The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-19
Messenger Bureau,
Chamber Commerce Rooms.
HOllOman Building.

the docket of appeals from the Sth
district. The following attorneys are
here: Maxty L. Johns, L. D. Robin
son, T. L. Caudle, Fred J. Cox. II.
II. McLendon. John T.. Bennett r.
B. Redwine, T. J. Jerome, A. M. Stack.
X. w. Lemmond, w. D. Siler.
1t is learned from the state SUPER
1ntendent of public instruction that
Ashe county has just voted for a local
tax for rural public school district,
making 415 local tax districts in the
state The following counties have no
local tax districts: Allegheny, Davie,
Gates, Graham, Greene, Hertford,
Jones, Mitchell. New Hanover, Orange,
Pasquotank, Polk. Tyrrell. Yancey.
1t Is learned from the Office of the
superintendent that there are today
Lazy Libraries in rural public schools.
All the counties now have these IL
braries- A few counties have only
one. The total number OF v lumes is
$4,000.
Charters are granted the North
W1lkesboro Hardware Company, Cap
1tal stock $4,000, L. E. Davis of
Goshen being the principal stockhold-
er. Another is to the Imperial Mat
tress Company of Washington, $780,
OOO capital, w. E. Jones, and others
this being given authority to manu-
facture furniture, etc.
Among the visitors to the capitol to-
day was State Senator Mason of An
son county. He said there was some
talk about politics in his county, but
much more about cotton mills In the
course Of a chat he told about the
wonderful progress CASTOR is making
IN this direction. 1t has by far more
cotton mills than any other county in
the United States, there being 80 in
operation, while work is in progress
on nine new ones. insluding Wood
lawn, Imperial, Mayes, McAden, Peer
less, Clara, Holland, Monarch etc, and
charter is to be applied for in a
few days for yet another mill the
Flint. The senator says that the
mills all pay well and that they make
one of the thriftiest counties in the
country. There are very fine water
powers which are being we'll utilized
and in every way the people of Cas-
ton are taking hold of opportunities.
Besides the cotton mills there are
number of small industries 1t is
county where everything is made to
count.
Your correspondent had a special
Interview with Senator Simmons re-
garding the political situation in
North Carolina. The senator said:
1T looks fine, fine. The republican
campaign in the east has completely
collapsed for various reasons, one
being the fact that Marion Butler took
charge He is not only odious to the
democrats but also to a large element
of the republicans, who do not at all
in bo hor
and has been accorded. | say in my
speeches and | say here now, to you,
that if Butler should now or at any
time in ten years get control of the
legislature, one of the very first
things he would do would be to take
steps to validate the special tax
bonds and bonds which the people of
North Carolina have repudiated as
fraudulent and void
The exhibits at the state fair are
more attractive this time than in Il
number of years, much taste having
been shown in the arrangement. The
fair is a very clean one and the fakirs
who operate gambling games have de-
parted for Columbia, S. c., finding
that there was no opening for them
here.
Next Sunday the Raleigh and South
port railway will put on it's new
quick schedule between here and Will
mington, via Fayetteville
Much tobacco is being sold here at
the warehouses and prices advanced
yesterday about a dollar on the 100
pounds. There is a sharp advance in
tobacco as we'll as for cotton.
The state fair marshals, headed by
Chief Marshal J. V. Blades, made a
fine appearance on the parade today.
Governor Glenn came in this morning
and he and President E. L. Daught-
ridge made addresses at the fair.
Secretary Henry Clay Brown of the
Corporation Commission. has returned
from Albemarle where he went tc
see his brother, J. M. Brown, who was
paraly2ed some months ago. Ho is
Improving but Is not yet on his feet
The building permits issued here ir
Raleigh for the IL months to date
number 16O. A report shows tha1
there are SO miles of streets in the
city and that third of them are
paved or macadamized. There are
twenty-five miles of gas mains ant
about 80 weter mains. There are l.,
800 telephone subscribers and 1,25(
miles of telephone wire. On the Is
of November the Bell and the Inter
state Telephone Company merge, thu
former taking over the latter.
II. H. Gore, of Hamlet. tomorrow
takes charge of the Western UnioI
Telegraph Office here as manager, sue
ceedfng B. G. Hudgins, of Norfolk
who came here from Philadelphia, ant
yho retained the position only rhre'
weeks, then resigning. Mr.. Gore l
from Knoxville.
Nordica is to be here Thursday AM
Friday nights. She cancelled tel
days or more ago her engagement
Columbia, S. c., but was not permltte
To cancel the one here.
Next Friday the North Caroiln
Cotton association meets at the capl