The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-06
Adams and Sawyer May Get Life
Imprisonment.
Possibility of the President Taking
This Step-PoIiticaI Conditions in
the East are Satisfactory-Clartcrs
by the Stakeholder Raleigh News
Notes. "A
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., November %.

everything is all right in the east. He
says that the democratic majority in
the state this year will probably run
very closely with that two years ago,
this largely depending upon the turn
out of the democrats since If they turn
out in large numbers, the majority will
be bigger.
The band OF the Third regiment last
night went to Smithfeld, where it gave
a concert and today il furnished the
music at a political rally.
Adjutant General Robertson says
that there are remarkably few appli-
cations now for discharge from the
National Guard. 1t is thought to be
probable that the Second regiment will
next year participate in the maneuvers.
a charter is granted the Black
| Mountain Realty Improvement COM
pany, of Buncombe county, capital
stock $500 ]. D. Murphy Of Asheville
and others stockholders. Another
charter is to the Southern Textile Ma
chine Company at Charlotte, to manu-
| facture and sell and operate machinery
Of any kind, capital stock 100000,
$4,000 of this being preferred, L. L..
Caudle, F. M. Budd and T. G. Guthrie
being stockholders.
The increase in the number Of char
ters granted to corporations this year
is so great as to be remarkable. Dur
ing the year ended December 1st, 1905,
there were 696 charters granted, while
during the II months Of the present
fiscal year the number is 800.
The number OF students now at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college is
425. There are 43 members Of the ia
Guilty. The value of the buildings, etc.
is 1926, 900.
1t is learned that Commissioner of
Agriculture Patterson is in Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, where be has
been operated ON Nothing was given
out in regard to this at the agriculture
al department until today, though he
has been there since October LIST. He
is expected TO be back some time this
month.
State Veterinarian Butler is to b. at
Baton Rouge or the 18th inst, to at
ten dthe meeting of institute workers
anu 1dtSI SObS 70 dch5ClINlI1c FSd.,
to attend the meeting Of commissioners
Of agriculture.
4 negro is in q hospital her with
a bullet wound in his back inflicted by
a man with one arm and one leg named
West, who operated q merry-gO-rOund
at the negro state fair. The negro hit
West with a stone Thursday and West
yesterday spotted him and shot him,
and her left the city.
The number Of students at the Bap-
fist University for Women today
reached 357. During the year a num-
Der of Improvements have been made
and the largest organ in the state has
been installed. The total value OF the
property is now stated by President
Vann to be 5000, 900.
1t is learned in conversation with
officials here that there is strong pos
sibility of the president committing to
life imprisonment the death sentence
of the negro mutineers now in Jail at
Wilmington. The district attorney,
Harry Skinner, prosecuted them with
great vigor, but now popular sentiment
at Wilmington is very greatly in favor
of a lesser sentence than death. These
prisoners have conducted themselves
admirably during their long impriSOn-
ment. 1t is said that Colonel Skinner
will soon 60 TO Washington and that
he will probably assent to c0mmuta-
ton, which has been SO urged by the
ministers at Wilmington and others.
State Veterinarian TAFT Butler was
speaking to your correspondent about
the scarcity of labor in this state and
he says that much Of it is due to the
wa ythings are managed, the lack Of
labor saving machinery and Of the
number Of one horse farms. He thinks
the latter are very improbable and are
a prime cause of the labor scarcity,
saying that instead of three men, each
working one horse, one man ought to
work two, and and thus leave the other
man ~disengaged to do other work. He
says that the following put Of this plan
would be found that the available labor
would be immensely increased, and he
declares that North Carolina would
| really have more labor than many
other states. DIR. Butler is a very
close observer and no n knows bet
ter than he the esource OF the state
in an agricultural way, both developed
| and undeveloped.
! This afternoon Harry West, a ticket
taker at a merry-go-round at the negro
fair, who shot a negro, Alfred Sutton.
of Raleigh, there, was found and jail
ed. West says he shot the negro be-
aus the latter had just thrown q
stone at him and struck q negro
woman.
The Raleigh and Pamlico Sound rail-
way stockholders meet here November
22nd to ratify action of directors in
consolidating that and various roads.
By the end of the year it is expected
the Washington new line branch viii
be completed. 4~tf't9 !
Internal revenue collections, this dis
trict, for October are s259,419, an in
crease over September of $4,000. : +,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Joyner received a contribu-
49, - Q0En - 49, leo <%,,1 ~ II