The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER
col. DAVIDSON SECOND CHOICE
FOR GOVERNOR.
Polk Miller Lectures-Charters by
the State-Weathcr Conditions
Memorial Day Observance-Na-
tionaI Guard Encampmen1
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, n. c.. April "a.
The State charters the Planters Cot
! ton Seed Oil Company. of Rocky Mount.
capital stock $500 0 F. L. Daughtridge
and others stockholders; also the Laxo
Company OF Durham. capital stock
| SIT. 600. Jones Fuller and others stock
holders. to manufacture drugs and
chemicals, etc. The Fore and Foster
Planning Mills OF Wilmington Is author
lied to increase its capital stock to $32,-
600, using for this increase s24, 900, which
it has accumulated as a reserve, paying
a stock dividend of that amount by
issuing 24o shares OF new stock.
The April bulletin Of the department
of agriculture was issued today and is
devoted entirely to analyses of COM
mercial fertilizers.
There was rain near here last night,
but only a sprinkle at Raleigh. In
this section all planted crops are suf-
fering for rain.
Yesterday afternoon Polk Miller, by
special invitation. visited the Soldiers
Home here and CAV one of his delight
full performances. Last evening at the
theatre he appeared before a very fine
audience in aid of st. Luke's Home.
This evening he gave in the chapel at
the Baptist Female University a spe-
cial performance in compliment to the
students OF the three female colleges
here. St. Nary's. Peace Institute and
the Baptist Female University, and
was given a most enthusiastic recep-
ton.
The negroes who are in politics are
saying that they find it to be the pur-
pose of the white Republicans to keep
up their lilly white organization"
which they have maintained for some
time. Lee Pearson. colored, formally
q state Senator is out in an oen letter
attacking the white Republicans.
II is said by friends of Colonel Theo-
dore F. Davidson that a great many OF
the delegates to the state convention
who may not favor him as first choice
are very strongly for him as second
choice for governor and that On the
second or third ballot unless the choice
Is previously made, he will win out.
The corporation commission has
rested its case as to the
Selma junction suit in the Superior
court here and today the Atlantic Coast
Line began the examination Of its wit
nesses.
Persons who are here from the Sixth
district say State enato Joe Brown
will be the candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress. He is
a very strong man in that district.
George P. Pell Of Winston-Salem ar
rived here today to confer with ex-
Judge Womack. chairman of the code
commission. Mr.. Pell is one of the as
sistants in the preparation OF that
work.
The Raleigh Odd Fellows celebrated
their anniversary in very fine style
here by a banquet at the State Fair
grounds, a number Of speeches being
made by members of the order and 9TH
erS.
1t is now certain that the contest this
year for the college baseball champion
ship will be between Trinity and the
Agricultural n Mechanical college.
Miss FANNIE Patton OF Asheville, 50
we'll known in church work all over the
state, is here, the guest of Mrs. /.
NICK. Pittinger.
Revenue officials say that while there
is very little mo~onshining, if any In
this county because it is too nearly
under the eye of the revenue Office,
there is plenty of it in adjoining coun-
ties, notably Chatham, Franklin and
Johnson and Durham. In fact they say
there is plenty of it in what they call
Watts Law territory. They say the
Raleigh dispensary keeps the thirsty
very Well supplied.
The Ladies Memorial Association has
arranged for an excellent observance
CT memorial day, May 10th. There will
be a reunion of the county and city
veterans and the inmates of the Sol
diers' Home at the city hall at noon,
and at l o'clock the Memorial Associa-
ton will serve dinner to all the veter-
n in the capitol square all then 60
ing at 2 o'clock to the Hall of History
where there will be a talk on the very
extensive collection of Confederate rel
les there and a view OF the relics. At
3 o'clock the procession will be formed
will so to the Confederate ceme-
terry where there will be appropriate
exercises and where Colonel Theodore
F. Davidson Will deliver the address,
after which the graves OF the LEO Ce.d
barred there Will be decorated.
1t does not seem to be very probable
that the Raleigh and Cape Fear rail-
way will be extended beyond Ellington
this year. though a few months ago it
was thought such an extension would
De quickly made.
The railway thieves continue their
daring work. Today d case of shoes
which should nave contained 26 pairs
was received here, but the railway peo-
pie opened it on arrival, seeing that il
had been opened and rudely closed, and
they found that all the shoes except
three pairs had been taken, and the pa
per boxes left inside the wooden one,
but had been badly smashed.
Captain Brain OF Alabama, fectured
at the. Soldiers Home last evening or.
his wartime experiences. lie claims
to have been the last Confederate re-
leased from prison, the charge against
him having been piracy. He also says
he has never taken the oath OF allegi-
ance. He was in the Confederate navy
and was shot several times.
The examination OF witnesses in the
Selma junction case continues today.
Both the Atlantic coast Line and the
corporation commission have plenty or
witnesses, those for the commission
giving evidence that the failure to CON-
meet at Selma is q case OF great hard
ship, both ways.
The weekly crop bulletin and wealth
er report for today. covering the past
week says the weather. so dry and
cold was very ~unfavorable, the only
precipitation during the week being the
snow fall over the western district to
a depth of several inches. which 500.
melted, did no little damage and gave
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