The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, October Is.

day in numbers and this morning n
Office of Postmaster Briggs was fills'
with them. Most OF them had ne,e
met before and il wasreally like reuu
ion. All the big places in the stat
were represented as we'll as the biz
ones. The postmasters OF Ashevili'
and Wilmington and Charlotte were o
| course prominent in the gathering
| Postmaster Wallace, OF Wilmington
speaking about his town. said thar h
now has 50 900 population and that II
| litcry. He sprang a joke on Char
lotte friend by telling the latter tina;
Charlotte raised more cotton within
its new and far extended boundary iher
loes the whole of New Hanover county
| though to tell the truth New Hanover
is mighty small producer Of this eta
pie. The postmasters looked prosper
Gus like their towns and cities and all
of them had good news to bring of the
&Tu"tn C- Iteir resective towns anS
clties. The fourth-class postmasters
a. -.~ he same story TO tell OF how
! . - - Sd4OlAAd 10 SiO"IAS Us AodPS
~-I bounds.
There is general regret that Postmas
ter General Meyer cannot be present
Many asked why he would not be here,
after making the engagement, and L
this the reply was that his wife was
injured in an automobile wreck u few
Gays ago In boston. .As.s
AS fast as the postmasters came In
they registered and each was given =
badge, topped by miniature natioI-
privileges of the Elks Club. The Ca
ital club also threw open its doors ami
gave a smoker to the postmastrs.
These took occasion to speak in ve' y
complimentary term ." the courtes
shown them by Rallc.3h people.
This morning there was quite sI <
citement for a little while on ayette
vile street. almost in front of the city
sail. A horse ran away and dashed in
to horse and vehic.G. In the latter be-
ing Miss Nell Allen and Robert Lass
ter. Both of them were thrown g.,
and Miss Allen, who is daughter OF
Jacob s. Allen, we'll known confeder
ate veteran here, was painfully hurt.
The horse which had done this dam
age whirled and retraced his course,
running into another team and knock
ing down another horse; then start I'd
towards the capital but was stopped in
the most daring style by the driver ci
an ice wagon who vas cheered by thl
crowd. . -
The North Carolina AudoboE Society
q" special exhibit at the state fan
| under the direction of Secretary Gil
bert Pearson. It is the first thing o1
the kind the society has ever done
Great quantities of literature aboL,
birds are being distributed among the
farmers. Secretary Pearson is very
much gratified at the marked increase
in interest on the part of farmers ir
the preservation of hoth game anc
song birds.
| Today Dr.. and Mrs David s. ROW
land, who figured In one Of the mos
sensational trials ever known il No"tl
Carolina week before last, returned f
the city and it was stated by his chs
counsel that he had reopened his OfBCt
| and would resume his practice III
| has had a large clientage az his oaui
account for the last year showed, thi:
being IL evidence at the r. al DR.
| Rowland was seen on the streets &c
| day and showed no cE.3cnce Of hi
many weeks stay in ja!- He paid sev
eral business calls dI.ing the day aat
| seemed quite at ease, slaly persons
| predicted that he would locate else
where and resume the practice of hi
! procession, while others had said b,
would retrln to Raleigh and make I
his home.
Among tbs many visitors to Raleigl
+, today was eX-Sheriff Ellington Of III,
| county of Johnston who Is a grea
| friend OF Congressman E. W. PorI III
says that Mr. William NJ Russ, of Raj
| eigh, will be Pou's only competitor 10
the nomination and insists that he ha
| strength only in Wake and Nash oous
tiee
IA the supreme court today the ST
district appeals were taken up. Then
were five state cases, but assistant at
tarney general Clement said none 0
them are OF any importance 10 tn
general public. T7E
Chief Marshal Carle A. Woodruff ap
points as his staff in the Masonic pa
rade tomorrow, Col. Alfred Williams
Lieutenant Col Roy L. Tinster an
Major r. N. Albright Of the nationa
guard: Capt z. T. Winston and Lieu
1T ] g. B Young Of the regula
army. Edgar Haywood. J. " Runtcl
! Charles E Johnson, Thomas H WhzI
ION and Earl johnson.
Today Miss Julia Moment, the ~!
daughter Of Rev Alfred n Mome2
I left fOr New Yo-L, IN make her hsTr