The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-23
THE A. AND n. O ROAD.
Governor Aycock's Ulfimafum-H-
forts 60 Have the G. +. c. Located
At Raleigh-Thc A and IL. Sum-
mer School.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. G.. February -.

Raleigh. N. G.. February Is.
AT h office Of he. state superinten-
dent of public instruction a statement
is being very carefully compiled for use
by a congressman from another state.
showing the amount expended on the
public education OF White children and
or negro children.
The appeal Of the Atlantic Coast Line
from the order OF the Corporation Com
mission for a connection at Selma
m up here mex week. The case
has precedence Of other cases.
There is really now no proposition for
the lease of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railway before Governor Ay-
cock, neither OF the two propositions
made by ". E. McBee and by the Ra-
leigh and Pamlico Sound Railway Com
pany coming UP to the requirements
fixed by the Governor in what may be
termed his ultimatum, namely a fifty
yea lease. beginning at three per cent
and ending with six. as has been stat
ed
AS yet no proposition from the At
lantic Coast Line has been received.
1t is expected that the Atlantic Coast
Railway Company. with which Walter
w. Mills n others are connected will
file a bid in a few days and that fresh
bids will be made by Mr.. McBee and
by the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound rail-
way.
AS yet Governor Aycock has not re-
ceived any application for respite OF
label Register. the ~self-confessed muir
derer Of two men in Columbus county.
who is under sentence to be hanged
February 18th.
Some of the most jealous Methodists
in the state are now particularly de-
sirous that Greensboro Female college
be located here at Raleigh, where there
are already very important denomina-
tional female colleges. conducted by the
E~piscopalians, Presbyterians. and Bap-
fists. They say this is the place for
the college to be.
All the arrangements are completed
for the building of a spacious dormitory
at the Baptist Female University here.
the cost to be $4,000.
Rain set in this morning and took
away the quite rapidly. The soil
in this section is now we'll saturated
with moisture, which will be beneficial
in the spring work.
The owners of the Academy Of Music.
namely the Raleigh Auditorium Com
pany. nave arranged to put that build
ing in proper shape, at an expenditure
OF at least $4,000.
The corporation commission, 1T will be
found, acted at the very best time lin
the case of the Bank of Dunn, which it
closed this week. 1t will be found hat
the commission awaited until a time
which would be for the best interest
of the depositors. 1t is hoped that the
latter will be able to get as much as
80 per cent. of their deposits.
The Agricultural and Mechanical COZ
lege Summer School at Raleigh will
not lack for public lectures, concerts
n amusements next summer. The
following list of lectures has been ar
ranged:
School Gardens; 2. Illustrated Lantern
Lectures. 1. The Planting Of Flowers,
Vines. and Shrubbery for the Improve
| ment Of school Grounds. 2. Flower
and Vegetable Gardens as Sources for
Nature Study Material and for Outdoor
Manual Training. Professor w. E
Dodd, Randolph Macon College, "Nath-
aniel Macon" Professor c.. Alphonso
Smith. University of North Ca"olin1,
The Novel in America" DR.. J. :. Kill
go, Trinity College. "Heredity and
Education;' DR.. Charles D. McIEer
State Normal, Women as Educators
Professor ]. b. Carlyle, Wake Forest
College, The Teacher" Hon j. Y.
Joyner, superintendent Public Instruc-
ton, Rural Schools and Rural Life
Professor Edwin Mimms. Trinity Col
lege. Southern Poetry" Professor B
F. Sledd. Wake Forest. 1.-The Study OF
Poetry in Our Schools"
Added to these will be lectures OF
| Kindergarten and Child Study and on
| Birds and Insects. 1t is hoped also to
nave lectures by Polk Miller on the
| Negro, Governor Bob Taylor on The
Old South and by John Temple Graves
on the Race Problem. There will ais
be three concerts n a dramatic play