The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-13
TOSSED t0IR FOR YOUNG MAN
Two Girls Follow President
RoosevsIi's Example
Rumors Still Afioat of Con'nronii>c OF
Southern Rate Case-Report OF X
X Deal Dcnied-DispensarS Sta
tisfiCs.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, y. c. Dec :. 1907.

Raleigh, -. c. Dec 4, 1901.
The statement made by the Indus
trial News at Greensboro, to-day that
il seemed a compromise or some sort
of settlement OF the Southern Railway
rate case was TO be effected to-day,
brought up that matter afresh. Your
correspondent met Standing Mas
ter Montgomery in the capitol square
this morning, and he spoke about the
matter as If there might be a settle
ment any time, as this could be ar
ranged by the governor and the rail-
way, or by the states attorneys and
the road. OF course il would neces-
state one of two things; special ses-
sion of the legislature this winter or
the withdrawal Of the suits by the
! Southern Railway and the remaining
of the two and a quarter cent rate
| in effort until the next legislature
meets, the latter 30 take action as
might be fixed upon.
! A very queer incident occurred here
today. A young countryman came in
! buggy with two girls of his neigh
| borhood, both young, and both deeply
| in love with him. He let it be known
! that he loved both so well that he
could not make his choice. Raleigh
was reached and Of course the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds was tho
! first place visited. All stopped at the
| house OF a friend and 1t was suggested
/ that the girls flip a dollar TO see
who got heads and who tails. The
younger of the two girls got heads
and won her much-coveted prize. The
license was secured and a magistrate
tied the knot, and the happy couple
was so good hearted as to drive by
the house, pick up the loser and
carry her home. The comment on
this affair by young women is
very amusing Some Of them declare
the man was not worth having, be
cause he could not actually make uI
his mind which Of the two girls ht
loved the better of the two. Some
of the young women contend thai
both the girls in question had very
little sense to bother with such Z
man.
For a few weeks all sorts of rumor:
have been current here that a sale
of the Norfolk and Southern Railwa!
to the Atlantic Coast Line was i'm
minent or had already been arranged
for, and two prominent members o
the Board of Agriculture said tha
they had been so given to understand
h1v sp hot ht1f h
railway officials deny positively tha
! there is anything whatever in the ru
NOR.
A charter is granted the Carolin:
Construction Company of Asheville
to do a general construction business
John F. Rowland of Hendersonvill
being the principle stockholder, tn
amount of capital stock being $4,000
In this revenue district there use
, to be a lot of whiskey distilleries
Thirty years ago there were 200 o
300, but they have certainly dwindle
and now it is said that there ar
only six, of which two are at Fremont
: the others being at Wilmington, Rock
. Mount, Hamlet and Hillsboro.
Some one asked the question a fe'
; days ago how many dispensaries ther
are in this revenue district. Here
the official list taken from recOr
ten of the Revenue Department, thi
being the only record which is open t
the public, and which is certainl
full of mighty interesting things.
sets out that there are dispensaries q
/ Bethel, Winton, Hoxboro, VanceborC
, Mayodan, Falkland, Wilson, Warrer
ton, Eureka, Greenville, Pine Leve
f Edward, Henderson, Fremont, Kin:
, ton, Raleigh, Roanoke Rapids, Loui!
!. burg, Elm City, Grifton, Oxfor'
Windsor, Creedmoor, Ayden, Colerail
Yancyville, Graham, Dunn, and TreI
ton.
This same< record contains lists {
hundreds of p(ersons who hold govern
,, ment licensef costing $500, to sc
l by retail nquor, that is whiskey, {
e license to sell malt whiskey, whic
cost $1,000. These licenses are a
= ranged alphabetically and an ANA
S ing number of them are to dry town
= A very great number of the malt
quor licenses are for the sale of so
drinks which have beer in them. o.
;. Goldsboro man has at least fifty sue
Q licenses, each for different nam
his own name and that of some loc
man coupled together as a firm.
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AWAKENED BY HYPNOTISM.