The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-08
REPORT OF COURT OF NqUmY.
Colonel OF Third Regiment, An Reg
fmentaI Officers and Officers OF CO.
A. We're Remiss I'm their Duties.
Corn Crop a Fine One-BasebaII
League May be Organized.


Raleigh, N. c., November ..
Today the finding of the court OF in
quiry as regards the death of Privates
J. B.. Warren and George H.. Johnson.
of'Company A. Third Infantry. North
Carolina National Guard, and the
wounding Of Quartermaster Sergeant
s.. F. Gates and Corporal w. P. Nc
Dade. of the same company, while on
their way home from the encampmen.
at iMorehead City, August 18th, were
made public in General Order No. %.
Atlantic ~ North Carolina railway
while riding OF top OF one OF the cars
My striking an overhead bridge at Stony
Greek near Goldsboro. The court of
inquiry received the evidence of every
available officer, enlisted man and civil
ian who could possibly give any evil
dence in this case. The opinion of the
court is that the colonel of the Third
Regiment, all regimental officers who
were on the train, and all officers of
Company A on the train were remiss
in the discharge of their duties in not
taking ordinary precautions 20 enforce
proper discipline. The governor ap-
proved the proceeding, finding an
| opinion of the court of inquiry, OF
which Colonel John C. Niche was pres
ident. 1t is not yet known what fur
ther steps will be taken regarding the
! regimental officers and the officers in
Company A.
There are limitations that possibly
a baseball league may be formed early
next year of Virginia and North Car
DINA clubs. North Carolina sent no
delegates TO the recent meetings OF
baseball men at Richmond, but it is
said the matter can be yet arranged.
Professor w. F. Massey has returned
from a visit to the st. Louis exposition.
While absent he delivered a lecture be-
fore a large gathering of farmers in
Southern Illinois, upon the important
matter of restoring the fertility of their
lands, which are very badly run down.
He says he found lands there, in that
section which used to be known as
Egypt. as badly run down as any North
Carolina lands; full of gullies. grown
up in broomsedge, etc. He recommend
ed the planting of cornfield pease and
the people there will take up that mat
ter. The land used to be rich prairie,
but has been planted every year in
corn for at least 60 years, and without
any attempt at enrichment of the soil.
One man there had So acres in pease
this season. Seed pease ave been sent
there from North Carolina.
Sheriff Page says that he has never
seen the corn crop in this county SO
good as the present one. He says he
never saw people work 50 hard, at
tempting to gather the big cotton crop.
Driving by the fields he says it is no
uncommon sight to see very little chill
dren tied by the leg to a bush or tree
at the end of the cotton rows, while
their parents and all the larger chill
dren are at work picking cotton. There
never was such weather. for picking,
yet many fields are white. He says
the farmers are very prosperous, and
in far better plight than at any time
since the civil war. He says the DEM
ocrats will carry the county by about
the usual majority.
Norman johnson, of the Retail Ner-
chants Association, goes to Richmond
on the 18th instant to deliver an ad-
dress before the Chamber of Com
merce and the Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION.