The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-17
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. ". c.. July y, 1906

ed Il large gathering of Masons at a
rally and picnic, and was present a.
the installation. He returned 10 Raj
eigh this afternoon.
The finance committee Of the North
Carolina board of agriculture is in ses-
sion to verify the accounts and 10
transact routine business. The on
mittee is composed of Hon. S. l.. Pat
terson, chairman; W. NJ. Dunn. New
Bern; J.. =. McCray, L~aurinburg; J.
NJ. F~Irehands Tyner; A. T. McCajium,
Red Springs. The work will consume
TWO or three days.
The state chartered the AsheJOrO
Grocery company, wholesale and retail,
with $4,000 capital, Of which amount
$4,000 was subscribed by H. T. CaTi-
ness, c. r. LOflin, A~shebOrO, and I. j.
Finch, Of WheatmOre.
The secretary Of state has much
trouble IN securing the papers Of dis
solution from different organizations
over this state. The following dis5Olu-
tions have just been filed: Citizens
Savings Bank. Durham; Planter
Warehouse Co., Elm City; Dunn Mer-
camille company, Dunn; Wolverine
Lumber company, BrysOn City; New
Cooperative system, inc, High Point;
ID. G. Way Lumber company, Hasiin,
Beaufort county. The Casino company,
GOldsboro: Eli Gurganus company,
williamson.
A violation of the city ordinance re-
speeding pulling of false fire alarms
was at a late hour last night the
means OF calling attention Of the chief
of The fire department 10 the ineffi-
cheney Of the present alarm system.
The false alarm developed the fact
THAT the gOngs were not working at
fire headquarters, or in the Don Of
the call fremen. The system is being
O~verhauled and corrected.
BY the breaking Of Il scaffOId thre"
Raleigh carpenters were precipitated
something more than % feet without
any serious injuries,
The executive committee Of the state
hospital board is meeting for routine
business.
The closing session of the North
Carolina state farmers convention was
largely attended this morning, the spe-
cifc work Of the various departments
being more than noteworthy.
: II IiN'lttLlNoI y pSbAtACAA Ill
cy was filed for J. NJ. Munroe & Co.,
Swan Station, Moore county, TO assets
being given in such cases.
United States District Attorney Skin
ner. who is here has brought suit In
the United States district court at Viii
mington for $4,000 against the Atlantic
Coast Line for penalties for failurH 70
provide safety appliances for trains,
md time y-in11tjnU tho Ia W Tl1Hp WNlt.''
requires such appliances.
Large numbers of republicans re-
turned today from the Greensboro
state convention. They said thai
SPENCE Blackburn had raised Il great
clamor there and had been literally
showed under: buried deep, as they
expressed it, but said he had shown
his manhood last night by moving TO
make the action Of the convention
unanimous. 1t was a fight 10 a finish,
these republicans said. They added
that the Rlackburnites had interrupted
Secretary Taft quite a lot during his
speech.
Among today's arrivals was Richard
D. Hacketc, OF Wilkesboro, dewocratic
nominee in the eighth district. He IS
already at work to win and is bright
III htkEI i ~ III li1ts II -iA
do its very best to make him q win
ner. That is the only way to get sue
cess. some ii the most influential men
in the district say. Among other ARR
walls WIS John S. Cunningham who
came to attend the Farmers state con
ventiOn. He was asked about tobacco
and said he had seen many crops IT
the Piedmont section and thai in thai
Cnotinn tho ORION jc worry CNNH a vAT1 %
one. with healthy and tall plants.
This morning the first through Uyain
from Fayetteville arrived here on the
Raleigh and Southport railway. Much
interest IS felt in the opening Of this
road
The hot democratic campaign in this
county continues n a number Of
democrats remarked that they canaO.
see how it does the party a bit OF
good. It is one of the warmeSt cam
paignS on record here.
StNNS are being taken to have a
country club and golf links here and
also, ICs-ib'y. + have an amusement
hall. On a large sale, including 4
ing rink, which i very greatly needed.
Until a country club. with golf links is
provi+Cd the finest hotel here will 70
ia u tS L L 10 " biN pm IOS~ ~
bring northern visitors 10 Raleigh
without providing them with the
amusements they fan
What has been ! ng known rs lhc
Bachelor place herr en- the south sldA
of the park which faoe5 the union pas
senger station has Teen purchased by
a Raleigh firm and VII be used rs a
marble yard. This pace was for a
great many years the property Of the
Tucker family, SO prominent b re, anl
at the close of the war VS. The nal
quarters of General Nelson a. Nj rs,
u. S. A, who afterwards he ame the
general at the head of the army.
Charters are granted the Mont~oT-
cry Construction company, High Po:nt,
to erect all kinds of buildings, ca. i.a.
stock 100000, w. o. Montgomery and
others S~fnckhOldarS. tho zion Mipicta-