The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-29
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. C. June Is.

RalelGn, ~ -. June -.
The corporation commission meets
day after tomorrow TO make the annual
assessment Of railway property. The
supreme court decides that IL has full
power in that line. but 10 make assur-
ance doubly sure the legislature week
before last enacted q Law giving such
authority. No one has n idea what
steps the commission viii take and
how much. IL at all. IL will increase the
valuation Of the railways. There has as
yet been no consultation on that u
ject.
The bureau Of labor and printing to-
day completed the heavy work OF send
ing out 2o0.0eS copies of the new n
chise amendment and 80, 900 copies OF
the new election law. both OF which
were enacted by the legislature week
before last.
Tn state charters the waynesvilie
Wood Manufacturing Company. capital
S25. 600, j. \. Cloninger and others
stockholders. also the Smoak Manu-
featuring Company. OF Wilkes county.
capital $25.0oo, which will make fruit
jars and tinware.
Populist State Chairman Marion But
Ter is this week issuing a circular
which he considers of great import
5000 tA AAI ~
lister and see that all other memb, rs
OF their party are registered.
The rains in this section were excess
sive Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing and have damaged lowlands con-
siderably. They washed lands worse
than at any time during the past two
years.
The Raleigh base ball team left for
Tarboro this morning. TO play with
Tarboro the first association game. II
appears that there was quite a scram-
BILE 10 get players from the Virginia
state league last week. and that RAJ
leigh, Charlotte, Wilmington and Tar
boro wanted TO get men. Raleigh didn't
get any. Prices of players nave advanc-
ed sharply, from say $50 TO sI25 n
month. II was at first thought that
each state association would play only
home talent. but all the teams have
hired men.
At Ridgeway junction, on the Sea-
board Air Line, a great deal OF work
is in progress. 1t is two miles from
R~idgeway. A hotel is 10 be built there.
There are to be changes in schedules
of the new fast trains on the Sea-
board.
From Ridgeway 1000 rates OF cultl-
waited blackberries are now being
shipped daily. The crop is found profit
able, much more so thar grapes.
This morning DR.. r. II. Speight,
iNiSIldIu II. bdlllt anu y. ~. bOUSnallr
Of the committee on the Vance statue.
left for Providence. r. l.. TO inspect
the completed statue, cast by the Cor
ham company. That desired
that the committee should go there and
make the inspection. IL satisfactory the.
statue will be brought here at once
and erected. but will be covered until
the ceremony OF unwilling. August %
The programme of the second annual
meeting of the Cotton States Associa-
ton of Commissioners OF Agriculture
was prepared today. The meeting Will
be held here Auguht l to September /.
Among the notable speakers will Be-
United States Commissioner OF Agrf-
culture Wilson on The Relation Be
tween National n State Departments
of Agriculture" with suggestions for
improving them: Professor Milton
Whitney, of Washington. and D.. H. w.
Wiley, of that city. Roads and Road
Making" will be the subject OF an Illus
trated lecture by State Geologist
Holmes. There will be a discussion of
the best methods of conducting expert
ments to determine the fertilizer re-
quirements Of different plants and
soils: Of ieguminous crops: OF grasses
and hay for the sandy soils Of the
south; a discussion by state chemis' :
as to whether farmers buy fertilizer
for the brand name or for the nitro
gen, ~phosphoric acid and nitrogen they
contain; a discussion OF farmers in
stitutes, and also Of the education OF
the farmer.