The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-22
REGRET At M'AEIL's MATH
.UntimeIy End Regarded as Distant
Loss 10 the State
state Offers 500 Reward for 4. NJ
Bryant-Cost of the National
Guard Emcampmcnt Nt JAncstoun
Climate and Weather Report for
the Month.
Messeng ger Bureau.
Raleigh. Oct Is.

/ RAitlAu. SNN o.
Very keen regret is expressed all
over North Carolina At the untime-
lly death OF John Charles Mcneil.
Iof the Charlotte Observer, who has
lmade such a reputation rs a poet
State Superintendent Joyner admir-
Ier him greatly and said: The death
Eof McNeill is a distinct loss to Nor'h
ICarolina. He had more promisc rs
lgenius and true poetry in him {. IA
lany man in our generation. in my
iopinion. To me there Is a sense nT
personal bereavement in his death.
was very fond OF him. He was agree
lable. gentle. lovable. The Observer
has been hit hard by deaths is los
ing within three years such men
Jas Avery. Abernathy and Mcneil.
State Superintendent Joyner says
that he is hard at work preparing
the pamphlet which will contain tho
topics. etc for North Carolina day
in schools Most OF the material rs
ALREADY in the hands of the printer.
State Superintendent Mann OF the
.penitentiary said today that the frost
had uippcd lot OF the top cotton
lat the state farm on the RoanoAN
river near Weldon, but he did unk
vet know the extent OF the dam
iage. He hopes that il is not -
Irious and thinks that the frost did
benefit 20 the lower bolls.
The state supreme court this VseS
decided case OF more than uSrai
Interest. Ii comes from Cherokee
Icounty and is that Of the state vs
IWolf. the latter being n Cherokee
Indian. The question involves the
fright Of the state - compel an In
dian. living on the United states
reservation, TO attend the United
Estates school Chef Justice Clark
wrote the opinion of the court hold
ling that he STATE had such right,
Ito require attendance. Associate
IJustice Hoke wIote the concurrtnG
Iopinion while Justices Connor aad
Walker filed dissenting opin-
ions.
Railway people tell me about the
most remarkable ride on record;
THAT of a tramp on top of pullman
lear. all the way from Jersey City
Ito Spencer. near Salisbury. this be-
ling the fast mail train known rs
INo. 81. on the Southern rail-
way.
Four more public school libraries
were provided for today by the state;
two in Ashe; one in Caldwell and
IOne in hyde.
Chairman J. p. Cook OF Con-
t0rd of the Stonewall Jackson Train
iins school, which 50 TO be the state
reformatory was here today. and
said that so far three Pieces desire
the reformatory these being nreens-
borO. Statesville and Concord. @he
whole matter is left in the hands OF
the committee which will take pien-
ty of time ia order TO be sure ana
get the best offer.
Ouartermaster General Francis
Macon is here and speaking about
the encampment OF the Nauoha1
Guard at the jamestown exposition
said that II cost the governor S"z.~
loco which was $4,000 more than
he expected However the govern
Iment had the funds which merely
had TO be transferred from one ac-
Icount TO another and everything mas
been paid.
From Bladen one convict was
brought TO IN epenitentiary 10 serve
twelve wears. while one came from
'Hcrtford to serve two years.
Governor Glenn offers reward
Iof 800 for l.. NJ Bryant, charged
with being implicated in the XIII
ling of Banks Rothwell in New Han
lover county.
The climate and weather repor'
issued for North Carolina TO-DAY
towering September says the month
was much warmer than usual De
ling the warmest since 1881 ms
rainfall everywhere was somewhat
above normal At practically ever
jstation the temperature ran apoN'
normal from three degrees 70 ue
gree and there were some very hIgr
Itemperatures The mean tempera
lture for the month 72h degrees
which is . degrees above the nor