The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
BOOMERS FOR HEARST
EMukSARIES FROM NEW YORK
NOW IN RALTIGH.
North C~aroiinians Being
Summoned by Gl:nn - Summer
Schools for Ttachers-Inspection Of
the National Guard-Other News
Notes.
Messenger Bureau.

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General Carrie A Woodruff left here
today for Wilmington to begn his tour
inspection Of the National Guard OF
this state. under orders from the War
department.. Inspector General Balm
meets him there and viii make the tour
together.
The state charters the Beetree Rail-
Company, to build a railway about
3 miles in length all in Buncombe coun-
'ty. from a point on what Is known as
the Craggy Mountain boundary. to a
point on h Southern railway, within
two miles OF and west of Swannanoa
station. the capital stock being $40, 600
and the Craggy Mountain Lumber
Company owning all the stock except
% shares
It is understood that a soil test farm Is
to be established within the next three
or four months. west OF the Blue Ridge
this being n accordance with an order
made by the Agricultural board.
Work on the Improvements and en-
|largement of the Academy OF Music
here begins next week and will be fin
|ished by the middle of August. Mr..
|Schloss. of Wilmington. the lessee. has
placed Mr.. Sherwood Upchurch in
charge Of h Academy.
State Superintendent Joyner says
700 free lbraries for rural pubic
schools have been established and that
800 more will be established this year.
The law allows 500 supplementary IL
|braries. to schools which were estab-
|lished under the acts of 1901. OF these,
less than 100 a yet been taken.
Superintendent Joyner was asked
whether there would be many teach
|ers institutes and summer schools for
teachers this year and said there would
be two large summer schools. one at
the State University and one at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
here. and there would be several groups
of schools held by counties for at least
month. He regards this plan as
much better than that Of holding coun-
ty institutes as so much more can be
done where the counties thus group
their interests.
The plan Of the new dormitory at the
State Normal and Industrial college
at Greensboro is on view at the office
of the State Superintendent, and is en-
tirely unique. so far as this state is
concerned. It is two stories high with
a noble central portico, with great pill
lars. and with porticoes on the wings.
There is a very stately dome.
Elder ]. William Bailey Of the Anti
League of North Carolina goes
to Statesville, to address on Tuesday
the Iredell county league.
Some one Interviewed by a New Bern
paper has said that the Atlantic Rail-
way Company. which has made the best
bid for the lease Of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway is associating
with Receiver V. E. McBee n its bid.
Walter w. Mills. OF the Atlantic Rail-
way Company smiled when he was
shown this item and said his coming
had nothing whatever to do with Mr..
McBee. In the tenn it was said that
the company was not able to build 10
of road. Mr.. Mills said it had
built in this state already several times
that length of "a and was able to put
up a quarter of a million dollars In
bonds as a guarantee that it would
extend the Atlantic and North Carolina
railway and also to do the work, IL it
got the lease.
State Auditor Dixon says that he
'sheriffs are now settling taxes better
than ever before and that almost twice
as many have aid so for this year as
had pid up to this time last ear.
State Chairman Bailey. Of the Anti
saloon League. when asked il many
ELECTIONS are to be held this year replied
that he did not know Of any at present,
and expressed the hope that there
would not be many this year. Evident
lily he does not want the liquor question
Ito become in the smallest degree mixed
with politics.
Several weeks ago an apostle from
New York made a tour OF this state in
the interest of Parker for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the presidency.
Now other apostles are at work here
lin the interest of Hearst, who is term
ed by a wag, THE Understudy Of Bry-
an" Some few papers. and particular
lly the labor paper here, have been
l~whooping things up for Hearst, but
certainly in a general way he is very
little talked about. The Hearst BOOM
Iers have their headquarters at q hotel
here and are sending for gentlemen in
various parts Of the state to come here
land commune with them.
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