The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
GAME AND GAME LAWS
SUBJECT OF OCTOBER BULLETIN OF
AGRICULT URAL DEPARTMENT
New State Botanist-Almo~t a Water.
Famine at Greensboro Political
Notes-State Crop Report-E. w. Pou
Still Quite Sick.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh. y. g. September II.
Tbs state convention OF Daughters
Of the Confederacy meets here octo-
Der 10 and I1th- Miss Aida Rodusn.
OF Washington, Is president.
The October bulletin OF the state
agricultural department viii b. de-
voted to the game birds. etc. and the
game laws OF North Carolina l. wzu
contain all the laws as TO counties.
q special article on game. illustrated
ana q copy OF the Lacy national law
Tor the preservation of game. T. r.
Bruner Is preparing the bulletin
j. A Giles. the republican nominee
Tor congress in his district. saws he
w7H not come down but will make the
run
Franklin Sherman. ~ Virginia. ar
rived today 10 take me position Of
ootanist and entonnologist Ia the state
crop pest commission. He was elected
py a committee which was appointed
10 make a selection. and succeeds
Gerald Mccarthy.
There are many applicants for the
position OF adjutaHt general and quar-
termaster general, II is learned
A railway man who came here to-
day from Greensboro SAYS the water
supply there is cut of, owing - the
- oAAd AAAdN MEAAS are Doing ASsHf.
and long disused ones eopened and
Cleaned. The towns electric light
plant Is shut down. The railway hauls
water in locomotive tenders 10 sup
ply its electric light plant.
1t Is said by some observant people
that the scarcity OF water in many
wells and springs will continue until
late in the winter, as the very sources
OF water appear TO be dry. Never was
there such a scarcity OF good drink
ing water in North Carolina.
The populist district convention
meets here this afternoon to nominate
a congressman. Some ~ the delegates
did not desire that there should be any
nomination, their view being that the
voters be left free to vote or not. so
that II they cared % vote for a re-
publican congressman they could do so.
The bulk OF the populists now remain
ing propose to vote the republican ma
tional ticket.
The crop and weather report for
this state. issued today. for the week
last night, by the government
says ali the reports OF rrespondent
We're unfavorable. There was almost
an entire absence of rain during the
Week and the nights have
become somewhat cooler, the DAVIS
have been ~loudless and the s,In
prlght n hot, the maximum Temporal
lures rose above 80 degrees during he
last few days, n the mean for the
week was over 6 degrees above nor
NAL. These conditions have neces-
Sarlly caused a further eteriorafton
IN such crops as peanuts, sweet pota-
toes, held peas, and some late corn
winch We're expected TO yield fairly
good crops under favorable circum-
stances. owing to the drought a Very
small crop of turnips was planted and
many nav died after coming up. The
a INF or Id
the yield is of poor quality and short
Fail blowing has again ceased. and
preparations for planting winter
wheat, oats and rye are very backward.
A large number OF CORRESPONDENTS re-
port that springs. small streams and
wells nave dried up, and in some in
stances stock is suffering for water.
The consumption of water in some
towns has been curtailed by order.
Cotton is now from one-half to two
thirds open and is being picked as
rapidly as the supply of labor will per-
init; in many sections cotton is open
from top to bottom, and elsewhere IL
Is opening SO fast that fields will be
picked clean nearly a month earlier
than usual. The condition OF corr can
not change materially now; the crou
Is very poor. Cutting and curing to-
bacco Is approaching completion.
SWeet potatoes, peanuts, peas and
koA LII Will oil pS llOTI Spanish pea
nuts are being harvested. In some
fields rice is suffering from blight.
Cutting peavine hay has commenced:
some fears have been expressed that
the supply of green food for stock will
| be short.
James H. Pou left today for Colds
| boro to act as solicitor I'm the court
there, in place of his brother. E. w.
Pou. The latter is very sick OF cry
sipelas, but not dangerously so. He
has W ~carbuncles on the forehead.
and h erysipelas is all over his face.
Great regret Is expressed by the
| MaSons here at the death OF Past
Grand III. III. Munson.
Special Agent Jere Conally. Of the
postoffice. left for Fayetteville today
TO attend the trial OF York, charged
with swfndling.