The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-11-13
Raleigh, n. c., November IL.


creasing and today was 1876; in year
it is nearly doubled.
| The Oldest inmate Of the Soldiers
Home here is dead His name was
BUM and he was from this county.
: His age was 81 years. He and three
/ Of his sons were in the Forty-seyenth
! n. c. regiment and served throughout
the war. Two of the sons are now
living. Another inmate Of the home
is 50 years old In 1885 he was men,
Der OF the force OF troops which escort
ed large portion of the Cherokee ma
ton OF Indians from the North Caro-
lima mountains to the Indian territory
One place in North Carolina received
the election returns last Tuesday by q
wireless telegraph. This place was
Beaufort The wireless station there
is on an island, very near the town.
The telegraph company was to have
furnished the returns, but the wire
! broke down and so the news came to
Norfolk and from there to the wireless
telegraph station at Cape Henry. from
which it was sent to Beaufort and than
telephoned over to the town, the bulle-
tins coming regularly being numbered
| and giving full returns.
Late yesterday afternoon q young
white man named Matthews, who haC
| been employed at a dairy here, took
20 grains of strychnine in a dope drink
and a little while later was dead. He
said he could not resist the appetite for
lrink. He had been drinking hard and
| was in financial difficulties. Today his
father came from Harnett county after
, him. His death occurred in the sta
tion house and the body was taken
from there by an undertaken.
Last night Attorney T. J. Jerome
made application for habeas corpus for
H. J. Bivins, who killed an unknOwD
hobo here two weeks ago today and
who has since been in Jail on the
charge of murder in the first degree
Associate Justice Brown issued the
writ returnable at II o'clock. Mr..
Jerome came here yesterday morning
and was met at the railway station Ey
the wife of Bivins. The family lives
here. Bivins was a SeabOard Air Line
detective.
The weather bureau here has been
established twenty years this month.
Director Thissen says it will issue 4
special bulletin giving the results of
the twenty years observations.
The new annex for women at the
Central hospital for the insane is
being quite rapidly filled. There were
over 100 applications for admission but
not all were meritoriOus.
An EngliShman named WithingtOn
came here to have q conference with
the State Literary and Historical AsSO
citation and the Historical commission
regarding the pictures made by John
White in 1886 of the Indians Oh Roam
Ole island, the originals of when arc
in the British Museum.
The remains of Judge Wilson of me
United States supreme court have for
a great many years been in the John
ston private cemetery at Hays. leac
Edenton. Last January your corges-
pondent was there and found that the
noted Dr. S. Weir Mitchell OF Philalci-
phia, had just been 70 the place and
made some photographs, he and others
being members of the Pennsylvania
commission to remove the body to that
state. The grave is not marked in any
way. It had been expected that Gov
remains were removed. but he may net
be able to do SO and in such ease may
be represented by Lieutenant Governor
Winston.
The number Of pupils at the state
school for the blind is now 16S. Strnaga
to say a number at the colored insti-
tuition for deaf mutes and blinds, which
is also here is exactly the same. y
few more pupils are yet to come.
Curator Herbert H. Brimley OF the
state museum, who has been at Boston
two months returned today Next week
the exhibits which were sent from mere
to Boston are expected back.
The insurance commissioner licenses
the Brothers and Sisters Aid Society
of Mecklenburg county, the charter
being to the supreme grand lodge. it
being negro benevolent association
Charters are granted the Davidson
Furniture company, Lexington, ca pital
stock $4,000, A. c. Harris and others
stockholders; The Crescent Drug COM
pany, E. j. Cheatham and others,
Franklinton, capital stock, $4,000:
The Pepsi-Cola Bottling company, VIII
mington, capital stock $4,000, L. l..
Brinson and others stockholders.
State Superintendent ]. Y. Joyner has
this week received $500 for the McTvcI
statue memorial fund, bringing the
total amount so far up to $4,000. Among
this weeks gifts was $100 from Julian
S. Carr of Durham.
State Superintendent Joyner has re
ceived the report this year from al
the county superintendents except
three, those from Surry, Iredell and
Nash, and the superintendent OF the
city schools Of Monroe.
Prof R. D. W. Connor of the state
superintendent Office, has made sew
eral speeches this year and said with &
smile to day that one OF these was at
Red Bug, which is in Flea Hill town
ship.
The Grand Lodge Of Masons,
which on Thursday laid the corner
stone of church at Red Springs. will
On the 9th snst, lay the corner stone
of another at Maxton. also In Robson