The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-08
Fine Collection Of Letters i'm tlse Wood
Library at Edcnfon-Su.gesfions for
Prizes at the State Fair-Norc Free
Delivery ROuteS--WOrk on the RAJ
leigh and Southport Roa.i-Other
News Notes.
Messenger Bureau,

commission sayS 1T is now thought that
the trouble growing out of the furni-
ture car famine at High Point is about
settled, and that standard furniture
cars ars arriving. The Southern rail-
way says it is reQuisitionilg such cars,
and bringing them in so that the de-
mands will be promptly met. 1t seems
that the car track Or sidings allow for
the loading of some % cars a day.
Chairman Mcneil said that it was now
hoped the acquisitions for cars would
be filled as rapidly as cars could be
handled at High Point.
Mention has been MADE of the fact
that Prof. Edward p. Moses, of the
Raleigh public schools. has zone to
Edenton to aid in conducting Il sum-
mel school for teachers and that he has
visited Hays the ormer residence
of Governor Gabriel Johnson, now the
residence of the Wood family. He
failed to find there any North Caro-
lima papers earlier than 1893. He says
the library is a grand one, and also
the collections of letters. Today in the
state library Prof. Moses fOund in the
London Gazetteer Of January. 1915, an
allusion to the EdentOn Tea party, in
which there is a reference to the action
taken by "A few patriotic women in
Edenton, in North Carolina"
Weather Observer Won Hermann
leaves for Baltimore tomorrow morn
ing, Mr.. TeissOn his successor, here,
- having taken charge regularly.
|" The suggestion was made that the
state fair officials offer two prizes of
$50 each, for the largest family in the
state, that is to the white and colored
parents who can exhibit at the fair the
largest number of their own children.
1t is said that a Johnson county man
has % children and 50 far as known he
leads the state.
Miss Caddie Williams, Of Harnett
county, is to leave North Carolina in
October and go to China, where she
will be married to a missiOnary-doctor
: there, DR.. McFadden. He will meet
her at a coast port, where they will be
married and where they will travel 400
miles by steamer and thence two hum
bred miles in a jinrickshaw, or man
buggy.
The artist who is making the statue
Of Worth Bagley, to be placed in the
capital square will have it ready in six
months. The model of the face and
! bust, as prepared here, is entirely sat
isfactory to the family and the artist
is now in New York modelling the full
figure.
An ice and refrigerator plant is be-
ing installed at the new agricultural
building at the Agricultural and Me
chanical College. It's products will be
six tons of ice in "a hours n refrig-
Grafton to the extent of ten tons. IL
will supply the college with ice and
will also be Of great value to the
plants in the new building.
The penitentiary has bought $1O4,-
100 of 4 per cent. North Carolina bonds
paying for these from 1O2 IL to
1902 Sd.
: President Mills, of the Raleigh and
Southport railway, says his whole en-
ergy is now concentrated OF getting to
! Fayetteville as soon as possible. 1t
was thought a few days ago that he
would get there by January LIST, but
there was a little delay owing to high
water on the Cape Fear river, and
some check in getting material for the
steel bridge at Ellington. When the
road gets to Fayetteville, the people of
that rare old town will have a rousing
celebration, to which, of course, Raj
eigh will go down in full force.
Labor Commissioner Warner says
that in a few days he will visit a num-
Der of the mills, cotton and furniture
| factories, which have not yet furnished
their annual report. He says that the
factories are answering more promptly
and are learning the necessity for so
doing, but that some do not want to
tell anything about their business as
they appear to think of it gets out
other people will cut into their field.
The law as to the collection of labor
statistics is by 40 means as complete
as it ought to be.
The North Carolina Educational
campaign began today. and many
speakers will be in the field, including
State superintendent Joyner, Auditor
Dixon, Charles H. Mebane A. c,
. Brooks, r. D. W. Common. Charles d
McIver, IJosephus Daniels, J. I. Foust
i Thomas w. Blount and J. r. Carlyle
, The state is to be thoroughly covered
Insurance Commissioner Young has
issued a circular letter regarding the
i Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com
pany, of New York, in which he says
the insurance department of that state
finds it badly and fraudulently man
aged. The company has a very bad rec
ord in North Carolina.
Postmaster Bailey is notified of The
, following new rural free delivery
routes: Asheboro. Benjamin B. Phil
lips: Blackburn, George L. Reinhardt
Clingman, Dewitt l.. Watson; Henry
;; w. c. Johnson; Hartford, ]. L. Babb
H%obbsville, Walter l.. White; Laurin
burg. D. W. Mclean: Richardson's; 4
A. Hilburn: Roaring River, f. L. Par
ker; Rock Greek, w. L.. Murray. Sta
lev. NJ. r. Coke: Walburg, A. NJ. Nc
; custom.
Postmaster Bailey says there arr
now over a thousand routes and the
) pay roll is 10000 monthly. His bond
has been increased to $4,000 by rea
son of the increase in the r free
49, $500