The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-19
EXPECTS BETTER OFFER.
the A. and n. C.-Honor fo- DIR.
Ekigo-Finc Amateur Performance
Messenger Bureaa-

Raleigh. N. c.. February IL
LRex evening your correspondent
thozght that there might be soon
something doing TO use an expression
ef the day in the way OF a lease OF the
Atlantic and North Carolina railway.
So tais morning the Governor was
asked a very direct question about that
matter. Ills reply was: There has
got to be better offer than / have
as yet received or nothing will be
done" There are three propost tons
before Le Governor. one that Of Cap
tain AeHee. another that by H l..
Finlayssn. Walter w. Mills. and their
associates who have the charter Of thz
Atlantic Railway Company. the n rd
being q sort OF proposition made by
Ar- awards. OF Sanford, whose pan
II Is 70 have the railway extended from
Go4asssrs TO Sanford. 1t appears that
at sae time Captain AcBee and Mr.
Edwards were together. that is repre-
sentea the same syndicate OF Ph!lIdeI-
Dhla people, but that now their PROPOSE
tion are along different lines. IL seems
20 ba pretty certain that the co. ernor
and eae council OF state have not favor
ed any lease. up to this time, and there
does act today seem to be any change
sf view ON that line. The Goser..or
SfidcAt1Y expeClS q proposition DSCteT
tnan en5 yet made.
Adjute..t General Rovster said 'aat.
the fetal strength of theNorth Caro.in
Natlen24 Guard was found to be 2,JG.
this being a considerable increase oVeI
its strength year ago. All the ord
Springfield rifles with which the guar
was armed UP to this year have been
returned to the state arsenal here and
Al seen as they can be repaired vi j lie
sent to An arsenal designated by the
war department. All the guardsmen
are now of course armed with the X. a.
Magazine rifle and have new equip
ments. the rifles being also ent re.y
new.
Today John Oden, from Bath. died
at the Soldiers Home. where he haQ
been sick for some time.
A young negro, b. S. Paschall Blake
is in jail here on the charge of burning
the new dwelling house of Dempsy
Turner seven miles northwest OF ia
leigh sn the night OF the 5th instant
Blake seems to be about Is years uit,
and u said to be half-witted.
The college OF Bishops of the South
-era Methodist Episcopal church ap-
points Rev. DR.. John c. KiIgo, presi-
dent Of Trinity College their fratarn Il
messenger to the general conference .
the Northern Methodist Episcopa.
church Wihci meets at Los Angei g,
california, in May. This is one of the
. highest honOrs the church conferS and
1t In the first time North Carolina has
ever received 1t. The bishops endeavor
to select the most representative cleri-
cal delegate and lay delegate in .ha
bounds Of their Jurisdiction. AS yet the
lay delegate is not named. but will ~
doubt be from another state. 1t is un-
derstooA that several prominent Meth
odists will go to California with Or.
Kilgo. among these being Mr.. and
Mrs. W. r. Odell. OF Concord.
A new Aoor is being laid in the Sta-e
Treasury, owing to the fact that d /
fecdve steam pipes under the floor ire
quenuy burst. the steam coming
through the cement and tiles. There,
are trap doors in the new wooden
floor. by which the uorkmen can ge-
at the pipes
Farmers in this section OF North
Carolina are buying a great number o.
mules this season, and the mules are
much larger and 6ner than any ever
brought here before.
Oae sf the finest amateur perform
ances ever given here or possibly in
the state. was that last night in aid
of st. Aary's Guild. no less than ,165
persons taking part 1t showed a great
amount Of real talent locally The su-
dieaoc was one of the largest ever in
the Metropolitan Theatre.