The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-25
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., July 10

Inc excessive neat now prevailing.
following the ten days of rain. will do
damage unless there is rain very soon.
1t is the hottest weather of the SIN,
mer with the exception of the fourth
of July.
Judge Purnel! Of the United States
district court has made some n
as to the New Bern n Washington
divisions. By this change the New
Bern division is composed of Craven.
Pamlico, Carteret, Jones, Onslow. Le-
noir, Greene, that part of Wayne east
OF the Atlantic Coast Line railway anu
that part OF Beaufort and Pitt counties,
except G~reenville, on the south side of
Paml1co and Tar rivers. The Washing
ton division is now composed of HIDE
Martin, Beaufort and Pitt, north Of the
Pamlico and Tar rivers, including
G%reenville.
The Forest Furniture Company Of
W1lkesborO is authorized to issue $l5.-
900 OF preferred stock. The Cullowhea
Mining and Reduction Company is au-
thorIzed to change the number OF Its
directors.
1t is found that Clerk Norwood, OF
the secretary Of states Office and his
son also, have typhoid fever. Both
are extremely i'll.
7. K. Bruner is appointed on the ii.
nance committee OF the National Food
n Dairy convention, which is in ses-
sion at the exposition at Portland, Ore
gon.
1t appears to be understood that there
Will be fresh indictments against Row
an Rogers. A ne Vspaper wants Rogers
forced to tell what he knows, but pao-
pie who know the man say that it is
a hard proposition-in other words
that he is not one of the telling kin
1t is cOntended that of course he 'ioes
know who induced him to want to see
certain jurors and that he did net 10
this out of friendship for Kilgo, who
did not even know him, so the latter
swOre, but on the other hand the
friends of Rogers, who have known him
as a soldier and a citizen, say he does
not mind punishment but was never
known to betray, anybody. They ad-
mire this trait very much. indeed. Of
course it is well understood now chat
no further efforts will be made to Sc
cure a reduction of his sentence OF six
months in Jail. He broke down when
sentenced.-but that was not on his
own account. but ON account Of his
family, which IS so much esteemed
here. Mr.. Rogers is a brother OF the
late Congressman Sic H. \ROgers
Every day since he has been in Jail he
and SOrrell have been supplied with
the best food from a private table.
Some folks want such a punishment put
upon Rogers as will force him to tell
everything, but the question comes up
whether anything that might be M
posed could make him peach" Rogers
has assumed the entire responsibility
and even offered in fact begged to be
allowed to take the punishment both
for himself and for Sorrell. Of course
there is no telling what will be done
as to this matter. It is but frank TO
say that if one listens to street talk
it would quickly be surmised that sew
eraI lawyers We're concerned in the
matter, but further than mere talk,
nothing has yet developed. Dame Ru-
NOR has certainly been busy about this
case and for the past nine days lew
things have been SO talked about here.
1t is regarded as very unfortunate, as
has been stated, That there was no sum-
mer school for teachers held here at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
this summer, the great success of the
one last year bringing this matter out
all the more prominently. 1t was said
today that in all probability the sum-
mer school on a very large scale Will
No nnIl ~ +ho o0Iloro Wv xvnor an6
that the lines of effort viii be broad
ened.
Much building, almost all of private
houses, is in progress here, yet the de-
mand for homes n be met, the peo-
pie who look after renting houses state
Today Professor Charles E. BurEetr,
of the Agricultural n Mechanical
Chicago, left for Edenton to conduct a
sumemr school Tor teachers. He return
ed only yesterday from Ypsiiantl,
Michigan, where he assisted in conduct
ing the summer school for teachers at
which over loco were present, AMI
which was a great success. Year after
year this summer school is held there
and it is found that this plan of per
manence is in all respects a good one
State Auditor Dixon a few days ago
sent out a circular letter which was
well calculated to stir up delinquent
corporations which had been failing to
make the reports which they ough. to
have had in his hand by July 1. A very
plain threat of a fine of fifty dollars and
and addition of three per cent TO the
capital stock to be taxed, has brought
a flood of reports form the auditor,
much of whose desk is covered by these
today. He finds that the banks are
now behindhand with their reports IL
a. very considerable extent, no less
than thirty five of these, state
n national, having failed so far to
send in reports. To these delinquents
some of the same kind of medicine Is
to be given.
There are now about seventy-tive
aeonvicts in the penitentiary proper aad