The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
Findings Of the Board to be Submitted
to the Governor.
Pay Of Aattendants Considered Too
SmalI-Wfnter Uniforms for Ma
tional Guard ComnauicS-Intercst-
tory-Opening OF the Raleigh High
School.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. C, September y

Before Judge Purnell, in the feierll
court. there is 4 very interesting Ease
in bankruptcy, which comes up New
Bern and which involves an entirely
new question, this being whether D
man who is a resident of North Caro-
lima and who owns property in Mar
land can have mis- homestead laid off
in that state. Judge Purnell says
this point has never come up before.
The duartermaster general is pre-
pairing winter uniforms for the COM
panies of the national guard al High
Point and L~ouisburg. These compa-
MES were encamped and have khaki
uniforms. The winter uniforms Of the
guard in the future will be olive-drab.
the color worn ordinarily by the reg
ular army. Tents are being prepared
for the troops who will be in camp
here during the Presidents visit AS
yet the number of troops who will be
here is not yet known, but 1T Is
thought it will approximate 1000.
The state veterinarian, TAFT Butler,
says hat the federal inspection re-
garding cattle ticks began this week
and will cover five counties, Surry,
Alexander, Iredell, Davie and Row
| an. in order to ascertain whether these
! have been freed from cattle ticks, DR..
| Butler does not, of course, know
| whether these counties will be excerpt
ed or not.
The report of the state board OF
directors of the central hospital here
on the management of patients there
and particularly as to the Thomas Nal
case, will be ready for the governor
on Monday. With it are the conclu'
sions Of the board, which members
will not make public, leaving tina
for the governor to do. Some of the
members of the beard say that the.
think The pay of attendants at tn
hospital, which is O only ST. {
month, is too small.
Junius H. Mullins has been reject
ed chief of police here, for the fifteenth
time. He really had no opposition
The new police captains are John w
Beasley and Martin ". Thompson.
Police Justice Badger, of this city
sent Rayford Richardson, a dope
fend, to Jail for ten days, for contemp
of court. His offence had been beat
ing women in the tenderloin district
and afterwards he used language o
the contemptuous kind to the Gus
tice.
Mr.. Walter F. Henry, of Charlotte
has sent to the Hall OF Hlstory.
photograph of the figurehead or In
steamer Star Of the West. which too
SUPPLIES and fruits for Fort Sumte
and which was fired upon by tn
South Carolina troops January y, 100
and forced to urn back. AfterWaf1
;. this vessel went up to Yazoo River
Mississippi and was destroyed by ii
Confederates. In 1888 the ngurehea
:, was dug I'D and was bought by an III
. Gle of Mr.. Walter K. Henry, Dr; ,:
: Henry, 2 native North Carolinia1
L long resident in Mississippi. 1t w;
I desired to get this fgurehead for II
collection here, but it is in the Nj
i sissippi state historical collection.
The number Of pupils at the sta
school for the blind is $50, which
q about the same as that last teri
y Principal John E. Ray says he thlni
: there are about 100 blind children
U the state who ought to be at the schof
It is extremely hard to get anythu
approaching The whole number. q
e spite his personal efforts to do
Z, The negroes who are deaf mutes az
j blind are much more easily induced
IS come to the institution for them ~
than are the whites. In a good maI
cases the parents of the white Dill
are to blame for their non attendan:
e The high school here, which /;
2, now, eaatura of the Raleigh D1E
1t school system. has opened with ]
Id pupils, and is in charge of Profess
n Hugh Morsen, who for so many yea
d wa at the hea1 of the Raleigh Ma
l. Academy, which has now ceased to E
list. after a life of more than a &c
fury. There are 1900 pupils in I
white public schools of Raleigh a
>, very nearly 1000 colored pupils.
- HOUSE BURNED TO HIDE GRIN
Woman and Four Children MURDER