The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-12

Items of Interest Gathered Here and
There at the State Capital Ye.ter-
day.
Messenger

rSdlejgn, N T., september =.
The state board of education has SOLD
for $3.50 it's interest in the lands
known as the "Vedder lands" lying
In Jones and Onslow counties. There
was a suit and by the terms of a com
promise the Vedder heirs were to pay
by 1904 the sum above named for the
states interest. j. T. Sheets, Of Por:
Norfolk, has bought this interest and
is to pay the $4,000 by January Is;
next.
Governor and Mrs. Aycock left this
mo--.i-S .pr Seven Springs, near Colds
boro, anu will remain there two or three
days.
j. T. Joyner, state superintendent of
public instruction, returned today after
three weeks absence, mainly in the
Piedmont and western sections. He
says he is greatly pleased with the en-
thusiasm regarding public education.
AT Lexington there was an audience OF
1000 n in he northern part of Bun
combe county there was an audience Of
1000, by actual count.
-Four infantry companies of the state
guard nave been disbanded since July
!, upon recommendation of the inspec-
tor general. 1t is said today that an
other company will no doubt share the
fate OF these. The vacancies will not 80
filled unless good organizations, at suit
able locations, are offered.
There are three Croatan Indians in
Edgecombe county, these having moved
there from Robson county, and they
want a separate school. The law pro-
vides separate schools for the Croatans
in Robson. 1t forbids their intermar-
rage with whites and their ttpn63 nce
at white schools. 1t does not forbid
their intermarriage with negroes n
their attendance at negro schools.
Croatans do marry mulattoes, not ne
groes, though their people object to
such marriages. There will be no sep
arate school, for the three Croatans. If
they insist on one they will have to re-
turn to Robson to get it.
Rain began falling last night in this
first in several weeks.
The fall SO far is light.
John S.. Cunningham, of Person coun-
ty, who is here, says that in two weeks
the tobacco crop in that county and
adjacent ones, will be housed; that it IS
a large crop, and of good quality, and
that the high prices are very encour-
aging to growers.
Application for a new lodge of Odd
Fellows at Ellenboro is in Grand Sec
rotary WoodalTs hands. Application
for a lodge at Bellhaven is granted:
Two boys, quite young, were brought
to the ~penitentiary today, to serve 2
and 2k years for throwing stones at a
train.
Among today's arrivals were w. w.
Clark, NJ. D., w. Stevenson, D. l.. Ward,
New Bern.
Senator Hoar is invited to address the
State Literary and Historical Associa-
ton here III October.
TOday'S weekly crOD bulletin saws:
Frequent showers occurred during the
past week, chiefly on the Bird and 4th,
which gave a fairly abundant mount
of moisture along the northern tier of
counties but were very irregularly dis
tributed over the central and southern
portions of the state. The droughty
character of the seaso has not mate
rally changed, and crops continue TO
suffer from ack of sufficient moisture
over many counties. Where hoWer
occurred late crops were revived to
some extent, and field peas turnips and
clover were benefited. The mean tenn
p%erature was above normal except on
the 5th and 9Th which were quite cool.
Farm work progresses rapidly, but fall
blowing is much behind on account of
the refractory condition of the soil.
Streams are very low and water for
stock is scarce in some places.
Cotton has not improved and will be
far short of an average crop; the bolls
have completed their growth and are
opening very fast, some prematurely
on account of rust which is very wide
spread. Picking cotton is now general
and is advancing more rapidly. Late
planted cotton is still green and IN
give a small top crop. Corn is pract:-
cally made, and is a very good crop on
bottom lands, though short on uplands;
much corn has already been cut and
placed in shocks. FOdder pulling IS
nearly finished. Making sorghum syrup
has begun. Tobacco is all cured except
in the larger producing counties in the
north from Granville to Surry where the
work is still in progress with good re-
suits. Minor crops are fair to good and
can hardly be further influenced by
weather conditions. ScuppernonS
grapes are ripening. Strawberry plants
are suffering from the dry wealth..