The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
The Length of the State Makes
This Advisable.
Rcritcntiary in Excellent Condition.
Annual Dinner to Old People
Legislature Regarded as Body OF
Able Men-NortIlern Ladies Among
Victims OF HOld-up on Seaboafd
Air Line.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., January l,

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Never was there a more perfect New
Years day than this, with a cloudless
sky and Il spring air, the temperature
being 60 degrees. Governor Glenn was
at his Office early, and when asked
by your correspondent what message
he had for his trusty and well beloved
people of North Carolina said: Our
people have every eason in the world
to CONGRATULATE themselves on the
peace and prosperity now prevailing
so abundantly, and thanking God for
the past should take courage, go for
ward and make 1907 the greatest year
in the history on this site"
The board of directors of the peni-
tentiary met today and prepared the
report for the governor. This shows
the institution to be in splendid con-
ditiOn, the net balance being $3.50, OU0.
Among the crops grown was $4,000
bushels of peanuts, for which $1Oo
per buShel was obtained. All the cot
ton grown last year as we'll as THIS
year has been held, not a bale having
been disposed of.
q Tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock President
Charles G. Moore and the county pres
idents Of the North Carolina Cotton
Grooves Association meets here for
consul alton and at 1880 clio the
convention begins. On Thursday at
10 O'Clock the officers will be elected
The annual dinner given to the old
people of Raleigh at the Fayetteville
street Baptist church this afternoon
was attended by Governor Glenn who
at special request, made some remarks.
. 1T is the comment upon the leglsla-
Cure, the session Of which begins SO
soon, that the senate is a very strong
body and that there are some very
able men in the house. Nothing SEN
sational comes before this session SO
far as now known.
There is still no enc of talk about
the hold-up an the Seaboard Air Line
yesterday morning in Virginia, near
the state Lines TIttis said that a num-
ber of persons who were robbed were
northern ladies on their way south
and that valuable rings were taken
from theserby the daring dobbers.
1t has been expected by some persons
that the two Methodist conferences in
North Carolina would unite in main
tanning the orphanage here but it was
,thcided it would be hest TO have two
= damages. the state being so great in
nYalhi andrit being decided that more
41.drent could be cared for by two in
nsutionsothan by. one. 1t was learned
that the BaptistsT who now have n
orphanagegat Thomasvflle; are contem-
plating establishing another and are
dividing theistate into}tgo districts.
Among the callers at he
offee today were Editor IFairbrother of
Everything, Charles Benbow, OF
Greensboro, ASHLEY Horne of Clayton
aH3~ PaufB Means, of Concord.
Secfetarg Jeffrey of the N~orth1Caro-
lima State Poultry association says that
the number of entries already made for
the annual poultry show to be held at
next week shows that it
will be a very extensive affair. .,.
A deputy revenue. collector has re-
turned from a raid in Durham coun-
ty where he captured an illicit distil-
1eryE only eight miles from Durham
town, which had been in operation
saturday. ....