The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-13
Colonel Francis Il. Macon as Quarter

Colo7el Francis n Macon a. Quarter
master General
The p~enitenrary under the extreme
" b management Of Superintendent
J. s. Aann has had a record breaking
period OF success and money making.
and there seems TO be no question of
his retention.
The very successful of
the Insurance department by Commits
sioner James Richard Young leads to
the knowledge that he will be again
chosen to fill that Office. One can IN
agine that there are many applicants
for various positions sending In their
applications and endorsements TO the
g~overnor-e.ect, and he will have pienty
of tbs sort or thing until hs has
been in office some days
Governor Aycock made an address
before the faculty and students Of the
Peace Institute last evening. there be-
ing a number OF invited visitors The
governor made a hit, as usual, and was
given a very hearty reception. Seve,al
OF the state officers were present.
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Joyner "a sending all over the state,
In time for use on North Carolina day
in the public schools a statement about
Calvin Henderson Wiley, the founder
OF the present system OF public schools.
1t is 2 very interesting statement and
AAN lax i 90 &AA 1o--AN
Of Wiley, who was elected term atte-
term, no matter what party was n
power. During tire Civil war when an
effort was made to use the pubic
sch Dol funds for war purposes, he
mad a great fight against this aai
won. so that the schools were kept
| open throughout the war. His reputa-
ton vas really national n he gave his
life to the children OF North Carolina.
His expenses took half his salary. The
movement is to erect a. monument 10
him in Raleigh and all the school chill
dren in the state are urged to unite
in making contributions to this.
The grand lodge of Masons, which
| meets the second week in January will,
] in accordance with the request or the
state board of agriculture, lay the
| corner stone of the G agricultural
building at the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college. Work on this has
! been in college abou, three months
and the walls are up TO the sec
ond fioor. There will be a pretty at
! tractive programme on the occasion of
the
Walter l.. Watson, who is city attor-
new of Raleigh, has been selected by
the creditors OF the Walter w. Mills
Lumber company, bankrupt, to wind up
It's affairs. Most Of the company'S as
c"ts are in the shape of notes.
There are now three hundred n
<,s-en students at the Baptist Univer-
I sity for Women here. President vanr
has gone to Philadelphia with his son
Harvey, who accidentally shot himself
last January. in order that a second OPP
Grafton can be performed upon his face.
His health is now quite good and he
has been at Wake Forest college some
time.
! There is likely to be quite a contest
for the location of the soil test farm
for truck, berries and small fruits when
is to be located somewhere in eastern
North Carolina. 1t will be between
Chadbourn and Beaufort. Fred L. Mer-
rift, Of the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima railway was here today and said
that the rOa greatly desired to have
the farm located at some point on its
line and would Go a great deal IN aid
! of the matter. The Dad is pushing the
matter of truck farming in every way
possible. Points along that line have
been Disseminated against to the
! amount of ten cents in freight, owing
to the action Of the Atlantic Coast Line
which has given lower rates from points
on it's own system than it would give
from those on the Atlantic and North
Carolina railway. The latter has en-
deavored to be placed on an equal
footing and a meeting va held at
washington, -. v. To-Day Tor ms pur-
pose. 1t is said that the Atlantic
Coast will make the rate all right.
MI. Hays, of Pittsboro, member elect
Of the legislature, who made such a
great fight in Chatham was here today
He say he thinks his county is at tho
top Of the list as regards hard work
during the campaign: that Chairman
Simmons had put it down among the
anti-Democratic counties, but that by
hard work h Democratic majority of
two years ago was doubled. A promi-
nent man in the mountain rrg'on of the
state wrote Mr.. Hays that Buncombe
and Haywood were the only countiss
which could claim to equal Chathan N
in the great work for Democracy dur
ing the campaign. Mr.. Hays says he
wrote about $500 personal letters.
Chairman McNeill, Of the corporation
commission and also of thesta tie tax
commission says the latter's report Will
be :eady in about ten days and that it
will suggest only a few changes in the
law, the recommendations being pref
ty much along the line of those in The
last report.