The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12

man said that II this we're done. the
negroes would leave the state. but the
other said that some scheme could be
devisef TO prevent their leaving. He
spoke OF a case in which a negro att
tempted to get on the train on which
was the body Of a negro who had been
killed by another train the train he
attempted to board being a special
bringing this body. The negro vas
arrested as he stepped on the platform
and the man who hired him had TO pay
So. or else the poor fellow wouid have
gone to the roads for 80 days. or have
been given some other hard sentence.
II laws are enacted taking away liberty
from the negroes or anybody else Ii is
very certain that an exodus will follow.
Quite an amusing incident occurre4
during the session of the farmers state
convention here this week One of the
brightest speakers in the whole bunch
was G. c. Moore, of Meckienburg, who
Is a model dairyman. He was wearing
quite a pretty necktie and two or three
times in the course of his address re-
marked that his auditors could hardly
expect a farmer to wear 50 attractive
a tie. After he had finished his ad-
dress he was warmly congratulated,
and among other congratulators were
State Veterinarian TAFT Butler and
oNON AAAaiA LIZ hCl NlCSC
two came into Raleigh and bought the
loudest tie they could possibly find and
going to the depot met Mr.. Moore as
he was o. to leave for home and put
upon him this gaudy tie. He enjoyed
the joke very much indeed.
A we'll known official here was talk
ing this week o gambling law n
remarked that its enforcement in North
Carolina was a farce. He remarked
h a there was gambling going on at a
score of places in the state and that at
one reStort there was an open gambling
den. which had been conducted all the
season.
Mrs. George T. winston, speaking
about the visit she made to Western
North Carolina. said the most curious
thing she saw was a rock near Cullo-
vince, on which there is what seems 20
be a map, made by the Indians. Some
say this map is attended to represent
the whole mountain region, while 9TH
ers say 1t is a presentment of local
features. 1t seems to have been pho
tographed only recently.
Secretary Of State Bryan Grimes who
is doing SO much good work in finding
documents bearing upon the early his
tory of the state in the shape of ORR
inal records, is now looking for the
charter of the state of Franklin, which
was attempted to be found in r~- -
Tennessee by Sewer and his associates.
The late editor, Robert M. Furman of
The Morning Post, told me hat he.
while secretary of the Senate he saw
in the senate clerks room in the cal i-
toll the original charter of this state
and that he had lac it in hts hands.
perhaps some % years 20. The special
search m be resultful. Secretary
Grimes is having the search made by
Mr.. walker Savage, and most of the
finds so far have been made in the
offices Of the house. A surprising nuns
Der of documents which Secretary Of
State Saunders never saw, but which
could have been in his colonial records.
have been discovered within the last
thirty days. Copies are being made
now Of many of these, in order that
Judge CLARK may print them.
The next legislature will be asked to
provide an absolutely fire-proof hall OF
records in which such invaluable pub
lie documents can be safely kept. Such
a building ought to be large enough to
contain the great and growing collec-
ton of hiatorical objects, now in the
state museum. The public spirit Of
the next legislature will be appealed
to as regards this matter.
The public interest in the Atlantic
and North Carolina railway, it's lease
end it's extension, will be great until
the, lease is effected. The persons who
lave mad a bid and who feel pretty
certain of getting the road for so years
have interesting and important plans
IN regard to an extension. These plans
will be important to the people of at
least three counties and will develop
some new territory if carried out. The
road is to be taken out of politics and
made a money-maker. This much is
certain.
The summer school for teachers here
was certainly a very great success. The
writer predicted that about a thousand
would probably attend it. The actual
number enrolled was $50 so it was a
very close guess. There is a new plan
on foot about a summer school,, this
being to have three for the entire state
for example one at Asheville, another
at Raleigh and the third at some other
point, Greensboro, perhaps. Some per-
sons desire n such school for the
entire state. AS has been said there
are about 5000 white teachers and the
estimate is made that half these would
attend. The project is a great one. 1t
is found. for a number Of reasons ad-
v~antageous to have such schools locat-
ed near large towns or cities. The
teachers oun for example that Ra-
leigh possessed peculiar advantages.