The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-28
MANY CASES OF SMALLPOX.
More Counties Infested Than EYeI
Before.
People Opposed to Vaccfnation-Ad-
About the Recommendation /of
the State in Interest of the Retail
Merchants AssOciatiOn-Othern Ra-
leigh News.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., March 70


today and prepared a commission for
Ouartermaster General and Chief OF
Ordnance Macon, with the increased
rank OF Brigadipr General in accordance
with an act of the last Legislature.
the governor assigning this commits
sion. General robertson was asked
Whistler there would be encampmcnLs
of The National Guard or practice
marches next summer, and said he did
not know; that the sentiment is di-
vided as to W points, first whether
there shall be an encampment or a
practice march, and secondly whether
whatever is done shall be by the en-
tire brigade or by regiments. AS yet
this question is not settled, but later
the governor and military board will
settle it, as one or other of the things
will be done. General Robertson says
that for his own part he favored an
encainpment of b e'entire brigade anG
the establishment Of a rife range at
the place selected for the encampment,
and for rife practice every day during
the ten days the encampment will last.
He knows very well the need the Lien
nave for practice with the Krag Il
that for years there has been no rifle
practice worth speaking OF. During
the last e~ncampment there was aOne
whatever.
A charter is granted the Porter Dis
tillery Company at Rockingham, Rich
mond county, capital stock $25 900, j.
A. Porter, A. P. Dockery, and j. i.
Brady, being the stockholders. The
company vii make whiskey and fatten
hogs. Another charter is granted to
the Order of Children's Progress, at
Williamson, it being for social and
benevolent purposes. I
SMALLPOX WIDELY SCATTERED
Secretary Richard H. Lewis, of the
state board of health was asked today
about smallpox and said it was still
prevailing and was more widely
scattered over the state than ever be
fore. 1t is very hard to get the PEG
pie vaccinated, owing to opposition to
it. The disease has during the past
few months spread all over North Car
DINA and more counties are infected
than ever before.
Elder Josiah William Bailey, chair
man of the State Anti-Saloon League,
speaking today about the dispensacy
campaign at Asheville, said, You can
say from me that | feel certain the
moral forces will win there"
TEXAS HOLDING COTTON.
Mention has been made of that fact
that statements were being widely ell
culated in this state that Texas was
,,,+t;-r oo4|0, ror;I1y - thu oor-n
A letter from Mr. Fred G.. Olds at Va;
co. Texas, says: Texas has held her
cotton far better than any other state ,
and today she is the only state which
has marketed less this year than she
marketed up to the same date last
year. This news came today and wa
read to Secretary T. B. Parker OF the
state Farmers Alliance, and to COM;
missioner of Agriculture Patterson,
both of whom said they were very glad
to al it. Secretary Parker said:
you can say from me that North Car
olina also had marketed less Gotten
than she did last year by a good deal,
too, | should say something like 10 PEI
cent. at least" Secretary Parker Went
on 20 speak about the Farmers Al
lance and said: 'It is continuing 20
grow and is getting the very best ma
terial. County after county is being
orgaized and alliances are being re-or
gained way up in Madison county be-
Z fore our organizer could get there.
AZ the recent session of the Legis-
lature a resolution was adopted ask
ing the post office department to es-
tablish a branch office at the capitol
during the session. Postmaster BaijGv,
has taken the matter up with the de-
partrnent and is advised that such an
Office or branch will be established. 1t
will prove very convenient.
Owing to the bad weather during
February very few rural free delivery
routes could be Laid off by the inspec-
tor, and consequently only three have
beer officially announced, the notices
coming in today, these routes being
from Altamahaw, w. w. Brannock car
rier; Cana, CASTOR L. White and Coun-
Gil, Daniel l.. Perry.
! BOARD OF ERNAL IMPROVE
MENTS.
i. G.. Beckwith of the board of inter-
nal Improvements was asked today
about the work it would do under the
new law, enacted by the last LegisIa-
tur,, which has considerably extent
ed it's powers. He explained thai the
! board had received commissions put
had not yet been sworn in. It will
soon meet and organize and will then
prepare the line of work to be follow
ed. Among other things a letter Of IN
struction vii be sent to the heads of
the various Institutions, except the
higher educational ones, over all OF
which the board has supervision. the
letter calling for information which
the governor ought to have. Mr. Beck
with says the governor desires to aear
in touch with all the institutions AND
that the only a in which this car
de done is through this board.
i The attorney OF the North Carolina
Rotoil MarchonfS, Association will he.