The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
CHAIRMAN BAILEY RESIGNS
Marked Success Attended His Ef
forts in Anti Saloon League
No Hint as to His Success-Several
Charters by the State-Interview
With Mr.. Van Lindley of Interest to
Fruit Growers-New Rural Free
Delivery Routes - Other Raleigh
News Notes.
Messerge' Bureau.
Raleigh, n. C.. February 2

Messergev Bureau.
Raleigh, n. C.. February 2
The state board Of geological sur
yey met today in the governors Office
TO transact business incident 10 the
regular ~semi-annual meeting of that
body. the second meeting being held in
June. The board is composed Of Gov
ernor Glenn, ex-oficio chairman, Pro-
fessor J. A. Holmes of Chapel Hill,
DIR. ]. H. Pratt OF Chapel Hill. Frank
4. Hewitt of Asheville, H. E. Fries
of Winston-Salem, Hugh A. MacRae
OF Wilmington and Frank Woodland,
Edenton.
Governor Glenn today offered reward
of 500 for the apprehension and arrest
of John Rogers who killed Gus Chavis
in Durham county. Both parties are
negroes and the governor is informed
through Solicitor Brooks of Green's
bOrO, that the murder was a most ag-
gravated one.
The secretary of state charters the
Doblin-Ferralls Company at Raleigh
with an authorized capital stock of
500, 900, $4,000 of which is subscrib-
ed by T. w. Dobbin, j. F. Ferrall,
J. B. Young, J. NJ. Womble and A. H.
Moonehan. This company is n e Of
the old established concerns of Ra-
leigh, and has heretofore been known
as Dobbin & Ferrall
The Charlotte Leather Manufactur-
ing Company, chartered at Charlotte,
n. c., at the plant occupied by the
Shaw Pannery Company for the man.
ufacture of saddles, harness, and Other
like leather goods. The capital stick
is $4,000 0 and the in%corporators are
w. E.. Shaw, r. B. Pharr and F. NJ.
Redd.
Postmaster Bailey of the Raleigh
p~ostofice is today paying off the ru-
raj free delivery carriers. The De-
cember pay roll foots up to the high
mark of s64, 096.39. and there is every
indication that January will show a
most marked increase, because OF sew
aral new routes which have recently
bocn established in the rural free de-
livery service.
The watchtui and the supelstitic,ts
are today %evincils a deep interest IN
:1e fact that ground reg day in RAJ
, eigh came with a reSplendant sun
SHINE ard an icy atmosphere, All Of
which means, according to the old be-
lief, that more and a better quality OF
winter will follow.
The state board Of internal improve
ments is very quietly inspecting me
various state institutions Of Raleleh,
ard has seen AL Of these except the
penitentiary. The board goes to Nor
canton on the 9Th instant in order 70
be present at the adjourned meeting
of the directors of the State hospital
there.
The state horticulturist, Harold
Hume, today goes to h state farm at
Statesville and in Pennsylvania COUNTY
in a few Gays to make an Inspection
of the operations there. The Tran
sylvania farm is the newest n OF
all these.
There is to be a total eclipse of the
moon on the evening of the 9Th in
slant, this occurring at a time very
convenient for observation. The SIN
ger Almanac for this year has a very
excellent account of it, and also a
diagram showing the path of b moon
as it passes through the earth's shad-
OW.
Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell, OF
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows says
the progress of the Order in North
Carolina continues to be o remark
able. Since the last annual meeting
of the Grand Lodge there has been
an increase of about ten per cent both
in the number of new lodges, and one
charter was granted last week.
An additional charter was granted
to the Winston-Blake Drug Company,
at Youngsvile in franklin county.
The authorized capital stock is SlO,O0o.
Of which amount $4,000, is subscrlo-
ed by c. c. Winston, 0. N. Blanks,
A. v. Bobbitt and DR.. l. G. Rlddlck,
all of Youngsville.
In the department of the rural free
delivery there were today added too
carriers, whose service will be effective
February Is. These are at Prospect
Hill, in Caswell county and Ronda, ID
Wilkes county.
One of the unusual visitors to the
city Of Raleigh was the orchardist ana
florist, Van Lindley, from Greensboro,
VITO was enroute to his peach orch
ards and other farms in the vicinity
Of Pinehurst. Your correspondent talk
ed at length with Mr.. Van Llndley
and gained information that will be of
Importance to all those h grow fruit
either in greater or lesser quantities
in this section of the country. This
man of years ana Of experience has
tested many things that were claim
ed to have all about them the quail
ties of curing, but in some respects
he has now assured himself that he has
passed the experimental stage and is
more than ready to exterminate GER
tain pests that affiict the fruit growers
Of North Carolina, where they are an
noyed not only with San Jose scale,
but the brown rot as well. In speak
ing of the curculio Mr.. Van Lindley
said in p1f: "It has for many years,
nnssihly ty. been stated that the