The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-21
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Being Organized to Make
Nattinr-Charter Granted-Request
for Loans-Death of Mr. Haydn
campment at Next Week
of Good Shepherd Going
Up-Good Roads Convention.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, July Is, 1903.


The state. superintendent of public
instruction today received a letter from
Mr.. kuykendall, Of Greensboro, stating
that there was a great movement on
foot to build a factory to utilize the
marsh grass SO common along the tidal
streams in the eastern part Of North
Carolina, for the purpose Of making
mating. A banker of large capital,
has been to Japan and made a study
of this business there, with a view to
establishing 1t in this state. Mr.. kuy-
kendall says there is plenty of money
behind the enterprise, in other words
that the banker is ready to put up the
money. Inquiries are made as to the
state swamp land. large areas Of which
are covered with this grass.
A charter is granted to the bank or
Sparta, Allegheny county, the capital
being SIS, 1000.
A request for aid for five public
!! schools in Rockingham county. out Of
the loan fund, was received today. The
list of applications is growing very
rapidly.
Mr.. Albert Hay, a brother of Mr..
| Thomas T. Hay a we'll known lnsur-
| ance agent here, died at his home in
this city early this morning. of an at
| tact of acute indigestion. which caused
| his death in a few hours. Mr.. Hay
| was in the insurance business and was
! a native Of South Carolina, his age
| being about forty.
There is considerable amusement here
| at the suggestion made by a newspaper
| that all the members of the state ad
| m~inistration, retire at the same time
| the governor retireS: as il they We're
members of a cabinet and his APP
pointees. OF course he cannot be re-
| elected, but they can.
Ttoro &c n7I,oh qualification at the
happy solution. by the railways them
selves, of the veXed question of a un-
ion passenger station at Durham. Inc
corporation commission will have re-
quests to order the building OF Such
stations at other points in the state,
and of course would be delighted If at
each of these a solution could be sc
easily reached. Of course the railway
question commissions power In this
matter. but the commission says its
power IS ample.
The public schools of this county cos
last year $685. 24 showing a considera'
BILE increase over any previous year
So far about seven hundred corpora
tons have failed to make reports tt
the state auditor. and this neglect Is
| delaying his work.
All the arrangements are complete
for the encampment of the second reg
iment at Morehead City beginning mex
II Week. IL u SAPSSSSo
every member of the regiment will b.
in amp
Z Some new teachers are arriving TO
the last fortnight's work at the stat
summer school here. Interest IN tn
work is undated. -,
The granite work on the church OF tn
| Good Shepherd church here is now pro
crossing quite rapidly. All the ston
IS brought here cut. from the quar-
in Rowan county. Work is not to stol
until the roof is on.
on Tuesday and wednesday the us
and End of July. a convention for tn
advancement of the u OF goo
roads will be held at the Agriculture
and Mechanical college. IN connectlo
with the summer school. Reports fror
all the different section ot the stat
will be received. These reports WI
include statements of the work oeln
done in each county. whatl 1t IS accom-
plishing what obstacles are IN the Wa'
etc. s
A state organization Of road builder
will be effected for the bettermenl
system and order in the improvement
of u highways. 1t IS to be Ihs
every man engaged IN or interested !
road-building in the state VIII De pres
~