The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-07
VITAL STATISTICS OF THE State
Bulletin Issued By the Board of
Health
Biz Deal i'm Real Estate-State
Printing Commission Awards Con-
tract-Large Delegation TO Go TO
Beaufort.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., June 5.

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Raleigh, y. c., June 5.
The bulletin of the North Carolina
board Of health for the month OF lay
was issued today II contains all the
laws relating to the public health
enacted by the last legislature. 1t
says that body showed more interest
on the subject of the public health
than any former legislature and that
levery act was helpful to the cause. The
bulletin reports 2S9 deaths in the state
out Of an aggregate city aud town pop
ulation reported of 219,500, represent
ing an annual death rate of not quite
16 to the 1000 persons. AS to the
whites it is II and as to the colored
20. A report says there is smallpox
in % counties, Wake leading with a,
all in the eastern part Of the county.
The state printing commission met
this morning, Governor Glenn presid-
ing, the other members being the
| council Of state and the commissioner
| of labor and printing. An advertise
ment had been published calling for
bids to do the pubilc printing during
the next two years, but the present
public printers. E. NJ. Uzzel and Com
pany were the only bidders. The conf
missioner Of labor anu printing said
THAT the contract thus made or rather
renewed, was an excellent One for the
state, as the prices of a lot of material
used in printing had advanced 25 per
cent since the last contract was made.
A letter from Mr. Fred G.. Olds, at
Waco, Texas. dated June 1st, says the
cotton crop there is looking very bad
indeed. On account of too much rain.
but that he thinks with two or three
weeks of sunshiny weather Texas can
make great strides and he supposes
the same is the case in North Carolina
He says the Texas crop is from two
to three weeks late.
The Boylan property along the
western suburbs of Raleigh from the
city boundary to the park, including
the very handsome old mansion was
sold today for about $4,000. to the
Raleigh Real Estate and Trust Com
pany. There are 1S0 acres in the tract
and it is to be developed for resi-
dences.
Raleigh was crowded with prominent
men from eastern North Carolina to-
day, here to appear before the state
board of education in championship Of
their various towns as locations for
the eastern training school for teach
ers for which the legislature provided.
There were large delegations from
Elizabeth City, Greenyille, Kinston,
Washington, Rocky Mount, and Tar
boro.
| Ex-President James Dinwiddie, VINO
at the close of the last term retired
from the management and ownership
of Peace Institute here, left today for
California and in all probability will
make tour around the world.
| Quite a delegation will go down
from Raleigh to Beaufort next Satur-
day to witness the celebration there
of the completion of the railway and it
is learned that a great many people
from eastern points will be in the old
town on that occasion.
State Veterinarian TAFT Butler
thinks that the federal and state eat
tie inspectors now at work III North
Carolina, there being % of these in
the field. will be able to clear from
ticks the counties of Vance. Person,
lCaswell, Rockingham and Stokes dur
ing the summer and early autumn.
Attorney General Gilmer is hard st
work on the argument OF the state in
the notable hearing before Judge
Pritchard at Asheville in the suits
which four railways have brought to
lprevent the enforcement of the reduc-
ed passenger rates.
Grand Secretary B. II. Woodell, of
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows says
that several applications for new
lodges are on file but no charters will
be granted for perhaps a month. By
fire the lodge at Winston lost all its
property except few books.
AIRS. T. r. Purnell. who recently re-
turned to her home here from a hos
pital at Richmond. in which she had
been for several months. was taken
back there today by Judge Purnell, her
condition not having improved as ex-