The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-11
PROF. CONNOR TO co TO RALEIGH
WILL BECOME ASSISTANT TO ST.
PERINTENDENT JOINER.
Womans Club Observation-Disclosures by
the State-Appointmcnts for Politi-
cal Observation-Disclosures Burglar
Taken to the PenitentiaPy.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh. n. c.. October Z.
In the federal court. Judge Pur-
nell renders an opinion declining to re-
quire j. H. McNeal t pay s1,01s into
the fund for the Dunn Furniture and
Hardware Co, bankrupt, holding that
he was not a partner and that the
money he drew out of the business be-
fore the failure was an amount due
Mrs. Martha McNeal. The opinion
Ills refuses to allow the claim of the
American Harvester Co.. for several
machines hat were in the stock of the
bankrupt when the referee took
charge.
Commissioner of Agriculture s. L.
Patterson and State Chemist u. w.
Kilgore will attend the Association of
Commissioners Of Agriculture of the
southern states. to convene at Baton
Rouge, La. October 10th and at St.
Louis October II. DR.. Kilgore is sec
rotary of the association. DIR. Tate
Butler. North Cardinals state veter-
marian, will also attend and is down
for an address on Experiments I'm the
determination of Ticks in Counties
Near h Quarantine Line"
State Auditor 3. F. Dixon has re-
turned from his eastern Carolina cam
paign trip, having cancelled several
engagements in the vicinity Of Eliza
beth City on account Of the fair now
in progress there. He says Demo-
Gratis throughout the sections through
which he travelled are enthusiastic
and confident OF majorities second
only to that rolled up for the constitu-
tional amendment. He will go into
the western part OF the state next
week.
The Raleigh Athletic Association. an
organization of young men who re-
Gently opened gymnasium, baths, etc,
have decided to allow lad members of
the gymnasium, they to have certain
hours three days in the week for using
! the apparatus.
I The secretary of state charters the
Spencer House Furnishings Co, OF
Spencer, capital $4,000 and Jas. K.
Dorset president
Lieutenant Clarence 0. Sheriff. of
the corps of engineers, United States
army, is spending some time in the
city preparing a translation and re-
view of Engagements de deux Guer-
resrecentes" by General II. Langlois,
French counsel OF war. the translation
and review being for the use of the
general staff Of the United States
army. Lieutenant Sheriff. is a son OF
Captain NJ. Sheriff., state librarian,
here.
Frank Williams, a negro burglar,
was brought here from Wilmington
last night to serve a ten year term for
breaking into the residence OF Mrs C
II. Gcrzsr.
IT Is understood that Professor r.
ID. W. Common. who has resigned the
princfpalship OF the Wilmington
graded schools TO become assistant 70
the state superintendent of public In
etruction, will assume the duties OF
his new position just as soon as a sue
cessor can be elected for bis position
In Wilmington. He IS one Of the most
successful educators and literary men
in the state. Half OF his $500
salary In his new position il paid by
the Southern Educational Bureau. he
acting as secretary Of their educational
campaign in this state.
A womans' club of 200 members was
organized here this afternoon with
Mrs +. L. Stevens president, the pur-
pose being to work along lines thai
pertain strictly to the interests OF wo-
men. without political. church or So
cial distinction.
F. NJ Buchanan. a guard at the
penitentiary, was before Mayor Powell