The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-28

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state treasury.
The Tarboro Building and Loan
Association has filed It's charter wtth
the insurance commissioner. There
has been 2 considerable INCREASE N
the number 81 associations during the
past two years
George p pell Esq. Of winston
Salem. j. here looking into The mai
ter Of the printing % tn a-nuoratsr-s
c: the new revisaI. FIe has p-vra-e,!
a~nno.ations and they will make =
vo.uu,
Frank Thompson. Eaq or Oas.nw
was before she state board O, sil-
cation. and made a --yort 20 IL Gac-
the survey % what are known rs stat"
swamp lands IN the four counties Cf
Craven Jones. OnsIow and Cartsrst
He SAYS he finds tha. the-, are e-o.a.ao
acres q these lands Some have very
fine timber on them. while others ara
open and have always been 81. He
specially recommends that no sales D.
made until he amount - timber On
h land 5 carefully aScsFtaIned :
great deal 90 sach land has been sold
for a trif'e and he lumbermen have
made fortunes from these lands and
from hos" bought from private own
ers a. very low figures
\ special term. civil. Of Haywood
superior court Is ordered by the GOV
ernor, 10 begin December Srd and Ia
continue until the business is disposed
Ct, Judge William r Allen 20 pre-
side.
The governor grants a pardon. con
dlconed on good behavior 10 Fred
Avery, colored. who has been serving
4 : n'ence q sever years in the pen
itentiary. having been convicted from
Madison county. in February. 1905 of
nlanslaughter- The governor says ths
evidence C~Onvinces him that Avery
acted IN seft defense and should no.
nave been convicted as he was guard
ing a house and was set upon by the
man he killed Avery Is a mqn ~
good character and the trial Judge and
solicitor and county ofic - recon-
mend pardon.
Governor Glenn has Issued The fol-
lowing proclamation to the people Of
North Carolina a. the request Of a
number Of prominent citizens:
The life WORK OF Charles u. Nc
liver Is ended. For - years he se~v-
ed his state with fidelity. zeal and eff
cheney not surpassed in her annals.
NO one has rendered the state a great
er. service. II IS now the high duty
and privilege of the people whom he
served with unselfish devotion 10 man
fest their grateful appreciation Of his
life and character by a memorial
which will transmit his memory 10
poSterity and be a perpetual incentive
20 the youth Of the state 10 emulate
his example. An heroic statue in
bronZ" designed and cast by a great
artist, costing not less than $4,000 TO
stand on the grounds OF the great in
stltutiOn he created has been selected
DE general consent as a most fitting
memorial. For this purpose imma-
dlately after his death. a plaster cast
OF his head and features we're taken
ana measurements taken of his BODY.
In order TO raise necessary funds and
tax other steps for this statue there
should be at least four committees
representing the varied interests pro
NOTED by his life to solicit subscrip-
tons from the people. | hereby ap-
point the following chairman for these
committees. For the teachers and
children Of the public schools, J. Y.
Joyner, Raleigh. For the State Nor
NAL and Industrial school and its
alumnae Miss Gertrude Mendenhall.
Greensboro. For the women Of North
Carolina, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson. OF
Winston-Salem. For the universities.
college and academies, F. ?. Venable.
Chapel Hill. For the men Of North
Carolina, W. II. Osborne. Greensboro.
For the Press of North Carolina Jo-
sephus Daniels. Raleigh. request
each chairman TO elect a full commit
tee Of not less than five and TO organ
lie same Immediately for active work.
The chairman of these committees
shall constitute a general executive
committee. Charles d. McIver's entire
life was given for the better education
of all III women, the improvements
Of the educational opportunities of a
our children, the uplifting Of all our
citizenship and the elevation of all
our ideals OF civic service. His work
touched helpfully all classes Of our
people.