The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-01
COMPLETION OF \. & s. RAILWAY
November q Date Fixed for the
Celebrate.
Extra Pay for soldiers of Spanish
American War-Changc in Officials
OF Farmers acknowledgements
Glenn TO Attend Convention i'll VIII
minet0n-Other News Notes.
Raleigh, Oc- IS

RdielSu, OC- %
Governor Glenn said today regarding
the $4,000 allowed by the United States
as extra pay to the soldiers who serV-
ed in the Spanish-American War from
this state in the First, Second and
Third regiments, that it cannot be
paid out until he receives a copy OF
the rolls from Washington. This will
be an additional allowance of $1,000
or So, 900. The governor hopes that
this will be allowed. He says that nv-
cry soldier will get a check for the
amount due, less the expense Or col
lection, upon proof of his identity and
his service in one Of the three Tegl-
ments named.
A charter is granted the Noel Mill
Company, of Altapall, Mitchell
ty, to make metal articles, do min
ing, manufacture -four, etc, capita1
stock 500, 900. A. l.. Bauhart Of
Bristol, Tenn, chief soOckhOlder.
Another charter is to the McDuffie
Investment Company, of Oxford, which
will do a real estate and insurance
business, capital stock S25, 900, John
| McDuffie of Fayetteville, being the
principal stakeholder
Your correspondent had a conference
| with Governor Glenn this morning as
| secretary OF the chamber of commerce
and the date, Monday, November 18th,
| was definitely Set as that Of the ceic-
bration of the completion of the Nor
folk and Southern railway between
| Raleigh and Washington, N. G.
| During the past week State Veter1n-
arian TAFT Butler has been attending
| the meeting of the association of Far
mers Institute of America, which in
! cludes Canada, the session being he'd
| at Washington. The organization raid
him the compliment Of electing him
| president.
an important change takes place
as regards the North Carolina Farm
ers Alliance on November LIST. on THAI
! date George F. Parrot. of LenOir
| county, will become the state business
agent and also the secretary and reas-
urer, to succeed T. B. Parker, VINO
| goes with the state department Of
| agriculture, and who will be in cha g
Of what is known as demonstration
work, particularly in the way Of helps
to farmers in the "a or putting on
improved methods and plans in their
farming operations. Mr.. Parker has
q wide acquaintance in the state and
has been Of great service to the agri-
cultural department for several years
past in conducting farmers institutes
On the 5th Of November Governor
Glenn will be at Wilmington to at
tend the convention which is to press
the matter of waterways and elect del
egates to the great convention early in
December in Washington, D. C. The
- Vii be greatest convention of
the kind ever held in the world, ma
it is desired that North Carolina snail
be we'll represented thereat.
Corporation Commissioner Rogers
left today for Goldsboro to investigate
complaints filed with the commission
against the Norfolk and Southern all
way for failure to transfer express at
Goldsboro for points west OF that Place.
Captain John Duckett has returned
from Pates in Robson county wehere
te attended and conducted a very Large
Institute for the .croatan Indian teach