The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-03

Unsil the dispute .Between Governor
and the War Department II settled.
La,-ge Sale Of Fertiiizers-TO Balarge
scope Of Labor COmmisioner's He.
Messenger Bureau.

scope Of Labor Commisioner's Re-
port.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c.. jun 1.
Adjutant General Cowles was asked
today what would be done In regard to
the formation Of the Third regiment
of volunteers and replied: Nothing
until the matter in dispute with h
secretary of war is settled. You will
be astonished when I tell you that six
ty-ive white companies have made
tenders OF service on the second call
/ cannot account for the very greacS
increase in volunteering. save that
there is an increase In military enthv-
siasm."
There are some persons who are
doubtful OF the success OF the move
ment TO raise n regiment or two OF
negro immunes in this state. But it
appears that with the proper effort It
can be quickly done
The agricultural department Is pleas
ed with the Ana settlement OF the
question OF the constitutionality OF the
tonnage tax on fertilizers. Secretary
Ramsey says he never doubted that
the decision would be favorable. The
total receipts from the sale OF fertilizers
tax tag at % cents. for the six
months ending yesterday. were So, 49,.
This shows that Tie sales were over
200. 900 tons. valued at $40 IA ton, worth
81. 00o, 900.
There are complaints by some OFF,
GERS OF the Second regiment or volun-
teers that the hospital service is tn
efficient. No doubt, upon Colonel Bur
p,y,-p'S return he will INVESTIGATES the
matter. There are also complaints
about some of the bread furnished.
This. too, VIII be called TO the atten-
ton of the colonel.
The large increase in the acreage or
the corn crop and the very consider
able decrease in the acreage iii cotton
| are gratifying. The latter is quite a
| surprise, as il had been contended by
| most persons that there was an in
| crease in cotton acreage and that &c
certainly would not fall below that OF
| last year. But the state report shows
10 per cent. decrease.
In the federal court today the testi-
mony of ten witnesses was taken in
the case against j. M. Reid, Harry
Wright and c. II. Miller, the men who
were arrested at Winton, Hertford
county,. charged with robbing postof-
fees at Aberdeen and elsewhere. ON
one of the three was found an inven-
vi " Ia vi "tNhh ~
stamps stolen at Aberdeen. The men
are thought TO tie from the west. One
claims to be a bricklayer. from Ohio
They are all slick men and are in
Jail. The trial is continued until De-
Cember
The state labor commissioner says
his report for his year will for the
first time give statistics as to the pro-
duct of turpentine and whiskey and
will also completely cover the manu-
facture of tobacco. Another subject to
be specially treated will be the ex-
port trade in eggs. butter and poultry.
The commissioners says he believes
this takes rank uAsxt after the export
trade in tobacco.
The state grants a charter to the
China Grove high school for males,
capital $1,000. stockholders r. w. Bost
and others.
Among the latest arrivals at the
state museum are six young cormo-
rants. They are fed on fish, while "A
young bald eagle, their next-door
~neighbor, is kept supplied with Eng
lish sparrows. Eagle and cormorants
are always hungry.
Professor Joyner. of the state Nor
NAL and Industrial college. has set the
dates for some teachers Institutes,
with the approval of the state super
intendent of public instruction. az
follows: Robson county, June 2O-24:
Pitt and Lenoir, June 27-July 1; Jones'
and Onslow, July 1922: Harnett, July
1923.