Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-01
CAN STIR The BOYS,
IT SEEMS r,1poss1BLE TO ROUSE
THE NORTH CAROLINA VOTERS.
SCHOOLS ARE SIXTEEN WEEKS.
They Are Now Longer Than In the
History of the Old North State.
The Supreme Court of Appeals Mt
Raleigh.
Raleigh.

RALEIGH, N. c., September 3o.-(Spe-
None of the efforts to arouse political
| enthusiasm this year has succeeded. Au-
dlences are not large, but they are at
tentive and more critical than ever before.
Inc average length Of the term Of the
public schools this year is found to be
1913 weeks, or about AZ months. Last
year It was 1856 weeks, and in 1900 it was
l466 weeks. It is now longer than ever
before in the history of the common
schools
News reached here to-day from Luln-
| berton that e. x. Proctor. Jr-, a promi-
nent lawyer there, was dying of typhoid
fever. One of his children has the same
disease.
TO HELP HIS BROTHER.
James H. Pou will make several speech
es in the campaign in the interest of Con-
gresham E. w. Pou, his brother. His
first speech will be at Rocky Mount, next
| Monday.
The Supreme Court to-day took up the
docket of appeals from the Sixth District.
It Is n light one.
| There Is no change in the street-car
strike here. It is expected that by the
| END or the year a new company will buy
| the system and extend it, but at present
there is nothing definitely known.
The Secretary of State has nearly COM
pleted the very heavy work of sending
out to the various county election boards
the books, ETC., for the permanent roll
! of voters"
| Nearly all the State officers are now
out in the campaign, and the departments
| are very barren Of news
Io-day the two large cannon were set
| In granite beds or bases on each side of
| the Confederate monument at the west
entrance to the Capitol square, and they
! add greatly to the appearance of the mon
ument These guns were originally naval
| 81 Founders, one dated 1S4S. the other
| 1852, and they were taken at the Norfolk
| hayward when Virginia occupied it in
| 1861. They were sent to the Tredegar
Iron Works, rif1ed and made 6-inch ritled
| shrunl1 on the breach, making them
guns, and a wrought-iron band was
greatly resemble Parrot guns. They
were mounted on the sea face at Fort
| Caswell. When in January, 1865, that fort
| was evacuated, they were left spiked and
| loaded.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
| To-days Weekly Crop Bulletin for North
| Carolina says:
THE past week has been decidedly
favorable one in almost every respect;
outdoor work was advanced rapidly early
| in the week, and beneficial rains the lat
ter portion caused much improvement iii
the condition of late crops. The tempera-
ture was continually above normal during
the week. the mean averaging nearly
: degrees daily in excess; the last few
days especially We're very warm. Fine
! rains occurred on the 18th and c6th which
appear to have been nearly general over
the State, but were heaviest in the cen
tral-east portion. The rainfall was very
beneficial to turnips, late Irish pota toes,
| and pastures, and was generally sufficient
to place soil in good condition for plow-
ing. though for the latter purpose more
rain would not be harmful.
| Picking cotton has progressed quite rap
idly under favorable conditions: practi-
caly about three fourths of the open
cotton has been picked out: the warm
| weather has caused very rapid opening of
the remaining bolls and a few CORE
spondents state that much of the cotton
just opening falls out badly. In some To-
calities the yield of cotton is better than
anticipated, but. as a whole. previous
reports of a short crop seem amply justi-
fed. Gathering old corn is under way;
late bottom Land corn is about matured
ard will give a fine yield. Fodder has
all been placed in shock. The cutting OF
| tobacco in northern counties where much
remains in the fields is being pushed
and the crop continues to cure well. Tur-