The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER
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Young Thieves Arrested-Insurance
Companies Losing Money-Daugh-
tiers OF the Revolution to Entertain
Teachers Invited to Stop Over I'm
Raleigh.
Messenger Bureau,

HdLCl6n, ~ ~ MATCH LUlu-
Charters are granted to the Walker
Town Chair Company of Forsythe
with authorized capital stock amount
ing to $4,000, a number of companies
having Joined their interests to form
this one S. W. Marshall and others
being stockholders; and to the Ashe-
Vile Steam Laundry Company, with
capital stock of $4,000. of which
$4,000 is common and $1,000 pre-
ferred, with leave to increase TO $50
900. all the stockholders being Ashe-
Vile men except J.. II. Nichols, Of
South McAllister, Indian Territory
and j. w. Martin, of Paris, KY.
The weather took a remarkable
turn last night, dropping in tempera-
ture from rs degrees to As. SPeach
trees are on the point of blooming,
and the beautiful purple and white
magnolias, which always bloom in
March are now in full blossom. Last
year a severe frost nipped them. The
prospect for a good fruit crop is very
goods
On Friday Governor Aycock goes to
Auburn, this county, to deliver an
address before the public school.
1t is learned from the postofhce
inspector that at L%aurinburg, William
Priest was bound yer to appear at
the Federal court at Wilmington on
the charge of shooting at and running
rural free delivery mail boxes. 1t is
aid that a number of the Croatans
in Robson county la been dam
aging these boxes and that the deputy
marshals and postoffice people will
make some arrests on this account. 1t
is further learned that at Rocking
ham there was a preliminary hearing
hnfOra TTnitnI Cfnta- Wy
j. Perry, ex~-postmaster of Roberdel,
on the charge of trafficking in postage
stamps and also in making false re-
turns as postmaster.
Among today's arrivals are w. B.
Rodman and S. c. Bragaw, of Wash
ington, N. c.; w. r. Gilbert, Green's
boro; W. B. Parham, Oxford; S. S..
Parham and Robert LaSSiter of Hen
derson.
Yesterday afternoon the police aid
ed by the ~janitor of the Washington
public schools, colored, caught a ne
gro boy and two white boys in the
act of stealing articles in that school.
1t was found that they had entered
the residence of Bishop Cheshire and
stolen a number of valuable books, ?
cane, and other property; that they Ell
tered Wiley public school last Sunday
and stole the teachers clocks, etc,
and had placed these things in the
hands of a negro saloon keeper, who
is also a licensed preacher and whose
name is Mitchell. The white boys are
very young. n only ten years of
age, but both are hardened criminals.
The older boy was sent from here
to the reformatory at Richmond, stay
ed there six months and then ran
away. His father was a gallant Con-
federate soldier, who died and who
was for many years an employe of the
cOuny. The smaller boy says the larger
one nduce him to join in these theftS
and said that they found the door of
Bishop Cheshire's house open and
slipped in and got the goods. They
seem to have stolen articles from
places all over town and to lave taken
them to the negro. Mitchell, who was
arrested last night. Many articles
have been recovered.
Mr.. Collett, of Cherokee county has
arrived here to aid Professor Sher-
man, State EntOmo1ogiSt in his work.
DR.. TAFT Butler, state veterinarian.
will return in a dav or two from Hyde
county, where he has been examining
the extensive cattle ranch established
by a syndicate.
In conversation with a travelling
man who for h past twenty years
has visited every part of North Caro-
lima, he said that less money is now
owing than in all that time: that more
mere Duying goods discount their
bills and thus get that advantage than
he had yer before know
North Carolina, like all the rest of
the country, has been hard hit by
fires this year. A prominent insurance
man says the losses so far are I'M
precedented; that he never saw them
come SO fast in this state, which is
looSing it's good record. He says half
a dozen adjusters tell him hat the
losses in the state this year already
exceed those during the entire yes
of 1908. He added hat if this sort of
thing keeps UP there will have to be
an increase in rates of North Caro-
lima and tina 95 per ent of the COM
panies operating in this state have
lost money since the yea began.
The Daughters of the Revolution
are arranging to give Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson a reception when h arrives
here. She is the vice regent of
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. She will visit her sister, Mrs.
D. H. Hill, who is the vice regent of
the Daughters of the Revolution. Miss
Struggled of WayneSville, who is
the state regent of the Daughters Of
h American Revolution will soon
visit Mrs. Robert D. Gilmer, and will
be specially entertained by the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution.
~ q oAl ~ uloSoNC Al
put up the money which was paid to
Ed Chambers Smith on account Of
the shares of stock which K. S. Finch
bought and rave his note for, have
failed, but there are intimations that
the money was put in the hands of a
lawyer here by New York people.
Since the ~receivership matter came
up only one share Of stock of the
lantic and North Carolina railway has
haPn sold here. Ii sold for $50.
Today $1,000 of North Carolina 6
per cent were bought here at s136 and
$1,000 of North Carolina 4 per cent
at sos.
The chamber of m OF this
city has invited the great delegation
of teachers from the Middle and New
England states who will pass here oil
their way to the National Conference
at Birmingham, - stop here several
hours.
The state board OF examiners, which
has charge If the negro normal