The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-23
TO REMOVE BODY OF jas. WILSON
lDisinterment viii be Witnessed by
|, Distinguished Persons.
He was q Noted Lawyer ard Had the
Respect of all Who Knew Him.
States Financial Condition-Several
Gases OF SmallpOx-Charters by the
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., November 10.

SAue Lacy, speaking today
about the fact that at the end Of the
fiscal year there would be a balance
in the state treasury approximatirg
$500, 600, said that he would have 10
have in January $3.50, 600, as that sum
would be called for, including $275, 900
for pensions, 100000 interest, s2O0, 600
for the public schools and SIS, 900 for
1.-THE legislature. He says that unless
the sherifs settle with him very
promptly he will find it q close call.
Charters are granted the PolIocks-
jville Banking and Trust Company, cap
I1tal $4,000, to do a commercial and
savings business; The Aurora Odd Eel
lows Home Company, of Beaufort
lother fraternal orders, J. M. Litchfield
land Others stockholders, capital stock
lS5, 900.
TWO corporations were dissolved to-
day; the Fonveill Grocery Company,
lat Goldsboro, and the Tarboro Cotton
Warehouse Company.
Insurance Commission Young an
%nounces that the German Insurance
company of Freeport, Ill, has r~e-insur-
led all it's outstanding policies in the
Royal, thus making everything safe SO
that North Carolina policy holders may
feel no uneasiness.
The health officer here had a busy
day yesterday, in a negro settlement
near the SeabOard Air Line in the
northwestern part of the city, where he
found nine cases Of small pox, and five
suspects, all of whom were hurried to
the pest house, in which there were
Ialready two cases. Today another cas-
was brought il, a negro, from AZ miles
north Of the city. The negroes say
they caught the disease from a negro
named Tom Clegg, from Durham. 1t
is said that some of them have been
sick two Or three weeks. The officers
were today looking for more cases
In the northeastern part OF the county
not far firm the line of the Raleigh and
Pamlico Sound railway, it is said that
There are several other cases. The total
number of small pOx cases in the pest
house is now II and there r five sus-
lpects. Only one is white. The pest
house is a mile south Of the city and
far from any road.
The supreme court will ext week
hear appeals from the 18th district.
The court will not sit tomorrow, but
will call the docket Wednesday. The
court will file opinions that evening,
Iamong them will be the long-expected
Ione on the Arson cunty lynching case
The latest gift to the state historical
collection in the museum is a scalping
knife used by the North Carolinians as
lit was found in a mound not far from
Raleigh.
Chief Justice Clark, Lieutenant
lGovenor Winston and a number OF
|other prominent gentlemen will be at
Edenton tomorrow, and at the Hays
ESTATE will witness the disbursement
Iof the remains of James Wilson of
Pennsylvania, late associate justice OF
THE United States supreme court. VIII
son, through the fraud or carelessness
Iof his lawyer, became embarrassed Il
financially by some land deals, and came
Ito Edenton from Philadelphia. He was
a very honest man, and able writer.
land was a man of note in every way
having been a signer Of the declaration
lof independence, and had represented
France in this country before it had an
Ambassador or minister here. Al
lEdenton he enjoyed to the last the
devoted friendship and regard Of such
men as Joseph Hewes, Governor Sam
luel Johnson, and others, n when ne
died his body vas buried in the private
burial ground at Hays, where the Ire
Idells lie, and also Governor johnson
the owner of that famous estate. Tnese
Igreat men spent much time together
land Judge and Mrs. 1redell cared tol
MRS. Wilson after the death OF her dis
Itinguished husband, until her return t
her home in Philadelphia. A large
lparty of distinguished PennsylvanianS
|are at Hays to take part in the cefe'
monies.
The number OF teachers in the Ra'
leigh public schools is now 6S AMI the
number Of pupils is 1915.
The penitentiary authorities sta:t
THAT the number Of %convicts now totals
1858, which, strange to say. was exactl!
lwhat it was two years ago., at this date
IUp to this time there has been a de
jcrease for more than twenty years IL
1.-THE number of convicts. The Creates
number ever recorded was 1.478.
1t is announced that the postof1ce
department will put a mail service be-
tween Raleigh and Fayetteville Decem
her list. on the Raleigh and Southport
railway.
William A. Graham, acting commits
Isioner of agriculture during the illness
lof Commissioner Patterson; Ia1t BUT
Her, state veterinarian, and B. W. Kill
lgore, state chemist, viii represent
North Carolina at Jacksonville, Fla, a
1.-THE annual meeting Of the southern
commissioners of agriculture, staJe
chemists, etc, and all will speak, Nj
lGraham making the report Of the Wors
Idone in the state in a general way.
A charter is granted to another cot
lton mill this being the Dixie at or 9
lMooresville, ". w. Brawley OF tina
lplace being the principal stakeholder
ICapital stock of the mill Is 100000 ant
lit will manufacture warps and yarns
Negro Troops Will be Discharged
Today. =.
Fort Reno November 1.-THE dis