The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-25
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., September 20.

There are now AS students at the
state university. OF these about a
dozen are ladies. OF the ladies who
graduated last year a numbe have
good positions as teachers, ETC., for
example, Miss Alice Jones at st.
Mary'S, Raleigh; Miss Burke, at Peace
institute; Miss Leah Jones, in schools
at Brookline, Mass; Miss Marcia
Latham, (the winner of two of the
highest honors) in Texas. Miss Sallie
Stockard is doing special literary work,
mainly historical. Two of the new
members of the faculty, DR.. Thomas
Ruffin (law) and DR.. Wharton (chemis-
try) have arrived.
The state convention of democratic
clubs meets in this city on "Wednesday,
September 18th. A large crowd is eX-
pected on that occasion. All the clubs
throughout the state have appointed
delegates for this occasion. Hon. w.
J.. Stone, ex-governor of Missouri, n
one of the managers of the Bryan n
Stevenson campaign at New York, n
Senator John wv Daniel, of Virginia,
a been invited to be present n
| address this convention, and it is ex-
pected that both will be here. Of
course it is unnecessary to say that
these are two of the most distinguish
ed statesmen and orators in the United
States. GoVernor-elect Charles B.. Ay-
cock and Electors at Large Hon. Dan
Hugh Mclean and Hon. Lee S Over
man will address the convention. APP
plication has been made to all the
railroads in the state to give educe
rates to this convention, and aSSur-
ances have been given that they will
do so. This will be a great meeting,
and it is expected that an immense
crowd from all sections of the state
will be here on that day. This state
convention will appoint delegates to
L. L
meets in Indianapolis on October 3rd
and 4th.
A number of republicans who voted
their straight ticket and against the
amendment have the idea thai they
car vote in November at the senatorial
primary, and are talking about what
they propose to do. Their talk
much amusement.
There are now in the insane asylum
here 40 patients. OF these SO are at
home on cave or furlough. All pa
tients who show any prospect of being
relieved are taken. There are about
half a dozen whiskey and morphine,
cases under special treatment, these
being pay patients. With these there
has been success. There has been no
sickness during the summer The
water supply is fine. Three driven
| wells, operated by electric pumps, sup
ply water for general uses, and one,
operated by steam, water for drink
ing. One OF the patients has been
there since 1853. The asylum was
opened July %, 1856.
Cotton seed are selling here at 22h
cents a bushel, against 1919 last year.
There is a fresh outbreak of splenic
or Texas fever among cattle in Edge
cOmbe county. The commissioner of
agriculture was notified today of this.
Seventeen cattle in a herd are sick,
and five have died. The writer of the
letter asked for a copy of the law in
regard to the driving of cattle from
one county to another, particularly
infected
The senatorial fight makes lively an
otherwise very u campaign.
The American Cotton Oil Company
has put up in connection with it's plant
here one of the best cotton gins in the
state, with a capacity of sixty bales a
day.
Melville p. Troy, an employee in the
custom house at Havana, is here on a
r. p. Troy. He was until 1898 on The
Greensboro Record He that year went
in the United States hospital service.
There are some very smart farmers.
Last Sunday during the morning ser
vice at one of the negro churches here
a farmer drove in front of the church
with two or three wagons, and as the
people left the church hired all he
could hire to go to his farm and pick
cotton. He filled his wagons and
drove away.
MIR. and Mrs. James H. Pou left to-
day for the mountains, for a stay of
a month.