The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
THE FURNACE MURDER.
Fire Escapes for the Penftentfary.
Prospect. for Carrying the Raleigh
Bond Issue Election-The Univer.ity
Bullet Intended for Another In n
Fight and il MortaiIy Wounded.
State Crop Report.

Fight and 4. Mortaiy Wounded.
State Crop Report
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, ". c, May Is.
News reaches here that of the nine
persons arrested on suspicion OF the
ty only two are held; these being
Elijah Joyner and Cephas Langley.
negroes Joyner was swung up until
he confessed. Langley is said 10 have
knocked Turnage down with . blud-
geon.
State Superintendent Mebane and NJ.
c. s Noble have prepared. for submis-
sion to the state board C education
next Friday a course of study for the
negro normal schools. Only one or
these. that at Winston. is in proper
shape.
This afternoon the kirker-Bender
steel fire escape was tested at the Grim
inal insane department of the peniten-
tiary.
There appears to be no doubt that the
elections to be held here June 18th on
NAO N"o 40eSlItlES vi Liz ASS0S "a $AVNs-
600 street improvement bonds and $780,
600 public school bonds will result ia
vorably.
Genera William r. Cox is here and
gives a good account Of progress,
along all lines, in the Edgecombe sec
ton.
The GUNNER school at the state uni
versity this year is to be largely at
tended and the teaching force is very
strong. Stop-over tickets are arrang-
ed for persons attending the North Car
DINA teachers assembly at Morehead
City.
The weather and crop report for the
week ending last night says: Severe
local hail storms caused great dam
age to crops over small areas in no
less than twenty counties. with the
most discouraging eports from Union.
Mecklenburg, Chatham, Scotland, John
ston, Bladen and Duplin counties.
Wheat and oats were beaten down.,
young cor n cotton destroyed, ne
cessitatinfg the ~replanting of many
acres, and a good many strawberries
were ruined. Heavy rains occurred also
Thursday and Friday, and light ain
at some point or other every day of the
| week. The sunshine was deficient, but
fortunately the temperature continued
above the normal.
Over a large portion Of the state the
rainfall was needed and was very
beneficial. While blowing and planting
have been delayed, the conditions were
very suitable for setting out tobacco
plants; the warmth and moisture aus
ed rapid termination so that good
stands of cotton and corn have gen
| orally been secured Wheat and oats,
now heading almost everywhere, will
be able to mature full grains. On the
| other hand grass and weeds are grow
| ing rapidly and fair weather is needed
to enable farmers ITO complete planting
n to cultivate crops.
Corn seems to be doing remarkably
we'll, with excellent stands, except in
portions of the Eastern district, where.
however. tine necessary replanting is
being don Cultivation is under way
in many counties. Planting cotton pro-
crossed as rapidly as the conditions
would permit; many m are
through planting, and are chopping to
a stand; some cotton fields are getting
quite grassy, but as a whole the crop
is doing very well. Farmers seem to
be adhering generally to their inten-
itiOns of planting a less acreage than
usual. Many tobacco plants were set
out under favorable conditions this
week, that work being now most ac-
tive in the north-central portion Of the
state. The plants are growing nicely
everywhere.
Irish potatoes are very fine; many
are in bloom; killing has commenced
Potato bugs are becoming Troublesome.
Many sweet potato slips have been set
out. Wheat and oats, clover, pastures.
and gardens show further improve
ments. Melons are growing rapidly.
Blight is doing much damage 20 fruit.
Shipments of strawberries have fallen
off in consequence of heavy rains which
delayed picking. Large shipments of
garden peas continue.
When the annex to the state museum
Is completed the corporation commits
sion will have offices in what is now
the photograph room of the museum.
Rev. j. L. Foster, pastor of the
Christian churches here, retires from
the ministry on account of chronic
throat trouble.
John Morgan, co4Ored, an ~ex-convict,
in the course of a quarrel near here.
fired at a negro and struck another.
Lee Banks, ~infiieting a mortal wound.
Morgan is at large and it is said will
be hard to capture, as he is desperate.
The delegates from his city to the
Episcopal conference of the diocese of
North Carolina, to be held at Calvary
church, Tarbcro, left today.
The twentieth annual meeting Of the
State Pharmaceutical Association be-
gins at Durham day after tomorrow.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., MAY IL.
| Up TO this date only thirty-three
bankruptcy cases have been filed here
and fifteen other courts in this federal
| district.
The officials at the agricultural de-
partment say that to their surprise
they find that the sales of fertilizer
tax rags are as large as they were last
season. Shipments of fertilizers were
very late, owing to the late spring, but
nnally there was an unprecedented
rush.
The North Carolina Society Of the
Cincinnati is now completely restored
to its position in the general society
and the papers and titles of it's forty
eight members are ell found to be cor
rect Nine years hence the general so-
ciety will G in this state and at
Asheville. 1t will be SO long before
North Cardinals turn comes.
James A Bryan. who, after SEPTEMBER
LIST will be the president OF the Atlantic
North Carolina railway, is here.
He tells me IL Is not worth while for
him to bring any suit for that Office. as
he considers that 1t comes to him SEN
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