The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-07
DOING A RUSHING BUSINESS.
Raleigh Dispensary Making Big Sales.
Watching Game LegislatiOn-Great
Deal of Lobbying i'm the Legislature.
Other News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.


O.. Ricaud left for New York at
noon today, his visit here in regard to
the bonds of the class in which are the
South Dakota ones having amounted to
will retur or not. He has some new
move to make, but will not now say
what this is.
Among today's arrivals were II. L.
Cooke. Fayetteville; j. VI. Pruden,
Edenton; A.. S. Dockery, Rockingham;
l.. =. Midget, Oriental.
There is no end of lobbying before
the legislature. Some of the members
do not like lobbying at all and would
like to have it prevented if they could
while others say every citizen has a
right to be heard on any question and
also to have lawyers to work for him
anywhere, provided ne is able to pay
them.
State secretary Gilbert Pearson OF
the Audubon Society is here, n is
watching game legislation. Some per-
sons want to open the doors by permit
A4I6 " SDAANA I" "HO W.
this state and those who are invited
here as the guests of residents TO o
without paying the gun tax, but on the
other hand it is argued that if this
step were taken it would literally re-
suit in throwing the state open to out
siders as there would be SO many OPP
~portunities of evading the law.
For the first time in the history OF
1-;.I $1,000 ~, 4ha nac+ hnlf nantr1ru
no bill has yet been introduced relative
to tax ng dogs. By the way, it is said
that The Georgia dog law is an excel
lent one and it might be well for the
legislators who are interested in the
protection, both of sheep and game, to
get tina law, study it and do something
along this line. Dogs have not only
KEEP sheep down in North Carolina, but
half starved ones and mongres, with
some hunting blood in them destroy
great quantities of bird eggs and OF
young birds too as sportsmen well
know. The proportion Of worthless
dogs was never so large in the state as
at present.
The Raleigh dispensary continues to
do what may be called a rushing bust
ness, from $500 to $500 a day. Tuesdays
anu 1HuSOdyS L W. udyo "ACiA wv
ties are bought, most of them from
persons who make it their business to
gather them. Last Tuesday for ex-
ample 1000 bottles were bought, or
which 1000 were half pints, 2,10O pints,
$50 quarts and $50 beer, these purchases
being about an average. BLACKS and
whites, men and boys, bring in the bot
ties. The little packages, the half
-:-&~ .,l 3LD .i~fc nrn nc ic rnaGlIy
seen, the most popular. Into barrels all
bottles and TASKS which are not stand
ard measure are thrown and broken.
The d~ispenSary bottles its own goods
and gives standard measure.
There is a very pretty little fight on
in regard to the oyster, this growing out
Of the effort to double the tax on
oysters shipped out of the state, this
being now a cent and a half a bushel.
The Gamers, who take the small oys-
ters. pay half q cent and as to them
the rate will be trebled. Some of the
dealers claim it will destroy their bust
ness to thus increase the tax. The bill
was prepared by State oyster Commits
sioner Webb, who declares it is q rea-
sonable one.
This afternoon the Finance committee
gave a hearing to the hotel and nickc
and slot machine men, who were quite
in evidence.
Orders will be issued in a day or two
from the office of the Adjutant Genera
directing that the annual Inspection o.
National Guard of the state shall pegl1
March 18th. Inspector General 7. II
Rain will represent the state in the In
spection while General earle A. Wood
ruff, United States Army, on duty mere
at headquarters will represent the gen
eral government under the provision
of the Dick militia bill.
At 2:3O this afternoon Chle1 Justlc'
Clark administered the path OF office u
General James B.. Glenn. private sec
retary to Governor Glenn
w. II. Osborne and several othe1
prominent men from Greensboro WeI'
here today to look after the Dill alio"
ing Greensboro to sell it's bonds oeloV
par.
The secretary of state authorizes TN
Corgett Buggy Company, 'of Henderson
to increase it's capital stock from SSo,0s
to $50, eos.
The matter of increasing the salar1e
of the Judges is. to be still furtne
strengthened as it seems the vote on IN
question is apt to be very close 1ndeeo
Judging from the action taken by com
mittees.
Coughs and colds down to the yer!