The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08
R.R. IMPROVEMENT IN THE EAST
Companies Extending Their Lines
Into New Territory.
Movement to EXterminatc Cattle Ticks
Funeral of Two Aged Citizcns-T
Tax Insurance PoIicies-Cfarte
raBte to BOttlilg Co.
The Messenger Bureau,


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The supreme court devoted today 10
examining applicants for license as at
torneys, So being present. of whom
fou are colOred.
Governor Glenn goes to Salisbury
next Saturday night TO make a speech
in the temperance campaign which IS
in progress there. Salisbury is known
to be the strongest liquor town II. he
state and it sends u great deal of whis-
key to various places. A lively cam
paign is on at New Bern, where there
is a vote tomorrow on the question Of
dispensary or prohibition. Governor
Glenn goes to Durham tomorrow night
where he will make a speech at a
banquet where a great movement for d
Y. M. C. A. will be given a strong
impetus.
A charter is granted the Coco-Coia
Bottling company at Ashevlle, capital
stock $4,000.
Congress will give this year $50. 900
for Kidding the southern states of CATTLE
ticks and Of this North CarOlina<win
get perhaps something like $1Qe16O. It
is the plan to clear half a DOZEN coup-
ties from ticks this year il possible.
State Veterinarian Butler Informs me.
far Counties Of
Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell and Per-
son will thus be cleared and very prob
ably the northern half of GuildfOrd and
Alamance. The southern half Of these
counties is badly infested because they
adjoin the free territory of Chatham.
and Randolp, wence the ticks come.
There were two funerals here yestei-
day of aged citizens, n that of Mr..
Dobbinsv who had bee continu-
ously in business here for 6I years a.
a shoemaker; the other hat of MIR.
TAinghast, who was for IS years a
teacher Of deaf mutes in this state
Mention has been made of the bill
of Senator Aycock to require persons
having life insurance policies To ascer-
tain the cash value and a TAX UPON
them. 1t is said hat this would be a
premium ON the poorest kind of nsur-
anse as people would taxi out policies
which have no cash value. The nsur-
ance, aspeople would take out policies
tax OF every dollar they receive and
they also pay a property tax.
The Postal Telegraph company TO-
day began the work of building a line
from New Bern to ChockOwinity, the
distance being 80 miles. The Norfolk
& Southern railway has % miles OF
track laid between thse points and In
10 days will finish the remainder.
There is a good deal of swamp traversed
by the line. The heaviest work Oh
the Norfolk and Southern line between
here and Washington Is between Will
SON and ZebulOn, in this county. the
largest fill being at Moccasin creek,
where it is nearly two miles IN length,
all to be filled except the steel bridge,
100 feet long. The Washington bridge
is nearly completed. 1t will have 49,
feet draw span. The structure is Of
steel upon concrete with a pie ~trestle.
the latter costing s12 a foot. The
bridge itself cost $4,000. Track lay.
ing will begin at Greenville in a day
or two, going towards both Washing
ton and Wilson, 10 miles in one way
and 3b in the other. Track laying will
soon begin at Wilson both east ana
west. 1t is expected to have his Ra-
legh-Washington line completed Dy
August LIST. The Norfolk & Western
is also building from Bishops Cross 10
BelhaNen. Mackey's Ferry, and to
Pinetown, II miles. This will be d
cut off between Belhaven and Wash
ington. 1t is also building from Bay
boro to Oriental, 10 miles, and is build
ing an iron bridge across the Trent
river at P~OllOcksville. The Roper
Lumber company which is owned by
the Norfolk & Southern, is building a
60 mile line in that section. There will
be a line from Farmville to Snow Hill,
II miles to be put under construction
IN a ew days, and this will cOnnect
with the Hines Lumber company r0ao
from Kinston.