The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-01-25
Wilmington, Brunswick & South
pUIt Railroad Chartered.
Fire In Cotton Mill Vilagg-Wonian's
Club Working Earnestly for Reform
atory-Prominent Railroad officials
to be Present at Hearing OF Railroad
Bill by House and Senate Committees
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., January -.


by the operatives of the Pilot Cotton
Mills, half mile north Of Raleigh.
There are about $50 houses IN the set
tlement and Of these 10 were burned.
all on the north side. One OF the opsr-
atives smelled smoke and traced this
to = closet door, opened this and the
flames burst out SO fiercely that il was
with difficulty he could save himself
and his family, all his property being
destroyed The wind was from the
northwest and this caused the fire 10
spread very quickly TO other houses
and some of the people were unable 10
save any Of their property. The Sst-
tlement has city water, under pressure,
and has it's own fire company, which
worked very hard and saved all the
other property. The chief OF the Ra-
leigh fire department went out with oEc
hose wagon upon request of Mr. Will
liam II. williamson, one Of the owners
of the mill. Mr.. Williamson says the
loss To the company is about $4,000,
which is covered by insurance. Loss
to the mill people is probably $500
The burned buildings lie Immediately
along the Seaboard Air Line railway
Governor Glenn left early this morn
ing for Charlotte to speak in the in
terest of the Y. NJ c. A., a great move
ment being on for Il new building.
Mr.. 'Ayett, of the Tidewater railway,
was here today in conference with the
officials of the Norfolk and Southern
road, regarding the construction of
the great bridge Oar trestle at Edenton,
He is one of the consulting engineers rs
to this great work, work ON which will
not begin until warm weather, as men
cannot work in cold weather On that
exposed stretch. Mr.. Ayett says that
the Tidewater company will eXpend
three million dollars on its terminals
at Norfolk It will have a road TO the
Jamestown Exposition, but this will be
leased TO the Seaboard Air Line which
will thus operate trains directly to the
S. A L. grounds. Mr. Ayett is recog-
niZed as an engineer of marked talent
and his family is a very distinguished
one in Virginia.
Governor Glenn honors a requisition
from the governor of South Carolina,
for Gus Lee, charged with murder in
Chester. and who is now in jail in
Salisbury.
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which is by far the largest and strong
est organization of women here vii!
have a special meeting Thursday after
noon in the interest Of the reformauOcy.
and there will be a number of speakers
who will make short talks. The women
Of Raleigh and Of the state nave this
reformatory movement set deeI' i'll
their hearts and they are certainly
working earnestly for it. Three reform
atory bills have already been introduc-
ed in the legislature. The construction
was put upon Gov. Glenn'S message by
some persons that he was opposed to
the reformatory, but Immediately upon
seeing this criticism the governor ask
ed your correspondent 10 state that IL
was great mistake. and that there
was no such opposition on his part,
but that he feels very keenly tha ne
cessity for looking after youthful GRIM
inals. of whom there are a number n
the penitentiary and a much larger
number in the various county convict
camps.
Secretary Thomas K. Bruner OF the
agricultural department, today received
applications from Northampton county
farmers for q Scotchmen. This is the
result Of his visit recently to that
county he having by special invitation
addressed farmers there on the inlmi-
grafton question Secretary Bruner
said today that he could not state cx-
actly when he would be able TO sup
ply the decired farmers. That eigh. ARE
now on the way here, but that these
have all been spoken for aL New Bern.
Two came here in December and one
of these has gone to the state farm in
Edgecombe county and the other &c
that in Pender county, both being
young men but trained farmers.
The hearing Thursday Of the railroad
bills by. the house and senate cor1u'it-
tees will certainly be a big affair
Prominent railway officials, particular
ly of the Southern, Atlantic Coast Line
and Seaboard Air Line. have engaged
90 rooms at hotel here and there vii;
be 4 number OF attorneys and uudeI
officials present. The Corporation com
m;ssiOners will be present and 81
course many questions will be asked
them, particularly by the committees
which will thus get the benefit Oi
their experience and judgment.
Charters are granted the Piedmon'
Mantel and Showcase Co, at Lincoln
ton, capital stock s25, 900; the Whining
ton, Brunswick and Southport railway
company, to build a line 40 miles IN
length from a point at or near NaVassa
ON the Cape Fear river 10 one ON Little
River, capital stock being 100000
the Devane heirs, ]. W. Whitehead and
others being the stockholders; the Ar
row Company, Greensboro, capita
stock $1,000, 10 do general merchan.
disc business.
AS yet IL IS not known what regimen
will go to this years maneuvres or n
what point the latter Will be held b,
the regular troops and the nationa
guard, but it is supposed that the sec
ond will get this duty, the first ant
third having had this tour. one a
Manassas and the other at Chfcamauga
Two regiments viii go into camp a