The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
Gift of $4,000 will be Made if the
State will Accept Ii
work on the Raleigh and Southport
Railway-Many Illicit DistiIIeries
Have Been Seized-A Mad Dog
Scare-State Officers Greatly Enjoy
ed Colonel Odds Rabbit Hunt-Char-
tiers by the State.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. c., November "A.

4AC AGRICULTURAL anu lICcIidIIlcal
college may be the recipient of Il gift OF
100000. This is a piece of very inter-
esting news> Il gentleman connected
with a very great educational move
ment says that the money can easily
be secured if the college, that is the
state. will accept the building Or build
ings and maintain them. 1t is under
stood that the gift will be in the line
OF marked development Of this now
notable and rapidly growing institu-
ton, which is SO much in need of more
OF what may be termed house room.
II OF course in need of special build
ings for the Development both of its
agricultural and it's mechanical depart
MeItS
The Raleigh and Southport Railway
Is TO be completed to Fayetteville about
the hrst OF February, the laying Of rail
from Ellington towards Fayetteville
having begun and the steel bridge
across the Cape Fear river at Liling-
ton which cost over $4,000 having
been completed. 1t is the purpose to
have q celebration of the completion
of the o to Fayetteville, and a
special train filled with officials and
RaleiGh's leading business men will go
there on hat occasion as il went to
Ellington last summer.
There was a decided sensation in the
southwestern part Of Raleigh today,
due to a mad dog, which bit a white
man named Thompson and two ne
2roes. The animal attempted to bite
q negro woman, the wife of one Of the
men. who was bitten, but she got into
her house. The dog ran amuck in
the streets and was finally shot by a
policeman several blocks away. Physi-
clans at once cauteriZed the wounds
made by the dogs teeth, and it is pos
sible that other special treatment will
be given.
A charter is granted \E. V. Finlay-
son Manufacturing Company, of Char-
lotte, with capital stock amounting to
100000, of which $4,000 is preferred
stock. Paul Chatham, E. V. Finlay-
son and w. E. Ebert are given as the
stockholders. Mr.. Chatham, whose
residence is given as Charlotte holding
a very large block of the stock. The
company will manufacture any kinds
of textile fabrics and deal in these, as
"SI DIS L II uidIiuIdCtuIIuS clOlulHS duO
can treat and handle the products Of
other mills. 1t is one of the largest
corporations chartered this year.
MI. Ivey Foreman Lewis, 4 son Of
DR.. Richard II. Lewis the secretary of
the state board Of health is elected to
a professOrship at Randolph-Macon
| young man Of marked talent and is a
UroGnat0 of tho TTni-orcifr Of Month
Carolina. For the past two years lie
has been taking a special course at
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Raleigh already has in operation a
plant for making sand lime brick. etc.
and To- is to have an extensive plant
for the manufacture Of ties, etc. The
buildings are under construction Inc
are north Of the dSeaboard Air Line
! shops, near where the old car wheel
works used to be.
At the Carleigh cotton mills, a mile
south of here, new and much larger
boilers are being installed, and some
other improvements are being made to
the mills.
Revenue officers say that in this dis
trict this year at least $50 moon
shine distilleries have been seized. The
information as to the location of these
is harder to get than ever before. In
fact the information now gen
orally through unsigned letters Ind
there is very often a foot note to these
saying burn this letter." One such
letter was in fact received today. Some
Of the mOOnshinerS are quite daring.
rs they have always been, and have
their plants in quite public places, and
near the roads, while others Turk in the
thicket, along the little branches.
A company is being organized here
which is to launch a life insurance
company at Raleigh. 1t is the purpose
of the company to perfect everything,
and then turn over affairs to the 1nsur-
ance company which will then be
formed.
The noise of the blasting on the rail-
way between Apex and Durham can
be heard here, the nearest point being
about twelve miles. This road will
pass within about a mile Of Norris
vile, q station on the North Carolina
| Railway. The blasting was distinct
ly heard yesterday. The road is being
constructed by the Dukes Of Durham.
Raleigh will send a very great con-
tingent to Norfolk Thanksgiving Day
to the football game. The University
team will leave Chapel Hill on the 18th
and VIII go on the Seaboard Air Line
from Durham. There has been a great
| sale of reserved seats on the stand by
the Seaboard Air Line, which laid in a
large supply of these.
Mr.. Howell Cobb of the Marlborough
House has built at the Park hotel,
which he owns. hot houses i'm which he
will grow nearly all the winter vegeta-
bles which his hotel will require. This
is a new feature here.
A charter is granted the Henderson
vile Mercantile Company with capital
stock amounting to 1900. The
| number of corporations chartered this
| year shows a very remarkable increase
| over the very fine record made last
| year.
At the Falls of Neuse, about ten
| miles north of here there has been a
great deal Of lawleSsnesS, mainly due