The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-31

SIG, 300 is paid up, this company Deins
given very extensive privileges; alse
the Westinghouse Investment Compa
ny at washington. authorized capita
stock 500, 900, r. T. Hodges and Others
stockholders.
Revenue collectors have had a vsr,
successful trip into Franklin county
where they captured two moonshiners
two horses, a wagon, and a lot OF Tals-
key, as well as a large Illicit distillc-y
the entire outfit having been brought
to Raleigh and the men being in jail,
Professor Carlyle, of Wake Forest
College, says that the slate roof is lie
ing placed upon a very handsome al
umni building, the estimated cost OF
which is $4,000, and hat the ded1-
cation of this structure will be one OF
the events Of the year.
A rain. very welcome to most OF the
farmers, began 10 fall last night. Tue
greater part of the cotton is picked
The bolls containing cotton In very
wide open and the cotton is extremely
easy TO- gather. Thanks to the won
derful weather very little has been
lost.
People continue to speak of incl
dents during the visit of President
Roosevelt to Raleigh, and a group or
Confederate veterans, inmates of .he
Soldiers Home here, express their
great pleasure at one which occurred
directly after the President had left
the capitol and was about to pass the
Confederate monument at the western
entrance to the capitol square. Lieu
tenant Governor Winston who was
riding beside him called his attention
to the noble monument which North
Carolina has reared to her Confeder-
ate dead. The President rose, took OF
his hat and bowe1 low twice towards
the monument. Inc veterans were de-
lighted at this striking incident.
The final touches are being put to
the new agricultural building at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Every person who sees this structure
is impressed by the beauty of its ar
chitecture.
AS yet Governor Glenn has not ap-
pointed g. private secretary. He said
today that he was in no hurry about
the matter.
The Raleigh dlspensary receipts Dur
ing the fair week were heavy and
during the halliday Thursday, the dis
pensary having closed at noon, the
receipts amounted to $4,000. which is
a record breaking amount.
Your correspondent has an interest
ing letter from w. J. LittleJohn, 81
Chicago, who says that Willie Or WHEY
Jones, whose Lame was adopted by
John Paul, who thus became John
Paul Jones, was his grandfather. Mr..
T ff10iohn' &c noVon ic XNi1Jin TOnnC T If
tlejohn. the name thus being perpetu-
ated. Mr.. Littlcjohn refers to an ar
ticle recently published by your cor
respondent about John Paul Jones and
saws: 81 have often heard my father
and my aunt, his sister, speak Of the
Paul took on tie name of Jones out
and we'll established fact that john
matter, and it always seemed settled
Of gratitude and friendship toward his
benefactors, Willie and Allen Jones. l
am sure you statement is eminently
correct, yet l haze seen other accounts
differing on this point" Mr.. LittIejhon
says he intends visiting Raleigh ana
that he has never been in North Car
DINA, though he has long wanted to
pay a visit.
The last accession to the Hall OF
E1loIOIy Is d Qulll peu, WHICH Is SS1t
through Chief Justice Walter Clark by
Mr.. w. B. Shaw, nov Of Madison, Ws-
consin. 1t is a quill pen, in a grass
cylinder, and Mr.. Shaw says of it:
"This pen was made by my father the
late Colonel Henry NJ. Shaw, for the
special purpose and was used by him
as a delegate TO the North Carolina
convention in signing the secession
ordinance of May 20, 1861, was pre-
served by him, delivered to my moth
er for safe-keeping, and by her to me
We have kept it safely locked in his
private writing desk, where it has
quietly rested for "a years. He acted
from a n of honor and duty, and
gave his life as a willing sacrifice for
his country and for 40 years has rest
ed in an unmarked grave, which IN
bold relief pictures the ungratitude
of those for whom he died. | present
this pen to the North Carolina His.
torical Society, through my friend,
Judge Walter Clark, trusting hat in
sometime to come it will attract the
eye OF some son Or daughter of the
state and recall to mind that there wa,
n forgotten who loved his state and
died for it."