The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01
lessenger Bureau.

Raleigh, n. c., March so.
A charter is granted to the Automatic
Paper Hanging Machine Company, OF
Durham, capital stock $50. 900 and David
McCanness of Asheville being the prin-
cipal stakeholder, Julian S. Carr and
others being also stockholders.
The state authorizes the Pennsylva-
mia Development Company of Carthage
Moore county. to increase. its capital
stock to 100000 and to nave both COM
mon and preferred stock. The business
is said to have opened a very valuable
mine
The State of Virginia has adopted as
a text book in its public schools "Agri-
culture for Beginners, which last year
was adopted for the North Carolina
schools. Virginia is the fifth state in
nine months to adopt this valuable and
well prepared work. The other books
adopted by Virginia were in groups
and counties were allowed to select any
books from each group. but as to the
book referred to no other was named
in connection with it.
The state mas secured the finest spe-
cimens OF tin ore found in North Caro-
lima and these have been specially pre-
pared and sent to the st Louis EXPOSE
ton. They came from near Kings
Mountain. The owner OF the mine sent
a car load to the smelters and the ore
yielded a profit Of something like 500
a ton.
MIR. Cannon OF the State Agriculture
Department says that q cotton mill to
cost at least a quarter of a million
dollars is to be built in Transylvanil
county, near Breyard. by outside capt.
tai. Electricity will furnish the power.
AID this Will be developed by Little
river which has a fall of 100 feet in five
miles, there being five water falls in
that district.
Quartermaster General Macon, OF the
North Carolina National Guar says
the new equipments recently ordered
for the War Department are coming
in. He viii soon order dress uniforms
for the entire force. These will be dark
blue. and will be furnished by the war
department. the only change from those
worn by the regular army being North
Carolina buttons and the letters y. G
on the collars. y complete equipment
for the hospital corps has been requisi-
toned for and that department of the
guard Will be made extremely efficient
Next week will be quite gay here.
from n social point OF view with IN
first post-Lenten dance on Tuesday at
the Capital Club. another dance by the
Nine O'Clock COiillon Club at The
Raney Assembly rooms. two or three
weddings and a lot of minor events.
w. c.. Allen, who is now in charge
of the public road work in this county
says things are progressing very well
and that he is sure more work has been
done in March than ever before. A
great force of men, several thousands
have been at work and he says the
oyerseers are looking after things we'll.
Heretofore the work in the country dis
tricts has been crude in the extreme,
-+@n 90 1 m o
a road and then leaving it about like
a furrowed field.
II is said that the effect Of the Char
lotte court martial on delinquent Ma
tional Guardsmen is very ppy-
only locally but all over the state.
Among today'S arrivals was James
T. Morehead, of Greensboro Arthur
Winsiow is also here. Seventeen years
ago he had charge of the survey and
mapping of the state oyster lands IN
the greet sound
Tn Joint committee to examine the
. Agricultural and Mechanical college
met again today and made its recon-
r~endation: which cover d wide range.
The college greatly needs more oorIn1-
tory room.
The grand jury here had more wit
nesses before it today in the che
Finch conspiracy case. In all, yester-
day and today nearly a dozen witnesses
were examined. among these being the
Governor. Revenue Collector Duncan
Ed Chambers Smith. j. w. HlnSdaIe,
w. H. Day. the telegraph al
Raleigh and others
MCNEIL is to- be tried on the capital
charge of eIoniou assault upon a re-
spectacle married woman Staple Full
Ter and Murray Allen are assigned to
defend him.
The state Superintendent Of public in
Sfruction has a letter from County SUI
perintendent Reagan OF Buncomoe stat
ing that he is stirring up negligent
magistrates regarding the collection %
fines, penalties and forfeltures ano
their payment to the school fun Z
which they belong. County s~uperinten-
dents everywhere should look more
narrowly into this important matter
and thereby gain much for the schoo
fund.
The Supreme court is at work on the
trict, many lawyers being IN atten-
dance. Among these are John a. Bar
ringer. w. p. Bynum. Jr., Alfred NJ
scales. u V. Taylor, A. B. Kimben
r r. King and E. j Justice, OF
Greensboro; Robert W. winston AND
II. A. Foushee. OF Durham; w. w
Kitchin, Roxboro; John w. ran
Hiusboro: A. w. Graham, Oxford; J
O.. Carr. Wilmington
In the Supreme court today a mot'or
WAS made by H. r. Furguson, repre-
senting the state. to advance the case
Of TOM wakefield. South Carolina muir,
derer. who is making a fight asalns'
being taken TO South Carolina 10 an
syer for a crime. Attorney Ben Posey
appears for Wakefield. n Supremt
court will tomorrow announce WneInei
If will or will not advance this case
A motion was also made today to ad-
vance another case. this being that OF
the Greensboro Coal and Ice Company