The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-07-30
S. A. Il. DISCONTINUE TRAINS
New Lne Along Atlantic Coast
Monument to Henry 4. Wyatt
North Carolina at Exposition-Sca-
board Air Line Brings Big Excur-
sions.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh. -. c., July q.
The Seaboard Air Line will OF the
4th OF August take of its trains Nos.
A and 45 between Cha, lotfe and Ruth
eI fordtol. Passenger A5ent GLttis
says these trains have been tried and
that money has been lost on thcm.
hence their annulment. The Seabodrd
Air Line, by the way, has a wAv Ot
testing things. This, thanks tn eX-
Judge T. 3 :. IN -; its local Scunsei
has kept it out Of the railway trouble
now confronting the Southern and At
lantic Coast Line as il was upon his
advice that no injunction proceedings
We're brought.
The Office of the State Histori >al
commission has been fitted up in the
room in the northeast corner of tie
capitol, senate wing. third floor, where
r. D. G.. w. Connor is in charge as
secretary
Governor Glenn's very positive de-
claration that Vhiskey is the cause Of
50 Per cent. Of the trouble in this state
and the country in general he makes
very boldly and says statistics prove
it accurate.
Mr. William Woollcott, one of Re
leigh't oldest merchants, is dying at
Rex hospital here, after an operation
performed on Wednesday.
1t is limited that Mr. Flagler's road,
the Florida East Coast, is TO be a part
of the new remarkable system along
the Atlantic coast, and it is further
stated that a road will be built or
bought between New Bern and VIII
mington, one constructed to Southport
thence to Georgetown, S. c., and so ON
down the South Carolina and Georgia
coasts.
The Selma people are certainly in
earnest about the memorial to Henry
A. Wyatt, the first confederate soldier
killed i'll battle, to be placed in the
capitol square. With the assistance
of a number of the national guards, it
is proposed by Capt Paul Jones, Of
the Tarboro company of which Wyatt
was member, to reproduce the battle
of Bethel here at Raleigh during the
state fair. He will again visit the bat
tie ground, he informs ME, SO as to De
prepared to give a fine reproduction.
There will be temporary buildings, like
those on the battlefield. notably the
one which Wyatt and several COM
rades were ordered to burn, and On
which they were advancing when W.
att was shot.
Commissioner General Joseph IL
Pogue said today that everything was
in perfect shape so far as all of North
CarOlinas exhibits at the jamestown
exposition are concerned. He remark
n hot x11 Il .
when North Carolinians went thee
they would be delighted to see the
notable show which is made.
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The Seaboard Air Line has been
most successful this year in bringing
great Sunday school excursions to Ra-
leigh, and yesterday broke the record
bringing 1,147 persons from Weldon
and intermediate points.
A summer session of the Legislature
would be very interesting indeed
There was one only a few years ago
Some persons have favored having the
legislative sessions during the summer
as is the case in Florida, Georgia and
perhaps some other states. Your cor
respondent has attended legislatures
in some Of these states and found that
the plan works very we'll.
The equipment of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college will be far
more complete next term than ever
before, thanks to the liberality of th4
last legislature. There has been 4
great deal Of discomfort because of the
poor heating facilities. There are
three small dormitories, which nave
never seemed to be convenient or as
we'll kept as the other buildings. and
this fact has been Frequently remark
ed upon.