The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
TWO STATE INSTITUTIONS
That llo Much to Foster state Prids
Increased Acreage i'm Tobacco
Cottou-Popuiar Hatred OF Tra
Especial Correspondencel
Raleigh. N c.. AarcA

Raleigh. N G.. Marua j.
The pride in the state been g.
tered greatly In h past fifteea yeas
by the museum. the portrait collection.
etc, which the state has made such
excellent object lessons. The growth
OF the portrait collection in the read
ing room OF the library Is such that IL
will soon overflow into the library
room, wher there is really little avail
able space Large as is the mnSeum
now. IT will be nearly doubled when
ter has been quite slow. The expense
has been quite large. When the an
mex is ready there will be sufficient
space to serve h purpose for q num-
Der OF years.
1t is asserted that not only will there
be an increase in cotton acreage this
year, but also an increase in tobacco
The claim is made that a considerable
part of the fertilizer sales increase so
far his season is for tobacco. A cot
ton grower, when asked whether the
farmers would put in more cotton than
usual remarked that he did not see
how, as they always put in all they
could gather. in fact more. As one
man and one horse can Put in as much
as three persons can gather II looks
rather like an easy task to raise more
cotton than can be picked
The republicans had for quite a while
tried TO force Attorney General Wal
ser to array himself against the iran
chise amendment. He has been quoted
as saying he would support it, What
he did say was that he would not put
himself on record against it.
Immigration to this state is slow and
scattering. Yet in the aggregate quite
a number of people come in. The
Waldenses are the only real colony
which has settled. An effort has been
made to get Firms. So far this is re-
sultless. Thousands OF the Firms have
settled in Canada.
The general public talks about trusts
and as a rule curses them heartily.
But with not a few people the feeling
is still deeper and bitterer. A big farm
er from the east who was here at the
tobacco growers convention was ask-
ed how the people felt towards the
trust. He said: I'll tell you the
truth. If most of them knew that all
the trust people were dead and I'm tor
ment they would smile" Another man
said that il the cotton planters could
strangle all the manipulators of cotton
futures they would do SO with delight.
These cheerful expressions will per
haps give some people an idea of views
which most persons keep hidden.
Recently there has been but little
talk about the Appalachian national
park" 1t is to be hoped congress will
provide the park. Persons who desire
to see what may be made of a noun
tain forest can with profit study what
George Vanderbilt has made ef his
"Pisgah Forest" which contains 100
900 acres. The writer spent a week
there last August. 1t is truly q won
derland. 1t is said the cost to Wander
bilt has been something like $3.50 an
acre.
There are wolves in North Carolina
and there are big bears, yet the mu-
scum can get neither, despite the large
prices offered. There is a little bear.
but he Is not the people want to
see. There are also panthers in the
state, yet no specimen of this beast is
on view.