The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-01
IN INTEREST OF REF0RMATORY
legislative Committee to Hear
Advocates of the Measure.
Hearing of Railroad Officials o
tinues-LOOking After Swamp Lands
Negroes Spreading Smallpox in the
Rural Observation-Disclosures Granted
state Exhibit at jamestown Expo
Sition. 80.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., January 90.

Raleigh, N. Co January %.
The state charters the Asheville Real
~ and Development Company, capita
so, 900; the Lassiter Land and Lun,be
Company, Greensboro, $20,0 900; TIL
White &c White Lumber Company
HEREFORD, $4,000; The Dublin Real Es
tate Company, Concord, 2 5000; TIL
Mechanics and Farmers Mutual SUP
ply Company, Lenoir, 800 900.
The hearing of the railway officials
OF the large roads was RESUMED roda-
before the house and senate COMMITTEE
on railways and Will b continued to
morrow and probably Thursday. Tn
committee has asked the railways til
most pointed questions, these being pu
TO the three great companies and to b
answered tomorrow. They are Target
along the line Of the questions IS e
10y Speaker. Justice last week.
William b. Rodman and Franz.
Thompson are here looking into til
MATTER Of the area and location Of al
the land known as swamp lands, Wnic.
are under the management of the stat
board of education. AS matters stan
no one knows anything; very definiC
about these lands. The late Genera
William CASTOR Lewis, Of GoldsborO
who was engineer to the board KneI
much more about them than anybOd-
else, having made them Il study 70
many years.
The corporation commission had
conference with the governor Lotay
The commission is giving a great
deal of attention to the matter of the
enlargement of its powers which the
the Legislature is sure to provide for.
Tomorrow night there will be q pub
Tic hearing before the senate and house
committees on the refOrmatory ques-
ton. A great many ladies will be pres
fent, as they are backing this great
movement with all their strength and
zeal.
An u~nfaVOrable report was made to-
day On a bill introduced in the house
by Douglas, of Wake, t. regulate pool
rooms and the tenderloin district.
Curator Brimley of the state museum
has been to the site of the Jamestown
Exposition to look over the situation
there and to find out the amount of
floor space the exhibit will require from
this state. The exhibit is to Il cOasid
cradle extent ready; that is, the portion
OF the museum collection which wa |
sent to Boston last October and which
made so fine a show there. The Doxe
which contain this have not been un-
packed and are ready to go to tn
jamestown Exposition. Of course Their
will be much new collecting; 1900
feet, of space will be required. Mr.
Brimley says the exposition will be IN
most spectacular vet seer and that tn
designs of the building are totally dit
ferent from those at other eXpOsltlons
; A favorable report is made on ~
bill to require the various telephon
companies to connect and this VII
force the local lines and the long dis
lance ones to come to terms and a:
messages.
Mr.. Joseph A. Seawell, who lives il
the country six miles from here, saE
the negroes are spreading smallpox al
through the rural districts. When
negro has a case the other negroes 90
TO the place, sit in the house, carin
nothing for the exposure to c~ontaglon
but aiding the sick person i'll keepin
the disease a secret. Last week tw
physicians went to his n~eighborhOG.
70 vaccinate the pupils in Il negr
school. The latter were at play, sax
the doctors coming and al like rabbits
A day or two later the doctors went t
the place again and corrailed the out
fit in the building, one doctor going IL
one door and the other in another. and
then and there vaccinated the bunch.
BY their contempt of health laws a
we'll as other laws the negroes have sue
ceeded i'm spreading the smallpox l
Wake and the officials in Raleigh nav
had a hard time to keep it out Of tn
scity.