The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-17
Bond Issue for Street Improve
ments will be Recommended.
Inspection of Food Stuffs Being Made.
Question of the Purchase Of Water
works Is Up i'm RaIeigh-Ro~tcr of
North Carolina Troops i'm the Con-
federate Seryice-Commencement nj
Shaw University.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. g., April IL

h state in which he took and analy-
zed samples of food stuTs for man
and beast. He says that he foun
lively speaking. He left today for the
eastern part of the state and it will
require a month TO complete the in
spection. The department is much
sratified at the receipt from the sec
rotary Of the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation at Mount Airy Of samples of
feed stuffs which were suspected to be
adulterated. 1t was found that there
was adulteration. If these associations
all over the state will thus send in
samples it will greatly aid the depart
ment in its important work. Mr.. Har-
rls says in the east he found great in
terest in truck and berries. \ good
deal of lettuce is being shipped. Peas
are up, and other crops are Just being
planted. He finds more interest in
the cattle industry than ever before.
Your correspondent asked DR.. TAFT
Butler, the state veterinarian what he
expects to do this year IN the way of
clearing counties from ticks, and he
replied that the expectation was to so
clear rutherford. Polk, Cleveland,
Mecklenburg, and the south ha1f of
Rowan. the north half of this latter
county being already clear. Congress
mas passed a bill appropriating 100000
for use in the determination of these
ticks. this work to be done in co-oper-
alton with that by the states. It is the
flrSt money thus appropriated by con-
gress. Dr. Butler had hoped the
amount will be 100000. and thinks
that amount will yet be obtained.
Charters are granted the Charlotte
Land and Improvement Company with
power to do insurance business, etc,
capital stock 500. 600, j. Arthur Hen
derson and others stockholders, also to
the Edgar Allen Poe Brick Company
OF Fayetteville, capital stock 500, 900.
The Arson Drug Company of WadeS-
boro is dissolved.
The county superintendent Of edu-
cation of Hamilton county, Tenn, of
which Chattanooga is the county seat,
asks State superintendent Joyner for
h plans and specifications for rural
school buildings in North Carolina.
Mr.. m w have used some
of your plans and specifications and
believe that if you should travel
through Hamilton county you would
think it a part of North Carolina if
you would observe our school house
architecture
The Number of rural free delivery
nail routes has now exceeded the L.
100 figure in North Carolina.
Two years ago there was a great
deal of robbery of postOfficeS in this
part Of North Carolina and it was
thought that Goldsboro was the head
quarters of the operators. Now there
is very little trouble of this character
captured the men. They captured
three. n of these now being in Jail
at Wilmington for trial.
Mayor Ohnson of this city informs
me that he will urgently recommend
HI issue of $1,000 bonds for street
improvements. He says that only in
this way can such improvements be
made. Only $4,000 Of the regular
funds is available this year for street
improvements. He avs there are very
few blind tigers now and that only
one Or two have been heard of Or
found during the past year. He says
there are fewer of these in this city
than in any other place he knows Of
where the status is the same as it is
at Raleigh. The question Of the pur-
chase Of the waterwOrkS is now the
chief one The company asks $780,
600 for the plant which the mayer says
is bonded at s250,0OO with 500, 900
of stock. The assessment by the cor
poration commission is of s125.O0O.
The gross earnings last year were
$4,000. and the profits $4,000, the
operating expenses, etc, being $4,000.
Another matter of interest here is the
attempted closing Of Johnson street by
the Seaboard Air Lin under the terms
Of a contract made by committee with
the board of aldermen in 1899. The
mayor contends that there is no pow
er to make such a contract. He made
an order that the street should not be
closed and the whole matter is to be
investigated. The tenderloin district,
he says. is much better regulated than
ever before. 1t is impossible to elimi-I
note it altogether and regulation is
sible.
The North Carolina branch. other
wise the Grand Lodge of the Order
Of Good Samaritans. colored, has been
licensed by the insurance department,
and they will now be able to do insur-
ance business. There are really three
branches of this order now; n hav-
ing headquarters at Kinston; another
at Washington, D. c.. n the third at
Raleigh. Sometime age the order was
in trouble n the insurance work was
stopped by the commissioner. The
matters ave not yet been completely
adjusted but probably soon will be-
Mr.. Thompson. member of the leg
islature from Onslow. has been put in
charge Of the state swamp lands and
will look over more or less of the 1874
books containing the land grants, to
see what the status of these lands is.
These books are in the office of the
secretary Of state.
While a number of the sheriffs have
made settlements with the state there
are many others who have until May
to do this. At the office of the State
treasurer it is said that the law now
gives almost half the sherins until
May to make final settlement.
State Auditor Dixon who is in charge
of the selection in this state of original
documents showing the names. etc Of
the Confederate soldiers in North Car
DINA service says that IN is
being made by the United States war
department which is printing these
rosters. 1t must be remembered that
the rosters thus being published, cover
not only the civil war but all the wars
in which citizens of h United States
have been engaged. including that Of
the revolution. those of the Indians,
the war of 1912 with Great Britain,