The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-08

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49, xc~ rraal EnfoPcfng Cattle
-Ou.r.uo.e IAw-A Bulletin on tine
Flora OF the state
Messenger Bureau
Raleleh. N. c.. September s.
This morning Sheriff Markham OF
Durham came here and took ron
Wake jail. where they have been Tor
safe keeping. VI negroes Melviiie
Parker. charged with rape IN Durham,
and Andy McAdams. charged Win q .
IN Asamance. Parker was put on trial
today. Il il thought McAdams may
also be tried there Sheriff
said that In view OF The SPEEDY tIiai,
he did not anticipate any atternps At
s. L. Patterson. ymmisS!oEer or az
riculture. u nctifa6 that he Is txpscted
TO speak a. the meeting OF COMMISSION
ers al New Orleans. September goth, on
Cotton Factories "a an Aid 10 Cotton
Fields" He expects TO he present.
State Veterinarian Curtice a. three
North Carolina counties. Allegheny,
Ashe and Watauga, are absolutely free
from ticks. and are Also very carefuliy
observing the aw as to cattle Guaran-
tine.
The state auditor expects TO go 70
Asheyille on the 18th as c principal In
| he case involving the increase or rail-
way tax assessments $40. 900. 600. He
will no doubt testify In the case.
The county treasurer OF Dare county
deals in school books AZ TINS the stase
snDerintendent OF public instruction
Somplains. The county superintendent
saws they do not intend TO follow the
law as to this matter. For this the
state superintendent rebukes him sharp
ly.
Good progress Is being made in re-
arranging and preparing cataiognes ~
sor Wyche and five assistants are doing
the work by the card system.
The state veterinarian yesterday IN
spected the cattle raising farm or the
Dukes. near University station, ano
the dairy farm of Julian s. Carr. or
. Hillsboro, and found both free from
disease.
Captain Beavers. OF this city, appoint
ed 10 a captaincy in th2 Forty-thlr0
regiment, was today oriereo 10 remain
here ten days and recruit he expects
TO get forty or fifty men. seven re-
! cruits for service in the philippines
left here yesterday.
The state treasurer expects the bonds
for the purchase OF the Caledonia farm
for ~convicts to arrive in a day or TWO.
The purchase will then be made ne
says.
The agricultural college issued today
a very useful bulletin on h fora OF
this state. 1t contains a list OF 2.6So
species. comprising 154 families Pro-
fessor C. w. Hyams prepared Ii. In
1867 the late DIR. M. A. Curtis prepared
a catalogue, but this only contained
George Z. Boggs, of W~aynesviIIe. the
largest apple-grower in this state,
writes that the crop Is a complete fail-
ure this year.
There are fewer chestnuts in the
mountain section than In twenty-five
years past. ,
Though the Agricultural and MechaniI
cal college here does o regularly open
until Thursday, yet there are already
200 students registered
The brief of Congressman John d.
Bellamy in the contest in the Sixth dis
trict Is finished 1t is a large docu-
ment.
There was a little rain here Yesterday
afternoon: the first in three weeks. but
not enough to benefit crops
A bolt OF lightning killed a negro III
a road six miles from here. He was
on top Of a load OF seed cotton and by
him sat another negro. who was stun
ned. but soon recovered. The male
drawing the wagon was killed and the
cotton was set on fira The hat on The
head of the negro killed was burned
and his clothing torn TO pieces.
At ocol AN@A SAA o
Not a few ~eorle are heard daily ex-
: pressing regret that all the demo-,
on the board will not resign. The" ave
no power in regulating the ~penitentiary
affairs. They are mere fgure-heads IN
fact.
Among the arrivals here are Con-
gresham John ID. BellaTny and Thorn
as j. Gore, of Wilmington, and State
Senator Frank /. Osborne, Of Charlotte.
The reports from the various town.
ships in the state regarding the condA-
ton of crops September LIST are now
being compiled by the agricultural de-
partment. The damage by the storm
in the eastern counties is found to be
much greater han expected. Two or
three counties report 1t as 40 per cent.
to cotton.
State Veterinarian Cooper Curtice has
returned from a three weeks trip be
yond the Blue Ridge. He found consid-
cradle numbers Of cattle ticks. 1t APP
pears that these are largely brought In
by cattle from South Carolina and Gaor-
gia-
Ms feature of the week ending last
night so far as crops n weather arr
concerned, was the copious rainfall In
a large number Of counties west OF a
line drawn from Union county 70
Wilkes.
Cotton is opening quite rapidly, pick
ing is general over the southern hall
or the state. The small size Of many
Of the open bolls indicates considerable
premature opening. which, togethe'
with the short top crop, and the prevl.
u damage by rust and shedding viii
uDquestienably diminish the prospectiys
I yield.
:. The stockholders OF the Ralaigh and
CASTOR railway meet here tomorrow "a
consider the question of becoming g
part OF the Seaboard Air Line under
the ac. Of the last legislature Severa
, meetings for this purpose have beer
called, but not a quorum was present.
george F. Ivey has arrived here from
the Forest City cotton mill, in Ruther
! ford county, TO TAX charge OF the tex
tile school at thae Agricultural and Ne
: chaG,fcaI college here. Professor J.. g
Johnson, Of this college, has been elect
2 ed, assistant professor of animal hus
bandry at the Texas Agricultural an
Mechanical college, with q larger SALARY