The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-01
THE FARMERS CONVERSION
An Address to the Cotton P~lantsrs-In-
dicted for Knocking Down Raleigh's
Mayor-Falsity OF Fusion Peniten-
tiary Report Shown.
Especial to the Messeneer.)

ASP~NACA ~ lAC l1CSSCuSGIJ
Raleigh, N. c., September 2e-The
governor orders an exchange OF courts
by which Judge Allen will hold the
November term OF BERTHE court and
Judge Winston the November term Of
Lenoir court. The latter win hold
Pamlico court for Judge Bryan, who is
infirm.
In the superior court here today a
young man convicted Of ARRAY
with Mayor A. NJ. Powell on street last
night was sentenced to sixty days on
the roads He appealed to the supreme
court on the ground OF excessive pun
ishment and was required to give a
$500 justified bond. The grand Jury is
now considering another case involving
him and two other persons to see if
there was a conspiracy agains. the
mayor.
The farmers convention elected these
additional officers: Hector Mclean
vice president, ". H. Clarke, ] w. B.
Battle, j. A. Stevens. J. w. AtTater,
;: L. Patterson. B. H. Thompson, and
Hecter Mclean, executive committee.
The Following is the address 10 the
cotton farmers:
After full information presented by
the state agricultural department. Of the
intrinsic value of ~cottonseed for ferti-
i1zer and stock feeding, supplemented
by individual knowledge and experience
Of farmers present, the following re-
concentrations are made:
That we should not dispose o. our
seed, in case of sale, for less thar %
cents per bushel, or when exchanging
the same to mills should not receive
less tina 1888 pounds of meal, analyz-
ing SR per cent. ammonia for a ton Of
seed. This price is based on the present
price Of ~cottonseed meal and oil. If
these products advance in price seed
should sell at higher prices. In event
we are not able to sell or exchange on
these terms it is recommended we
should use the seed on the farm for
fertilizer and wherever practicable
there should be established by farmers
neighborhood cottonseed oil mills. 1t
is the sense Of this convention that it
is preferable to exchange the seed for
meal to be used on the farm rather
than impoverish the farm by the sys-
tenn Of robbery so much practiced by
u farmers in making outright sale of
seed. In all cases of sale or exchange
the purchaser should pay the freight on
the seed and h farmers the freight on
the meal. 1t is Furthermore agreed to
urge pom our friends the importance
of township and county organization
II W NLAo oS'-l 1blS SllN' "
We fully realize that mere state organ
ization and resolutions "a accomplish
but little unless those whom We seek
to aid shall organize among themselves
and actively and i~ntelligently co-ope-
rate with us. To this end we insist
that every farmer interested in pro-
curing better prices for c]ottonseed en-
gage actively in this work of organiza-
ton and no time be lost in performing
the same in each township and
county"
The p~enitentiary report made public
today is particularly interesting in its
reference to the fusion Administrations
management up to January LIST. II
says: Former superintendent Day
claimed and credited his statement
with $32,142 as having been expended
for permanent improvements. We ex-
amined invoices supporting this lac-
count, and found of this amount $14,257
expended for fertilizers, horses, mules
wagons carts, and farming imple'
ments. This amount should have beer
charged to expense account. We there
fore credit the permanent improvement
account with the difference between
$32, JAP and s14,257, which is SIT, 1885, "a.
There was S12, 0S4.S 50 receipts from sal
OF horses, mules, wagons, carts ant
farming implements from Castlt
Haynes, Halifax n Northampton
farms. The past administration, hav
ing discontinued the working of thes'
farms sold all stock and farming i'm
Elements. AS they found these farms
in full operation and stocked when the!
came in, we did not think it roper 70
them to take receipts from sale of thi
material and apply it as their earnings
Instead of the states prison earning
S34, 456 in excess of cost of maintenance
as claimed by superintendent Day
there was really a deficit of s35. 495-