The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-07
Messenger Bureau,


Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh D.. c., February 5, 1908.
The governor Ia asked by the war
department To furnish q battalion OF
four companies to participate in the
maneuyers which are to take place
in May with Fort Casweii, al the
mouth OF the Cape Fear river As a
center, and which will be intended 10
Illustrate the proDe defence OF that
Ipcrtion of the North Carolina coast.
THE letter from the secretary or war
is in the shape OF an invitation. and
as yet the governor has not acted up
on it. 1t is said that May is a bad time
for troops in the rural districts 10 go
on duty, but maybe a battalion can be
made up from those in the cities OF
course the tout of duty will be a very
pleasant one, though there will be
plenty of work and no little iusIuc
ten. The war department IS no" be
ing c~orresponded with regarding his
matter. 1t may be hat the request
for volunteers for such duty will lie
r.ade- OF course there viii be pay~
and r~ations, etc, as in he case Of the
ocular army.
There has been some coanment here
] upon the recent use of the railing
around the statue of WeshingtCl III
the capitol square as the place Of an
noGncement. The day the Legislature
met it bore a big sign Salisbury for
Pr ohibitfon-" Now there is. another
one telling of a revival at a church
Acre. Permission for this use of the
railing vas given by the council of
state, but it is hardly probable. in view
Of what has been said, that it will
again be given.
/ There was a little fall OF SHOW thf
morning, the fifth one of the winter
There has only been one snow worth
speaking OF this winter ard tic SEA
sson has been Quite an open one.
From inquiry at the state treasury
ftcday regarding Treasurer Lacy who
fhas for many weeks been in EriZona
with his brother, 1t was learned that
The had entirely recovered his health
iand is having no more trouble with
fasthma.
Governor Glenn left today for
Richmond to deliver an address this
evening before the Virginia anti saloon
league, and he is exported to return
tomorrow afternoon
The governor finds. in the matter
of the payments Of b extra money
to the solA1ers in the war with Spain
that sSfne of them lave died, leaving
M n icf 40 +0r o4a OIL L. - -r,;&
ing to the war department in order to.
get permission, to pay the sums due
them to the next of kin.
The Agriculture and Mechanical
College will have a summer OF spring
court for the training Of teachers, to
be held in May 1t is in a way to be
a teacher'sjnstif1lte and the DIRK will
be in charge of Superintendent Zeb
Vance Judd OF the Wake county
school.
Today Assistant Labor Commission
er M. l.. Shipman made up a very in
teresting report regarding the cotton,
wcolen and knitting mills Of the state.
Of the mills reported theres are 32S,
which shown an authorized capital of
$45, TIT ,5S5. These contain1 2,768,576
spindles;. 52,273 looms, 6,161I knitting
machines; the horse power used totals
!. 114,540. Ninety seven per cent OF the
mills cover in their reports the number
of their employees and shCw 52,178. OF
these 1888 are male and 20,221 are
female adults. Three per cent. Of the
mills fail to report the number Of per
sons employed. The reports show that
= 127 ,21S persons are dependent upon the
mills for a livelihood, the reports COW
ering this feature being made by SO
per. cent. of all the mills OF the adult
employees IS per cent can read and
write and of the children employed
80 per cent. In response to a special
inquiry under II years Oh age working
in factories Sc per cent of the manu-,
facturers answer that there are lone
5 per cent admit me presence of child
> rem under that age, while 9 per cent
fail to answer Of the replies to the
= inquiry as to whether compulsory
!? education is favored for children il
I the mills 65 per cent say they favor
g it, Is per cent oppose it 20 per cent ne
: opinion whatever. The returns show
: the average number of hours Of thu
g days work is 10 As. The highes
average wages for men daily are $3.50
: lowest 50 cents, highest average fol
2 women, S1.31, Lowest 67 cents, average
S wages for children so cents.
Today the working crew of the stree
S railway began putting up trolley wire:
= on Newbern avenue, and in a few day
: the cars will be running On that i'm
+. portant new line, which will reach
o point eastward within about 200 yard,
-. of the soldiers home.
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