The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-08
NEWS TOPICS FROM RALE|C H
Condition of Dr.. Moment Still
Critical
Management of Rex Hospital Will
Erect New Building-State's At
torneys to go to Asheville-MOre
Developments Expected IN Drew
ry-Southern Matter.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, Oct. 3, 1907.
1t is learned that the management
of the Rex hospital here has decided
to begin work on a new building early
next spring The cost will approx
mate s75,O 900, of which $50 900 is III
hand The hospital ws@ established i'm
he main Building is what
used to be the town house of Governor
Manly, one Of the oldest places in the
city. This is to be moved to the rear
of the spacious grounds that will be
used during the construction Of the
new building. The building commit
tee has not yet been appointed or the
architects selected
Mention las been made Of the fact
that the Apostolate Society, Roman
Catholic, is to build a hospital in the
suburbs of the city. It will be a few
hundred yards west of the new city
boundary.
Work has begun on a key factory
here adjoining the Elks building, the
building being three stories high and
% by rs feet in dimensions.
Work began today on the fourth floor
Of the Masonic temple. The quality
of work so far done seems to satisfy
the inspectors very we'll.
Rev. DR.. Alfred II. Moment had quite
bad turn in his illness Of typhoid
fever last evening, but rallied prompt
l1y and had a very good night. Of
course there is great concern about his
condition
State Superintendent Joyner has gone
10 Lincoln county to make addresses
jla the interest Of local tax school dis
dicts- Prot M. C. S. Noble has gone
TO Ashe Eonnty for the same purpose
and State Auditor Dixon to Washing
ton county
The states attorneys, as well as
those for the corporation comission,
will go to Asheville tomorrow and be
present Saturday at the hearing of the
appeal and exception to Special Master
MontgOmery's ruling in the Southern |
railway rate case. The corporation |
commissioners will not go to Asheville !
OF course the special master is subject |
to Judge Pritchard and the latter to |
the United States supreme court, and !
there the case is going as fast as it |
can.
There is yet no end Of talk about !
the money paid by the Southern rail- |
way to President DreWrv of the after
noon paper and there are hints more
or less broad, that the end Of this is
not yet. At the next railway rate !
hearing the newspaper men will be
put on the stand and perhaps President
Drewry too. The very day that publi-
cation was made in the papers of the
payments to him Of several thousand
dollars by the railway your correspOn-
dent observed several state officials
hooking over the Revisal, Sec. 1910,
having bearing upon cases of this cha
racter The Progressive Farmer in its
leading editorial this week, refers es-
pecially to this matter.
Past Sovereign Grand Master Chas.
Manly Busbee of the Grand Lodge OF
Odd Fellows Of the World, has return
ed from ST. Paul, Minnesota, where ne
attended it's annual meeting. His gen-
eraI health has improved considerably
in the past three months.
The state superintendent of pubic
instruction announces that the next
examination of applicants for state
high school teachers certificates, oct
11th, 18th and that no other eNamlna-
ton for such certificates will be given
this year. The questions have been
already prepared and sent out by the
state board of examiners.