The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-17
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
PREACHING DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
VIII be Larg-Preparfng
for the A and NJ. Summer School.
Business by the Hail Insurance CO..
Capt Adrian Commissioned In
spector of Small Arms Practice

Business by the Hail Insurance Co.
Can't. Adrian Commissioned In
spector of Small Arms Practice.
Messenger Bureau.
Raeigh. n. @. June H.
A charter is granted the Swain coun-
~ bank. at Bryson City, capital stock
$40. 0oo. The corporation commission
authorizes this bank and also the
Bank Of Ashpole TO begin business
The number of state, private and saw
ings banks is now LIS. which shows =
very remarkable increase in Il months.
The Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege is being put in shape for occupan-
cy by the teachers who will next month
attend the summer school,. Last year
two buildings were occupied by teach
ers. LIS being thus provided for. but this
year all the buildings Will be thrown
open TO them. and besides two OF the
female colleges will be utilized as dor
mitories.
The DOL weather is sail by farmers
to be particularly hard on cotton and
corn. 1t is said there has been frost
in the past two days in the mountain
regions of the state. What is known
as the drill worm is in the corn, and is
said to be particularly troublesome at
present. The, farmers wan TO see hot
nights.
Among today's arrivals were n. s.
Willard, HI. CT Smallbones, James c.
Munds and L.. NJ. Robinson, Of Will
mington; S. j. Everitt. OF Scotland
Neck: F. NJ. Hoye. Lat. Williams, OF
To- - w
Pierce. Greensboro.
Postmaster Bailey here says the pay
roll of the rural free delivery mail car
riers will after July 1sr De S36, GOO q
month. The number Of carriers d
in the state is $40, who get $50 a month.
| By July 1st, "a more are to be put on
! routes.
| The revenue officials are Informed o.
| the establishment of a new whiskey
distillery at Hoffman. with a capacity
! of ten bushels a day. The dull season
of the distilery is now beginning, Is n
| number Of them suspend during the
! summer resuming work in September
or October. The revenue Officials appear
to believe that as much whiskey is now
| made with the distilleries all in town
as was turned out when they were in
| the country districts. The reason of
! this is that the capacity of the distiller-
| les is so much greater under the new
| order Of things.
! Attorney Fred A. Woodland, of vii
; son is here making up the record n
| the corporation commissions side of
the Selma railway junction case, on
| appeal to the Supreme court. This case
, will come up early in the next term.
! Attorney Woodard says he is entirely
confident of the ultimate outcome.
| Elder J. William Bailey, chairman OF
! the state Anti-Saloon League, has pre-
! pared a prohibition map of the state,
! showing the counties in which there is
absolute prohibition, those in which
! there are dispensaries, n those IN
! which there are saloons or diStilleries.
! State Treasurer Lacy has a very
! faithful cat. This morning when Tel
| Ter Percival Fleming opened the door
! Of the big safe he saw nothing unusual,
but a moment later when he openea
| the door of the vault within the safe,
! out jumped the official cat, not . bir
| the worse for its nights rest in what
! space. The cat made a leap and near
. ly scared Fleming to death. The animal
I a been asleep on a lot of North Car
! olina bonds and money. Teller Fleming
remarked that the treasurer did not
/ need a Watchdog, as the cat filled he
bill. He was so much pleased with
the performance Of the cat that he got
1t a special breakfast.
A commission is issued 10 Alex
Adrian, Of Wilmington, as inspector Of
snall-arms practice Of the Second reg
iment, with the rank Of captain. a
commission is also issued to Fred II.
Ship, of New Bern, as adjutant OF
the naval brigade, vice Mellick, retired.
4. Commission are also issued under ali
act of 1864 to the ono cadets OF the
. Bingham school, Asheville, comforting
hvnyvaf rnnE ThpCn are f0 tN4nf4inG
Paul S. Shepperd, William p. Bomar,
William p. Herbert, James r. Crouch,
Wilfred D.. Booker, Robert q. Williams.
and to Lieutenant Arthur d. Bidile.
In an interview with Secretary E. A.
TlyIor of the Tobacco Growers Hail
Insurance Company, inquiries were
Ii-C! - to ne effect of the hailstorms
il the trucking section. Mr.. Taylor
said that his company had o busI-
ness this season in Is counties. in all
Of which more or less damage was done
by hail: about the am as last year.
The adjuSters are yet at work in that
section. This year the company took
Up strawberries for the first time and
insured this crop in about fifteen coun-
ties. it has also insured watermelons,
can%teloupes etc. He says that truckers
throughout the state have sustained
the usual amount Of damage by hail.
Friday night there was a severe hail
storm in parts of Scotland and Robe
son counties, totally destroying melons
in a section two miles wide n ten
miles long, the hail being half a foot
deep. The insurance on the
ry crop was up to June 18th, while that
on truck and melons is up to July LIST,
as it is considered that by the latter
day melons are we'll enough matured to
be out of danger
1t is remarkable how much interest
has developed In the Democratic state
convention. "A fortnight ago very lit
tie was said about il, but now since
the lively contest between Glenn and
Stedman has developed, people are
thinking and talking about he con-
vention 1t is certain that the atten-
dance will be very large.
Alex ]. Field, secretary of the state
Democratic executive committee. gives
out the following notice regarding pc.
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