The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-25
CLIMATE AND CROP REPORT
ISSUED BY c.. F.. HERMAN
FOR MONTH OF AUGUST.
Chief Feature Was the Intense Hot
PeriOd-VOte il Favc- of Bond Issue
Was Almost As
ISOLATION to Meet-Other New Notes.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, y. G, september rs.
The state superintendent Of public
instruction find hat there are now
AIS libraries in rural public schools
established under the act of 1901 and
81 established under the act of 1908.
A charte is granted the Carolina
Barytes Company, of Stackhouse. Mad
ison county, to mine and manufacture
barytes, tale, etc, capital stock $50, 900.
The Southern Chemical Company OF
Wilson i sauthorized to decrease it's
capital stock from 5000, 900 to s25. 1000.
The corporation commission will to-
morrow go to Hickory to hear the pc
titiOnS of the residents of that town
for a new depot.
President Warner of the State Press
Association will meet with it's eXecu-
tive committee at Charlotte tomorrow
to select the place for the next meet
ing, which is to be known as the mid
winter meeting. this being an inno-
walton as heretofore, the meetings have
only been held in the hammer. Invl-
tations are in han from Washington,
D. c., Baltimore, Charlotte, Green's
boro n Jackson Springs. Mr.. Warner
thinks the meeting will be held at
Washington or Baltimore.
1t is now stated that Mr.. Howell
Cobb will conduct both the Marlborough
and the ark hotels here; that while
it is in progress in the way of re-
fitting the Marlborough, the guests will
be transferred to the Park, and that
afterwards the latter will be used as
an annex to the Marlborough, but will
be re-fltted entirely.
he delay in the issue of magazine
rifles to the National Guards is due to
the fact that the quartemaster gen.
eral who has charge of the payments
to troops from government funds de-
sires to complete that work before
making the issue.
All sorts of claims are made as to
h diSpenSary vote here. Fac side
claims that it is sure to win by q
good majority.
1t appear from the returns so far
received that the vote for the bond
issue In aid of the Raleigh and Pam
leo Sound railway is practically unan-
lmous all the Wav along the route from
Raleigh to Washington.
The climate and crop report issued
by c. F. Won Herman for North Car
olina for the month of August, was
issued today. 1t says. the chief feature
was the brief. bT+ intense hot period
from the 23rd to the 29th, during which
the maximum was over 100 degrees at
several stations. The only other fea-
tura was the great excess of rainfall
at many eastern stations, notably Will
mingtOn. The hot wave was of Short
duration. as compared with similar
ones in August 1898, and 1900, when
temperatures above 80 degrees occur
red for Is to % days in succession,
and yet crops We're not badly injured.
The mean temperature for the month,
1871 degrees, is slightly e half a de-
gree o the normal for the past SO
years., and the average rainfall, SIG
inches, is a little owe half an inch
below the normal. At Henderson or
the 18th there was a remarkable ram
fall of Go inches in two hours. The
number of rainy days for the month
was large. The highest mean tenn
perature was S1.4 degrees. at Southport,
n the owest 65, at Linville. The
highest absolute temDerature vas 102,
on h 25th at Selma: the lowest Al
degrees at Linville. The greatest eX-
cess of rainfall occurred at Whining
ton, being 6.SS inches move normal. The
greatest state average rainfall record
ed for August was 1918 inches, 1901,
while the least was 2.31 inches in 1896.
At the Edenton Street Methods,
church this morning Mr.. Edward H
Vaughan, formerly Of Fayetteville, and
Miss Mary Lea Spelman were married.
The bride is the daughter of the late
John Spelman, who for many years., be-
fore, during and after the civil war
was IN editor here. State Treasurer
Lacy was best man. Mr.. Vaughn is an
engineer on the Seaboard Air Line and
has lived here about eight years.
The finding Of the two convicts,
Medlin n Rice, hidden in a loft at the
~penitentiary, gave great pleasure to the
officials. Some very daring escapes
have been made from the prison and
some equally daring attempts have
failed. 1t is thought that these men
had attempted to dig a sort of tunnel
under part of the administration build
ing, in order to get into the front mart
Of the pe~nitentiary grounds. This dis
covery was made several days ago,
while searchinp. for these men.