The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-07
EgD OF A MURDER TRIAL
jury ACquits Young White Man Of
the Charge
Inspecting Moving Picture shows
No Boll Wccyil I'm Norh Carolina
Sales OF Fertilizers About NOR
NAL.

Sales of Fertilizers About Nor
NAL.
Messenger Bereau.
Raleigh. N c.. April I.
The frost this morning was very
heavy and not n few remarked that
they had never seen n heavier one In
April. There was also ice.
The young white man Spence, on
trial In the superior court here on the
charge of murder, was acquitted. it
being shown that the negroes in East
Raleigh had thrown stones at him IN
he was passing in his buggy. The gen
eral bad character OF the number OF
negroes there was proved and IL was
in evidence that the chief witness
against Spence had been lately con
victed of being a nuisance and 0
keeping a disorderly house.
Today A M. Sheen, a member Of the
National Board OF Fire Underwriters
was here inspecting moving picture
shows These are considered as ex-
tremely hazardous and the require
ments now are that buildings which
are insured are therefore within
reach OF the board. The booths must
be lined with asbestos Insurance
Commissioner Young said that these
picture shows are as dangerous n risk
as cotton gins, and he has urged that
none OF them be allowed in business
blocks anywhere In the state He
says in many of them the booth In
over the entrance. this being doubD
dangerous.
A charter is granted the French
Broad Hustler. inc. at Hendersonyille
capital stock $4,000.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College station test farm this season
is in better shape than ever before
and $50 acres are in cultivation. The
experiments are numerous. Some arc
as to the effect OF various fertilizers
upon cotton. corn, alfalfa and COW
peas. There are about 100 different
tests OF this kind on corn and as many
on cotton.
The state agricultural department.
today issued a bulletin stating that
the cotton boil weevil Is not yet prov
ed TO be in North Carolina In spite OF
all the reports to the contrary. for
every specimen sent in on suspicion
has been positively determined TO be
not the genuine boil weevil.
The list of appointments for Gov.
Glenn to speak in the anti-saloon cam
paign was announced from headquar-
ters of the League here today, the
dates being as follows: Old Fort,
April 5th, Marion that night; Ruther-
fordton, 9Th; Caroleen Mills, that
night; Shelby, 7th; Lincolnton. Sth;
Dallas, 9Th, CASTOR that night; Newton
10th, Hickory that night; Franklin
ton, 18th; Louisburg, 18th; Plymouth,
18th; Bayboro, 10th; Aurora. 18th,
Washington, that night: Greenville.
18th; Richlands, 10th; Jacksonville,
20. New Bern that night; Goidsboro.
21st; Wilmington 22nd at night: Clin-
ton, %; Huntersville, "a: Kelford. zS.
Aulander that night; Windsor, 9th;
Nashville, 29th; Spring Hope. 10Th;
Conetoe. 30; Jacksonville. May j;
Charlotte, 3: Ststesville, 4: (two
speeches); Horganton, 5; Waynesville,
Is. Dillsboro that night: Canton, 2:
Asheville that night; Whitaker, o;
Tarboro, 10 Ito the Confederate vet
erans); Wilson, II; Durham. II. Hen
derson, IS; Smith 1eld, 10. Hope Mills
that night; Raeford. 20.
Today Governor Glenn made a pro-
hibition speech at Fuquay Springs.
this county. He is great drawing
! card and never fails to have large au-
diences.
President ]. L. Chamberlain OF the
Carleigh Phosphate Mills here says
that the sales 30 far this season are
about normal They begun late and
were quite slow for a time and Il
looked like there would be consider
able falling of.
The case OF the United CigarStte
Machine Company Of London vs r. II.
Wright OF New York, formerly OF
Durham, is still on before Standing
Master Walter Montgomery. Mr.
Wright for many years represented
the company abroad. notably I'm ia
, pan. China, etc.
The Raleigh aldermen have increased
the city rate tax from >one dollar TO
one dollar and twenty-five cents. The
latter rate has held for two or three
years. There was a good deal Of talk
today about the Increase, Iiicn is
made necessary because OF the TAX
ing away of the dispensary.
A great deal of pleasure has been
expressed here at the fact that the
agreement has cen made By Racelv-
o. Carl Duncan and superintendent
| ticks Of the Seaboard Air Line with
J the corporation conpnIssion that the
shoo-fy train here from Norline Is To
be continued. The chamber OF COM
inerce and merchants association had
put up a strong fight against the tax
ing of OF this train and won out I'm
IL
Complaints are very numerous
against the new schedules on tho
Southern railway. and IL seems TO be
the opinion OF the general public that
there will be a change before a great
while
The aldermen have declined to pay
information TO convict blind tigers.
any moEey 20 persons who h-!nz IN
Information TO convict blinf ~ ia
The argument against II i'iEs that
II would bring about false s.e-- lag
In order to get the money.