The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-17
POE WILL REMAIN IN The STATE
Declines Offer to Go 10 a Big Northern
Publishing Company
:agesuen of Goyernor Glcnn-At-
tendance at shaw University-Char-
tiers BY the Sfatc0Commissioncr
Young on Insurance Legislation
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh y. C.. November Il

Raleigh. " C.. November u. |
Editor Clarence H. Pee Of the Pro-
sressive Farmer. has returned from Il
trip TO New York, where he was call |
ed by one o. the most successful mag
azine md book publishing houses
which il now preparing TO publish 4
magazine devoted 10 farming, OF which
Mr.. Poe was asked 10 become manag-
ing editor. Mr.. Pee said today: Fer
beauty and ability the magazine VIII
stand at the head of the American Az
ricultural pres, and the position as
editor is much more attractive than
offered me by The Review of Reviews
last winter. still we now have ths
Progressive Farmer at the point where
it is the NEST largely circulated weekly
published between Washington and At
ianta and | do not feel justified IN
leaving il. As .or trying 10 hold ootn
positions, | fond that would be IN
practicable. OF curse my desire 10 stay
here vas not weakened by the fac;
that the distinguished publisher who
HIdu6 HE tic Oici. HI III udo bV@i
in every state except two, expressed he
opinion that North Carolina is 10 have
a greater development in our day .San
any other state in the union" There
will De general pleasure all over North
Carolina that Mr.. Poe is to remain
here. He is a brilliant young man, has
already lone his state much service,
and in the coming years will do it far
moro EJo &c nnonhafirajip n man Ni- n
a future.
Governor Glenn, hen asked today
what engagements he had in the near
future, said that he would take a lille
rest. He goes to Washington, Novcm-
Der 2Sth, to be present at the ing
of the governors and others, to arrange
for a later date for the Presidential
inauguration. The fourth of March has
with very rare exceptions proved 10
be Il bad day, AMI a long list of deaths
has usually followed the ceremonies
of the occasion. The governor Says
that he thinks the date should be May
l, as the weather is then magnificent
The governor will not make am
speeches until December 3rd, when he
will deliver an address to the Elks at
New Bern. He will make another ad-
dress at Wake Forest College. Deem
Der 7th.
Charters are granted the Merchants
and Farmers Trust Company, of Lex
ington, capital stock SOS, 900, Robert l..
Burkhead, j. W. NOVEL;, and others
stockholders to do a. commercial md
savings business. Another charter is
granted the Snider Lumber Company,
Of Snider, Davidson, capital stock, S25,-
600, John w. Snider and others stock
holders.
Insurance Commissioner Young, who
is always careful and conservative,
wh3n asked what action he thought
would be taken regarding insurance
companies now under fire before the
New York committee replied that he
thought that when the investigation
was finished some uniform legislation
would be agreed on by the commits
siOners Of insurance of the various
states.
A letter 10 your correspondent from
John w. Upchurch, the chief game
warden of the state, who was recently
transferred from Raleigh to Currituck
Sound, says that he has made six al
rests already of persons violating tie
game law. He has a patrol boat, US
ing ~'gasolene and able to make eigh.
miles IN hour. He says that the PEG Gle
are very clever and seem to be glad to
know that he is there to look after the
game laws and to keep down fire-ligct-
ing, in which way ducks are slaugh.
cred at night. He says many swans,
geese, and ducks are already in Curri-
tuck Sound, but that they will be very
hard to kill until cold weather comes
The international Sunday School AS
ISOLATION, colored. is planning to take
an advance step to help the negroes
in the south along religious lines. and
TO this end three conferences will be
held, n at Richmond, November %
a.; h second at Atlanta, November
21-29, and the third at Little Rock
December 4-6. we'll known white
southern men will participate, and a
frank discussion of opinions will pre-
vail. The association plans to put COL
ored workers in the south; to do their
work Though tie Sunday schools, thus
saving the young and making better
citizens. The movement means a great
deal TO the negroes of the south.
Among the speakers at Atlanta will
be n. B. Broughton, of Raleigh, who
is a member of the International Ex-
ecutive Committee, and chairman of
the subcommittee on work among the
negroes. George w. Watts, of Dur
ham, is another member of this sub
committee; James E. Shepherd, color
ed, of Durham, is the superintendent OF
he work among the negroes.
The seventh annual convention of
the Southern States Convention Of
Agriculture will be held at Richmond,
beginning November q. B. w. Kilgore
state chemist of North Carolina, Is the
secretary. Commissioner Of AgricuI-
ture Patterson will be present Amone
the North Carolina speakers viii be
John S. Cunningham. on TOBACCO