The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-28
Must Make Deliveries Within a
Reasonable Time
SchoOi Districts i'm Sampson Vote for
Special TaX-Deatil OF Frederick
L.. 1iahicr >. 4. L.. Will Reduce
Eatcs Cnder Protest-Othcr News
Items.
Messenger Bureau,

DE In better health than in a year
past. He appears Tor the state in the
Southern railway rate case and he is
also a party defendant, together with
the corporation commission. The COM
mission has chosen the following at
tOrneyS to also appear in this suit
before Judge Pritchard at Asheville
June Goth: Fred A. Woodland. James
e. Shepherd, Winston & Bryant, of
durham; and Walter Daniels, of We'll
On. ,aE'
The state superintendent of public
instruction is notified by the superin-
tendent OF Sampson county hat three
school districts there have voted for
special tax. This brings the number
in the state to over 500.
The principal promoter of the move
ment here in Raleigh 70 have an cleo
ton or dispensary said today that he
did not think an election on that sub
Ject would be held this year.
MI. Frederick l.. MAILER, died very
suddenly at his home here. aged II.
lie mad been connected with the Raj
ii banks for nearly 30 years.
The Seaboard Air Line will not make
Il contest against the reduced railway
passenger rate, but will give it under
protest. Yet this is the road which
it was said would be hit the hardest
by the new law.
1t will be ten days before the anaIy-
sis Of the stomachs of David Rowland
and Engineer Strange are completed.
Another lawyer, S. G. Ryan, has been
added to the three already employed
TO represent DR.. Rowland. One of
THESE lawyers took Mrs. Rowland to
henderson, where she now is, near her
husband. All Of the lawyers have been
paid handsome retaining fees.
The st. Mary's school commence
inent exercises are being held in the
new Auditorium which is completed
u which is unlike any other in the |
state. 1T is, very mucn admired.
though there are great numbers of |
cases for moOnshining on trial at the
present term of federal court here vet
'Inere are Il few from this county. It
is learned that there is much less
moonshlning in Wake than there was
a few years ago. Johnson, Durham
and Granville are notable places for
Glis trouble.
"a camp of Spanish American veter-
ans is to De established here. IL seems
that there are none in North Carolina.
By the end of next week the excav-
alton for the Masonic temple will be
completed n the laying of the found
alton will begin.
a Rife club has been organized here
and one Of it's features will be the
membership of ladies, Of whom there
are already fifteen.
: The last case argued before the SUI
preme court was that of a dentist,
J. j. Hicks, of Catawba county. who
educated himself and has practiced 35
years, but who has never been licens-
ed by the state board. The North Car
prosecuting him, having employed B.
9. Beckwith for that purpose.
In regard to the appointment of the
attorneys on the part of the state in
the railway passenger rate case, it
may be said that it was made by the
corporation commission itself and that
Governor Glenn had nothing to do with
it. The new law placing the whole
power of appointment in the hands
Of the commission.
The supreme court decides that ex-
press companies are liable for delay
m making deliveries within a reason
able time. The Southern Express
Company contested this case on the
ground that it was emily one of the
several common carriers, in other /
in handling freight.
The installation of the agricultural
words was involved with the railroads
exhibits from North Carolina at the
jamestown exposition has begun. Will
liam H. Robbins, of Raleigh will assist
IN the work. Much Of the collection
was made by him last year at the
state fair and then preserved by him
for display at the jamestown exposi-
ton. The exhibit was one Of the fin
est ever made in a county.
The fresh interest in the naval mi
litia in this state is gratifying to the
authorities and this force is again be-
ing brought up to a good figure.
Work soon begins of holding the
Farmers Institutes in two-thirds of the
counties of the state, from Raleigh
westward and the summer will be CIV
en- up to this with three parties of in
structors in the fields. One of these
parties will be under the direction of
Miss Card, the very ACCOMPLISHED
young lady from Canada, who at 9TH
er times Of the year is EMPLOYED in
the pure food division OF the state aari-
cultural department, under the direc-