The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-12
TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION
The Matter a Subject of General
Talk
Presentation of Portrait of Governor
JohnstOn-Apple drawers to Meet.
Big Mortgage Recorded-bahk
Certificates Circulating Freely.
Other News Notes.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh. No.. /

Raleigh, O I. ]
It ia expected that about 90 mem
bers OF the Sons of the Revolulon
will, he present on the 18th inst when
the oil portrait of Governor Samue
Johnson will be presented to the sIaCe.
The presentation speech Will De py
f. II. Busbee, Esq, n that OF accep-
lance by F. D. Winston. The portrait
is now mere and is a very Striking II
1t is the only original one ever mace
this DISTINGUISHED North Carulin an
who is considered by some Of the
very able men to have been one OF
the greatest statesmen who ever liVcd
in North Carolina.
Next week the Apple Groves AS
sociation OF the northwestern counties
meet at Mount Airy. Arrangements
have been made for this association
to neal specialists three times a year.
The electric lights have been put
in operation at the soldiers home
and are a very great convenience in
every way and add much to the safe
ty of the place, doing away with ker-
a, osene lamps. Not lOnS ~ IL OF
the inmates became insane and walked
about with a lighted lamp expecting
to burn the place,
There is cropping up talk here AID
the, about a special session Of the
legislature. This has been heard occa-
sionally ever since early in June. 1t
has been remarked by some thath 1t IS
a contingency, depending on things
which might or might not happen.
Very naturally the matter has zen dis
cussed in one way Or another for sew
eral months, but no is in Il posi-
ton to say what will be done as to
this question.
A reward OF $50 is offered ty the
state for Brock Durham who il want
ed for murder in Columbus county.
The request for the reward C..es not
give the name of the yictim.
In the cOui: house today q twenty
five million dollar mortgage given by
the Norfolk and Southern railway to
d trust company was recorded. cover
ing the G0G miles OF this TOau This
is recorded N every county through
which the line runs.
one Of the men employed at the Bal
eigh d~ispensary has been CHARGED With
selling liquor to a minor, who Claims
that he is only Il years OF ago. This
is the only charge of the kline which
has been made against he disrcnsary.
When Manager Bachelor was asked
about it today he said that the mar in .
the case who had bought the liquor !
said that he was over q years of age. |
Mr.. Bachelor who has considerable |
beard. remarked that this mau had
more than he did.
Speaking about the Judgment against
ihe PrOvident Savings Life Insurance |
company in the superior cOl"t here
a well known lawyer who appeared !
against the company said thai there
Were a number of such claims against
it in this state as that Of DR.. Jones in
High Point, who won cut in yester-
day decision. The lawyer a6de1 that
He who laughs last laughs best
1t had been freely stated that tie CON-
had o in this case but the
result was quite the contrary The
lawyer said that the plaintiff really
won every point made and that every
allegation of his side Was admitted as
facts.
All sorts of interesting questions
come up in regard to the use OF bank
certificates which are being calculated
so fTeely now in a number of c~onlmun-
tiles in the state. The postmaster at
one point where these are issued has
announced that he will accept them
for stamps and money orders. 1t was
remarked here today that it would
be a great thing if the treasury ue-
partment authorized such efforts ID
aid in giving more circulation. One of
the interesting questions in whether |
that department has Siyen su>h auth
o~rizatiOn. If this is Ione money Or
ders could be secured and Of course
these would be good for the currency
at any pOstoffice. Three cities, Raj
eigh, Wilmington anC Charlotte are
nc issuing certificates, but the banks
are doing business as usual. Certainly
no one here would have any idea that
there was any money ~stren@ency as
everything seems to go along in the
ordinary way.
The great power plant at Bnckhorn
Falls, on which MI eugene Maxwell
has been doing excellent work for the
past twelve months viii be ready for
bushes sand the power plant will
be turned on, which VIII he used at
Fayetteville and many other points,
and which it now seems certain will
be used here in Raleigh also. The
development Of this great plant means
much Tor this section of tho state.
Ei.o oMnorc OF IL ora a,co xho au-.arc i