The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-16
.E,Ws ITEMS FROM RALEIGH
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, Augustus.

Cotton planters hereabouts report
that the crop is now Towering and
fruiting in remarkable profusion-
The plants on an average are posi-
bly, not up to the average height but
the indications are that the yield Will
be an average, even on the smaller
plants. The crop conditions at this
time are excellent with rather small
growth and DOR stands. lnformS-
ton from Texas is that the cotton
crop there is suffering terribly from
drought.
The conference between the cor
poration commission. counsel for the
state and for local merchants asso-
Citations, and Traffic Manager De
Want ofthe Norfolk and Wes-
tern Railroad CO., regarding alleged
determinations against it's North
Carolina terminals Winston-Salem
and Durham, as compared with rates
allowed L~ynchburG n other Vir-
ginia points through which the North
Carolina freight is hauled. was in
progress the greater part of Mon
day and was informal with a view to
" NiA'ADNSH
to the charges against the Norfolk
and Western. This is the case in
which the corporation commission
hopes to force an adjustment that
will bring in line the Southern and
Atlantic Coast Line for a more eQuit-
able rate from the north and west,
the Norfolk and Western being the
short line which fixes the COM
petitive rate.
AS an illustration OF some OF the
unjust determinations that shippers
are suffering, Col. James. lumberman
here, declares that the shipment Of
two car DAD of lumber from North
Carolina points is equivalent TO giving
the railroads one of them. A South
ern discrimination in point, too, is
that in the shipments Of cotton from
Texas the rate to Bangor. Maine, is
SO cents and to Wilmington $1.2O,
the Maine haul, too, being more than
one thousand miles further.
Professor William j. Moore, Of
Orange, N. j., has been elected TO
the chair of electrical engineering at
the A. and M. college here. He is
al graduate of Brooklyn high school,
Rutgers and of Professor Stevens IN
stitute of Technology and has wide
experience in practical engineering
in New York and New Jersey. He is
married n has two children.
j. @. DeROulac Hamilton of the
state university is here going thrOugfs
the letter books of Governor Holden
and Governor Caldwell in connec-
nection with his work of writing a
book at this time on the Reconstruct
tion period in North Carolina.
1t is learned that Miss Sa1lie Whit
.aker of this city has given to the
city q splendid sight of 155 acres
near the city known as Rogers Mill"
for park purposes. The street rail-
way company will extend the lines
there at once by the GlennWood
route and the city VIII make extern
sive improvements.
3. c. Reckwith. a lawyer of this
city has gone to Ashevilie to answer
. before Judge Pritchard Of the United
States circuit court in the matter OF
the restraining order issued against
him by Judge Pritchard. enJolnlng
him against bringing suits against
the Southern railway for penalties
for violation of the state IA cent
passenger rate the enforcement Oh
which by the state authorities IN
snite of the interference OF the led
oral court developed uch a sensation
recently. The answer made by Beck
4lo offno that he mad no
.dirct intention of suing the railroad
himself; that he had merely In an
.swer to an editorial question by a
1ocaI wspa published a card
that he would not hesitate to ad-
Wise clients that they had a rlght
to sue the North Carolina rallroad'
a portion of the Southern. tor the
violation of the act. He sets UP that
there is clearly the right OF a North
CaroIinfan to sue Narth Carolina cor
Doration in a North Carolina cour'
for the violation of a North caro-
lima law. He makes answer mat hao
client offered to retain him III
such a suit he certainly would nave
taken the case. Messrs. Mottltt ano
Roence, prominent Randolph oah
Fawvers also make answer to slmlla1
restraining orders before Judge Prlt'
>chard at this term.
The special Seaboard Air Lin trall
bearing Governor Glenn and part.
to the Jamestown exposition 10
North Carolina week ceremonies lei
Raleigh this morning at ten O'clocl
due to arrive there at $50 in the al
ternoon. The personal staff OF Gov
ornor Glenn. as commander in chic
of the state militia as follows: Col
.onels A. Fl. Arlington, Chas E. John
son, Raleigh; Wescott Robertson