The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-16
$4,000 SUIT AGAINST S. 4. |.
Biz Action Instituted by Engineer
]. H. Griffith
As Result of Injuries Sustained in
Accident at Deep Greek Bridge
Raid on a Still Near Cary-Nuch
Interest i'm Farmers Institutes.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, Aug. IA

Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, Aug. Il.
a suit for $4,000 damages against
the Seaboard Air Line is instituted
in Wake court by j. H. Griffith. en-
gineer, for injuries sustained in an
accident at Deep Greek bridge March
81, when a string of freight ears
ran down grade into his engine. r.
y. Simms is attorney for Griffith.
The interest which farmers of
North Carolina are manifesting in
the farmers institutes being held I'M
der the auspices of the state depart
ment of education is an inspiration
! to all interested in the agricultural
/ progress declares Col. J. R. Redding
of the Georgia department of agri-
culture. He has beer in this state
several weeks delivering lectures at
many of these Institutes. He says
he wishes very much that the farm
ers of Georgia could be brought to
manifest such interest in the institut-
es provided for that state. He will
Institutes in the eastern part Of the
state.
l S. Dollar is an unusual name
which appears this year on the state
Confederate pension roll. He is a
citizen Of Ashe county and his pen
sion is SIS a year.
The Clear Run Lumber Company.
of Clear Run, Sampson county re-
ceives a charter, the capital being
$4,000 by R. F. Rankin and 9TH
ers.
Another charter is for the Ashe-
vile Pure Milk Company of Ashe-
vile. This concern has $4,000 cap
ital by Rex U. Brown and others.
The receipts in the state depart
ment of insurance for July aggre-
gate S37.944. And this amount has
Just been paid into the treasury by
Commissioner of Insurance J. R.
Young. He has also collected and
paid into the treasury S2S0.41 be-
ing a part of the fire loss to the state
by the recent burning of the dissect-
ing hall at the state university.
D. c.. Downing and j. P. H. Adams,
deputy internal ven officers are
Just back from a successful trip near
Cary, this county, in which they cap
tured a still lof large capacity and de-
stroyed 1900 gallons of beer and a
J number of fermenters. Two men
who were at work at the still es-
capped.
The state department Of education
is notified that an election for local
tax to improve public schools has
Just been carried for WEIGH Greek
district, Columbus county. The de-
partment approves two additional ru-
raj school libraries for Rutherford
ton county.
Editor E. c.. Brooks of the North
Carolina Educational Journal, also
superintendent of the GoldsbOro
graded schools, was here today con-
ferring with the state department
of education. The second volume
Of the Journal will be entered upon
September /, and Editor Brooks says
a very gratifying degree of success
is being attained, teachers in every
part of the state subscribing freely
and taking interest in the publication
which was projected By the superin-
tendent of Public instruction j. Y.
Joyner,. and is being run in close
touch with the state department of
education for the furtherence of ed
vocational interests of the state.
1t will be learned with general re-
greet that Mr.. CASTOR Broughton, ia
Their of DR.. Len G.. Broughton, pas
tor of Tabernacle Baptist church, At
lanta, is desperately i'll with no hope
of his recover In fact death is ex-
pected at any time. DR.. Len Brough-
ton is on his way here from North
field. Another son, DR.. Joseph
; Broughton, has been here from At
lanta for a week or longer.