The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., October "a.

lpOrarlon COMMISSION supervision over
Iall state, private and savings banks,
with power also TO appoint bank ex-
ltary of the commission, who is one of
1.-The best informed men in the state as
Ito all matters pertaining to banks
ls2ys there were only "a state banks
iat the time the commission began its
supervision. the total deposits then be-
ing S 9,12O.OOO; capital $4,4577 ,533; total
~Iassets s12. ZOO. There are now OBS
Estate banks, with assets amounting to
1886, 100000; deposits so, 71S,GOO; capl-
|ta1 $685. 3G. There are 4S natioDaI
thanks with assets amounting to S25.-
1919, $50, and deposits S14,041 ,4O5. a
lbank can now be chartered by filing
PARTICLES of incorporation i'll the office
lof the secretary of state, and the Office
lOf the CORPORATION commission.
Mayor Johnson and Police Justice
badger both say that Charles q. Smith,
who was shot II killed by one Of two
lother gamblers here last Saturday, is
Undoubtedly the man who vas before
chem Oh a charge Of picking pockets
there on Thursday, having taken SLIGO
lfrOm a Confederate veteran. The man
Igave his name then as G.. Smith. His
brother Ed. who denied on Saturday,
latter the dillingham; Charles G.. Smith
was the e.. Smith in question, is said
ito have been sitting inside the rail
Iwhen his brother gave bond.
EXTORTIONATE CHARGES By
HACKMEN.
Mayor Johnson says that he will look
linto the matter of eXtortionate charges
Iby hackmen here during the fair, and
THAT the city unquestionably has juris-
IdIction Of these, with power to regu-
late. 1t is asserted that as much as
$3.50 was charged by hackman for TAX
ling people from the union station to
the fair grounds last Thursday.
The rule of the corporation commits
Ision requiring railways to pay freight
shippers one dollar a dav for delays in
freight shipment has been abrogated.
because an act Of the last legislature
provides that in delays in forwarding
lcarload shipments snal be punished
Iby a penalty of $500 for the first day
and $500 FOR each subsequent day.
Much new machinery is being in
stalled in the textile building at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
lsome Of this not having been previous
fly been seen in this state.
The treasurer of the state fair says
THAT between forty thousand and fifty
Thousand persons entered the GROUNDS
land that this is a close estimate. A
humber of visitors to the city that day
lid not appear to have gone out to the
igrounds.
The preliminary examination INTO
the killing of the man Smith here last
saturday will be held next Saturday.
THE attorneys for Clark, the man in jail
held for his offense say they will show
texactly who did the shooting and 1t
|seems that a number of fakirs are to be
drought here from the Burlington fair
las witnesses.
The extreme dryness of the season Is
|shown by the fact that the trees are
not taking on the usual rich autumn
Icoloring. This is particularly notice
liable this year.
The docket of the supreme court is
SO light that it will only take a day or
1.-TWO to dispose of it. The dockets at
the present term are unusually small
in almost every district.
WIDER ORGANIZATION OF
LABOR.
Efforts are to be made by the head
Iof the labor movement in this state.
Ito bring about a wider organization.
lTThe present one only covers railway
machinists, carpenters, brickmasons,
y ,INnrc nracc mon DT1n1GTS- clerks.
Ietc. There is no purpose, for quite .
Iwhile TO come. to organize cotton mill
abor. the reason being given that it
lis too illiterate and that it cannot be
Iorganized to any advantage as yet to
itself or to other labor organizations.
SHOOTING AT THE UNION
DEPOT.
The shooting in the thrOnged Union
passenger station by w OF the gam
Ibler fakirs who had been at the fair,
Twas the only bad event of last week,
land a bullet from one pistol killed a
Petersburg gambler-fakir, Charles
white. Bob Littleshore, whose home
lis near Norfolk, is in the police station.
His father arrived last night and saw
him. The other man, Harry Clark
lalias Morris. who is from st. Louis, is
lin Jail. His lawyers wanted him plac-
led there, so they could see him better
There was bad blood between Clark
land Smith, Littlestore now says 1t is
believed Clark is the man who killed
ISmith, but the trouble is to prove it.
An official says he fears the most that
lcan be done will be to convict these
lmen Of carrying pistols. In Texas both
lwould have been lynched in a few
minutes. One of the bullets was found
yesterday in the ladies' waiting room
State Treasurer Lacy and B. c.
IBeckwith of the state beard of internal
Improvements are inspecting the
iWilkesboro and Jefferson turnpike.
The state charters the Imperial Mu-
Itual Life Insurance Company of Ashe-
willie, Charles a. Webb. Guy Green, W.
iB. Williamson and others ineorpora-
Ikore