The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER
by the State-Eighth District
AnDeals Heard by Supreme Court
The g. III. Summer School-Dis-
trict Court fOr Wilmington Post
poned Till June 9Th.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh. n. c., March %.
The state charters the Hudson Cot
ton Manufacturing Company, at Hud-
son. Caldwell county, to spin ana
weave. capital stock $50, Geo with Lave
to increase. to S125, coo. j. J.. Moore. OF
Gastonia, j. l.. Nelson, of Lenoir. and
Charles j. Reid & Co, Of Philadelphia,
being the largest stockholders; also the
Purity Ice Company OF Elizabeth CITY
capital stock Sl00, 600, W. Il. Old and
DINERS stockholders; also the Gate City
Ice at Greensboro, capital
STOCK SoU,UOO, ]. r. Darnell and others
stockholders.
The Supreme court today took I'D
Eighth district appeals, among the at
torneys present are MessrS. Stack,
Jerome, and Lemmond. of Union coun-
ty; J. A. Lockhart, r. L. Gambler and
L. d. Robinson, of Arson; John D.
Shaw, Of buckingham. and J. G.. Nc
liver and U. L. Spence, OF Moore.
The sheriff of Nash county TODAY
brought a negro to serve eight years in
the p~enltentiary for arson. The sheriff
says he has never seen farm work so
badly behind. in all his experience.
Weather Observer Won Herman has
gone to the eastern part of the state on
a ten days tour of inspection OF wealth
er inspections. He will make other
tours in the course of the year.
More rain has fallen here and has
given j further setback to farm work.
J Judge Purnell postpones the holding
OF the May term of the district court at
Wilmington until June 9th.
There is to be a fght as to he per-
manency OF the receivership of the
Egypt railway.
The summer school at the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college here in
June is going to be by far the greatest
thing OF the kind this state has ever
known and new features will give it
an added charm. Preparations are now
being made for 1000 teachers. One OF
the new features will be a school
garden, and instructions in school gard
ening. by a government specialist from
Washington city, who will be aided by
North Carolina cache of nature
study. There are also to be excursions
into the fields, with studies of the wa
ter course minerals, plants. insects.
etc. Raleigh offers a host of attrac-
tions. both in the city and its suburbs,
nj is q notably fine point for the work
of such a summer school.
Among the arrivals are: u. l. Spence,
Carthage; L. j. Jerome. A. NJ. Scales,
| R. w. Leonard, Monroe; S. a. HenSZey,
New York. Mr.. Henszey has for nan
years been largely interested in the
Comnock Coal mine and in the railway
from Cumnock to Colan. He lived for
a long time at Cumnock and says that
! he and all n members of his FANNY
| greatly desire to again live in North
| Carolina, but that his business inter-
ests north prevent.
V. z. McBee who has been here for
several days. left tonight. Nothing is
heard OF K. S. Finch. and his associ-
ates. who it is not thought will return
to this state.
| Considerable building is going on here
in the way of dwellings, but unfortu-
| nately hone in the a OF factories or
! business houses.
; An epidemic Of measles and mumps
/ which has prevailed for several weeks
| among the Raleigh children, and which
has quite largely reduced the atten-
| dance at the schools. has about ended
| Though the winter was the severest
ever known here, as shown by the spe-
| cial reports which your correspondent
| has given, yet the season has been
| marked by Few deaths n also by few
| serious cases OF sickness.