The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-01
Business Conditions in State
Generally Good
Deputy Revenue Collector Makes Odd
Cautme-National Guardsmen ana
fte Dick Bill-State's Site ana
Building at jamestown Exposition.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., October 30.


order is very remarkable this year
and that more inquiries are being re-
ceiyed than ever before. Great care
is taken in getting exactly the right
kind of men as members; in fact.
these are now being picked ard or
course they will be weeded out Vnere
they are not exactly right.
II is stated that the banks IN THIS
state are in very good shape busl-
ness conditions generally seem to be
verv good. Indirectly, along some
lines, the New York bank troubles are
felt, this being particularly the case
as to cotton. However, as to COTTON
the farmers hold the keynote to the
whole situation, for IL they nold the
cotton from the market they need 10
nothing else but only wait for sood
prices. It is said that they are hold
ing very we'll indeed. There have been
remarkably few business failures III
the state this year and for long
time there have been extremely few
bankruptcy cases.
Denuty Revenue Collector Cox was
here today and reported to the ONCE.
He made an odd capture day or two
ago in Rockingham county. He went
ND to a still, which had been located
through information and found man
and two women assistants at Work
moonshining. They were caught In
the very act The man ran like a
turkey and got away without being
identified, but the two women stood
their ground. In fact they could not
run very we'll since one had a very
small baby and the other three little
children. Ta.ey were arrested but
were only held a few minutes before
being released. The STILL in which
they were making corn whiskey, was
destroyed.
National guardsmen are Of course
Just now manifesting special interest
in all phases of military news, since
it is such a little time before the
Dick bill goes into effect in every way.
the main feature being that in equip
ment, physical conditions, etc. the
national guard shall be equal to the
regular army Some states have taken
great care in this matter. The troops
will all be inspected in January by
regular officers to see exactly their
status at that date.
A charter is granted the Virginia.
arolina Peanut Company, of Williams
ton Martin county, capital stock $780,
.. Joseph G. Woodward and theirs
stockholders.
Another charter is to the Orange
Telephone Company, of Cedar Grove,
that county, capital stock $4,000
The supreme court today took uD
Tenth district appeals. Among visit
ing attorneys, but not from the dis
trict, is Charles w. Tillett, of Char
1otte. There are only Is cases on this
weeks docket.
Tomorrow a lodge of the order OF
Eagles is to be formed here, the first
one in this section of the state.
The aldermen are to take action
Friday on the petition for an election
on prohibition or dispensary which
has been fled for some weeks and
which has recently been gone over
name by name, in order to see tho
exact status of the petitioners and as
certain whether they are present o,
or not.
This afternoon at Christ church Mr.
Albert Whitehead Latta, son of the
late Mr.. Charles G. Latta of this city
was united in marriage to Miss Heller
Smedes, a daughter of the late Rev
Bennett Smedes, so long rector of st
Mary's female school here.
When North Carolina took an optiol
~on the site for the state building a
the Jamestown exposition yer
special precaution was taken; In othe
words, the option was registered 1
fhe court house in Norfolk. This we
done exactly twelve hours before tE
blanket mortgage, was given on tr
whole exposition property by the e.
Dosition commission and North Care
lima was the only state to thus regl
ter it's option, thus making the latt
perfectly safe. Some OF the oth
states registered their options. but
was not until after the general NOR
gage had been made The price
the site was $4,000 and the butldi'
cost $19,5OO so that it all represeI'
an OUTLAY of S24 900. Several bids h
been made for the building put no
have as yet been considered. All SOY
of things have been said about wh
might be done with the expositl
grounds. one rumor having been tt
the United States war department p'
posed to use the whole place for
great artillery school and that
various buildings would be bought :
used as officers quarters, ETC., and - -
the exposition buildings themsl,r -
would be used for general purpos -
the army 1t will not be verId;
now before the buildings will o,,
mantled unless the plan carries r.,;,
'inuo INC - sos,;+a settled
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