The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-22
Sentiment of County Superintehd-
ents of Public instruction
for Hall of History and State L.
brary-Five Aspirants for RaIeigh
Postmastership-Other News Notes.
Messenge- Buerau,

eAceistCI, tuiu iumOeT, furniture, etc,
capital stock $500, W. q. Finch and
others stockholders; also the Leeks-
ville-Spray Insurance and Realty Com
pany, $4,000. The Asheville Planning
Mills Company changes its name to the
Williams Bronnell Planning Mills Com
pany n increases it's capital stock to
$4,000.
The building OF the Elks at Raleigh
is to be completed in about ten days
at a cost of about s25,0 COO which is
about $4,000 more tran wa at first
expected.
! There are now f. aspirants for the
Raleigh postmaste.@-ip, these being
Willis G. Briggs, I'm Fl. Harden, S.
S.. Leonard, Lester Butler and Will
lam Brown and the contest is quite a
lively one.
At the Agricultural & Mechanical
College Library the:e is a very ex-
tensive and interesting exhibit of
school books in use in the United
States, twelve Of the book companies
making the exhibits, each having its
W section with special furniture, de-
! c%OratiOns, etc.
The rains continue anu the growth Of
the grass is so rapid as to be really
remarkable. The farmers are now find
ing that there is plenty of work for
them to do, to keep down the grass,
The bill which has now passed con-
gress and which of course the president
/ will sign doubling the appropriation
to the National Guard Of the various
F., states will give North Carolina about
J SAT, 600 and what is needed Of this
can be spent for rife ranges, of which
there is not one in the state. Some
states have had ranges for a great
many years.
Governor Glenn, who is now regular
ly at his Office says his condition on
tinues to improve and that he will be
; here all this week. It is proable that
he will leave next week for a trip, to
! further recuperate.
Among today's arrivals we're w. c.
Newland, of Lenoir, and George B. Hiss
Of Carlotte. They called at the Office
of the Governor and of state superin-
tendent Joyner. At the latter Mr.. Hiss
had quite a talk about the public
schools, particularly in the mill towns,
he having a large interest in this di-
rection. He remarked that happy
teachers made happy pupils and these
made happy workers by n by and
added that education was the greatest
investment the state could make for
it's people. A very interesting sermon
was preached her Sunday by Rev. Mr..
Berkeley in Christ Church. He was or
dained in that church a year ago and
his home is at MayOdan, a thriving
mill town where he is doing excellent
work and making a very careful study
Of interesting and important questions.
Charters are granted for the Tar
River Manufacturing Company of
LOuisburg to manufacture anything
out of cotton, wood, grain, ETC., capital
stock $4,000, Robert G.. Allen chief
stakeholder. Also to the White-Jetton
Company, to deal in general merchan-
disc at Lincolton, twenty-five thousand
dollars.
In a few days the local Daughters
of the Confederacy will have a picnic
in the capitol square here for the
purpose Of raising POUNDS to outfit a
room they have taken at the Soldiers
Home on the second floor Of the new
dormitory, various local organizations
thus taking room which they will
furnish.
The government weather report. for
North Carolina today says that during
the present week there was very lit
tie sunshine, but frequent thunder
storms, excessive rains everywhere
excessive in many localities and great
est in the east and west, over 9 IL
inches having fallen at Newbern and
the average rainfall being over three
inches in excess of the normal. Dam
age was done by washing lands and
high water in Lincoln, Burke, Chatham
Arson, Randolph and Scotland coun-
ties. The average temperature during
the week was from 2 to s degrees be-
low the normal, the highest being 80
in Halifax and the lowest so in Lin
coin.
It is learned that Brigadfer General
Joseph F. Armfield will be at both
encampments of the first and Second
Regiments at the permanent camp at
Morehead City, and that he will per-
haps to Chickamauga to have a look
at the first Regiment which goes to
camp there with the regulars and the
several other regiments Of the Nation
al Guard from other states.
Attorney General Gilmer stated this
afternoon hat the answer to the bill
in equity in the Southern Railway case
which means Judge Purnells order
would be completed tomorrow.
It is said that Mr.. Sears, the new
sheriff here is practically certain OF
nomination by the County Convention.
The County Superintendent OF public
instruction favor a compulsory atren-
dance law. This sentiment is very
rapidly growing all over the state. So
well is it known that the Labor Com
missioner finds it no longer necessary
to ask questions regarding it and so
these are not on the blanks this year.
The Teachers Assembly adopted the
following resolutions:
Whereas the State OF North Caro-
lima has collected a public library CON
sisting of so, 900 volumes of the worlds
rroofocf hooES IF hundreds of yaiua-