The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-11-14
C0nstitntiOnaIity Of an Act Before the
U. S. Supreme Court
Jr. o. Z. A. NJ Preparing for Big Gel
ebration-Sevcrai Charters by the
State-Mrs. Martha Fowie Myatt
Suing for Diyorce-N. e.. Equitable
Policy Holders to Form a State Or
ganization-Otter News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.


Preparations are being made for a
big celebration fer the -Junior Order
United American Mechanics here on
the evening Of November 9th, it Being
in the form of joint celebration By
the six councils Of Wake county 4
class Of fifty candidates will receive
the degrees including Governor Glenn
Following the Initiation there will ne
banquet during which the following
lists will be de'jvered Patriotism,
Professor E. l.. Middleton, Cary; Pub
lie Schools State Superintendent OIL
Public Instruction j. Y Joyner; The
Bible in the Schools" Professor c. Is.
ever; 'Immls, alton" State Auditor
&. F. Dixon ana Our Order T. p.
Smith. The festivities will be under :he
auspices of the Capital City Council,
which now has membership of about
225.
Hen. j. E. Woodard Of Wilson, has
filed with the North Carolina Corpo-
ration CommissiCn a complaint in The
name of the business men of Wilsoa
against the Carolina Telephone Compa-
ny, for local service and inadequate
{; long distance service in conjunction
with the Bell lines.
The Weekly Tar Heel, the new state
Republican paper, fathered by Con-
| gresham Spencer Blackburn, made its
| appearance here last night, being print
! ed in Raleigh With Greensboro date
| line. 1t comes out in sixteen page
| form aild makaS 4 e sditable sn:>
ing. The printing viii be III Gree as
boro as soon as the plant is installed
| It is understood that T. B. Eldridge,
now news editor of The Industrial
News will be the managing editor of
the Tar Heel
The w. T. Seals and Company On
corrorared) was incorporated today
W.T.. $4,000 capita, subscrib d by ~
T. Sea:s S. M. Lloyd and P. H. Sears
The company Will do a general ium-
Der and woodwork business.
Chairman Franklin McNeill of the
corporation con1ission, and State Audi
tor B. F. Dixon. went to Greensboro
this afternoon to confer with the coun-
ty commissioners regarding the tax
assessment of tie local insurance COM
panies-
COmmis siOner 1f Labor and Printing
H. B. Warner is spending this week in
High Point, Randleman and ASHFORD,
gathering statistics regarding mani
featuring enterprises, the officers OF
which have failed to furnish reports
requested for the forthcoming annual
report of the department.
Mr.. D. A. Tompkins, trustee Tor
North Carolina in the Equitable AS
surance Society, in addressing tile
meeting of the policy holders here yes
terday stated that he regarded the
present. management of the Equitable
fully rs good as has any of the larger
corporations. That he first thought OF
advocating government control or sup
ervision, but is now convinced that
would tend to paternalism and social
ism. 1t looked to him, he said, like
the very best thing to do would be to
have the policy holders send their
proxies to Grover Cleveland, Morgan
J. O'Brien and George Westinghouse,
trustees. The permanent organization
Of the North Carolina Equitable policy
holders is to BE perfected at an ad-
1ourned meeting to be held in Char
Iotte November %.
A piano and organ factory is char
tered for High Point, the name being
the High Point Piano and Organ Com
pany, The capital $4,000 and the prin-
cipal incorporators are J. K. Link, w.
, G. ShiDman and others Another char
ter issued today is to the Chambers
Moody Company, of Charlotte, capital
100000 authorized, and $4,000 sub,
scribed by w. J. Chambers,C P Moody
and F. D. Chambers; also the B. K.
Martin Company, of Mayoden, capital
) $4,000, to do general mercantile and
manufacturing business. The Citizens
nf o1o,, oh, n,,f>v =,
; $4,000 capital to do a general bankine
business, the principal incorporators
being w. F. Blackmen, W. H. Hol.
and w. S. Vestal
Attorney General r. D. Gilmer has
returned from Washington, where he
went to argue On behalf of this state in
the case of No: tn Carolina VS.. the Ar
mour hacking Company, involving the
right Of North Carolina to impose a
tax of 500 on packing companies in
each county in which business is ccn.
Quoted. F. B. Fielder, of Atlanta, was
heard in behalf Of the packing compa
nies. The Armour Company does bus
mess il Wilmington, Greensboro, Ashe
ville,. Charlotte and Fayetteville has
resisted this tax imposed by the 190e
legislature. The state courts declared
the act constitutional and the defen
dants carried the case into the United
State court.
Something Of stir was created il
Wake county court last evening wheI
Judge Cook made an order revoki1g
divorce he granted day or two agt
to Willis johnson from his wife, Mar,
: Johnson Willis Johnson is to b,
: brought before the Judge to answer til,
!, charge of perjury. The order is on
statement made Dy counsel for the de
: fendant that the plaintiff had been liv
. ing with the defendant since the sui
, | was Instituted, and that when the tie
3 fendaut came here a few days ago he
: husband told ner the action had beer
|. abandoned and there would be no trcu
: BILE.
: Collector E. &. Duncan, of this in,e-
Js~xx. .s1& sa- r.