The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-02
THE WIN
g., O. Board Case I'm sampson
County--The King FAMILY on Trial
I'm the r.. deral Court-Omeiai KALI
way In.peeIton-C Candidates for Next
Democratic StAte Ticket.
Messenger Bureau.

way ln.p~e>ton-C Candidates for Mex
Democratic StNte Ticket.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, ". c., May 80.
The state superintendent OF public
instruction was advised today thai
Judge Undertake. now at Greensboro
had in the matter Of the contest In
Sampson county between the old or
fusion board Of education and the new
or democratic board elected by the last
Legislature. decided in favor OF the old
board. There will. OF course. be an ap-
peal.
When Major Charles L. Davis, L. s.
A, leaves here Friday for Porto Rico,
no one will be regularly in charge OF
military headquarters at the capitol.
but ]. c. L. Harris, Of the governors
staff, will look after affairs there.
Lieutenant Douglas Settle. L. s. A.,
who Is in charge OF the recruiting sta
ton, has arrived, but has nothing to do
with headquarters.
Tomorrow in the federal court here
the King family, OF Nash county, will
go on trial: Ben King. the father. and
his three sons, for Illicit distiliing. and
the old man himself for counterfeiting.
The evidence is very direct In fact,
the men gave themselves away.
Applications for space at the next
state fair are already SO numerous as
TO justify Secretary Joseph E. Pogue
in saying that ii will be the largest and
best fair yer held in the state.
The members of the corporation
commission have returned from a tour
over the Atlant and North Carolina
and the Norfolk Southern railway and
all the branches of the latter. They
say they found these roads in as good
condition as they u have expected.
They desire TO see all the roads in the
state this a
The Life Insurance Company OF vir-
ginia today domesticated itself under
the Craig law.
1t is said by some influential DEM
ocrats who ought to know. that D. II.
Mclean, of Harnett county, is apt TO
have a walk-over for the democratic
nomination for secretary OF state. 1t 10
ais said that the race for the demo-
cratic nomination for governor will
very probably be between Charles 3.
Aycock and NJ. II. Justice, with the
former in the lead.
Assurances are given that quite a
number of influential republicans will
| vote in favor of the constitutional
amendment limiting the negro fran
chise.
The deed for the forty-five acres of
ground for the Methodist o~rphanage
and aged ministers home here, has
been given by this city to the North
Carolina Methodist conference.
The following are this years gradu-
ates at the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal college here: w. d. Alexander. Jr,
l. w. Barber, j. H., Birdsong, F.. M.
Foy, Kimbrough Jones, Jr., A. L.
Lyon, c. L. Mann, O. w. Myers, e. L.
Parker, Z. G.. Person, F. Z. Sloan,
Mark Squires, A. p. Steele, w. A.
Lynne, Hugh Ware and c. b. Williams.
The report on the crops and the
weather in the state for the week end
ing last night says:
The low temperatures seriously
checked the growth of all vegetation.
Much corn, cotton, and tobacco turned
yellow; cotton especially suffered
much injury and many young plants
| were killed. Some tobacco which had
just been t~ransplanted was also ruin
ed. Gardens and truck crops received
a set back.
The weather seems to have favored
the multiplication of insects, and an
unusually large number of correspond
entS report damage to corn by cut or
bud.w worms, with minor injury 10 tobac-
co, potatoes, and truck crops.
h conditions, however, were very
ldNordDle Ior Idrm work, Wh1cn was
pushed and is now we'll up in many
counties. Cultivation progressed ia
vorably, and crops are clean and nice
looking, with here and there some ex-
ceptions. Planting is practically over;
chopping cotton nearly finished n
the second blowing of corn has begun
in the south. Digging Irish potatoes
has begun at a few points. Making
Glove hay was started under favora-
bic conditions, and the harvest of
wheat and oats will soon be under
way, a few fields of oats having al
ready been cut. Gardens and truck
crops made very little growth this
week. Wheat and oats will be short,
but Of excellent quality of grain, ac-
cording to present indications. Owing
to much damage by insects and blight
the entire fruit crop, except grapes,
appears TO be practically a failure.