The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
Messenger Bureau,

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Pete Murphy, Esq, one of the four
principal aspirants for the speakership
OF the house, arrived today from Sal
isbury and vas the first in the field
by Monday a number of the members
will be here.
AT the request of Revenue Collector
Duncan an official from the treasury
department was here to range for
the putting in Of modern plumbing in
the government building and 20 ar
range the different offices for The II
D marshall. Accommodations for
ladies will be provided. The plumbing
was done in 1879.
Z, G. Duncan left TODAY for Roam
tort and goes up TO Goldsboro Mon
DAY TO attend a meeting of the direct
ors of the Atlantic and North Carolina
railway, of which the semi-annual div
1Gend for l IL per cent. will be de-
clared. He said that the stockhold-
ers now have something to look for
ward to, while Il few years ago instead
OF getting dividends they were fearfn?
~ q ouI al ouiSII.
The city health officer today routed
out % people, two families, from three
rooms and small ones at that. They
mad come in from the country a sew
days ago and occupied this tinv
house. One family had IS children.
Charters are granted the Dixie Motor
Company, High Point, to make bicycles
n bicycle parts, capital stock $10D.-
VOV, E. w. Van Brunt, c.. S. DuttoL
ana n. A. McGrew, stockholders; the
Mebane Iron Bed Company, at Me-
Dane, capital stock, S100, 900, w. E.
White, j. S. White. T. NJ. German: the
Bank or Pin Level, Johnson cculty,
$4,000. commercial and savings.
Today the appOrtiOnment was made
or what IS known as the first 500, 600
from the treasury to the various cOun-
ties to bring the school" year Up to four
months in each year. The total num-
Der OF children in these counties is
709, 185. Buncombe gets 1920; Craven
,041; Mecklenburg 1892; New Han
over S1,0G5; Guilfprd S2,374; Wake
Robson $2,27S; Wayne S9,tuG:
81 ,648.
DR.. Edwin D. Meade, of Boston. a not !
speaker and writer is to deliver a
couple Of lectures here in the hall of
he house Of representatives this |
month. TIL first one will be upon Sir |
Raleigh and will be delivered |
h evening of the 23rd, the second |
will probably be on Peace Of which !
subject DR.. Meade is a master. The
ectures will be under the auspices of
he Raleigh chamber of commerce and
he Women's club and will be entirely /,
rec. The lecture on Sir Walter Ra-
eigh will be delivered at a particularly
pit time, as in this year of the James,
Exposition the early colonization
f the country is Of intense interest.
State Auditor Dixon was asked to-
Iay his views regarding state prohibi-
as that matter is soon 70 be
discussed. He talked with his usual
and frankness saying: Il
rant to say that We have made very
apld strides in the recent past. There
a great deal of unrest and dissatis-
action in some sections of the state.
think We had better allow pubic
eminent to crystalize about he
1yanceS we have already made before
e take any further step towards eN-
.nding this movement. / am a prohi-
Zionist in principle, but think it is
lily to have a law giving state pro-
libition unless public sentiment is
round it, and if such a law were
lacted now it might have a tendency
undo a good deal of the excellent)
DIRK which has been done along this ,
lie. Great reforms move slowly.
ink We should be satisfied with the
forms so gradually but conclusively , )
and be sure Of our foothO1d I
fore taking another step"
1t is stated by officials of the Grand
)dge Of Masons which meets next A.!
ednesday that at least 400 will lie j
esent and possibly the number will
ach 500. The growth of the order
s certainly been remarkable during :
e II months and the reports t the ,
and Lodge will be more than graft Z
ing. T