The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23
Messenger Bureau.

Very handsome new furniture vas
placed in the executive Office OF the
governor yesterday soon after his OK.
cellency left the city for New Bern
Especially notable are a massive quar-
ter-sawed oak fiat top desk, d perfect
and up-to-date piece Of furniture in
design and workmanship, a new exec
utive chair to match and a number of
handsome cabinets. Also a luxurious
leather upholstered divan. It is under
| stood that the Office Of Insurance Gem
missioner Young will fall heir t The
discarded g~ubernatorial desk and
| chair.
One Of the most notable cases from
the fifteenth district argued in the Su-
preme court this week was State VS..
Mark Lyle, from Asheville, in which
the constitutionality of the acts Great
ing the police justice courts of Ashe-
vile and Raleigh, are to be tested
This case was argued yesterday, the
Attorney General appearing for the
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for the defendant. The question in
volved is whether the court can excr-
else final jurisdiction in cases other
than those that an ordinary magistrate
disposes of finally. The appeal affect
ed directly the Asheville court, but it
also bears on the Raleigh court which
is a similar creation.
State Entomologist Franklin Sher-
| man iC Cnpr6ino fhic wool in tha
strawberry growing section of the
state, lecturing before the berry grow
ers on the strawberry weeyil. He in
structs them especially in the habits
of the insect and the best methods Of
prevention and determination.
A movement is on DOT to organize
in Raleigh an amateur base ball team
for the coming season. 1t is contendcd
that there is ample excellent material
out of which to form such a. team and
that it will be no trouble to arrange
for games with similar teams from a
number of cher towns in the state, in
Guiding Wilmington,> Rocky Mount
Wilson, Kinston, Durham, Greensboro
and some others. It is likely that a
meeting will be called soon for me
otesin ct aoishrd
Announcement IS made by the Su-
preme court that the noted Murray
murder case will not be argued on ap-
peal at this term after all, but it Will
go over to the end of the docket for the
first district at the next term of the
court. This is The case in which the
defendant shot and killed his uncle,
both being we'll known music dealers in
Durham.
Miss Emily Jeffries, daughter Of r.
w. Jeffries, a prosperous farmer at
Milbrook, near haleigh, ran away his
morning with Mr.. Edgar Loops, tele-
graph operator at Milbrook and they
were married at the Methodist Orphan
age by the Superintendent, Rev. J.. w.
Jenkins, just a. few minutes before the
irate father of the girl arrived in hot
pursuit. The father was at first in
clined to berate The bride, groom and
parson but flnally came around to &C
cept the inevitable so that the party
left for home on friendly terms.
Major B. F. Dixon, state auditor. left
this morning for Salemburg, Sampson
county, to deliver the address at the
close of the high school there.
The secretary of safe charters the
Elkin Drug Company of E1kin, cap
ital $4,000, J.. ". Ring, H. c. Chatham
and J. F. Hendren. Another charter
was 20 the Fuller Combing Gin Com
pany, Of Charlotte, authorized capitol
$500, GOO, incorporators JOS. |. Farrow,
Charles F. Wadsworth and Jas. T.
Fuller, the, latter Of Texas.
The Cary High School, Professor i.
L. Middleton, principal, is holding its
commencement exercises today and To-
morrow, this being the close of by lar
the most successful session in the his
tory of the school. Editor J. w. Bailey
of the Biblical Recorder, will deliver
the address tomorrow.
Next week will conclude this session
Of the Supreme court so far as the ar
guments are concerned and it will be
only a matter of a few days then until
the court will adjourn for the term.
The court, Justice Walker says, is
nearer up with it's work than ever be-
fore. Sixteenth district appeals will
be heard text week. the last district
of the circuit ami there are only six
cases on the docket. They are Am
mons VS.. Southern Railway Company,
Curtis VS.. Southern Railway; Nichol-
son VS.. Southern Railway; Leach VS..
Telegraph Company; Wilson VS.. Fry
son, and Ledford VS.. Emerson. When
these arguments are in there will ra-
main five cases at the end of the dock
ct to be heard. These are Rountree
VS.. Loftin, State VS.. L.. n. Jones, "A"
State VS.. Meachum, State VS.. Lee and
State VS.. Murray.
Insurance Commissioner Jas. r.
Young expected d establish in his new
office, corner Of Fayetteville and Nor
gan streets before the week is out He
finds that it will be a very hard task
to get his Office fixtures and records
down from the third foo of the state
capitol building, where he has had his
office since the creation of the depart
ment.
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