The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-06
nAL1GH NEWS LETTER.
Three Men 70 Be Exccuted On June
f5th-sfiss Shipp Delivers Lectures.
State Horticulturist Begins Work


Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. c.. May 8. 1894
Governor Aycock has fixed June
18th as b date of execution OF three
/ men convicted OF murder In h first
degree. all OF whom have been before
the Supreme court. which during the
past few days has sustained the lower
courts n men to be hanged are
Adam Hunt. OF Person county: Archie
Lipscomb. Of Granville. and w. R.
| Mann. OF Cumberland.
The argument in the Selma juno
ton case in the Superior court here
on the question OF the power OF
the corporation commission. Is to be
heard by Judge Brown. Friday. The
finding OF the jury In this case as TO
the practicability and safety OF the
required train, cost, ETC., was To set
tie certain facts necessary to the set
Element of the case by the highest
court The Atlantic Coast Line rail-
way claims that under the act Great
| ing the corporation comission the lat
ter may rrang for connections be-
tween existing trains. but a no pow
er to require a railway to put on a
special or extra train to n with
another road.
Among to-day's arrivals were e.
j. Justice, Greensboro; F. /. Osborne,
Charlotte; l. T.. Avery. 5. ]. Erwin and
A. c. Avery, Morganton.
Though some rain has fallen in this
section. it is perhaps not a tenth OF
what is needed.
The sheriff of this county says that
he finds all the fruit in the lowlands
| along streams has been killed by the
| April frosts and freezes.
Charters are granted new lodges
of Odd Fellows at Indian Creek and
Franklin. The Rebekah branch OF
the order is growing rapidly and de-
veloping much interest. A new Re-
bekah Lodge is chartered at Ease
| Band, Yadkin county.
A letter from Canton, China, says
Duncan Haywood Cameron, a son OF
the late General Francis H. Cameron,
of Raleigh, has been mad manager
Of the Standard Oil Company at an
ton.
MI. w. B. Duncan, of Beaufort. Is
appointed cashier in the collectors
office here, to succeed Mr.. d. j. Dun
can, who has been in the revenue ser
vice for several weeks, but who Is
now very sick at Beaufort.
At military headquarters here a
gatling gun carriage. sabres and blan-
kets for the light battery at Char
lotte. and also complete harness for
the same, have been received and
were to-day sen to Charlotte.
Mrs. Fred. A. Olds, who was very
painfully injured in a runaway acct
dent here Friday afternoon, is recev-
ering quite rapidly. no bones having
been fractured. Her escape from Sc
rious injury was simply wonderful.
State Auditor Dixon is again in
much request as a speaker. He to-
day declined the fourth invitation to
speak May 10th, as he is to be at
Raeford that day.
To-day the corporation commission
sent out its annual letter of instruc>
ton to tax listers, which contains
some new features.
The lateness Of the season. at least
two weeks as compared with last
year, may be imagined from the
strawberry crop. Last year the
growers were picking and shipping as
early as April IA, but this year as
late as May 1st a large grower here
said he was able to find only one ripe
berry, ard he estimates that half his
crop q been destroyed by the cold
A charter is granted to h Gastonia
Furniture Company. capital stock
$50, 900, mainly held by Rufus M
Johnston.
Professor Hume. who arrived from
Florida Saturday to be state horticul-
turist. was in conference to-day with
Agricultural Commissioner Patterson
and State Chemist Kilgore, arranging
for a visit to various points in the
state. He goes first to Fayetteville
and will get acquainted with condi
lions there, and then go to othel
points in the east and make careful
studies.
: The Supreme court is at work thi
week on cases of the 14th district
Among the attorneys present are
McBrayer, Rutherfordton, n D. II
Valentine, Hendersonville.
Other arrivals here are T.. c. Bono
Winsdor; Thomas D.. Meares. Will
mington; W. A. Guthrie, Durham;
D. Maultsby, Whiteville.
: Miss Kate Shipp, who is at Cam
bridge University. England. has bee
on a visit to a lady friend in Wales
:, and while there was asked to addres
n the Twentieth Century Club at Barr
She consented and was asked to tai
about the south. She spoke for a
: hour and had the undivided atten
J ton of her auditors. The first ques
ton asked her was by a lady n wa
"Would you nave had Booker Wash
ington with you at dinner?" She Wa
at ence asked to address a gatherin
Of working women and consented I
do so, and thereupon she was waite
upon and ske to address the ST.
dents Of pedagogy in the Uniyersit
Of Wales at Cardiff. This North Ca
DINA young lady has made a decide
hit, although IL is her first effort c
the lecture platform.
Do 1t Today.