The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-05
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For the Tea 1S99-A Shcrt Course for
Farmers and Farmers sons at the
Agricultural College The Cold snap.
Raleigh's Progress.
Messenger Bureau.

AANAeh 49, ~ ~ l.
The report OF the corporation COM
mission for 1899 was made public Sat
urday. L contains 600 pages. and COW
ers railway, banking and building and
loan business.
The valuation of railways for taxa
ton are: Atlantic Coast Line. s55
miles, SIS, sos. 900; Southern. 1.l93 miles.
ss,s41,000; miscellaneous. $50 miles,
81, 29S,0 600; total. 3,574 miles. s42, 22O. 953:
Pullman cars s15O.S Western Union
81, 600. 600. Postal $50, 900. miscellaneous
telegraphs s2.sO5. Bell telephons s3S. 29s.
steamboats, 1913 .615-
Increase in railway mileage over last
year is l0Sk: increase in valuation
SO. 1909; railway earnings S13, 253. 627.
increase 81. 500, 900; capital stock $50
096. 600, funded debt 81. s41. 900. cost OF
roads sS2,123, 900, interest," paid on fund
ed debt 81, 121, 600: dividends 1858. 900:
employees on railways 9.120. passengers
killed 2, injured 63, employees killed "a,
INJURED 622; killed so. in
tured go not t~resspassfng, killed =, and
injured, II.
AS to banks the u are s13.-
223. sol. Among the liabilities are cap
ital stock s., 449, 900. surplus s455, 900, un-
divided profits 1886, 900, deposits subject
to check sS,11S, 900.
AS to cost of railways etc, the fig
ures are: Atlantic Coast Line cost s17,-
S49, 900, capital stock s.. AIS, 900, funded
debt S12, 219, 600. Southern railway cost
$27, 493, 900. capital stock $685. 13, 900,
funded debt SIG, ia, 900. Seaboard Air
Line cost 81, 527, 900, capital stock
$5,271 900, funded debt Sc, 1885, 900. Miscel-
laneous roads cost s12, 400, 600, capital
stock $12, 962, 600; funded debt s4,S9S, 900.
Earnings are: Atlantic Coast Line,
gross 1929, 900, operating expenses
81, 1884, 900; Southern, gross s6,SS0, 600, OPP
Grating expenses 1884, 600; Seaboard
Air Line, gross 81, 44S, 900, operating eX-
penses 81, 662, 900; miscellaneous roads,
gross s1,243, 900, operating expenses
1851. 900.
The railways made a fine showing in
this state last rear. Their gross earn
ings on their valuation amounted to IL
per cent.
The banks also made an excellent
showing. The deposits subject to check
increased 81 per cent. during the year.
The temperature here Saturday
morning was 10 degrees above zero. Ice
212 inches thick is being harvested.
About SIG, 900 of old state bonds were
redepmtion at Is, % and 40 cents on
the dollar.
The snow expected asst night failed
10 materialize. East of here it fell. Most
Of it is between GoldSboro and Kinston,
where there is about -four inches. The
mercury yesterday Indicated a tenn
perature of 6 degrees here. Their is
good skating. Today was fair and fine,
with the temperature a little below
freezing. There was not much new year
calling. Outdoor work, which had been
stopped for a few days, was resumed.
The public buildings were closed,
though most of h officials were in
their offices.
Tomorrow Special Master Eugene S.
Martin will resume the hearing of the
fertilizer freight rate on the Carolina
Central railway. The adjourned term
of the United States district court here
begins tomorrow. The most notable
cases on the docket are those of Mar
shall, the Wilmington lawyer, for
counterfeiting, and of a negro ex-post-
master, for embeZzlement.
George Goodwin, an innate of the
Soldiers Home here, died yesterday af-
ter several months illness. He was a
soldier in the Forty-seventh North Car
DINA regiment.
The negroes here observed "Emanci-
patton day" by a street parade and
exercises at the city hall.
Deacon" S. V. White, of Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, and widely known
IN New York financial circles, is here
for a day or two. He has been visit
Mebane.
RaIeigh's development during 1899 in
dicates a high degree of prosperity.
The amount put into buildings was al
most $1,000, 900.
During December the police here
made only 165 arrests. This is consid-
cred to be a good showing in the mat
ter of good order.
The cold snap makes a haryeSt-time
for the plumbers. The damage to pipes
is unusually great. The plumbing work
here is as a rule Of the type known as
summer plumbing" There is no in
spection Of plumbing by the city n
hence the chief cause of the trouble.
The supreme court library now con-
tains IL, 500 volumes, an increase of 439
during the year. 1t now has all the re-
ports Of state courts Of las resort save
eight and of these four will be secured
this month.
A short course in agriculture and
horticulture, embracing lectures and
practical work in cattle feeding, dairy
ing. grating, hot-bed and greenhouse
propagation, poultry raising, staple
crops, judging cattle, q the princi-
Piles Of chemistry as applicable to ag-
~ricultural practices, has been arranged
by the North Carolina College of Ag-
olo <h1NS, " a III
ers and m sons. The course will
embrace a period Of ten weeks. No ex-
aminations will be required for en-
trance nor at the end of the course.
Students must be at least Is years of
age and of good moral character. Board
and lodging. including fuel and lights,
in the college, will cost $40 per month
Board and lodging outside of the COL
lege can be obtained for $12 per month.
Total expenses for the full course, in
Guiding books and stationary will be
S37 if board and lodging be secured in
the college; S42 IL outside the college.
These short courses are rapidly grow
ing in popularity, and the knowledge
4 and experience gained by observation,
lectures, conversation and practical
work in the we'll equipped barns, dairy,
greenhouses, workshops and labora-
tories of the college prove of inestima-
BILE value in the saving Of dollars and
cents by the adoption of new and prac-
teal improvements in farm work The
short course begins January 3rd, at a
time when farmers can best afford 10
be away from home. Parties interested