The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-29
MORE FRIENDS THAN EXPECTED
Railroads Develop UnanticIpated
Strength in the Legislature.
ReidsviIie's Young Mems Business AS
ISOLATION Chartcred-WOrk of Exter-
minating Cattle Tick VIII be Pushed
VigorOusiy-Hard Fight Probable on
Antelope Bill.

Raleigh, n. c., January 24,-The
great events of the day here We're the
the State, for which preparations had
been made for some time AMI the be-
ginning of the hearing by the Senate
and House committees Of the great
railway questions which are before
this Legislature. One of the most pro-
nounced Anti-Railway men announced
to your correspondent today that he
had been surprised at the strength
the railways had developed in the
Legislature, adding that they had many
lawyer members on their side
than they expected to see.
The Young Mems Business Associa
ton of Reidsvi1Ie is chartered with II
capital stock, its purpose being t
push the business interests OF tha
thriving town.
1t seems from what car be gather
ed that during this year n mex
year twice as muck work will be do2
than ever before in the determination
Of cattle ticks in this State. The sue
cess OF the first work by the govern
mcnt in this line disposes congress to
be ready to contribute literally.
There is to be Il fight in the Iegisla
ture on what is known as the Anti
Dope bill on which an u~nfavorable re
port was made in the house today. Th
bill has aroused a good deal of feeling
and a number of charges concerning
it are in circulation.
The leaders Of the white and color
ed Baptist Churches in North Carroll
ma, having a total of $50, OC0 members,
had a conference here to arrange for
cooperation upon Christian grounds
and Editor j. William Bailey of the
Biblical Recorder and Professor Peg
ues of the Shaw University, will pre-
pare an address to the two races.
The WOman's Club had a public
meeting this afternoon at which the
establishment of a refOrtmatOry was
discussed, the speakers being Repre-
sentative E. R. Brown, of MeckleR-
burg; Richard H. Battle. Rev. DR..
A. H. Moment, Rev. DR.. r. T. Vann.
Rev. DIR. T. N. Ivey, Joseph G
Brown, N. B. BrOughton and Fred ~.
Odds.
1t was decided to establish 16 recruit
ing stations for the army in North
Carolina, with Raleigh as the center
The station here was opened today
Captain E. P. Winston and four enlist
ed men being here, on this duty.
This afternoon Mr.. Joseph A. Mile
of Brcvard, and Miss Ella bucket
were married at the residence Of Cap
tain John Duckett.
The state geOlOgist is the owner o
n of the very few, not over hal
a dozen, Confederate half dollars
which were minted at New Orleans i
the very early spring of 1861. TIL
United States mint at New Orlean
was taken over by the Confederat
stateseand the die for half a dollar wa
altered on one side, and proposition
were made to strike a number o
these coins, but the die was poor an
broke. This particular coin was Civ
en by a New York man in eXchang
for postage stamps which DR.. Pratt
had. He happened to be in New YOr
and showed the stamps 10 a deale
who remarked that there was a col
perhaps DR.. Pratt would like to hav
and so the exchange was made. The
coins are worth at least $1,000. The
United States has one and knows
where all the others are.