The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16
BIIEHs MUST REMAIN N lll.
Application for Bail Denied by As
s0ciate Justice Brown.
Church-CharterS by the State
Work ON the Buckkhorn Falls Pow
Plant-Other Raleigh News Notes
Messenger Bureau,

Engineer Burton, Of the Seaboard
Air Line. and a young woman whose
home is at Macey's Ferry, in this state,
were arrested at a boarding house
here yesterday upon a warrant sworn
out by MI. Frazier, of Norfolk. VINO
stated that Burton had three years ago
married his daughter, had abandoned
her and had taken this girl with him
from Mackey's Ferry to Norfolk, prom
ising to marry her and thence going TO
Bluefields, w. Va, and from there
coming to Raleigh, Burton having re-
peatedly promised marriage. The per-
sons arrested were taken to the Sta
ton house and locked up in cells. Later
a young man of this city, hearing OF
the case, very kindly went bail for the
young woman, who is only % and is Of
good family and she was taken 60 q
boarding house. There was a hearing
at noon today before the police justice.
Frazier said that he would take the
papers in the case to Norfolk to be used
Ill securing a divorce for his daughte.
Burton had been here for a couple Of
months Or with the young woman
passing as man and wife.
Late last night there was a fire in
a small dwelling house on the premises
Of the Roman Catholic church mere.
The roof was burned. The inmates did
not know of the fire until the fremen
awakened them. Two months ago
there was a fire in the same dwelling,
and a few days ago it was discovered
that in an adjoining house fire had
been set kerosene having been freely
poured in the interior of the building,
the discovery of this fire having been
made in day time and no damage being
done.
A charter is granted the Atlantic
Improvement Company of Lumberton,
to build railways and do all other kinds
of construction, the capital stock being
$3.50, 900, and the stockholders being ].
F. L. Armfield Of Fayetteville. Another
charter is granted the Norwood Welsch
Company, 100000, ]. S. McCubins and
others, to deal in real estate.
At noon today the state text book
commission met to pass upon the re-
mainder o fthe books for use in the
public schools which were not adopted
in July, these being the North Caroline.
History, a book On pedagogy and one
on civics.
State Veterinarian TAFT Butler mas
gone to Baton Rouge, La, to attenu
the conference of commissioners OF ag-
riculture. etc., at which he was to de-
liver an address.
There are now 80 men at work Oh
the Buckhorn Falls Power Plant un
the Cape Fear river and in a few days
the number will be increased to 200.
The work will be pursued with the
greatest rapidity possible.
Yesterday Mr.. O~ppenheimer and
others prominent in the affairs of the
Raleigh & Pamlico Sound railway and
it's kindred roads which are being
merged, spent several hours here, look
ing at Raleigh and going out to the
place two miles west of here where
the construction force is at work build
ing a line into this city.
The corporation commission and its
secretary go to Williamson, Martin
county tomorrow to investigate COM
plants which are made by The people
living on the railways between Ply
IlOuIu dl1u OCOLlduu 1NCCh, lACOS COiii
plants being that the passenger accom-
modations are inadequate. This route
is via Parmelee, which is one OF the
most important junction points i'll the
country, it being considered Impossible
to get anywhere in northeastern Caro-.
lima without going by Parmele.
Governor Glenn took a little recre'
alton Saturday afternoon, which hi
~@@IoI h- NV q hun,
for cartridges. 1t was so very dry
that birds were hard TO find and SO he
got only three. He is a very clever
shot.
The newly formed Choral Society
here which has about 200 members
is rehearsing "The Holy City, which
will be presented il December at thu
Baptist University for Women.
Yesterday there was another fire a
the platform of the Southern railway
this time only about 10 bales bein,
damaged. The fire two weeks aga
caused a loss of nearly $4,000 whiel
fell upon the insurance company.
Associate Justice George H. Brown
of the supreme court, today passet
upon the application under habeas cor
pus proceedings, for bail for H. ]. Biv
ms, the Seaboard Air Line detectiv'
who a little over two weeks ago killet
an unknown man here, said to hav'
been a hobo. Justice Brown declined
to admit Bivins to bail. This decision
was the one expected, it seems by tn
general public and by the authorize
as we'll. Judge Brown said that
was not necessary for him to give tn
reasons for his refusal to allow ball
! Bivins in his testimony swore that IN
man he shot was the n he was on tn
lookout for as a crook, wanted for post
Office robberies and other things; tina
he shot not to kill, but to disable, an'
, he swore that the man was attackln'
him with a large bladed knife, and in
troduced a witness who said he ha'
5 seen the man at some other place an
with such a knife and that he ha'
made threats to fin sh anybody wn
interefered with him. 1t was in plail
evidence that the wound was mad