W G. MacRae, O. NJ, Fill
yaw, ma John D. Taylor, clerk of the
SuperiH" court.
Til s,ate board Of assessors are row
out on Il tour OF the state, each taking
about l. counties. for the purpose Of con-
ferr.ng with local assessors. Il seems
to he pretty certain that there will be
q large increase in tax valuation his
Es=". For example, N Raleigh only
81. fourth of the work has be, = COM
r.-teG and the increase already is a
half million. It IS SAID by assessors
that many persons do not list their
mortgages. It is also said that not q
tenth IL the money on deposit, as shown
by The bank reports. is given in f1r
taNaticn.
Il Is $ q by good judges thai o. all
the spe hes by the counsel in the
Haywood habeas corpus case, that Of
Solicitor Walter +. Daniels was The
ablest. and It IS added that it was in
all aspects one Of the finest ever heard
here.
Among today's arrivals were A. S.
Dockery. W. z. Crosland. II. c. Wall,
John p. Everett. of Rockingham: Chas.
Reid. \. c. Bell. Of Elizabeth City; B..
F. Foy. Of New Berne: II. 3. RascOe,
If Windsor.
At the Church Of the GOOD Shepard
at 9 o'clock this evening Mr.. John
Leftwich Barry. of Atlanta, and Miss
ConkIIn Carroll. of Raleigh. were mar
ried. The bride is a daughter of the
late Nr. .. ]. Carroll. She was given
away in marriage by her goa father.
Mr.. Daniel z. Conklin. of Baltimore.
Miss Pattie Carroll was made Of honor.
and MISS Sadie Morris. of Atlanta was
bridesmaid. The best man was Mr..
Eugene p. Barry. of New York. a
brother u the groom. and NJ. F. f.
King Of Atlanta. was grOomsman. The
ushers were brothers and brothers-in-
law OF the bride. these being Mess-s.
J. =. Carroll. Robert Barry. W. p.
Whitaker and /. A. Carr. Mr.. and
Ms. Barry left on a night train fer 4
wedding tour in which they Will visit
DID Point. New York. and the co2sI of
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