The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-04-26
Messenger Bureau.

| Raleigh, April a.
Governor Glenn and Insurance Conn
missioner Young went to GoIdsb3ro
eoday, and tonight attended a sDecial
meeting of the Presbvtery Of AIhe-
marie, which considered the nuestio,
OF the purchase of Peace Institute
which had already been ARRANGED f,r
oy a committee, of which Mr., Youno
IS chairman, composed of members of
the Presbyterian church at Raleigh
Mf' Young made a special INSPECTION
| OF the school yesterday. It is now on-
! Grated under a charter obtain in 1872.
II was hrst chartered in 1857 and WIS
quilt IN 1858. IL is named after Elder
! William Peace Of the Presbyter1s,,
! cnurcn here, who gave $4,000 to i;
: and who made its construction posej-
Die 1t was not completed when the
: war began and during the war was
used as :a confederate hospital. For
foF some years after he. war it was
used by the Freedmen's Bureau. Shaw
University, colored. came very near
:, Buying it. s'>.>*
The secretary of state IS notified of
the dissolution of the Wacamaw Lum-
Der and Land Company
The Owego Bridge Company of New
YORK domesticates itself in this state.
Headquarters at Greensboro.
CHARTERS are granted to Hope River
Lumber Company of Durham. capital
stock $4,000, and the Newton Paper
Box Company, $4,000.
Thus far in April no fewer than one
hundred and one land grants have
been issued by the secretary Of state.
Mrs. Brooks, wife of the register OF
deeds Of Chatham county, died in a
hospital here last night.
The heavy rains of Monday night
and yesterday have made streams
quite high in this section. It was the
flood in the Cape Fear river which
caused the accident at Buchorn Falls |
yesterday and the loss of four lives. |
Some time ago the launch used there |
was nearly carried over the dam while |
two ladies were in the boat
1t is the plan of the Y. M. G. A. at |
the A. & NJ. College here next year
TO erect a building Of its own.
W. F. Upchurch died today in this !
county. He was Il republican condI-
date for the state senate last year.
In the superior court here there is
a divorce case which was brought
under the law Of the last legislature
on the grounds Of desertion. The
plaintiff is a white man. aged 70 wears
who claims that his wifi had deserted
him Il years ago. Oh her part Size
Gains that be was so cruel that Size
lad to leave him. While this law in
{ gard to separation Tor a certain
lumber of years was passed to meet |
t special case, as every body knO ."s
lid was very frankly said at the fin2 |
'e+ lot Of people will avail themsel- |
'eS OF 1t and as quickly as possible,
'lHce 1t is very apt to be repealed by |
he next Legislature, lis being usu Ally
ne case with these spec al laws. THIS
'ardcular law was enacted 10 ali.Y
he woman to remarry. II is said that |
ne was here in the gallery of ii c
e. ate and house wn.1 the bill was |
cted upon. She was $50 represan- ed c
Y lawyers This is us,,ally the case b
18th bills Of this character. a
The aIumnae of Peace institute will a
rganlze and ccntrirute literally - ]
he fund for the purchase of that in
.itntion, and the making of it a grelr-
i, resbyteriaD school, 1t is probable Il
lat there wiz he a "a!y considerable E
of the school building. Sd :.
5 10 accommodate twice as many stu d
ents as at present.
1t is stated that very active work u
in progress on the railway link be- n
Teen Lumberton and Fayetteville,
is to be part of the system between 7,
ayetteville and Marion. S. c.. Your
is Informed that work
also in progress on the link of the u