The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-02
Messenger Bureau.

meets at Boston August 18th. Men
ton has been made of the az that
about 80 prominent ex-ConfederateS
are invited to speak there, and that
State Auditor Dixon was one Of these
and had accepted. The two others
from this state are Wilson G.. Lamb
and Cyrus B. Watson, both of whom
have accepted. 1t will be a great af-
fair, and these gentlemen will have
the time of their lives, as they will
admit when they return home.
Wilson G.. Lamb and HI other
members of the state board of cleo
tions will be here Monday and Tues
day at its session. Mr.. Lamb says that
he has attended every n of the Dem
ocrauc state committee meetings and
conventions since the party was
formed, in 1868. except one meeting.
For u while the party was known as
the Conservative party. He first
served on the committee when DANES
NJ Barringer was chairman.
w. s. Chadwick. Of Beaufort, who
was here to attend h meeting OF the
Democratic state committee, was ask
ed how the fishing On the coa was
this year He said the catch of fat
backs or menhaden was very poor in
deed, and that he got less than a mill
lion this year, while usually his catch
was from eight million to fifteen mil
lion. The general run of fishing has
not been good, the winds being from
the southwark.
DR.. James Mckee, the superinten-
lent of the insane hospital here finds
that the roc peckers have eaten, as
he puts it, all the inside OF the cypress
telephone and electric light poles
within the hospital grounds, leaving
a mere shell. h poles will have
to be taken down and replaced by
some other kind of wood. This
reminds one of the statement "a the
wood peckers nearly destroyed the old
court house of Harnett county.
Mr.. G.. RosenthaI was somewhat i'm
proved today, but his condition con-
tinues serious. 1t is the plan to take
him north as soon as possible.
Yesterday was h day when Rev.
w. r. Walker. the absconding pastor
of st. Paul's A. NJ. E. church here,
was to have appeared in nsw to
the warrant charging him with a very
gross crime. He did not SHOW UP, n
a letter came from his attorney at
Durham. in which the attorney said
he had not been able to confer with
Walker, but when he did so they
would come down here and adjust the
matter. Walkers presiding elder has
admitted to the officers here that he
advised Walker to leave Raleigh and
helped him 10 get away, giving as his
reason that he thought this the best
way to dispose of the bad business.
No doubt the conference will consider
this action as we'll as hat of Walker.
The Peabody fund has allowed
North Carolina schools this year some
thing like $4,000. There is a decidedly
strong OPPOSITION to having this fund
used in maintaining a big college or
university mainly as a training school
for teachers at some central point in
the south. the desire being to have the
interest of the fund used as at pres
ent.
Revenue Agent Chapman, of Green's
bOro, who is here, has invented a new
way of getting at a number OF
"mashes" made in distiI1inS whiskey.
and also to show how we'll the beer is
~fermenting. Tests are now being made
at various diStillerieS and with great
success. Colonel Chapman says he
thinks the result will be very bene-
fetal b0th to the government and the
distiHers. He is also teaching the dis
tillers how to use the s~accharoneter.
They claim they cannot tell by this
how their beer is f~ermenting. Colonel
Chapman will show them whether all
the matter has been chang
ed into alcohol or not.
1t from what country
spOrtsmen say, that cartridges are go
ing to be quite abundant next season.
June was very favorable for the young
birds.
The Republicans are making very
bold claims TO the effect that they are
going to AIRY the Eighth and Tenth
districts. State Chairman Simmons
was asked what his view was of this
matter. and replied with a smile: Il
see no reason III the world why those
districts should go Republican. /
would be more surprised than the Re-
publicanS If they did do so.
Editor Caddell. of The TfmeS-Visi-
tor. left today to attend the State
Press Associations meeting at More
head City. About two-thirds of the
newspapers in this state are members
of the association. Special efforts
have been made to get all of them in.
but a number have never joined.
Deputy Clerk Joseph L. Seawell. of
the Supreme court. devised an ad-
mirabIe method of filing briefs il
cases. MOI only for use during the
terms, but easy to be found after
wards. The old system required much
search, while under his plan the jack
cts in which the papers are filed Show
all the contents at a glance. The Su-
Dreme court Is a great place to study.
MANY are the nights that lawyers from
any part of the state can De found
there reading up on authorities. 1t is
one OF the best iaw libraries in the
country, we'll arranged and we'll kept.
and thoroughly up to date. The Su-
preme court and the state library need
Tar better quarters than they have.
They need a modern building. fire.
proof and comnrodiouS. The present
building is a cheap affair. The Saate
Is getting in good shape now and
ought to be able to provide a worthy
building. 1t ought also to provide a
hall of records, absolutely %freproof.
1t Is all now a question of public
spirit
Captain ". H. Days friends are de-
lighted to hear of his progress He
now eats his meals, reads the news
aperS and chats almost In the old
way. He is hungry for news. About