The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
GRAND LODGE OF MASONS
nnua Communication Begins at
RaIeiGh-TaIk About the rSena-
torfnI QuestiOn-Funerai of Ey-At-
torney General Bachelor right
Against Code Com mission.
Bureau,
Raleigh. n. c.. January ID.

Raleigh. y. c.. January ID.
The funeral of eX-Attorney General
Joseph B.. Bachelor vas held tiiS al
ternoon at Warrenton, OF wlicn place
he was for years a resident. Services
were also held here from the house by
the rector OF the church OF Inc Good
Shepherd. of which Mr.. Bafcnelo- was
n vestryman. Attorney General Git
ner and the members of the lsaleigh
bar attended. Mr.. Bachelor was a ma
tive of Halifax county.
Talk about the senatorial question
began very early this morning with Il
statement in circulation that the vim
ner would be either Overman or Carr.
Some say hat the fight Will be be-
tween Watson and Carr. A bet OF 800
to SIO0 was made and lost last night
on Oyerman'S winning at iaSE nISat s
caucus. Another let which is It'll w
IL $500 to 5000 on Overman against the
field.
Raleigh Is certainly %dei with
visitors, accommodations being taxed
to almost the limit. Scores pf Miso..s
arrived today to attend the Grant
Lodge and filled all avail .Dl. .ila--
tiers.
The flag on the capital was today ar
half staff, as & mark of respect ~: III"
memory of eX-AttOrney Genera! Rdch.
elOr.
he increase III ldnu values III lISS
section during the past six months IS
so great as to excite remark. 1t ap-
pears to be the case all over he state
and persons who have been away for
some time express astOnishment ut the
rise in farm lands.
Two capital cases, one of murder,
the other of burglary were Set 60 trial
here this week, but both nave been
continued.
Ar-nnr +hA W. 1 . tnInr ~
Henry E. Faison. Clinton: F.. +. Lamb
I. NJ. Meekins, Elizabeth City; Ex-
Speaker Walter E.. Moore, Wabste"; j.
P. Mcneil. D. d. Carlisle. LInno ar
ton: S. &. Daniels, c. E. F0y New
Bern; w. T. Caho. Bayboro-
The anuua communication of the
Grand Lodge of Masons began to-
night, Grand Master Haywood I. Clark
OF Tarboro presiding. He mad Il re-
port most gratifying to the ord r,
showing $50 edges and 1852 members
a gain of six lodges and 6a0 members
which is a record breaker for 4 years
work. Financially speaking. ne or
der is in good condition. the years re-
ceipts having been sS,249, an increase
! OF $500 over the previous year. l. IS
hoped that the next commune ICON
viii be held in the Masonic Temple,
the site of which has been paid for,
deeds having passed. The site is per
hapS the best in the city aud gives
great satisfaction. Several plans nave
been submitted by leading architects
and more are to come in. y ,,)uInlt-
tee will select the designs. The huilI-
ing will be eight stories high ana will
be a paying investment.
Insurance Commissioners Young il
gratified at the arrest of R.. y. Cald
we'll. colored, an insurance swindler
for whom ne had been looking fol
some time. Caldwell is N lail at
Greensboro.
While there is strong pressure for a
Code Commission it is said that there
will be a fight against it. 1t is further
said that some lawyers op 0osa il; be.
cause they wish to keep all such mat
ters as much beclouded as possible. A
leading lawyer here loosely Remarked
yesterday that if the resolution inIro-
duced in the senate providing thar nc
member of the legislature should az
cept appointment to an Off e treat
Ell by it, the code question wor' lie
settled in one DAY by having n
commission. He said that the trouble
about the code for the past ten years
he'd been the inability of member; t
parcel out the positions on its salts
factorily.
The editors of the Youths Companio;
writes Mr.. Joyner. state supervisor.
dent OF public instruction, that North
Carolina is ahead of all other states
in the work of improving AMI beautl-
flying school houses and grounds.
It now seems practically certain that
the legislature will enact a stringent
law regulating the labor Of ?hiiurer
and hours of labor in factories.
An interesting loan for the Hal ot
History,"wa secured today: his b@ins
a set Of confederate textbooks publish
ed in this state including the first ed
ton Of Bingham's Latin Gramm&r.
The Senat judiciary committee re-
ports unfavorab'y the bill maxim:
legislators ineligible TO positions they
create. II is said only two committees
men favor the bill and that some OF
them want to get on the code com
mission. 1t is the old old story. OF
course the judiciary committee is con.
posed CT all the lawyers in the sen.
ate.
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