The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-25
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., September Is.
The demand for negroes to go north
seems not to be abated. From a bull
letin board here, is this notice: Want
ed-5O0 negro men and women to go
north"
The annual report on the Peabody
fund for North Carolina was made
up today. 1t shows hat h receipts
for schools were s4,4JO, Of which 81, 900
was an allowance to the State Normal
and Industrial college at Greensboro.
There was a special allowance for the
negro teachers institute, OF which $500
las been expended. A report is also
made on the Peabody scholarships al
lowed this state. 1t is singular, bu
true, that almost every one of these
scholarships is given 10 persons in the
extreme western par OF the state.
Inc agricultural department today
received a quantity of seeds from the
royal botanical garden in Ceylon, with
winch tests are TO be made.
Assistant Labor Commissioner Fai-
son says the question as to the need
for a compulsory education system in
North Carolina is again asked this
year. and that the replies show a great
Increase in the popular desire for it.
He says the question will certainly be
presented to the legislature in some
shape The most feasible plan, he
avs is something like local option in
cities and towns where there is a pub
lie school system; in other words, to
start the plan where it a be en-
forced.
Hard work is now beginning at
democratic headquarters in the nation
al campaign. The officials there are
sending out a great many copies of the
formation about trusts, and also 40
900 of Lentz's speech on Imperial
ism"
Saturday night a wind storm tore
through a very narrow strip of Wake
n Franklin counties, grazing Wake
Forest village and striking several
buildings at Youngsville. 1t the lat
ter place it wrecked a Methodist and a
Baptist church, causing a loss of 3d.
600, it is estimated, and also wrecked
a tObacco prize house, loss 81 900. 1t is
said the crop losses will approximate
$4,000. The track of the storm wasonly
about 100 feet wide.
The police made renewed attempts
last night to capture Boots Brown,
the negro who murdered Sarah Davis.
The negroes are giving 10 help in
catching him, nor are they expected to
do so. Yesterday negroes asserted they
a chased him, but this was untrue.
Negroes will in nine cases out of ten
protect negro criminals, simply because
they are negroes.
The rains nave caused the top of all
the cotton to grow about six inches and
to be a vivid green, full of little squares.
The republicans are fighting F. NJ.
Simmons election to the United States
senate with all their might. They talk
of this freely.
The hospital at the oldiers home is
completed save the plumbing. The sol
diers' home buildings, by the way,
were a confederate hospital in June,
1861, the first regular hospital in the
confederacy, it is said.
Sen tor Butler is here. He is very
quiet indeed.
Secretary Pearsall, of the democratic
state committee. says there is little or
no u that the democrats will elect
all the congressman.
United States crop report for North
Carolina today says: During the first
portion of the week ending Monday,
SEPTEMBER 18th, precisely the same con-
ditions continued to prevail which have
caused the unfavorable outcome of the
farmers laborS this summer for the
weather remained extremely warm and
dry until the general rains began in the
south on the 14th and in the eastern
section on the 18th. The mean tempera-
ture again averaged 6 degrees above the
normal daily, n the extremes almost
reached 100 degrees at several points on
the 10th and 18th. Perfectly clear skies
prevailed. and increasing winds caused
a very dusty atmosphere, but these dis
tresSing conditions were completely re-
lieved by the generous rains of the lat
ter part of the week. The rainfall av-
eraged 1.50 inches, and is not thought
to have caused any injury TO open cot
ton. while the slight delay in picking
is unimportant. The rain revived peas,
brought up turnips, placed the soil in
excellent condition for fall blowing,
which will be pushed during the next
few weeks, and largely restored water
courses n wells to their normal COZ
dition. The staple crops are, however,
all made and beyond the influence of
weathe conditions. Many correspond
entS say that cotton is three-fourths
open, some that all is open, and as
picking is progressing rapidly every
where, the outlook is that the entire
crop will be gathered by the end of
October, if not earlier. A good deal of
corn is dry enough to house, n some
has bee gathered very early. Fodder
pulling is practically over. Tobacco
is nearly all cured except in north-cen-
trail counties, where, in some cases,
nearly half the crop is still uncut; no
Improvement is reported in the late
curings. Harvesting peanuts and sweet
potatoes is underway, and both crops
are INFERIOR, as expected, ednutS Will
probably turn out to be very short.
Upland rice is not good, having suf-
fered extremely from drought.
The supreme court will NETT on Mon
day. the oath of September at 10 a. m,
for the purpose of examining the appli-
cants for license to practice law. Those
desiring to stand the examination are
registered in the order in which their
applications are received. Under the
rules of h court they must be at
least q years of age; must have read
law al least twelve months and must
have read the prescribed course, or its
equivalent. If, however, the applicant
becomes of age before the mex term Of
the court, he will be examined. but his
license, if granted, will not be issued
to him until he becomes of s They
are known by their number to the court,