The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02
Help of Women's Clubs Through
out the State Asked.
Meetine-Prominent Negro Arrested
for L~arceny-Weather Conditions
ImprOved-Charters by the State.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. c., January 3.

LII SICtINO III III llNNIu ~ AA|
memory of Sir Walter Raleigh will
nov be undertaken through the Wom-
ans Club of Raleigh, which body will
ask the more hearty cooperation of
the otter Wonan's Clubs throughout:
the state. = 1t is felt that this inter-I
est will thus be best served and that
North Carolinians IN other states will
also respond more promptly with the
cause resting in the hands of the wom-I
en-.
The Associated Charities of the city
Of Raleigh will next Sunday night nold
a great joint meeting of the FirsCI
Presbyterian church, at which time :heI
ministers of the city will speak on the
subject reports will be made and ap-I
peals will be made for the support OF
the work of charity here.
J. l.. Young, at Angler, will within
the next five days begin the publIca-!
.tion of the Angler News, a six pagel
weekly. NJ. l.. Yeager, of the South
ern Newspaper Union, at Charlotte,
has closed a contract to furnish quite
an amount Of patent matter.
Hilliard Reid, formerly one Of the
DcSI dLlOuS l1t IldlCl5h LCSlo o0A bSt~s
and holding a position as janltOr at
The Raney Library. in this city, was
arrested about daylight this morning.
in the pool room and news stand OF
Robert Lewis. on Fayetteville street.
A systematic thievery has been carried
on at this place for quite a while and
suspicion rested IN Reid, but it was
not until last night hat the evidence
80 ~ sumo nntupa Tho nnor0 was
detected and Mr.. Lewis employed a.
revolver with sufficient usefulness to
allow the arrest CT the negro by a.
member of the Raleigh police force.
Cigars, cigarettes, tobaccos and o
ey, as much some nights as $40 have
been stolen. 1t is possible that Reid
will be tried for burglary as we'll as
larceny, as the place robbed has been
also used as a sleeping room.
Insurance Commissioner Young has
aceived the following rather laconlc
letter rom a negro D an in the east
ern part OF the state concerning a
mandatory commun.cat. on he address
ed to her by reason CT his office in the
matter of a certain Investigation. The
letter in question says: Sir, l re-
ceiyed a letter q communication from
WI stating to me that information has
come to this department, i belong to
no department that yu do / am not
concern in any department their four
j hope you will understand that l are
not afraid of no penalty that you can
Droduce their four do not rite me again
concerning it for i belongs 20 no IN
surance of yours. Very respectfully.
x. X"
Commissioner Young is always on
the alert for all such matters and the
investigation of kindred matters IS
within his domain. A short while
ago a party in Oxford made complaint
that an agent named Jones, and repre-
senting the Equitable Life Assurance
Society. of New York, a collected
more than $50, claiming he would nave
inserted certain changes. This was at
first not allowed by the company, but
Mr. Young had the matter adjusted
through the general agent and the
home office. Another case OF such ad-
iustment was that in regard to the lie
nolicv of II X. Dargan, alleged suicide
of Darlington, s c., which was con-
tested by the Fidelity Mutual Life In
surance Company, OF Ph1ladelphld
Pa. Mrs. Carrie Dargan, widow OF the
deceased man, reported the S 10
he commissioner, and through MS in
tnrnosition the claim of $25 900 was
paid. -
A telegram received in the ctty at
the governors mansion, 10
Mrs. r. B. Glenn the death OF her
brother. Da-id Deaderick, at Jones'
boro, Tenn.
while the weather conditions have
greatly improved in Raleigh, there Is
today much activity in and about the
citv Gangs of laborers and llneman
are Mt work, teams are moving great
loads of cross arms and supplies about
the Mace. No less than Is men were
moved out this morning by the rail-
road companies and the telegraph PEG
nile TO re-establish their lines and get
Them into actual working condition
The telephone services in Raleigh are
not vet restored. Today has been an
attenuation of sunshine and rain, whlie
at times rain has fallen through the
bright bars of the sunlight. Trains on
the Southern are moving with regular
ity but the Seaboard Air Line roac is
suffering de!ays.
The secretary of state today granted
charters to the Lee-Bryant Company
at Asheville, with C. G. Lee. K. W. T
ant and T. orc. Fletcher, all OF ASne'
vile as stockholders. b compan!
will deal in fruits, wholesale and re
tail, and will begin business with
paid in capital stock Of $4,000. IN:
Crescent Furniture Company at Ram
seur. will ell furniture and house
hold furnishings at wholesale ana re
tail. The capital stock is placed a
$4,000. of which amount $4,000 ha
been subscribed. Incorporators are
F. Craver, H. B. Carter and j. o.. FOR
roster.
Sheriff L. w. Tucker, of Pitt county
arrived today bringing two negro con
victs.. one of whom will serve a nv
years sentence for burglary and tn
other twelve years for secret assault
Sheriff Tucker also reports that the ne
groes who shot a constable IN Flt
county two weeks ago were convicted