The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-15
Messenger Bureau,


Raleigh, N. c., October 10,
In view Of the fact that next week
through trains are to run on the Raj
elgh and Pamlico Sound brancs of
the Norfolk & Southern railway be-
tween Washington and Raleigh, some
thing about this very important road
VIII be OF general interest It will
use the Seaboard Air Line track from
It's Jones street terminal here into the
union passenger station, contract
having been made to that effect which
was signed two weeks ago. The total
length of the line between here and
Washington is 106 miles, including the
spurs into the Wilson and Greenville
passenger stations, as its trains back
with 6O-pound rail
Invitations have been received to the
marriage Of Mrs. Kate Jenkins Patter-
son to Mr.. George Andrew KittrelI
October 23rd, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William w. Jenkins at wate
forest' this county. The bride-elect
is granddaughter of the late state
treasurer Jenkins and her parents for
merly resided in CASTOR County.
Principal Game Warden, John W.
Uuchurch, said today that he had been
In SO counties out Of the 81 in this
state and found that the game laws
were being very we'll observed and that
there have been relatively extremely
lew violations. Some arrests have re-
Gently been made for hunting 'posums
out of season and some for shooting
turkeys and there We're convictions in /!
all cases. There seems to be extremely |
little violation of the law in regard to |
shooting partr1dges out of season. In |
practically all counties the season will |
open November 1st, though in some |
counties it is a month later
General Robert F. Hoke has returned |
10 his home here, after spending a
month at Lincoln Lithia Springs and |
is very we'll inded.
The week of the state fair is to be
very marked in a social way The |
dances at the capitol club and at the
Raney assembly rooms have been SO |
scheduled as to give a dance every
evening.
1t has been expected confiednetially |
Hon. J. B. Richardson, who is at the |
head of the Masons in this country,
would be here to preside at the laying
of the corner stone Of the Masonic
temple and that he would take paE1
in other functions in the city next
week, but it appears ne will not be
able to come, hence his duties deVolVe
upon others. In the capltol square
workmen are getting dead branches
of tres and one dead tree was cut
down today Later a lot of work VIII
be done in getting the square re-turfed.
A charter is granted the Realty and
Securities Company of Hendersonvllle
capital stock $4,000.
The sales of the Raleigh liquor dis
pensary for the three months ending
September 3Oth, aggregated SGT ,473.
This dispensary as stated, supplies not
only Raleigh, but a very large terri
tory, most of it prohibition territory.
1t is estimated that Raleigh only con-
sumes about a third of the amount of
liquor sold by the dispensary. The
sales increase as new prohibition ter
ritory develops and as railways +, ach
out from here and county roads are
In a way it does both a
wholesale and retail business.
The Rich Fork telephone company
of High Point is chartered, to build
lines in Guilford, Davidson, Randolph
and Forsyth counties.
On Friday of next week, during the
state fair, there will be a meeting or
the tobacco growers of the state al
which Secretary J. o. w. Gravely of
the Tobacco Association, IS to denver
an address.