The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. g. March =

Raleigh, N. 60. March =
Everybody expresses extreme salts
faction at the settlement Of the south
Dakota bond matter. a settlement
which - honorable TO the state and
satisfactory to the holders Of the bonds.
When 1t was found that thesc bonds
tad been duly issued under an honor
able act the people wanted to see the
matter disposed OF. and Governor
Glenn struck a keynote in his first mes
sag TO the Legislature about the set
Element.
The Legislature is arranging to adj
Iourn Tuesday night. The governor
sent in . message today. urging the
members TO serve two days more with
out pay, showing the necessity for their
staying that much longer. OF course q
number>of them will so home Satur-
day or are now saying they viii do
so. and IL Is now stated that all the
roll call bills will be disposed OF By sat-
urday SO that light houses after that
viii make little difference.
Editor Caddeil retires from the after
noon paper. the Times on the 10th. The
AItSSIS. fAOSl6r l4It ItSN oN AAGTS a3NG
already taken charge. Mr.. Edgar
womble will remain business mana
ger OF the paper.
| The number of orphans ut the Meth
odist Orphanage here has now In
creased to IL and more are coming In
every week. a new building is now
entirely completed and is occupied.
A prolonged fight has been mad by
Snma man I'm the I as~i Gla ftIra "A GA inst the
geological survey and 1t appears that
this is a personal matter against the
State Geologist. very largely. Some
members have so stated. They do not
realize what the survey has done for
the state. and some of them ave de-
sired TO get rid of the whole business:
not caring for anything of the kind.
A very wealthy New Yorker. a ma
tive Of Raleigh, the head OF a great
manufacturing concern, is here looking
int the kaolin interests in North Caro-
lima. Charles ]. Harris. who is known
II the "Kaolin King and who was the
Republican nominee for governor last
year is also here. His mine, all IN
Western North Carolina supplies a
chain of the largest potteries In the
United States. from East Liverpool,
Ohio all the way to Trenton, n. J.
The trustees OF the University Of
North Carolina. the faculty and the
Board of Visitors have received special
Invitations to attend the installation
Of Edwin Anderson Alderman. ID. c. L.,
LID, as president of the University
of Virginia. on the 18th OF April. There
are so trustees and over so of the facul-
ty. 1t is hardly probable that they will
attend in a body. though no doubt some
! members will he present.
A number of persons left today for
Washington. among them Revenue Col
lector e. C. Duncan. Governor Glenn
and staff leave tomorrow at noon on q
special train on the Seaboard Air Line.
The governor will have a very hand
some escort. Mounts for the staff have
been arranged for.
The survey of the Raleigh and Cape
! Fear Railway, from Ellington south
ward has been completed to Fayette-
vile. The directors OF the road have
teen asked TO consider propositions
looking to extension of the line in 9TH
er directions.
TIL insurance committees did not act
on the bill drawn by Attorney Field of
this city, designed to knock out what
is termed the insurance trust, namely
the southeastern Tariff Association.
The committee said 1t would take up
that matter later. 1t had a long ses-
sion and turned down another bill
drawn by Mr.. Field, regarding commits
sions to agents. 1t decided to favora-
bly, report one allowing home life in
uranc companies to deposit with the
Insurance Commissioner a sum of
money equal to the surrender value
Of policies. such policies to be regis
tered, this being a plan pursued I'm
other states.
To the surprise of not n few persons
the Legislature knocked out the bill
which was designed to ALLOW Paul Car
rett to manufacture wine in Halifax
county and to sell 1t in sealed packages.
so arranged that they could not be re-
used by any one else. The bin had a
favorable report. but IL was very
promptly knocked Out.
President McIver of the State Nor
mai and Industrial college at Green's
boro is very much pleased with the
bill introduced by the Appropriations
committee. It puts the college back
where 1t was before the great fire OF II
months ago. but with better buildings.
so that the college is really the gamer.
while It has no more buildings.
Secretary Gilbert Pearson CT h
State Audubon Society has been look
ing after the game wardens I'm Curri-
tuck county. and says ducks to the
value OF 800. 900 have been killed there
during the winter.
DR.. Wallace F. Butrick. secretary OF
the General Educational Board. head
| quarters in New York City is here, h
guest of Mr.. Harry Heck. who IL q
| member of that important board. which
is doing much work along several lines
In North Carolina.
After a long fight the dispensary
| question al Wilson is to be left 10 h
vote Of the people there in April or
next year.
Much interest is expressed IN the plan
FOR the school Of technology which
Frank Nfehane and some other wealthy