The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
THE FLOODS IN ROANOKE
The Dyke on the State Farm Broken
ana the Lowlands Inundated-Neuse
River Again NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Es.
cape From Lfghtning-Few Veterans
Go to Memphis.
Messenger Bureau.
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raleigh, N. e., May q.
The Caledonia" farm, bought by
the state in 1899. for the penitentiary
is flooded. A 40-foot dyke gave way.
Governor Aycock says all the lowland
crops on the farm. including 200 acres
OF very fine what, are gone. The food
in the Neuse river is great. The rain
fall in three quarters of an hour Sat
urday night was nearly IL inches. and
the Neuse was yesterday afternoon 6
inches higher than it was last week.
Many are almost in despair.
Rain set in again yesterday afternoon,
and continued today. All farm work
is stopped. The streams of all kinds
created fresh havoc yesterday, as a re-
suit of Saturday nights rain.
Near Norlina yesterday lightning
struck the S-room residence of a Mr..
Powell, tearing sever rooms to pieces.
His wife and two children were lying
In a feather bed in the %uninjured room.
The lightning tore the bed posts to
pieces and stunned Mrs. Powell and
the children, yet did them no further
injury.
There are now seventeen smallpox
cases at the pest house near here; two
Of them white. All save five will be
discharged tomorrow.
The federal cou met today. The
regular work OIL the dockets begins to-
morrow. There are many ''moonshin-
ing" cases.; yet hardly so many as usu-
al.
Rev. DIR. j. ]. Lafferty, of Richmond.
preached the baccalaureate sermon be-
fore the graduating class of the agri-
cultural and mechanical college yester-
day morning at Edenton Street M. E.
church. His trenchant and witty words
gave the audience many a smile.
Yesterday afternoon special cars left
here for the Memphis reunion of con-
federate veterans. Three Raleigh
ladies went, Mrs. Garland Jones, Miss
Mary Turner and Miss Mary Mackay,
but not a Raleigh veteran. Two or three
veterans went from this county and
quite a umbe from adjoining coun-
ties. Last night Colonel A. B.. Andrews
went. 1t was expected that o u or
five would go from here, but they fail
ed to show up.
The board of agriculture meets to-
morrow. 1t will accept the resigna-
ton of immigration Agent John w.
Thompson. 1t is not probable that it
will fill the vacancy, as no immigration
can be secured. The board will also
make arrangements for the exhibit at
the Charleston exposition.
The annual address to the. alumni of
the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege was delivered tonight by E. S.
Darden, of Wilson, in the agricultural
building. 1t was followed by a BAN
quet at the college. There are hardly
any cadets left; not over so. They
nearly all went home Saturday. Only
a handful were at church yesterday,
and most of these were in citizens
clothes. There is a lot of criticism OF
the departure of the adets before COM
m~encement. 1t makes a bad impression
on the public. There were o 2I5
cadets.
1t is not yet known when the state
text book board will meet. 1t many
do so this week. Many agents are here,
They have an idea the board will
meet Saturday.
On one of the special cars which left
here for the Memphis reunion were
these words: North Carolina 115.OOC
voters. 127. 900 soldiers" on another
Tell it in Lacedemon we died in obedi-
ence to her command" on the third
First at Bethel Farthest at Gettys-
burg. Last at Appomattox."
State Geologist Holmes is pleased
with the success of the work of his as
sistants. E. W.. Myers, n. c. Curtis, r
E. Shuford. and Ernest Graves, in
measuring flood heights. etc. in the
chief rivers in the state last week.