The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-12
COMMENCEMENT AT A. & M.
SENATOR RAYNER INVITED TO
MAKE THE ADDRESS.
Sermon Will be Delivered by DIR. HUFF
man-Dispensary Reduces Drunk
enness-Normal College Matters
Bulletin OF the Board of Health.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c.. February 9.

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President Winston. OF the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college says that
an invitation has been extended TO
Hon. 1sidore Rayner, of Baltimore. the
new United States Senator from that
state. to deliver the commencement ora
ton at the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal college here in May, Senator Sim
mons and other leading men are urging
senator Rayner to accept. and II is
hoped he will do so.
The baccalaureate sermon for the Az
ricultural n Mechanical college will
be preached by Rev. Dr.. J. D. Human
May 18th. DR.. Huffman is in charge Of
the Baptist church in Henderson. Dr..
human is regarded as one of the alb
lest minister in the state and is the
nestor or his denomination. The ser
mon will be preached in the Auditorium
IN the Pullen Memorial Hall If the seats
are ali placed by that time, il not II
will be in the First Baptist church.
Inc Supreme court today took I'D
appeals from the Second district. The
oloWln attorneys are present: Thos.
w. Mason. Francis ID. Winston, B. Il.
Winborne. c. G. PEBBLES and E. l.
Travis.
The state superintendent Of public in
struction left today for High Point
where he delivered an address this
evening on education. The commission
er or agriculture went to Tarboro where
he spoke at a Farmers Institute today.
The Institutes this year are a great
success and many more will be held.
Inc mayor says the d~ispensary is ex-
ercising a remarkable effect in reducing
drunkenness and crime. He says he is
informed that there are blind tigers
hnt SIC vet mono nf fhaca N h. oo.s
A man was found to have a. quantity
OF Whiskey. but swore he bought this
from the dispensary where any person
can buy as much as he has money to
pay for.
MI. j. r. Chamberlain. Of the Cara
leigh Phosphate Works here says the
fertilizer men are looking for a slight
increase in cotton acreage and for q
large sale OF fertilizers for that crop.
That more cotton cannot be planted for
the reason there is not labor enough.
He says there will be a decrease in the
acreage of tobacco Of fully 80 per csnt
that the farmers have not grown to-
bacco plants which should have been
put out in January and that they have
no the plants for setting out when the
time comes.
The Council of State met today to
consider matters regarding the state
Normal and Industrial College at
Greensboro. President McIver was
present at request. He said he hoped
to reopen on the 18th instant. but that
IT is well to consider that there may
be delays in receiving the cooking
ranges and iron bed steads which come
from Philadelphia and the fire escapes
which come from Baltimore. Many
things have already been shipped and
unless there is delay on account OF the
| Baltimore fire there looks like there
will be a reopening on the 18th. The
college can take only about 300 young
women who were in the burned dormi-
tory unless the $50 board in private
| families.
One colored applicant secured license
last Saturday from the Supreme court
out Of five who went into the examina-
ton. His name is Martin Luther
Newly. OF Durham.
Today Treasurer J. G. Brown. of the
fund OF the erection of a monument
here to Sir Walter Raleigh, received
"a cents. the gift OF a little school in a
rural district.
Commissioner Brimley who will repre-
sent this state at the ST. Louis exposi-
ton says that in a fortnight the first
cars loaded with North Cardinals ex-
is ready and packed for shipment and
1t Is very important that all articles
should be sent there as soon as posi-.
BILE. as there is a freight blockade al
ready at st. Louis and no time can Dc
lost in getting exhibits there
Among today's arrivals to attend the
Supreme court was u. 3. Windorne, OF
BERTHE county. He reports the condi.
ton Of the people in his section a.
very gratifying in a financial way.
The fire insurance people here demand
that Raleigh shall have q steam drt
engine in reserve: either a new one 81
else that the old engine hall be pu
in complete repair. which Will cos
about $500. 1t was learned that the al
dermen not long ago refused to have
the engine repaired or to provide an
other but the insurance people contro
the situation too well not TO he ab3'
to manage this matter.
It Was said By q number OF travelling
men that the great loss OF dry good,
by the Baltimore fire will advspct
prices and IL is also said that il viii hi
some OF the insurance companies a
exceedingly hard blow. Little else wa
talked about here today except IL
fire.
II will be remembered that on Christ
mas eve here there was a wild orgy 4
which pistols loaded with bullets wer,
fired indiscriminately on the streets
hitting several people and breaking
windows. Today the telephone Enemal
found that one bullet had gone througl
the lead casing Of one Of b cables an
had bedded itself among the mass O
wires. A ineman had to go out on
swing. high in the all. take out tn
bullet and solder the place where l
had gone into the cable