The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05

Board of Agriculture Finishes
Its SessiOno-Fifty ousa Dol
lars at for an Agricultural Build
ing at the A. and VI. CoIIege-BiG
Distil1ery to be Erected at Ham
let.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., June ,, 1908.
let.

l. bIlE 1SQtIdl court mere Il CdSt - up
lin which z. \. Lackey, OF Hamlet, IS
defendant. It involves 11.000 gallons o.
l~whiskey. Mr.. Lackey says he will build
lat Hamlet the largest whiskey distil-
Ilery in the state. 1t will use 400 bush
Iels daily and will turn out is barrels
Iof whiskey. The largest distillery now
lin the state is at Marion. with 4 capac-
lily Of TO- bushels.
Next Monday the North Carolina
Merchants Association VIII meet here
lin annua convention.
Interest in the Haywood habeas cor
lpus case continued practically unhrok-
len for six days, it being the longest
hearing OF the kind on record in North
carolina. The main contention Of the
defense was to prove that Skinner
Istruck Haywood and that it was the
l~latter's first shot which it was claimed
Twas fired at close range which caused
death. A strong contention o. the
prosecution was that after a return Of
a true bill by a grand jury there is no
lpower to grant habeas corpus.
h state board of agriculture finish
led its work today, and passed the bud
iget for the ensuing six months,
amounting to 500 900. 1t also passed the
college budget for the year ending next
June, this to maintain both the dgri-
l%culture n mechanical departments.
THE board adopted new quarantine reg
lulatiOns, these being entirely designed
Ito carry out the law more thoroughly.
lit is hoped and believed that during
1.-THE year 1903 three or four more coun-
tiles Will be gotten out of the quaran-
time district. The experiment station
budget was adopted, this covering the
$4,000 coming from the Hatcn fund.
THE board adopted the following i'm
l%portant resolutions:
"WhereaS the state museum now con-
ltainS an exhibit of all the crude or raw
products of North Carolina. and where
las there IS a growing desire that manu-
lfactured products be also shown, be it
resolved that It is the sense Of the
Estate board of agriculture that such q
display Of manufacturers in the sec
ltions devoted to the various natural
products and illustrative of theAuses
Imade of the latter is particularly de-
Isirable, and manufacturers are invited
land urged to send such specimens to
the museum. those to be properly dis
!played in the appropriate sections:
lsuch specimens thus to be ready at all
times for inspection by visitors end
lalso available for display at exposi-
Itions, etc
The board adopted the following res
Iolutions which is of special interest:
"Whereas Governor Aycock in his cir
ocular letter Of April 18th states that the
leXhibit which North Carolina expects
Ito mak at st. Louis will be made by
this department. and whereas the whole
lof the expenses of such exhibit will
come out of the public subscription
made by the legislature,
Resolved. That this Coard accepts
THE responsibility Of making the ex-
Ihibit on the above terms and hereby
pledges its every effort to make SUCH
iexhibit q success. 1t is understood that
the state geOlogist will exercise a con-
TROLLING supervision over the exhibit in
the division Of mines and mining. of
(which division of the Worlds Fair
management he is the executive head,
land that u secretary will exercise
la like control over the exhibits in "g-
Iriculture and horticulture. in when
divisions he old q responsible posi-
Ition. The important exhibit in fores-
try and natural history will be there
fore left in charge Of q curator Of the
museum 10 prepare and install. and ne
will also take charge of the collection,
%Ishipping and installation of the muse
luIn specimens needed in the Other di-
visions. It is furthermore understood
THAT in accepting this trust it is on the
understanding that all specimens. case
furniture. and appliances of every kind
iSeCured in connection herewith Wy
become the property of the museum at
the close Of the exposition. The ON
missioner is hereby authorized and re-
lquested to carry out the above resolu-
ItiOn as soon as funds are available
land meantime to ~coura ana adj
Ivance the work as much as Dossibla.'
The board Of agriculture has for four
lyears made a special appropriation 70
1.-THE state fair, but this year owing to
the fact that the legislature has pro
lvided for the use of SO much Of its
funds for other purposes, i : with
great regret compelled to forego max
ling any appropriation to the fair, the
livery high value of which it fully rectg-
Inizes.
The board Of trustees of the A~gricul-
ttural and Mechanical college finds i
will cost $4,000 to complete the Pullen
memorial building in which are the
idininS hall. auditorium. etc, and has
iordered the two lower stories prepared
use at the earliest possible minute.
A committee was appointed to secure
Iplans for the agricultural building at
the college. which it is designed shall
cost some $50. 900. The committee vii!
Ialso endeaVor to arrange for securing
money to pay for this building. and It
IS the hope that at the December meet
ing the contracts for its erection can
be awarded.
Among. today's arrivals were George
Patterson. of Maxton; D. l.. Carlton. o.
kenansville: Thomas W. Mason. Of
Northampton; a. D. Ward. D. T. Foy.
Iof New Bern; J. G.. Boylin. Of Wades-
Iboro.
It nov seems TO be regarded as rea-
Isonably certain that North Carolina
Twill have q great exhibit at St. Louis.
IA very large part Of the mater a. is
iready for immediate use.
The first confederate soldier killed in
battle was Henry L. Wyatt OF the First
regiment. North Carolina volunteers.
WHO fell at Big Bethel June 10th. 1861.
He is buried at Richmond. Marshal
Robert H. Bradley OF the supreme
Icourt each year sends a flag there t
be placed upon his grave and today
lsent one for this use.
The crop report for the state today is
gratifying. Only along the southern
border is there drought. Hail has done
some damage, but perhaps less thar