The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
MAY NOT GRANT An ELECTION
Raleigh Aldermen May Decline to
Call Up Prohibition Question
Great Interest Felt i'm the Outcome OF
to End His Life-Crop Conditions i'm
the Northeastern Part of the State.
Fight Against the Cattle Ticks.
Other Raleigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c.. May z

Raleigh, N. c.. May 2.
WinslOw Goodwin, a white farmer.
aged about forty years, attempted SUI
eide yesterday at his home, which is
ON the line between Wake and Chal-
ham counties. He had been of soEie-
what unsound mind for some time and
had shown this by his behavior. He
took a revolver, went out in the woods,
and placing the weapon at the center
of the forehead, instead of at the
temple, fired. The bullet did not PEN
citrate the skull, though he was stun
ned. In his house nearby were his
wife and their seven children, and
these rushed to the spot and took Good
win into the house. A doctor was
sent for and while he was extracting
the bullet Goodwin called for his knife
and said he desired to cut his throat
and end his life. He will recover, and
will probably be sent to an institu-
ton.
Marked interest is felt here in the
summeT music festival which is to be
held in connection with the summer
school for teachers and the North
Carolina Teachers Assembly. Some
thing new in the musical line will be
the performance of music composed by
North Carolinians. The time for the
admission for competition of such
compositions has been extended TO
May 1t5R> Several have already com
in, and it is expected that the extern
sion will enable a number more to be
received. A committee composed of
John A. Simpson of the state school
for the blind, Mr.. Brawley, of Peace
Institute; Miss Dowd, of st. Mary's
College; Miss CarolineetaOhrdl tiata
College; Miss Cronwhite, of the Bap-
list University, Of women, and V. G.
Register, Of Raleigh, will pass upon
the merits of all the compositions sub
united. The latter should be sent to
Wade E. Brown, of Raleigh, and must
be in his hands by May 18th.
Condemnation proceedings are in
progress here for the right of way for
the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Rail-
way, through the property now known
as GlenwOod, in the northwestern SUI
burbs of this city, formerly the Dever-
eux estate. The Raleigh and South
port railway is also having condemned
rights OF way through some properties
almost in the suburbs of Fayetteville.
It had quite a fight in order to get
~11~ough one large estate there, and
H. now tackling some smaller places.
The supreme court gives Mrs. Mary
e. Stewart 10000 damages against
the Seaboard Air Line for the death
of her husband, who almost two years
ago was killed in a collision Of trains
near Manly, Moore county.
State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner,
R. ID. w. Connor and President ". l..
Poteat of Wake Forest college, nave
gone to Lexington, KY, to attend the
great conference on education in the
south.
President R. T. Vann, of the Baptist
University for Women, today deliver
ed the address at the close OF Noun
Vernon Springs Academy, Chatham
county.
There is no little interest here as to
what will be the outcome of the move
ment by Rev. Sylvester Belts for an
election on prohibition. Wesley N.
Jones expressed the opinion today
that the aldermen would not grant
the petition for the election. Rev. Mr..
Belts expresses the opinion that bar
rooms could not get 800 votes in Raj
eigh, but those who take a different
view of the matter say he is very
badly mistaken. A very curious state
ment was made today in regard to
blind tigers here, this being that hall
a dozen were known to man people
and that those actually bought wits
kew from statesmen who came here
for that purpose. This aston1sh
ing statement was followed by
one that there was not a hackman III
Raleigh who would not buy whiSKey
and furnish it if money were g1ver
him for that purpose at night ate
the ~dispensary was closed. There ha!
been criticism in regard to the dlspen
sary, to the effect that the names o
persons who buy there are no lonSe
required to be recorded OF the books
but it seems that the last legislator
amended the law to this effect. L
appears that until now it has not beef
generally known that the law was 8
amended, and an ex-chairman Of tn
~dispensary board, who, during III
term always required the names t
be registered, said the discontinuanc
of that requirement was a bad thlns
Your correspondent had a talk wit
Secretary of State Bryan Grimes, VIII
is a large farmer, planting tobacco
cotton, and the truck crop, especial
rish potatoes, regarding crop cond'
lions in the northeastern part OF tn
a state. Mr.. Grimes said that To
weather had been very hard on tt
bacco, the ground being so dry on az
count of the really severe drougi
that the plants had grown too large i
the beds, and that those which ha
been set out were dying quite largel.
The damage done is very considered
in both these ways. Cotton is comm
I'D poorly on account Of the drough
The outlook for the truck crop, pa
ticularly Irish potatoes, is not at q
satisfactory, the season being basl
ward to a remarkable degree, in fa'
o so than Mr.. Grimes has eve
known it to be. The trouble was II
10000 oroo,,p4 ~ roip in March follow