The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
EXERCISES 1T LPPgMATTOx
SOME OF THE GUESTS WHO WILL.
ATTEND
Work Begins on a New Hospital for
the Negroes-Receiver for the H.ank
Of Benson-Severaf requests Tor
Pardon Refused by Governor Glenn.
Other Raleigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. C., April s, 1903.

Raleigh, y. c., April s, 1905.
Governor Glenn left here last night
at / O'Clock for Washington, d. c., on
a sudden trip, TO attend TO some pr
waite business, and will go direct from
that city to Appomattox, where he
will arrive between 8 and 10 O'Clock
Monday morning, the special car which
will leave here Sunday afternoon will
be a Pullman, through to Appomattox,
and OH it will be Secretary of State
Grimes, Chief Justice Walter Clark,
Justices Hoke and Brown,
Mr.. Dempsey Grimes, Col. Alstoi'
Grimes, sons of the late General Bryan
Grimes; Adjutant General Thomas Il.
Robertson, Editor ~Jcsephus Daniels,
Your correspondent and a number OF
Mrs. Mary Grimes Smith, sis
ter of the secretary of state, who will
|unveil the memorial at Apponlattox,
left for that place today in company
Nj. and Mrs. Henry A. London
land Mrs. Z, E. Moffitt.
Work has begun on d $4,000 hos
ipital at the st. Augustine cOlored nor.
Imal school here, to be knOwn as st.
Agnes hospital, and taking the place
of the present one of that name. n
new hospital is to take the place, at
Ian early day. It is thought, Of the Rex
Hospital in this city. A gift of $1,000
for a new building has been received.
THE present building was The residence
of Governor Manley.
The corporation commission today
made application to Judge Councl or
the Superior court, at TarborO, for he
appointment of a receiver for the bank
|of Benson, which was yesterday placed
III. charge of the state bank examiner.
Mr.. W. 2. Bachelor, who is making
what are known as the side notes to
the new laws of 1905, says he has
nearly completed that work, on which
he began March 1st. He devOteS the
nights to it. His experience in this
line is of value to the state. He says
one of the acts is remarkable in that
it amends an act of 1877, incorporating
Grove Academy, at kenansvllle.
The eel was pleased yesterday
at receiving from h secre-
tary of war two more flags, returned
under an act of congress, making 81 In
ell sem by the War Department. No
statements are on the two flags just
received to show where they were cap
tured, or how they came into posses
sion of the governor. One evidently
presented by Mrs. w. 7. Sutherland to
some organization is in tatters. The
other, a state flag, bearing the white
star in a red field, with the words,
May Goth, 1875, above it and May 10th,
1861, below is without the regimentai
number. Every regiment had, or ought
to have had, two flags, n the battle
flag, and the other the state flag. Ali
the state flags bear on a line below the
May Goth, 1861, an inscrip-
ton showing the number of the regi-
ment. this being embroidered very
heavily and rudely with white cotton
thread; and in all the cases the inscrlp-
ton is in this style, "Reg't. n. c. "
The words N. C. T., for n. c. Troops,
are nowhere used, nor do they appear
on the battle flags. On the latter above
the central star of the 13 is the UNI
Der of the regiment stamped and below
it the letters IN. c."
Judge Council wired the corporation
commission that he had appointed Mr..
Brooks, of Smithfield, law partner OF
Congressman Pou, receiver Of the
Bank of Benson.
1t had been hoped that General Rob-
ert F. Hoke would attend the dedica-
tory exercises at Appomattox, but he
will be unable to do SO. He is now at
his iron mine, at Cranberry, Mitchell
county.
Three vagrancy convictions were
had here today, all of street l%Oafers,
each sentenced to thirty days on the
roads.
John 3. Spillman, who taught school
at Beaufort and was superintendent or
.iat ed sclools at Lexington, has be-
come the president o. Draughan's Bus
mess College, at Fort Smith, Kansas.
Governor Glenn today granted two
pardons, one to Henry StackhOuSe,
xho was convicted in Franklin county,
two years ago. of attempted felon1ous
and sentenced to five years Oh
the roads, the Judge, solicitor, jury,
sheriff. and many citizens recommend
Ing IaidOn. 1ha man is 20 years old,
ami the wonian has Eeen found to have
been "A bad character. The judge had
no discretion except to impose h fye
years sentence. The other pardon is
to Samuel Richardson, of Union coun-
ty, sentenced to twelve months impris-
onment for breaking into a house, this
pardon being recommended by the
judge, solicitor, prosecuting attorney.
prosecutor and many citizens. there
being doubt as to guilt and the belief
that il is a case of mistaken identity.
PREVIOUS good character was proved.
Several pardons were refused, these
being to William DoleS, of Nash coun-
ty. charged with improper relations
with a sister of his wife, no good cause
for clemency being shown beyond pity;
to ]. J. Watts. .Jr., of Mecklenburg,
convicted of forgery, the governor
that the sentence is not exces-
size and that nc good reason for
shortening it is given. To William Ra-
per, of TorsytEe county, charged with
fe'oniOus assault, and sen
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