The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-06
Bureau

Raleigh, y. c., June 1.-The state
charters the South Atlantic TerminaI
Company, 10 construct and operate
railway between some point il New
Hanover county to Southport, a dis,
lance of thirty miles. of which thre.
miles are in New Hanover count! ;.nd
q in Brunswick. The capital stoc.,
is $4,000, and II. H. Dougherty oi
New York city holds ali the shares
except five. Another charter is grant
ed the Buck Shoals Company If Ar
den, Henderson county, this DeIne
granted general privileges, such as
building a town, operating factories
and manufactures, developing water
power, etc. the capital stock bein.
$4,000, J. ". Sluder and others OF
Asheville being the stockholders.
Charters are granted to two rival Re
publican papers, Doth of which, it is sad
are to be printed at Greensboro which
is Republican headquarters in North
Carolina. One is to the Industrial PUB
fishing Company, the name of which
"oo I Aioi IAC 4NOIth otdtc, Vi Ills
the capital stock being $50, 900, and
among the stockholders being J. Al.
Milliken Of Greensboro, the largest
stakeholder, next coming E. c. Duncan,
Spencer Adams, and Tyree Glenn, each
with 10 shares; }. Elwcod Cox, A. Z
Holton, Harry Skinner, H. c. Dcckerv
and Thomas S. Rollins, with forty
shares each. 1t is said that Mr.. Rol
Inns is at the head of this movement,
though Judge Adams came here and
secured the charter. The other cha,
ter is to the Tar Heel Publishing Com
pany, also with $4,000 authorized cap
ital, Spencer Blackburn having 233
shares, and R. A. Miller, H. l.. Graft,
r. B. San., 40 each. Republicans here
who have not stocks in either of these
papers are rather inclined to ridicule
the idea Of having two Republican
papers and said there ought be what
there was in 1894. that is Fusion. Some
of the Republicans say there is a "iv
prospect for a paper; that they have
$4,000 Republican voters, but The
scoffers want to know how many of
these can read and write. Some say
party patronage will be a powerful
factor. There is to be a Republicans
weekly paper at Raleigh, and a char
ter has already been secured for this.
The contest between the Rollins and
Blackburn papers is really quite anus
ing to the people on the outside.
State Secretary T. B. Parker of the
Farmers Alliance, in his report made
to New Orleans as to reduction OF
amount of fertilizers used ON cotton
in North Carolina this yea gave the
amount as "a per cent, this being bas-
ed uDon returns by a number of cor
respondents in the various cotton grow
ing counties. Speaking today about the
weather Mr.. Parker remarked that It
was not favorable for cotton, and that
the season had been a very trying
one.
Trustee Joseph G. Brown of theMeth-
dist Orphanage here says the number
of children has now reached fifty-fCur.
The big new buildings could have
been filled by this time but it was
thought best to wait until a heating
plant was put in which will cost 5000
or $4,000. There are wealthy and
public spirited Methodists in this
state and it will be a very graceful
act Cor n or some of these to give
such 8. heating plant for a memorial,
for as soon as il is put in the hI,d-
some building could be filled. A great
many applications for the admission
of children to the o~rphanage are on
file.
Much regret is expressed here at the
news of the oath of Rev. Needham 3.
Cobb, who lived here some time. He
edited the first Democratic newspaper
after the Civil war. The file of this Is
in the state library, a gift from linn,
and IS Of much interest.
The number of visitors to the state
museum has very greatly increased
since The installation of the exhibits
from St. Louis. Curator Brimley IS
showing a very great amount of taste
in the arrangement permanently, in
the various departments, notably OF
the animals and birds. The case con-
tanning eagles is one of the finest ever
seen here, and attracts general atten-
ton. The is now far better
and more compleFe than ever before,