The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-12-22
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, n c., December 10
The revenue officers are very active
indeed in this section and are certainly
doing excellent work in raiding the
moonshiners, who are doing so much
mischief and against whom the county
officers in almost every case are utter
ly failing to take any steps: though it
is their sworn duty under the law to
be active in this matter. Last night
the hundred and ten gallon still was
captured two and half miles east Of
Wake Forest college. The operators
had just quit work. A thousand GAL
Ions Of beer were found The house of
negro, Richard Gulley, nearby was
searched and whiskey was found there.
The still belonged to a Granville cOun-
ty man who had come over into Wake
to do his work and chosen place near
the college to do it. In another raid
the officers got a IS gallon still two
miles from LilliHgton. Sunday night
two stills We're captured in Durham
county, about eight miles from Dur
revenue collectors in this district said
something today which ought to jar
the sheriffs and certainly to attract the
attention of the law-abiding North
Carolina public; these were his words;
with the solitary exception of Sheriff
Marsh of Cumberland l have never
known sheriff to do single thing to-
wards breaking up mOOnshiners.
Sheriff Marsh sends his deputies with
me every time l go into his county.
1t is said that some sheriffs and depu-
ties and cOnstables in various counties
know Of the presence of distilleries.
In one or two cases this has been
shown to be the fact
1t is interesting to know that this
year North Carolina led all the states
in the manufacture Of tobacco and took
rank as the second state in point Of
production of leaf
The Atlantic Fire Insurance Com
pan organized here and chartered last
Friday has chosen Charles e. johnson
president, Joseph G. Brown vice pres
ident, Herbert W. Jackson trea asurer
and Gavin II. DOrtch, secretary. The
offices will be over the Mechanics Dime
Savings Bank in the building for years
occupied by the state national bank.
The directors represent Raleigh, Aber-
deem, Tarboro, Clayron, Smithfield,
Wilson, GOldsboro, Durham, Sanford
Elizabeth City, Washington, High
Point, Charlotte, Greensboro and
Rocky Mount. The company will be-
gin business in two weeks, capital
stock paid up $125,OOO.
Tn tho TTnifo5 CtafoS district o011Yf
this afternoon Judge Purnell heard ar
gument On a motion for confirmation
of the sale of the Carolina 4 Northern
Railway, lately sold under a decree by
the bond holders. Among those oppos-
ing the confirmation of the sale are T.
c. McNeeley, who used to be general
manager Of the road, the bank of Ma
rion S. c., and Mr.. McKarrell Of Ma
ton, these being bondholders. The
judge confirmed the sale as made by
r. T. Gray, commissioner.
Three new Odd Fellow lodges have
been formed, these being at Duke, Soil
tude and Conway.
The new company of the National
Guard at Lexington has been mustered
in and is assigned to the Third regi-
ment as Company A.
Work on the permanent encampment
ground Of the n. c.. National Guard at
Morehead City is actively in progress.
The Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
way is doing all this work.
Governor Glenn today respited Jesse
Il. Mitchell Of Martin county until
January 22nd. He was sentenced to
be hanged at Williamson December
21st, having been convicted of murder
In the first degree. He confessed to
having killed his wife and burned her
body to conceal the crime. Yesterday
a petition for commuta ton reached the
governor and the respite is to give him
time to look into this. Mitchell hoped
that he would escape with sentence
of thirty years Imprisonment.
Professor Harold Fl. Hume. the state
hordculturist left tonight for Florida
to be absent ten days, to do some
special work. State superintendent
JOyner left for Pamlico county to make
some speeches on education. Commits
sioner of Agriculture Patterson was
seen with his grip-sack. etc. making
his way out of town and when asked
where he was going. showed that, as
the darkieS say, he had christmas i'm
his bOnes," for he replied; II am going
TO the arid region of CALDWELL TO hog
killing in the shadow of the Rip-Shin-
Mountains"