The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-11
WORK ON FOURTEEN RAILWAYS
Great Progress Being Shown in North
Carolina.
Educational Campaign in Progress.
IlIe Yellow Fever Epidemic IN New
Orleans-Extension of the Street
Hallway Systcm-Othcr Raleigh
News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., August z

Charters are granted to the River
view Lumber Company, Wilmington.
capital stock $500. 900, ". J. Reaves. IL.
d. Bright and J H. Hedrick, stock
holders, and t The c. c.. Morgan Eagi-
neering Company Of Charlotte to do
civil and mining engineering, develop
mines, etc.
Yesterday the Christian church here,
which has been remodelled and re-:it-
ted was filled b. a large congregation
to which the pastor, Rev. DR.. d. a..
Long, preached. He says work is in
progress on the crphanage, which IS at
Elon College, and that the contractor
is erecting buildings which will provide
for 100 children.
John c.. DockerJ, it is learned, stood
the trip to his home at Rockingham
quite well. He was able to walk down
the station platform here by the hep
of two friends, out is yet quite weak.
Mr.. Cad Scarlet, assistant superin-
tendent of the Southern Pacific Rail-
way, in Louisiana, arrived here today
from the yellow lever district, and says
he a a hard time to get through; the
people are greatly wrought up in Louis
lana, each parish quarantining against
every other; that the people believe
there are many more cases than are
reported and that the disease has tor
some time been IN New Orleans. He
says that the shot u quarantine is
very strict, and lat at the Mississippi
line the entire train crew, including the
express messenger, Pullman car men,
and all mad to leave the train and re-
turn on another. He saw one man try
to get off at a town and as Don as he
struck the ground two men were right
after him with shot guns. The crew
which went through Mississippi had to
leave the train at the Alabama line. lie
says that h understands that in the
first two days after the yellow fever
developed at Montgomery, Ala, 1900
people left that city.
Today four white men. convicted OF
distilling in a settlement near Norris
Vile, this county,al I'll of them being con
nected with churches there, and who
were to serve 80 days and pay a n
but who served GO days in lieu of the
fine, were released. upon taking The
poor debtors oath.
The educational campaign is on all
over the state and will be pushed with
great activity during this month. 1T
is the fourth year it has been conduct
ed. C. H. Mebane will speak in Caswell
county, at Milton, on the 23rd, and at
another point on the oath; Superinten-
dent F. P. Herr, of CASTOR will make
.hree speeches IL Caldwell; Editor Z.
F billiard of the Scotland Neck paper
will give a week to the work in Sa1np-
son county; Captain John Duckett OF
the office of the state superintendent Is
in Wilkes for a week. r. d. w. Con
nor of the same Office speaks in VIII
son county ON Friday.
Colonel and Mrs. A. B. Andrews,
their daughter Mrs. Marks OF Montgon-
erv. Ala, and Miss Mabel Youfg,
daughter of Insurance Commissioner
Young are at Hot Springs, for a three
weeks stay.
The agricultural department is al
most BARE of officials, all the neads OF
sub divisions beng out in the FARMERS
institute campaign, which is more sue
cessful and on a larger scale than ever
before. while the commissioner is on
the ocean on his way to Europe. having
sailed from Baltimore Saturday with q
number of his relatives and going ol-
root tn Bremen While in Europe
no will look into some phases OF the
emigration question.
Rain is considerably needed IN some
sections now. Corn is showing thls
fact more plainly than any other crop.
Co+tou seems to be doing tolerably we'll
though most of the farmers say the
cron will be considerably less tnan that
last season. The rains during t"o-
thirds of July did most OF the amaSe'
News today from Clerk George NOT
wood of the office of the secretary OF
state. who has typhoid fever is taa'
there is Improvement in his condltlod.
His two sons. VINO have the same MS
ease are also better. 1t is felt mat
there is a local cause for the troHple
AS a wear or two ago there was lever
in the same house, it is stated.
The round house at the SeaDoaro AT
Line wards mere is being Wldeneo' So
as to give room for the big engines
The increase in size of engines is very
Mainly shown IL this building which
only a few years ago it was houah
would hold any engines the road Woula
ever have.
Cotton continues to come in here aid
at the compress platform there are
quantities of it. The demand for cottoh
by local mills is quite good. The grow
ers appear all Go be very certain .h"'
there will be good prices.
1t is interesting to know that "orh
is now in progress in this state on ho
less than fourteen railways. A railway
official remarked the other day mat II
was not the big roads which were OK
tending trackage, and that the latter
are now most active in developing.
There has been a rumor in some quar-
tiers that the Atlantic Coast Line would
take over the Raleigh and Pamlico
Sound Railway, and go from Spring
Hope, it's present western terminus 10
Raleigh. but it is said there is nothing
in this statement. 1t was expected