The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
Laying Cornerstone of the Ma
sonic Temple
Condition of COtton-National Guard
Question Taking Much
Interest i'm Their SchOOIs-Char-
ters Granted.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., October IL


trail of a number of foreign corpora
tions which have not, under the law
domesticated themselves in North Car
o1ina The revisal, section 1894, re-
uuires all such foreign corporatlohs'
before being allowed to do business
here to file a copy of their charters,
statement of capital stock, etc, and 10
pay 10 cents for every thousand doi-
lars Of capital stock, but in case less
than SO or more than $lOO. Every
failure to comply with the law is pun
ishabIe by a penalty Of $500, the at
torney general to prosecute and COSTS
to be against such corporations The
secretary Of state has already f0uhd
that dozen corporations which nave
not complied with this law and says
there are evidently good many more
Who have not done so. The SherlrS
are giving him lists Of such corpora
tiOns in their respective counties ana
ne also obtains information from news
papers and other ways.
The Masons have arranged the pro-
rram for the ceremonies of the laying
of the corner stone Of their temple
here Wednesday, It had been expect
ed that Senator John W. Daniels OF
Virginia, would speak but as he can
not be here the address will be deliver
ed by General William r. Cox, past
grand master. The Grand Lodge will
meet at II O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing and there will be a procession
which will march around the capitol
square and back to the Temple. The
chief marshal is Brigadier General Carl
A Woodruff, Z. S. A The band of the
Third regiment will furnish the music.
The opening prayer will be by Grand
Chaplain Rev Frederick Nash Skinner.
The large choir will sing q hymn.
There will also be an address by
Grand Master Francis d. WnctOn. The
platform facing the temple has been
arranged as the speakers s stand. A
number of organizations will partici-
pate in the parade. MasOns from all
parts of the state will be present, in
Guiding Knights Templar There VIII
be lodges both from towns and from
the country, from various counties, and
some will come with their full strength
A charter is granted the HiWassee
Lumber and Manufacturing Company
of Murphy, to make lumber. do house
building, etc, capital stock $100OO A
G. Deweese and others stock holders:
other charters going to the Blue Ridge
Lumber Company, of Appalachia, Cher
okee county, capital 100000, j. z.
Brown and others stockholders; the
Roanoke Fibre Board Company of RO-
anOke Rapids, to make wood pulp,
paper and boards, furnish water and
electric power, etc, capital $125,O0O,
Howard A Edwards and others stock
holders
The Parkersburg Lumber Company,
of West Virginia, domesticates itself
here, it's office being at Jacksonville,
~Onslow county.
Rev. w G.. Clements came in today
from a tour all over this county and
when asked about the cotton crop said
it was almost all open and that nearly
two-thirds had been picked. Top bollS
have shrivelled and in many cases did
not develop. He says it is impossible
that more than three-fourths of an
average crop can be produced, this be-
ing a falling off from what the people
expected September 1st, when the crop
had taken such a turn for the better
and it looked like it would really be a
large one.
by national guardsmen is how many
of the companies will be dropped.
There are intimations that one of the
Raleigh companies will so before long,
though there may be speedy reorganl-
zation as two excellent companies can
be maintained in this city
The Croatan Normal School Insti-
tute at Pates, Robson county, which
Will occupy all next week is to be
conducted by John Duckett. The Croa-
Ians are showing much interest IN
their schools they having entirely sep
arate system.
Paul B. Means of Concord, is here
and when asked if the people in his
section were talking much about poll
tics he replied they certainly were not;
that they were talking about other
things, and that they We're very pros
porous and we'll satisfied.
There are remarkably few bankruptcy
cases these days and Clerk H. L. Grant
of the United States court says it is be-
cause the state is so prosperous.
There are three fairs in progress
y&his week at Raleigh, Greensboro and
Charlotte, and the comment was made
today that this was unfortunate and
that it would be better to schedule the
North Carolina fairs SO they would
each have a distinct week A state
= AfEcar. said th.t