The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
FREIGHT: RATES N The STATE
Better andIloWer Than in Other
ar.s5o "a Southern States
Decreased Sales OF Tobacsso- for Oc-
tsber-worL ON AfaSonic,, Temple
Progressing Rapidly--MRrriagc at
Church 0f Good Shepherki-Powers
OF CorperatioR Commission.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh Nov. &.

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|, .s...t z.r' Raleigh Nov.
! NORTH. Carolina, il is said enjoys
: lower and better arranged freight rates
! within the state than acy 90 tae 9TH
er southern states Il Is seid further
THAT one state to the southwark has
said that If it could secure as s'cd Il
scale Cf rates as North Carolina has
| il would Be very glad II have .he lat
ter stand for ten years. This Is Ger
tainly a very, notable cor ,pliTeut To
| the very faithful and efficient corpo-
ration commission which has iapored
SO hard in this direction The great
flight has been on interstate freight
rates and as soon as This passenger
rate matter is off the books the state
| will go right into the freight question
and 1t is understood that il vii handle
| it in very decisive sort of wav.
| Secretary B. W. Kilgo.e CT the
Southern States Association Of Cons
Es;ssioners OF Agriculture and other ag-
riculture workers, will hold it's ninth
convention at Columbia 9. c., Novem.
Der 18th to 21st.D ~u.ss
/ A United States deputy marshal has
returned from Atlanta, where h = tool
Henry Conner to serve IS months, con
ner having been convicted OF reta IllLs
liquor in Newbern, which Is dry
}town.. He had a half dozen bal :cls
Ior more of 1t and was selling right
! along in five, gallon and ten gallon
kegs. ,..
! Chief Justice Clark las SON ir
Philadelphia who is tS rericly Ill
from an attack of typhoid fcHer AIS
clark and Miss Clark ara WI l., the sick
man. ,u... ..-.., +,.. ..... -r
The tobacco returns as made by TIE
warehousemen are betng e .inpi'cJ by
/ Mr.: Elias Carr, Of the stato agricul-
fturala department. He says that these
IWiil be, for October and win SHOW sene
falling off as compared With SeptCmber
this being because the month was ST
! fine that farmers marketed" bi:r nttlc
FtObaceo and devoted themse r-es u gtI.
| tips, zig other crops, Ego -
/ Mrs TAFT Butler, vile 0" the state
Vetehfinafian;recefved news .ast night
CT the death of HER father Mr.. A. II
Bell, at Stockdale, Miss, wkere he was
in charge of the agricultural expert.
Imelpqtt elpqtt station. ..,......,..... ...
A charter is granted the ThOmasvi!lt
Light an Power Company, 20 furnish
feleetric power lights etC.Hthe amCun
Iof capital stock being S25.Q00 and J
4 w. Lambert and others being The
stockholders. .... .....
! Another charter goes 20 the RoariE:
| Gap Summer Resort Company. to uwr
iand operate hotels, etc! IL. G chatham
/ Henry h. Fries and others beinS tn,
stockholders. -,.,..,rr..-...
D.. Charters are granted the Franklin
Drug Company of Mt. Olive; and tht
] W. II, Dorsett Company If Raleigl
| TO do a Wholesale grocery business
capital stock $4,000
Tomorrow work will begin IN th
: 7th and, last, story of the Masonic TEN
tple, SO far as the cement constr ctiol
is concerned. Another gang Of wOrl:
tmen is putting on the Tacing Of line
stone which COMES sawed and other
iwise prepared for setting The colo
lis very rich and the Orn9mentatio
1 handsome. The main entrance va
lcompIetad today. ~ .... OH
1t IS said by farmers that there, 4
less storm beaten cotton this s.,aoo
than ever before. 1t IS cxtrern el
Fwfifte and clean and has been pickle
very easily the. crop Of course bri1,
short SeRtemb}efqrrn b}efqrrn first, it lqok"d TX
there was going to be very naa:f i
full crop, but the drought cut /, dav,
Very SHARPLY. ELab6t hes nc~n' scalc
all season. not aIcmnry in tile stat
reporting it as up to n'aa aijen.ents.