The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
Attack Probably Due to Overwork-
Diocesan Convention to Meet-A
Talk With Judge Pritchard-Su.
preme Court Justices Leave.
Messenger Bureau,

About 1880 O'Clock this morning
Capt. William II. Day. of Raleigh,
one of the best known lawyers in
the state, was stricken by paralysis
and has not recovered consciousness or
spoken. His right side is affected.
For a year or more he has done a
vast amount of work, and it was said
to-day by several of his brother law
yers that he had really overtaxed
himself. His age is So and at the
age of 1s he came out of the Con-
federate army a captain, after having
served four yearSA
The summer quietment has nos
fallen upon Raleigh, and it is pleas
ant after the rush and hurry burly
of last week. 1t is the comment
that last week was no week at all, so
far as Is concerned, as what
was done was undone, and matters
were just as they had been before
along every line; in other words, the
status of everything remains exactly
| as it was, say on the first of
The event his week here is the
SSth annual convention of the Prot
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Carolina, in Christ church, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday. On We'd
nesday. lev McNeily DuBose will
preach the sermon. The Thompson
Orphanage report, that of the trus-
tees of the diocese, of the standing
committee and of st. Mary's school
will be made, with addresses by DR..
DuBose n DR.. NJ. M. Marshall. In
the evening there will be addresses
in Christ church, the Church Of the
Good Shepherd and ST. Ambrose. col
ored, on Sunday schools and mission
schools. On Thursday, Bishop he
shire will deliver his address. The
special order Will be . report on the
Thompson Orphanage, with addresses
by Rev. Walter A. Smith and Sam
uel S. lash. In the evening there
will be addresses o. missionary work
at the three churches. On Friday,
the special order will be the report
of the diocesan branch Of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary, with an address to
that body by Rev. DIR. Arthur s..
Lloyd. In the evening there will be
a public meeting in the city hall,
Bishop Cheshire presiding, with ad-
dresses on the need OF reforming the
state'si divorce laws. The speakers
will be Rev. DR.. Moment, Presbyter-
ian; Rev. DR.. Tyree, Baptist; Rev.
DIR. Ivey, Methodist; Associate JUS
SASS - ~ OIli1ok y - YIN
and Hon. John S. Henderson. In ST.
Andrews church. colored, there will
be a public meeting on the same sub
ject. Bishop Cheshire thinks the
convention will adopt a resolution
calling for amendment of the divorce
laws.
Charters are granted the Wilson
Light and Power Company, Of Will
son.; capital stock, $125,O0O; J.. c..
Hales and others stockholders; and
the Monroe Law Library Company.
The supporters of Captain r. B.
Glenn now figure that he has SIS
votes assured. that is, will go into
convention with that number, and
that Stedman has 3S5. These are
the Glenn figures.
The National Educational Associa-
ton will hold it's 43rd annual con
vention at st. Louis June 9th to
July 1, and probably a number of
educators from this state will attend,
it being an excellent opportunity for
teachers to attend the association,
see the exposition and also the Ma
tional Democratic convention. Miss
Lydia A. Yates, of Wilmington, who
has attended the National Education
al Association at all it's recent meet
ings, is state director for North Car
DINA and will be glad to give infor-
nation regarding programmes, rates,
routes, etc.
otdle AUDITOR DIXON mas returned
from Marion, where he made an ad-
dress at the closing of the graded
school, of which Professor Sans is
principal. He says the school is one
of the best organized and conducted
he has ever seen in North Carolina.
DR.. Dixon says the western part of
the state has been very dry, but that
the rains recently have been very fine
n that he never saw so fine a wheat
crop as the present one there.
Your correspondent had a very
pleasant chat with Judge Pritchard
before the judge left for Washington.
He spoke of the loss of some valua-
BILE manuscripts. which he had pre-
pared for a magazine, covering the
campaigns in North Carolina during
the war Of the Revolution, the artr-
Gle being intended to De really an
answer to the book of Henry Cabot
Pritchard says does great injustice
to North Carolina. He had the man
uscript at his home at Marshall, and
devoted two or three years time
to the preparation, but fears it was
lost while his effects were being
moved. In it he told the true story
OF Kings mountain and the other
important engagements. Lodge in
his book said in reference to the bat
tie Of Kings Mountain, it was fought
by rude m~ountaineers, who after
wards retired to their cabins in their
mountain Businesses and were not
again heard of. Judge Pritchard
said. that nothing could be further
from the truth thar this statement.
n that justice ought to be done. He
spoke Of the killing Of Ferguson a:
Kings Mountain. and said the fatal
shot was fired by a negro. He spoke
of another interesting matter. this
being that the powder with which
4 the Americans fought tho hoftla ~
Bunker Hill was smuggled through
from the south. Judge Pritchard is
bent OIL getting full justice for this
section of the country. in which he
axe so much pride. In his manu-
script he took up the whole question,
OF the goth of May declaration of
independence, and said he had al
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