The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27

ment business
Governor Glenn accepts an invita-
ton TO address the annual conven
tior of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution of the United States a
WiEston-Salem. October 2 Mrs
Glenn is a member Of the order.
S. A. Windley of Lake Landing, |
appointed state proxy for the Malta
muskett Railway for a year. This raj
road is now under construction b,
so convicts and is the first road thr,
the rich county Of Hyde, so noted q
a producer of corn.
Today a letter came to the postofhc,
addressed to His Supremacy, Raleigl
N. C." 1t was sent at once 10 tn,
Governors Office and that was tn.
proper destination.
A charter is granted Edwards & Co
OF Batleboro, granting many privil
eyes, among others to utanufactur.
cotton, the capital stock is so, 00f
and J. NJ. Edwards and Braswell arr
the principal stockholders.
The supreme court today ooh ur
appeals from the 5th district; the fol-
lowing attorneys are present: A. r
Ward, G. V. Cowper, Henry L. Ste
vens, J. o. Carr, E. K. Bryan, L. A,
Vassar, r L. Grady. Y. T. Ormond. J.
T. Bland, G. NJ Rose, Jr., J. c. Cliff
ford.
There is only one state case on the
docket this week that being against
Herring from Pender county. He was
ABOUT to order some whiskey from out
or the state when three friends went
to him and paid him. each for a quart
and their part of the express charges.
He then ordered the liquor, which
was shipped to his address and they
went n got their part. The ques-
ton is whether he sold liquor or NOT.
The police justice here has the
names OF IS deniZens of the tender
loin, old and young, black and white.
The drag net has been spread for these
people. Nine have been arrested and
six have been held under bonds to ap-
pear at the superior court, they having
appealed from SO. fines.
superintendent John E. Ray. OF the
state school for the white blind and
that for the negro blind and deaf
mutes is very proud of the fact that
so fine a record is being made by the
blind departments. The attendance
on the opening day was the best ever
known. Last year it was consider
ably ahead of the previous year, be-
ing $50 then, while now it is 2S7, an
increase of 81. North Carolina now
steps up second place among all the
state institutions for the blind in the
United States. Only Ohio has more,
318 being the number there. There
is a private Institution at Boston,
known as the Perkins institute. which
takes all the blind from the New En-
gland safes, six in lumber and 1t
has 291 pupils. In spite of the fact
that this state is very thoroughly work
ed over, in order to secur the atten-
dance of all the white children, there
are yet over 100 white ones who can
not yet be brought here owing to the
objection Of their parents. The law
will in all probability be changed so
as to make attendance compulsory as
in the case of deaf mutes. This will
have to be done evidently. Very few
colored blind are outside of the insti-
tuition for them.
The report on the climate for North
Carolina for August was issued today
and says the month was a little cool
er than usual, about half a degree
below normal. The rainfall was some
what below normal and very uneven
ly distributed; the weather usually
clear and the number of rainy days
less than normal. The rainfall in the
eastern district is about normal, but
in the west a little more than half
normal. There was not a general rain
over the whole state, nearly everything
being showers, which in the eastern
district fell nearly every day at some
place; at Newbern the very unusual
record Of 12.1-4 inches for the month
having been broken there only twice
before in 80 years. The drought was
much felt towards the end of August,
particularly in the west. The monthly
mean temperature for the state was
rs degrees, the highest being 81 de-
grees at Rockingham and the lowest
81 IL degrees at SAPPHIRE. The high
est temperature was SO degrees at
Lexington, Salisbury, Moncure and
Rockingham, and the lowest 80 at
Sapphire. The average rainfall was
4 1-3 inches, rather more than an inch
and a half below the normal. The
monthly percentage of possible sun
shine was 70 at Asheville and Will
mington, 65 at Raleigh and So at Eli
City.
The congregation Of the First Bap-
fist church here will very quickly raise
the remainder of the $4,000 debt on
the remodelled building: in fact all
of it but $4,000 has been subscribed. |
Out at the Soldiers Home an Or ]
chestra has been organized. instr'l- |
used being fidcles and banjos. !
Tom Unchurch. the negro who was |