The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27

Meet In Raleigh This week-Inter-
state Clay Pigeea sheos-wfia-Cas
for the Park-Dclegsses Leave TO
Attend Convention Of Holder. OF
Farmers Institutes.


Raleigh. ". c. June ..
Commissioners OF Agriculture Patter-
son. State Chemist Kilgore and Profess
sor ". +. Massey left today for Wash
ington, D. c.. to attend the national
convention Of holders Of farmers insti-
tutes-
Commissioner Patterson will also
have a conference with Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson regarding the issue
OF special trucking bulletins In future.
for the benefit OF the truck
This Is a new suggestion and n vaiu-
able one.
One OF the big oil-burning locomo-
tives which passed here a day or two
ago. on the to the Southern Pa
ciic railroad. Is ditched near Colon. IL
split a switch and went over.
The latest arrival ut Pullen park here
Is a very large wild cat. the special
gift OF the Carolina Brights' Smoking
Tobacco Company. OF Wilson
The Electric Power Company which
owns the Buckhorn falls. on the Cape
Fear river. southwest of Raleigh. Ia
building It's canal. As Yet only the
earth-work is being done.
The new memorial library ut Trinity
college il completed. A number If
men have been al work there. anu say
1t is the finest building In the state.
The Interstate shoot 1T clay pig
cons will take place here Wednesday
and Thursday. Many states will be
represented. Some of the best shots H.
North Carolina will participate. There
will be ten regular events each day
Much money Is UP in the way OF
purses.
The State Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton meets here tomorrow. Wednesday.
and Thursday. Its sessions viii be. OF
course, not open to the public. It is said
there are now over $500 members.
though no figures are given out. In
1894 it had $50. and since then barten-
ders, clerks, distillers and wine-mak-
ers have been taken in. There will be
two or three delegates from each local
association. All the cities. towns and
counties are represented. even IL they
are under prohibition or "dispen-
sary' laws. The association will I'm
politics support those who are friendly
to its interests.
The trustees of the oxford orphan
asylum met at Durham this evening
and tomorrow go to Oxford. IL will be
ST. Johns Day, and the Grand Lodge
OF Masons meet there. superintendent
w. j. Hicks. who has been quite sick,
is now better. A decision will be made
as to the sale of the property in Mime
apolis, requested to the orphanage. For
this property an offer Is made.
Farmers declare the cotton and corn
in this county are the best I'm ten years.
| The size and color are notably good.
The state charles the Asheville Ma
sonic Building Company, capital sa5.-
900, which will build n temple there. 1t
| also charters the Teachey's Brick and
Tile Company.
Yesterday afternoon q large negro
funeral occurred. Bib Matthews,
worth s25. 1000, died June 18th. h
body was embalmed and will be buried
in September. 1t is in a casket or
cedar and glass. so that all of IL can
be seen from the top and sides. This
casket was made by Matthews son-ln-
law. A vault will be built for ii.
Until then il will be at the undertakers.
to which place it was taken after tn
services at the church.