The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-22
Statue To WORTH BAGlEY
President Roosevelt Invited to At.
tend Unveiing Ceremonies
Bid for Erection of Masonic Temple
to be Opened April 11th-Board of
sisitors Tor State Cniyersity-1aik
of Another Morning Paper for Ia
leigh.
MESSENGER Bur
Raleigh, n. g., Marc1 70.

Raleigh, n. g, Marco ~.
Grand Secretary Drewry OF TIE
Grand Lodge Of Masons avs that D-oS
fOr the Masonic Temple are to be open
cd on April 18th and that the contracts
viii then be awarded. There are nine
bidders. of which only two are IRON
North Carolina: the Carolina Con-
struction company OF GREENSBORO, u
4 Winston-Salem firm The other DID
ders are from all over the United
States. When the bids are opened, the
date of the laying OF the corner stone
will probably be fixed. It is hoped it
will be on st. Johns Day, June 9th.
There will be a crowd here at least TO-
900 being expected, and MasOnS from
ali over the country will be invited,
state Auditor Dixon and State Super
intendent Joyner left today for Eliza
beth City and will go to several points
in that section of the state, including
the great shad fisheries.
State Veterinarian Butler IS now N
Arson county. where he makes SIX
speeches in the interest OF the eAtcI AL
nation OF the cattle tick, and will snow
the people how to free their pastures
from these ticks and keep them Tree
Secretary T. K. Bruner OF the aGri-
cultural department, acting labor COM
missioner, says hat applications for
help, nearly all from farmers, come N
daily.
r.-4 ~z~I~~.r+ Dgot4 urnC hoy'n I t01V
to confer with the governor regarding
the exhibits at jamestown.
A charter is granted the Planters
Storage Co, of Henderson, $4,000 CAPT
tai stock. A change Of the names Of
the North Carolina Connecting railway
At Henderson o the Roanoke River
Railway company is authorized and the
company is given permission to oper-
ate entire length of road.G. NJ. Narrow
is president and T. G. Trenchard the
secretary.
Governor Glenn appoints T.. 3. Red
wine of Monroe, Frank A. Daniels OF
Goldsboro, and Zeb Vance Walser Of
Lexington, the board OF visitors to
the state university.
Upon inquiry it is learned that very
few rural free delivery routes in TINS
state have been discontinued by reason
Of bad roads, and that these routes
have greatly stimulated road building
and the general movement for better
highways. One of the roads out of
Raleigh has been improved for d dis
lance of nine miles and notice was
served that the route would De discon
finued unless the remainder was made
:. The county commissioners have
led the postmaster here that they
fix the remainder of the route.
.oyernor Glenn and Mayor Johnson
Raleigh. have invited President
,.ooseyelt to attend the unwilling Of
the statue of Worth Bagley, which. as
your correspondent has already stated,
is to be placed between the caDlto!
and where the old state arsenal nov
stands, that is in the southwest part
of the capitol square, alongside one or
the principal walks. leading from the
confederate monument to the Fayette-
vile street entrance to the square. The
date of the unwilling is not yet fiXen.
but may be May Goth.
Inspector General Struggled will, on
the 28th inst, inspect the state arsenal
and preparations are now being made
to that event. A good deal of the prop
erty will be condemned
During the session Of the Legislature
the point was made in some speeches
that the Associated Press was a trust
and an iron clad one which froze out
everything which was not on the i'll
side. Now it seems, the question is to
be brought up here in Raleigh. Their
is talk OF another morning paper anG
as a preliminary it is stated that the
matter will be laid before Attorney
General BonaDarte. in order that he
may decide this point.
Senator Mclean has been here evei
since the adjournment of the leGisla-
ture. his wife having been sick for
Several weeks in this city. She is now
convalescent and in 3 day or two they
will return to their home in Lumber
ton.