The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-25

vi IN NH~A S wa nEOS II all .
and so is the plan which requires lost
time to be made up. For example last
Saturday the cadets who had failed to
show up at drill during the week were
given all the drill they wanted and a
lot more by the cadet c0mmandent in
person, Lieutenant Young, L. S. 4,
while hundreds Of other cadets Looked
IN and laughed. There used 10 be a
lot Of hanging around the hosplta! 10
dodge drill. but there will not be any
more. One cadet who was told tha[
probably he ought TO go in the hospital
said nor much-that he didn't want 10
make up drill on Saturday and hat ne
was certainly going. He knew he was
not sick worth speaking OF.
The opening Of ST. MaryS FSmale
School here 70 day was a very bril-
liant one. Many students. relatives
and friends including a number OF a.
umna assembled 10 witness the open
ing exercises. A procession was form
ed and entered the Chapel headed Oy
the bishop, the rector, other clergy
men. the trustees, faculty n students,
all singing the hymn, The Church l.
One Foundation" The short special
service was followed by all address ~
Rector BOst Of St. Philips church, Il
ham. whose subject was: An Edn-
cation not TO be Repented Of He
pOinted out hat this was the time CT
opportunity. That S.. Marys stands
for noble talk, high ideals and char
acter developments, as well as for high
grade Of scholarship. Bishop Cheshire
then announced the Gath ye2r OF the
school as formally begun. The con-
gregatiOn left the chapel singing:
Savior, Blessed Savior Tho en-
rOIlmpnt of boarding pupils is one
hundred and fOrty-fOur. the largesc IN
history of the school. this taxing the
dOrmitOry capacity something beyond
its limits. and several rooms In the
infrmary have been put in temporary
use until ether arrangements d be
made. \ number of applicants had 10
be refused admission for lack Of room.
There is a full day school with over
100 students. There are young women
from nearly all the southern states
and also from Maryland and New Jer-
sey. among these being Miss Overman,
4 daughter of Senator Lee S. Overman,
and Miss Wilson, a daughter Of Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson Of Princeton
University. Much work has been done
at the school during the vacation, the
library has been refurnished and care
fully catalogued; there is a new laun-
dry; the auditorium is under way
probably will be in use late III the
winter. Rector DuBOse is receiving
congratulations on his work.
At democratic headquarters the fol-
lowing appointments are made for ex-
Governor Charges B. Aycock: DIN,
IredeIl county, October Sth; S~tatesvllle,
8th. at night; Newton, 9th; Lenoir,
10th; Morganton 18th; Old Fort, 18th;
Rutherfordton, 18th, at night; Ellen
boro, Rutherford county, 18th; Brc-
ward, 18th; Hendersonville. 18th, at II
o'clock; Waynesville,. 18th, at night;
Webster, 18th; Asheville, nth, at
night; SwannanOa, BuncOmbe county,
18th.
For Governor Glenn the following
appointments are mad MOrgantOn,
October 18th; Marion. 10Th; Forest
CITY, Goth; Granite Falls, 22nd; Hick-
DRY. 23rd.
President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton association is to speak
here during the state fair, probably
October 18th at night. He was invited
by President Moore Of the North
Carolina association.
The Wake county division Of the
Southern Cotton association net here
TODAY. More cotton is coming in, there
being 300 bales on the market yeSter-
day, and the people interested in keep
up prices do not like to e II put
the markets so rapidly. 1t is. OF
course. very difficult to control the one
horse farmers and choppers.
1t is the expectation of Secretary
Pogue Of the state fair that the next
fair will be in point of exhibits The
hest ever held. OF course last year
was a record breaker for attendance,
but the president was the great draw
ing card.
Two cars filled with blind and deaf
mutes arrived here from the western
part of the state and two from h east.
There are more blind children In Jhe
west than there are in the east.
The movement for a bronze statute
Of Charles D. McIver meets with much
favor here.
All the poll books and election
blanks Of all kinds have been sup
piled for the various counties in the
state. These were shipped from the
arsenal building by the secretary
OF state.
The United States and the state Ge-
partments of agriculture are picking up
the work of showing the people OF
North Carolina 10 to properly grow