Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-01
Their Formation Throughout the
Z State Actively Begun.
A LIVELY CAMPAIGN AHEAD.
Negro Copjuror in Trouble -RcJoiced by
Rains baptist Female University Cam
dldates for the U. s. Senate Suit Grow
Ing Out of smallron- For Congress Sui
eide of Aged Colorod nran-Experlonoo
of Progressive Farmers in Raising
wheat.

Raleigh. n. c.. Aug. 31.-The forma-
this State has actively begun. although
the formal campaign will not be OPEN
ed until September 10. 1t is quite evil
dent that the campaign will be q lively
one. The Democrats Will work with
all their might to give the Bryan and
stevenson electors at-large as large u
majority as possible. The Republicans
VIII do their best for their ticket and
declare they will largely cut down the
majority Bryan got here four years
ago. The Democrats declare their pur-
pose to leave nothing undone to carry
every Congressional district. The Re-
publicans say they will surely carry
the Eighth and Ninth. The Populist
rank and file are doing no talking
about national affairs. Senator Butler
is the only one who says anything. and
he talks. ii not Through his hat"
through his paper. 1t is significant
that there is not Il Democrat in the
state who believes that Butler Is for
Bryan. In fact, no Democrat has been
seen who for long time has thought
Butler w;cj for Bryan.
CONJURER ARRESTED.
An old negro named Boone is to be
tried at Kinston OH an odd charge, that
of obtaining money from Jail prisoners
MS a conjurer, by promising to release
them for q certain sum. Many of them
have paid him money, and he gave
roots and herbs ana lizards flesh tied
In scarlet flannel.
REJOICED BY RAINS.
Fine rains fell yesterday and last
night over considerable areas, and
caused rejoicing. Many crops are
. . IN n frn1 hnx
case with nearly half the corn. Some
merchants say they think business will
be injuriOusly affected owing to the
shOrtness of crops.
BAPTIST FEMALE UNIVERSITY.
The Baptist Female University here
VIII begin its term next Wednesday.
1T has this week bought adjacent prop
erty in order to secure dormitory room
Tor eighty students. a dormitory to
contain 100 students will be built next
spring. The attendance this term will
be about 300
CANDIDATES FOR THE SENATE.
Now that formal announcements Of
the candidacy of f. NJ. Simmons, j. S.
Carr and A. w. Waddill for the United
States SenatorShip are made, people
are waiting to see whether ex-senator
Jarvis and f. l. Osborne Will also enter
the race in the same way.
AN AGREEMENT.
against the county of Johnston for SlO-
600. because 1t last year placed him as
q suspect in Il boarding house in which
was case of smallpox, and forced him
to stay there. The agreement was
made to-day that the legal proposition
ms to the liability OF the county be
taken to the Supreme Court on appeal,
and If that court decides there is lia-
bility, then the case is to be removed
from Johnston to Wake county.
FOR CONGRESS.
There now appears to be no doubt
that John w. Atwater will be rcnom-
mated for Congress from this district
Il. w. Pou. his principal competitor,
having withdrawn. Atwater is clearly
entitled to the denomination. as he did
jealous work for the Democrats in the
campaign.
OLDEST CITIZEN SUICIDES.
David Berry. an old negro of Steele
Creek township. committed suicide yes
terday morning by shooting himself in
the head. Berry was not only the
oldest negro in the township, but pro-
badly the oldest citizen, being % years
of age. His wife died several months
ago and since that time the old man
had not been In his right mind.
RAISING WHEAT.
The Concord Tribune says: "NIessrs.
M. l.. Brown &c Bro. have just finished
threshing their crop OF LAPS measured
bushels. BY weight this crop weighs
1.4s&M bushels. This wheat was raised
on fifty acres of land, drill measure.
This wheat is thoroughly clean of
cookie. cheat, oats or trash of any
kind. The cost was as follows: Plow-
ins, land. 500; narrowing $17.50; drilling.
s26.50; value of seed at S10o per bushel,
sSo.25; harvesting wheat. $55; hauling
wheat from the field, $3O hauling
wheat to mill. S15; for threshing and
hacking. s271.30. This foots up 1857 so.
This is cost OF sG.34 per acre The
value of 1892 bushels of wheat at "A
cents per bushel is $1.1133T The
Messrs. Browns say the straw and
chaff is worth $500 to them. Add this
to value of wheat and you have
sl,413.37. less the total cost of 1861. 80.
leaves them the nice sum OF $1,045.57.
This is n profit of s1S.03 per acre, or,
We might say. 81 LOCO, allowing the SIS. 81
for wear and tear of machinery and
taxes. There was not pound of fer
tilizers used"