The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-27
New DormitorE to- be Added 81 Wake
Forest CoHece-Rector q St
Commit1ee of Anti-Saloon Leagne
to Meet
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, ~. c., August 23

Asheville, and Henry E. Fries, Of Win
ston Salem. It is to be held in Chlca-
go September % TO 20.
STATE Auditor Dixon returned this
morning from Wadesboro, where he
addressed Il great audience yesterday
at q Confederate reunion and monu-
ment dedication. He remarked tA2t
he ha< never seen. finer crops than he
observed in that section and that he
vas told by the people OF Anson coLJ-
y that more corn would be producCG
there this season than ever before.
Charters are granted To the New
Berlin Lumber COMPANY at Whining
ton, to operate saw mills and Ina n:
all wood products, the capital stock
being $4,000, the stockholders being
8. Mitchell and w. T. Seares. of VIII
mingtOn, aud S. NJ. Lloyd, OF Norfolk,
tu the Lowell Mercantile Co., in Gas
ton county, $4,000 capital, and to the
King Distilling Co. at Ellington, TO
make rectify and sell liquor, $50 600,
W. il. King and others stockholders.
Rev. Thomas Elgar, the prison evan
gelist, will be here tomorrow and will
preach twice on Sunday.
Ths trustees of Wake Forest college
have decided to build, at a cost of
$50, 900, dormitory on the lower floor
of which will be a mess hall. Tie
buildiag is to be completed within
year from this date, and will meet the
ned which has been felt1 for a long
time
The executive committee of tie
North Carolina Anti-Saloou League IS
called by Chairman j., w BAILEY 70
meet here August 9th at. p. NJ. to
to decide when the next meeting Of
the state league shall be held
Rev. George w. Lay, who succeeds
Rev. Dr. McNeeley DuBoae as rector
OF ST. MaEy's Female school here. al =
rived today with his family and oc.
cupied the new rectory which w2S
built several years ago on the campus
! during the administration of Rector
Thomas b.. Bratton.
ne jefferson Standard Life Insur-
ance company which is now so dc-
lively pushing its work in North Caro-
lima, will a0t enter South Carolina and
Virginia until early next year, in order
10 get everything in this state in per-
feet shape as regards agencies, etc.
Labor lay will be observed here at
2ulien Park One of the features VIII
be the annual convention of fiddiers.
This was arranged for two years ago
by VIM. J. Andrews of the Raleigh
Street railway company, and proved a
great attraction and success. The fid-
dlers are not yiOlinists, out only old
timers WHO play the fiddle; using the
how, their. feet and every other part
Of their body and putting their souls in
tae business This year they will be
on hand and only old time tunes will
! be allowed Good prizes s.IC offered
and thate uil be Representatives ot
half dozen counties, at least. includ-
ing Wake Chatham and Joonston.
Yolr correspondent today formally
invited G,Nf!nor Glenn mi thruu. h
him the: aiher state taoic-s to go g
Washington, n. c., in October to atten
the celebration in honor If the ecna-
pletiOn of the Norfolk & Southern rail
way tO that point, and he accepScd.
Mayor Johnson and the city admins
tratiOn were also IL gited and will, he
'epfeSeH~ ! 4
Or. Stephen B. Neekes, who nas
been in New Mexico and Arizora. foy
the past ten years or more engaged n
work for the government, returns .c
North Carolina and will be associated
with Capt. SamuA T Ashe aad Mr..
Charles L. Van Noppen in the notable
WorE on the Biographical histor,- of
| NcEtn Carolina md in narrative his
tory Development with Headquarters
at Greensboro. this duty beginning
September 1st,
corporation Commissioner Rogers
left for Lincolnton today to be presen;
at the hearing tomorrow Regarding the
union passenger station 1t that noin,
TO be built by the Seaboard Air Line
and the Carolina & Northwestern rail.
ways.
There vas little error yeserday in
statlng that Engineer William W.
OF the Southern railway had come hers
and given bond. He did not come IN
I'll today, having having been brouyb,
oy Deputy Sheriff d. NJ. Elwell. Of AL
amanee county. The warrant wa,
served upon Mr., Rippey at Bwling
tom He gave lend before Justice c:
A Separk in the sum Of $1,000 for hi;
| appearance at the next term of Grim.
inal court here. J. N. Williamson be-
ing his bcadsman.