The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-22

70 Lanaoa He o that his
health has much improved.
B. Won HERR. OF New York. was here.
today to confer with Professor Hume
tht state horticulturist. regarding the
tract OF land near Southern Pines. on
which for a number OF years the Ger
Kali Works have maintained an
experiment farm, under state direc>'
tons. the company furnishing the land
and bearing expense. The state has
discontinued work there and Mr.. Won
Hern desires 10 ascertain whether the.
state wishes the property.
The report on the weather in this
state for June says that the mean tenn,
perature vas E.4 degrees, which was n
degree below the normal. The highes.,
absolute temperature was 102 degrees.l
the 4 at Southern Pines: the lowest.
absolute temperature was 80 degrees.
on the 4th at Linville: the greatest
daily range was A degrees on the 18th
at Tarboro. The average rainfall for
the state was 4.60 inches which is nor
mai. The greatest rainfall vas S.7si
inches at Rockingham and the least rs
at Kinston. The rainfall was,
deficient in the eastern and WESTERN
and IN excess in the central
State Treasurer Lacy says the last
Legislature increased the work y. his
office fully 20 per cent. He now co..
fleets all the franchise taxes, the horse
dealers and piano n organ licenses
which the sheriffs used to collect. This
summer a correspondent has been heav-
l.er than ever, from $50 TO 200 letters a
day.
, Manager Bachelor of the Raleigh D.s>
ipensary says the sales have fallen OF
during this hot weather, particularly
1.-THE sales of whiskey.
President Charles McIver. of the State
Normal n Industrial college. is here
land spoke tonight before the Summer
school at the Agricultural and Mechani-
lcal college. his address being to the
Estate society for the betterment of pub
lliC school houses and grounds. DIR. Nc
liver says that Mrs. Dixie Lee Bryant.
lwho a few days g was given a doc
TORS degree by the University OF ie-
~lvaria, Germany, is the first woman to
ibe given a degree by that institution.
lShe is a charter member of the faculty
lof the Normal and Industrial college
land is now returning from Germany
latter three years leave of absence, dur
ling which her place was hled by Mr.,
IGiibert Pearson. Both of these will be
members of the faculty.
Among today's arrivals were w. A.
IStewart and r.. L. Gordon. Of Dunn;
lJIh, ). Shaw, Jr., of L~aurinburS;
IGt-. N. Ives Charles l.. Stevens and
lG. T. robinson, New Bern.
! The annual meeting of the Woman's
Association for the improvement OF
public school houses and grounds was
lheld today at the Agricultural n Me-
lchanical college here. Mrs. Hollowell,
lof Goldsboro presiding, Secretary Miss
Mary Taylor Moore, of Mt. Airy, and
Miss Marie Buys, of New Bern. Thir-
ity counties have local organizations
and have delegates h9e. Six field
workers were also present.
At the Agricultural and Mechanical
college today F. H. Busbee. Esq, lee,
ltured on Nature Study.
Among today's arrivals were NJ. H
iFowlks, Rockingham; w. D. GlennOn
cameron; w A. Cochrane, ]. B. Sher.
l-ill, Troy; Frank Barnes, Charlotte; S
iC. Cooper, Henderson; L. r. Carver
Scotland Neck.
OF the four per cent. bonds of tEt
state some mature in 1909 and 1910. bu'
lmost in 1913. Those maturing earliest
ARE penitentiary bonds, to pay the deb
and to u the farm on the Roanoke
river, the total being $170,0 600. This
year the penitentiary invested SCI ,5G
Iof its profits in the purchase of -four
lper cent bonds to the mount of $58, 500
lOf course it could not obtain the specia
bond issued on account of the peniten'
tiary, and SO it bought the ordinar.
Jones. Speaking about the penitentiir.
today, the state treasurer said it was
lin very fine state financially.
In an interview with Miss Jennie
tCoffin, the librarian III charge CT ths
IRaney library here she stated that
the library is constantly growing and
now contains $500 volumes. Mr.. Raney
who made a gift of the library building
Ito the city, placed in it 5000 volumes
$50 that the original number has beer
much more than doubled by purchase
and gift. Miss Coffin says that during
1.-THE Summer school the teachers ar,
iusing the library to a very large ex-
tent, making deposits and taking out
books to read or study. The habit OF
lreading is growing to a notable de-
Igree, especially among the boys. OF
Icourse novels are much more read
THAN I'M other class of books, yet the
higher class of literature IS taking hold
of the public. About s. or 80 books
lare taken out daily on an average, some
days., particularly owardS the II
1.-The week, the number runs UP to Ice.
State Superintendent j. Y. Joynel
Twas asked what was the impressions of
1.-THE work being done by the teachers
lSummer school here, he having made
~lseveral addresses there and having
watched the work. He replied that he
was very favorably impressed, that the
school lis by far the largest ever held
lin the state and that the body Of teach
Iers is a very representative one, COM
iposed of teachers from private and
public schools, from the city and the
country.
Superintendent Joyner left today for
Davidson college, where he will make
an address to the Summer school. He
will thence go TO the South Carolina
lSummer school at Rock Hill, where by
invitation will make some
talks.
!, Norman III. Johnson, who is the attor-
lney and lecturer and editor of the
Merchants Association will make his
third tour of the state and will speak
at AZ points. He will fill eleven ap-
in South Carolina, upon
special invitation.
An insurance man here makes a re-
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