The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-09

Tide Water Power Company to
Increase Stock
Comment ON Action OF Railroads I'm
Fighting New Rat Law-BrunS-
wick County 10 Come la the Front
Nhen Railroad l. Built-Un~ea~on-
Weather Causes Much sickness.
Charters Granted.
Raleigh, July 5

hdlciSu, July >
The fourth passes of very pleasant.
ly here and without a serious accident,
Many thousands of people were AT ,he
nre works and the carnival n ,he
good behavior of the thrones was tba
general comment. The dispensarv. as
usual on all holidays, was closed and
no drunkenness WIS observed. The
races by the firemen attracted manv
people. A negro owns a black mails
which he told the flremen was vary
fast. The mule va hitched 10 Il fire
wagon TO make a ru1, for the amuse-
ment OF the crowd, but Went crazy and
dashed into IA telephone pole, the lat
ter saving the lives of several people
beyond question. The wagon was dam
aged and two little boys who were +
TALLY behind the pole were knocked
down and escaped death by a mira
Gle. A fireman pulled one boz from
under the hind fee of the mule. and
in so doing lost two $50 gold pieces
which had just been paid for a prize
run by the wagon. The other incident
OF the day was the break down Of the
Ferris wheel at the carnival. some of
The machinery giving out and people
having to stay in their seats for a
couple Of hours, some of them beine
greatly frightened.
A charter is granted the Enterprise
Ridge Association, Of Dudley. the OBJ
ject of which is to provide a home for
helpless old negroes.
The Underwater Power Company, Of
Wilmington, is authorized to increase
the amount of it's common stock from
$500 900 t o 5000, 900 and it's preferred
stock from $250.OOO to 5000, 900, A. B.
Shielding, NJ. F. H. Gouverneu- End
Fl. NJ. Chase are the directors
! Another charter is granted the Wad-
esbOro Sewerage Company, carftal
stock $4,000, L. J.. Huntley and clh-
ers stockholders.
The Hub Milling Company of She
tucket, Alamance county is chartered
to W and operate -four mills, cap
ital stock $50, 900, J. D. Kernodle and
others stockholders.
The Lynchburg Machine Works is
chartered to make machinery of all
kinds at Lynchburg, the headquarters
of the company being at Greensboro,
however, the amOunt of capital stock
being $50, 900, and n. elmer of Greens
boro and Lacy d. Hines of Lynchburg
being the principal stockholders.
A newspaper here having asked
whether any judge or lawyer in North
Carolina would recommend to clients
etc, that suits be brought against
those railroads which charge over two
and a quarter cents per mile and are
over go miles in length, B. C. Beck
with, who is a prominent member of
the state board Of internal improve
ment, replies that he would SO advise
a client. Another paper wants to
know whether the Wake county grand
1ury will not at the term of court |
which begins next week present the
which are fighting the new i
law. From this talk and sugges. |
ton It seems that there will be some. |
thing doing somewhere along the line. !
1t is asserted that some of the railway |
people are by no means easy in their |
minds.
A letter from Brunswick county, |
which is the largest in the state, says
the writer has had Il look at the crops
md finds them very good indeed. Very
title is heard in the newspapers about
Brunswick county. but when the rail-
roads gets to Southport it will GU, q
Dig figure as a producer, as it is he
Harmest county and is almost sab
rop1ca1.
There has been a great deal of sick
less this year, owing to the unseason-
BILE weather, and many are being TAX
n to the coast. Secretary Grimes, who
ook his baby to Beaufort says that
n one boarding house no fewer than
A babies are getting back their health
This county sent n a cotton bloom
asst evening. this being over two
late. il
Considerable work has been done on
he property purchaser this year from
he Grimes estate by the Central Hos
ital for the insane, and on which the
reat colony of over 200 epyleptics and
Their deficients is 10 be established.
he notable old mansion known as the
home. built JOG years ago,
hitch stands on the most commabd-
1g point Of this estate, is to be very
arefully preserved and used as a res
lence. When this colony of deficients
provided for it will bring the total
lumber at this institution to an equal .
Y with that at the Western Hospital ,
/ Morganton, and there will be con- :
derable over a thousand at each. K,
Many Improvements have been made 1;
lis year at the a and NJ. College, =
- $50 -@-~-~