The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-22
PREPARING CAMP GROUND.
A and n. C. VIII Have 20 Clear Ten
Acres Of wood-Parker Bucons I'm
Vogue-Search for Old Records
Negro Meets a Horrible Death.


negro Meets a HOrrfblc Death.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. ~. C-.July -.
There appears to be no doubt that
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail-
way will be leased some time before
this year. One of the very necessary
things is that trains having passen-
gers shout run through the state solid.
from Asheviue to Morehead City. Up
TO this time arrangements have not
been made for such through trains, but
no doubt under a lease something of
this kind could be fixed.
Insurance Commissioner Young has
had the great success in his prosecution
of fire bugs 10 put % Of them in the
penitentiary in the past three years.
One fire bug, a negro, who escaped from
the Guilford county cham gang, is found
to have gone to Virginia n to have
engaged in the same line Of BUSINESS
there.
Burton Hicks, colored. who for fit
teen years had been employed OH the
farm of Bryant Smith, near Raleigh,
met a horrible death last evening. He
lat hliISAcu WOTh anu WAS OH HIS way
home, riding a mule and sitting side
wise. AT a little bridge, the mule
jumped and threw him. Hicks foot
caught in the traces and he was drag
ged a mile or two here n there over
the plantation by the mule, which could
not be caught, until finally it ran into
the stable yard, Hicks being by that
time mangled almost beyond recogn.-
ton.
President Bryan Of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railway was here last
night to confer with Adjutant General
Register regarding the clearing OF the
| additional land for the encampmen- of
the Second and Third regiments at
Morehead City. The Atlantic and North
| Carolina railway will clear ten acres of
wood to be used for drill purposes.
The umb of members of the order
| of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
| gineers in North Carolina, is 200. There
are no state organizations, there being
only divisions, of which there are five
in the state at AsheviIIe, Hamlet, Ra-
| leigh Rocky Mount and Spencer.
In a a with State Treasurer Lacy
it was learned hat in SIX months, pass
| ed, no old state bonds have come in for
exchange or funding. He has funded
about $500, COO of bonds since 1900. He
thinks most of the old bonds are sorted
away, as hardly a week passes without
inquiries regarding them. Inquiries al
so come in about the special tax bond.
He does not think anyone knows the
exact humble of these worthless bonds,
out $4S, ZOO, 900 is the calculation. The
present four per cent. bonds bring be-
tween 103 and 14 with few transactions.
Six per cent bonds are worth 134, but
none are changing hands.
State Auditor Dixon has gone to
Chase City, to remain this week. Com
missioner of Agriculture Patterson has
gon to his home in Caldwell county to
remain a few days.
The state superintendent Of public in
Struction is making up a new supple
mentary list of books for free Libraries
in rural public schools. Under the old
plan there was a long list of books, out
of which a $50 and SIS list were recon-
mended. The revised list gives some
directions as to tht books and also a
new $50 list, with short reviews of each
book, and directions as to how it can
be used in the class room to supplement
reading geography or history. On this
$50 list there are ninety books.
Among today's arrivals were Walter
F. Cohoon, of Elizabeth City, n w.
G.. Gwyn. of Asheville. Chief Justice
Nichols and wife, of louisiana, are
visiting Insurance Commissioner Jas.
Richard Young, whose wife is their
daughter. Private Secretary Pearsall
is at Morganton for a few days. the
guest of his kinsman. DR.. P. l.. Muir
ply.
w. c. Petty, Jr., of Carthage, is
here from Tampa and brings what is
perhaps the best fish story of the sea-
son He says an immense shark was
found floating in Tampa Bay and was
brought ashore and cut open. in order
to see what caused death. Inside the
shark a large key was found, which
has been swallowed. One head of the
keg was out, and this open end was
toward the mouth of the shark. Con-
sequently all the fish which the shark
swallowed went into the keg, and the
creature thus actually starved to
death, with a key full of fish in his
stomach. Mr.. Petty says that the
people there told him they never knew
of a like case.
Parker buttons are coming into
vogue here, and Parker men are plen-
tiful. A state official remarked today
that he had n~ever/seen less enthusi-
asm So far, on both sides, as regards
the national ticket. He said he could
not understand the reason for this
apathy. Another official said he
thought the people would wake up a
little later on and that things would
be very lively indeed. He ventured
to say that the Democrats liked the
message from Judge Parker to the
| convention so we'll they were waiting
to see if he would not write a letter
! equally as striking. There is certain
ly dullness about state politics, too.
| Neither side a say that it has seen
| anything like excitement yet, that is,
| of course, since the convention. II
| really doesn't seem that there will be
much doing before mid-September.
| The secretary of state is at work,
delving deep into the mass of old
| records piled in the office of the enroll
ing clerk on h third floor Of the
| capitol. He was finding some treas
| ures there, and today came across
original pay rolls of the colonial
troops who defeated the regulators at
the battle of -Alsmance. He is look
ing for Some papers bearing upon the
| British expedition to Cartagena, in