The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29

Day Was One OF Most Enjoyable Ever
Spent Thcre-Ffve Corporations
Observation-Disclosures Express Bust
aess-Reason for Pardon Of thc
Murray Erothers.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, y. G., December 26.
Raleigh people look back with gen
uine pleasure to n OF the merriest
Christmas they ever spent Though
ever four thousand dollars worth OF
whiskey was sold Saturday at the dis
| pensary, Raleigh people bought only
about a fourth of it, it is said. and
there was extremely little drunken
ness visible On Christmas day, though
there was considerable Saturday night
and some Sunday. No accidents were
reported, nor any fighting.
The sheriff of the county said that
far as he had heard that Christmas
was nice and quiet all over Wake
People settled down 20 business to-
day and at the capitol routine work
was in progress. The governor had q
good deal of mail to attend to. The
secretary Of state chartered five or
p~orations. these being the Mooresyille
Loan & Trust Company, of Iredell
county, capital stock 100000, &. z.
McNeeley and others stockholders;
the Stephens-Hand Company of Dunn,
to do a wholesale mercantile business,
capital stock $4,000, w. a. Stephens
and William r. Hand stockholders; the
LenOir Commercial Club of Kinston;
the Four Oaks Lumber Company Of
Johnson county, John G. Keen and
others stockholders. capital stock $780,
600; G.. Z. Hooper and D.. A. Hurley
and j. + Matthews, under the name
of c. f. Hooper & Company to do a
hotel and inn keeping business at
Charlotte, capital stock 100000.
State Treasurer Lacy is not we'll and
was unable to be out Christmas or to
be at his office today.
This morning as James Baker, II
of the best known and most esteemed
colored men in Raleigh was crossing
the street car track on Fayetteville
street, a block from the capitol, as he
was on the point of stepping aside to
give way for a car, a dray heavily
loaded with barrels came by, thus
causing him to step back, the car fend-
err striking him and throwing him to
n side. his head striking the pave
ment. 1t was stated that his injuries
were not dangerous.
Among the interesting
preached here yesterday vas one by
Rev. W. S~akakibara, a japanese min
lister, who spoke on Japanese festivals
at the Christmas festival at the
Church of the Good Sheperd.
The express business at Raleigh this
year was about % per cent. greater
than V G before, and the postmaster
said this was the case also as to the
business of that office.
Much regret is expressed here at the
death Of Hon. .JJames A. Lockhart,
who died at Charlotte Sunday. He
had served often i'll the Legislature and
had a wide acquaintance in this city,
where he was very greatly esteemed.
Several of the Raleigh colored edu-
Gators will go to the meeting of the
National Association at Richmond his
week. President Dudley of the negro
Agricultural and Mechanical college
Will be on hand.
MIR. Walter X. Miller and Miss Ellen
Hogue created a very pleasant sensa-
ton at the Baptist Tabernacle after
the Sunday morning service while the
choir was practicing by going forward
and announcing to the minister that
they desired to be married. The cere-
mOny was performed there. They
have gone to Winston. the former
home of the groom.
The reasOn Governor Glenn PARDON
ed the brothers Murray, Of Madison
county, who were sentenced IN 1904 to
the penitentiary, was because they had
over-served their terms by some days.
and their conduct during their stay in
the p%enitentiary was exceptionally
inc