The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-18
NEWS ITEMS FROM RALEIGH
Condition OF Secretary Bruncr-fn-
quiry into Haxing Affair Being
PusiIed-Terms OF Public Schools
Reduced.
Mess niger Bureau.

OF the agricultural department J.
by no means favorable. he grows
weaker daily and no visitors are per
mitted TO see him.
J. J. Macon Of Warrento1 resigns Is
captain of company H.. Third regiment
He is a physician and his practice re-
quires his time.
The adjourned term OF the United
States court ended today with the con-
clusion of the J. J. Rogers insurance
case which occupied the greater part
Of five days. Mr.. Rogers having bsen
on the stand much of that time. He
sued the Pacific Mutual Lie InsuI ance
Company for $4,000 and the case
hinged upon the question o: vera ity
between him and the New York agents
of the company. he charging that o-e
OF the latter took the contract which
the company had made with him re-
garding the commission On premium,
this act having been committed while
few minutes the contract having been
left on the table there.
Insurance Commissioner Young re-
quests all newspaper and correspond
ents in reporting fires to state n
far as can be ascertained the cause
or the supposed cause. This is not on
ly valuable information TO the general
public but will aid the com2.iss ouer
very much by indicating whe;her an
investigation should or should not be
made. All fires of supposed incendiary
origin are promptly investigated.
The inquiry into the hazing at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
is being pushed very earnestly by the
faculty. Last week two cadets were
dismissed for larceny. the charge tav-
ing been proved to the entire satisfac-
tion of the faculty, though it is said
some of the students not aware of
the very plain facts. took sides with
the dismissed men and the latter re-
mained in Raleigh some days after
their expulsion. There has been no
trouble whatever in the cadet corps
compliments unnumbered had been
paid the young men for their good con-
duct, which showed such a. vast i'm
provement over that in previous years.
Some of the leading business men
here think that as it was the cotton
crop which this season saved the
south from financial trouble to a won
derful degree. There is now only one
thing lacking, this being the making
of arrangements whereby points in the
south can handle the south's exchange
AS matters now stand particular fav-
or is shown three places in the United
States, Chicago, New York, and st.
Louis. If the south can fix this ex-
change matter, it can snap it's fingers
at panic in the north It is to be no.
ticed here that some business men
do not seem to think much of the
Aldrich currency bill which congress
is now discussing.
Some surprise is expressed here in
certain circles that the Virginia cor.
poration commission did not raise the
rate OF railway passenger fare 10
IL cents. The commission there
has full power to do this sort OF thing
under the new constitution OF the state
1t has been said to vuur correspondent.
by various persons, a number of weeks
ago, that at the proper time the com
mission would fix this rate SO as TO
make it uniform throughout tie south.
Tt made a two cent rate last year and
Judge Pritchard enjOinel he publica-
ton of this and the case has gone To
the United States supreme court hav-
ing been dCcketed there
Governor Glenn made requisl ton to-
day on the governor of Ohio f-r Har-
din Moore. who last Christmas day
at Pine Han Stokes county. murdered
William Christopher and who hae been
captured and lodged N jail "a Circles
vile, Ohio. Sheriff r. !. Petree OF
Stokes county has been sent as agent
to bring Moore back
Owing to the shortage of funds in
this county it is found necessary TO
reduce the terms of the public schools,
several weeks. The various commun-
tiles will no doubt rise TO the height
OF the situation and vste special tax
es. OF course number OF districts
have already done this
The governor today commuted 10 life
imprisonment death sentence of Frazer
Jones who came 50 near being hanged
at Greensboro last Saturday and who
had been respited for ten days. His
crime was murder in the first de-
gree.