The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-22
Messenger Bureau,

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Today the preparation of the answer
by the corporation commission TO the
bill in equity in the United States cir
cult cour in the shape of an injuuc-
ton to withstrain the commission from
interfering with the operation by the
Southern railway of a night train
from Raleigh was continued, Attorney
General Gilmer and Chairman McNeill
being together engaged in the prepar-
alton Of the answer, which is in itself
an answer to the more than 20 aver
ments made by the Southern in its
paper filed last Friday with the COM
mission. Each one of these has TO be
answered. Some are admitted and
Others are denied.
The News and Observer has begun
work preparatory to the construction
of the new office OH West Martin
street between the railway station and
the ~pOstOffice, and will erect two story
brick building to the front of 80 Feet,
and a depth of 100. This will be next
o to the new public printing build
ing which is III course of erection and
which will have a front Of SO feet and
a depth Of 103, with three stories and
a basement. Besides these buildings
work is in progress on q new public
school on East Hargett street for white
children, On the First Baptist church,
the Elks temple; a $3.50 office build
ing on West Martin street, adjoining
the Tucker building; on the Pittmar.
Memorial auditorium at st. Mary'S
Female college, on two large apart
mont hO1lSnS on 20 UnftouiJIo ctroot on1
on Il building on East Davie street, to
be used as a livery stable and automo-
bile garage.
The farmers are now quite busy
fighting the grass which the rains last
week have brought to the front with
much prominence. Up to this time
there has been no trouble with the
grass.
Curator Brimley, of the state MT
scum, will take the field his week to
begin the collection of specimens of
grains, grasses, ETC., to be used in the
movable exhibit which the agriculture!
department will make during the COM
ing autumn at variou fairs through
out New England and for which the
board recently made a special appro-
priation Of $4,000 at the request OF
GOvernor Glenn.
Work has begun on the granolithic
walks in the capitol square. These Go
mot exactly follow the line of the old
crOsswalks, nOr are they nearly 81
wide. The walks heretofore have been
very disagreeable, being set with
rough bits of stone here and there
and in rainy weather have been very
muddy. For several years an effort
has been made ITO have the walks
properly laid, they having never be-
fore been paved.
: Tom McKoy, the negro rural free
delivery mail carrier here, about
whom there has been such a lot Of
talk, made his first trip over his route
yesterday, a p~ostofice official going
with him to aid him in distributing
the heavy mails. The officials say
that no trouble developed on the route.
1t had been publicly announced that
McKoy had been dropped and would
not be put on duty as a carrier, but 1t
seems the matter was taken up IN
some quarter and pressed and so last
Saturday night a telegram from the
postOfice department directed that he
he put on duty at once. ri
The news of the extremely heavy
hail storm in the Greensboro section
caused an inquiry at the office of the
insurance commissioner as to whether
much hail insurance was done in North
Carolina now. He said that only one
company was doing business in the
state, this being a local one, conducted
entirely in Edgecombe county by peo-
pie there. There were several hail n
surance companies operated in the
state, but one Collapsed and the other
withdrew. If any hail insurance is
placed outside of Edgecombe county
the commissioner is not ntOified of it.
The teachers continue to arrive to
day to attend the session of the sum
mer school which really began this
morning. Yesterday was registration
day and over 900 teachers registered.
The Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege buildings were all filled by them
by noon yesterday. Many are quarter
ed in the city, at other colleges and in
private homes. It was remarked today
by officials at the Office of the state
superintendent of public instruction
that more teachers were here than
ever gathered in n place in the state.
This morning the state association
of county superintendent Of public in
struction met for it's second days ses-
sion, 81 being present. Many more
were expected to be here and the pres
ent number has been exceeded largely
at previous meetings. Township high
schools were discussed first. There is
quite a strong movement for these
schools and a number have been estab-
lished, they corresponding more nearly
with what are known as the graded
schools in the cities. An address was
delivered by State Superintendent 0. B.
Martin, of South Carolina, who was
introduced by State superintendent j.
Y. Joyner, the state superintendent of
the association. The afternoon was
devoted to reports on what som eff
oient county superintendent who were
ON duty all the year have accomplish
ed in the way of increasing the
school fund. training and improving
teachers, supervising schools, building
and equipping school houses and Guilt