The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-26
Great Excitement Prevailed in Ra-
leigh Business Center.
Record Attendance at the State UNI
yersity-Governor Glenn on Cam
paign Trip-Enect of the recent
Rains on Cotton-Charters by the
State.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., October 23.

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principal streets. So far as now known
he bit five men and boy. He was
chased all night and the police were
notified this morning that some boys
in the suburbs had killed him with
pftchfork. Several other dogs were
shot during the search for the mad
dog. This morning all six of the per
sons bit were treated by physician.
One of them, the twelve year old boy,
is badly bitten in the arm. He was on
his way home with some bundles for
his mother. was attacked and bitten
while on Fayetteville street in front Of
the postoffice. John King, fireman
on the Raleigh and Southport road
was the first man attacked. and he
was bitten in the thigh. The doctor
gave the patients anti-serum and eau
terized the wound He said no bad
developments had been noticed, but Of
course it could not be told what might
happen. Several dogs were bitten
and the doctor notified the authorities
that these ought to be killed at once.
A charter is granted Johnson &
Johnson Company, incorporated, Ra-
leigh, to manufacture brick. Paid-up
capital stock $4,000.
During the past six months remark
ably few rural free delivery mail
routes have been established.
The number of students at Kings
Business college here today reached
IF IOir,
South Carolina.
At Shaw University, colored, large
brick building is under construction to
be used for the industrial work of the
college, at which there are now $50
students, representing about 10 states
This was the 10th day in which the
wind has been from the north or north
east and also the 10th day of cloudi-
ness.
At the soldiers home last night W.
F. Jewell died Of paralysis, aged 70.
He served in Company l, 40th regi-
ment, N. G. troops.
The number of students at the Uni
Versty of North Carolina is now ITO
which breaks the record. Many i'm
provements have been made and are
being made, and Thursday bids for the
new library will be opened.
Last season Mr.. Schloss of Whining
ton. the lessee of nearly all the North
Carolina theatres put small play on
the road. This season he is manag-
ing one of the best, The County
Chairman" which made such a hit
here
The state superintendent of public
instruction is very much gratified at
the receipt of a letter from Wilkes
county announcing that five libraries
for public schools have been establish
ed there since the visit of the superin-
tendents, and that the elections for
local tax for public schools will be
carried in the three districts where
they are to be held.
Governor Glenn will be away all this
week, the private secretary says, not
returning until next Monday He
will do hard weeks work for the
campaign.
Mr.. Ransom Hinton, a we'll known
cotton farmer here says the rains dur
ing the past eight days have had the
effect OF running many of the bOlls of
what may be termed the top crop in
this section of the state Plenty of
sunshine was needed to develop these.
but the conditions have been such that
they have partly opened and the cotton
within is rOtting. He says there is
really no top crop this year in North
Carolina. Much cotton IN this section
is yet ungathered. Secretary of State
Grimes said that in the east where the
crop was so excessively short by the
rains, nearly all was gathered before
this long rain began and so the latter
has not done much damage.
The Atlantic Coast Line, and what is
now the Virginia Southern Railway
now controls practically all the road
in northeastern North Carolina with
the exception of the Virginia and Car
olina which Mr. Bridgers built from
Tarboro to Farmville, twenty miles,
and the Dover and Southbound, built
by a private corporation, "a miles to
Richland. 1t is intimated that the lat
ter road will be extended to Cathe-
rine Lake. There are a lot of lumber
roads, few of which handle freight
but none haul passengers. Only those
which haul freight or passengers come
under the jurisdiction of the corpora
tion commission though as rule they
give it some information regarding
what they are doing. e
UD to date Sc sheriffs have made
complete settlements with the state for
taxes. The few remaining have made
almost complete settlements
Yesterday afternoon there was a
meeting of the executive committee Of
the trusts of the state university to
consider the matter of the sale of some
land. belonging to that institution.
President Venable says the university
lis having an exceptional fine term.
The personnel of the student-body is
very high.
Charters are granted three banks
the Bank of Ramseur, capital stock
s50 600. to do a commercial and saw
ings business; the bank of Bladen
ak 600 also commercial and savings
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