The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-21
THE EDMoNDsoN FORGERY.
The Young Mans Father Notified of
Ills Arrcst-CIaim that His Mind is
Observation-Disclosures Sales-Thc
New School Law-Epidemic OF
MeaseIs.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, N. c., March ID
Rev. j. T. Ednundson, a well known
Baptist evangelist of the city mas re-
lceived advices from New York to the
effect that his son, a youth OF Is years
has been arrested there on the charge
Of forging the names of Charles E
johnson of Raleigh, to a check and then
forging the endorsement of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company to that and at
temptfstg to cash 1T in a New York
bank. The amount of h check was
$175. The father says his sons mind
has been unbalanced for a number Of
years being due to a carbuncle On the
back of his head. The boy was thought
to be with relatives lin Baltimore until
the news came of his arrest in New
York. An effort Will be made to get
the boy in a reformatory.
Mr.. Talbot H. Murray, a well known
icitizen of Raleigh, died las night after
O lingering illness, he was in the
bftieth year of Hlis age and had held a
number of offices of trust including that
OF city clerk.
Four convicts were brought here this
morning from Edgecombe county to
serve terms in the pe~nitentiary. All
were negroes there being one woman
amoTg the number.
Hon. S. l.. Patterson, Commissioner
jof Agriculture, a y that sales of fer
tilizer this year as shown by the fer
tjlizer tax receipts i'll the agricultural
| department, + running about the
,same as in 1903 but are falling consider =
Iably behind the sales for 1904 which
were the largest IN the history of the
state.
The state superintendent of public
instruction says a great number of in
lquiries are coming i'm from all parts OF
the state regarding the changes that
were made in the school law by the
recent legislature and that he hopes
Ito issue in a few days a sort of official
summary of the changes in THE law.
He says more than thirty applications
thave come in for blanks on which to
make out the applications for state
aid in the establishment of rural school
libraries under the re-enacted law.
john Little,t colored, was brough
here yesterday by Sheriff Henson from
1llSIlItHOIlu COuIDLy dHEu CDIIlI1llUlCu W
the p~enitentiary ito serve a sentence
of eight years for criminal intimacy
with and abuse of a girl under four
teen years old. The sheriff also brought
Ialong James Porter, alias Pollard, a
NEGRO youth Who will serve twelve
months for larceny.
The Wake county superintendent of
public school reports THAT there was
never, to his knowledge, anything like
the number of of measles among
THE school children of the county as
There have been the past two months
land the prevalence is on the increase
Iall THE time. The disease is not confin-
ed ito school children either; many peo-
pie in Raleigh are victims, among
THEM being the fair M talented youth
l~stenographer in tine office of the attor-
lney general. The last report of the
Estate board of health shows the pres
ties.
Many expressions of regret are heard
at this, failure of the laSt Legislature to
provide for the removal of the old aTs-
Ienai building from tine southwest corner
|of the Capitol square. There is every
assurance now that this yesor must
island There for two more years. How
lever the work of paving all the walk
ways of the square will begin just as
soon as the penitentiary authorities
lean furnish the brick and the convicts
VERY soon now.