The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-26
NORTH CAROLINA.

Sanford Express: 1t is said that
the crate factories in North Caro-
lima and Virginia hav formed a.
trust and will make the fruit
growers pay high prices for their
crates. This will hit some OF the
Moore county people who raise ard
ship fruit and vegetables 1t is said
that the crate factories OF south
Carolina are not in n trust so the
fruit and truck growers Of this state
Will probably buy their crates from
them.
New Bern Journal: The Oldest in
habitant cannot remember a ~1nte
season in this section in Whcn the
ocId weather hung on 50 persistent
This winter has been one of the mos
remarkable on record for the steady
cold from almost the very start
Hardly a day has passed since De
cexmber /. but the Thermometer mas
registered 80 degrees. and even max
ing a new record for itself. Yesterday
was one of the coolest days OF the
season. The mercury registered 10 de-
g1ees-
C1arkton Express: The public school
house in District No. 2. white, this
township, was burned Monday after
non. I'M cshool was out for recess
and the fire was discovered on top or
the building, having started in some
pine straw lodged thereon. There
was no chance to stop the fire, so the
teacher. Miss Eva Cromart1S, ana
scholars, assisted by some colored
people, proceeded to remove the desks,
etc, which fortunately were all saved.
Stanley Enterprise: Owing to the
excessively cold and dry weather
wheat in this county shows UP very
poorly. niles we have good SHOWS
and warm weather farmers tell us
that it will be impossible to make a
good stand.
ASheville Gazette-News: The Sails
bury correspondent OF the Raleigh
News and Observer says: Captain
A. III. Price of this city, who haS for a
number of years been attorney for the
Southern railway. a resigned the
position. The Sun learns that the
cause of Captain Prices resignation
is the inability to effect a satisfactory
contract with the "a he has so long
represented. 1t is not learned who
his successor as attorney for the
Southern will be- 1t remains to be
said that the Southern railway is
losing as able a lawyer as it has ever
had in it's service, and it always has
the best legal talent obtainable.
Ashvirle Citizen: The portrait Of
y" w" 0NnJ "hASA "oo
by popular subscription and presented
to Buncombe county, was formally
unveiled yesterday. The occasion
was made notable in the history OF
the country. A great audience as
Sembled in the fine new court house
the result of Mr.. Packs gift to the
county. and filed the SeatS of the
large court room on whose north wall
hung the portrait Of that adopted sou
of the county in partial recognition of
whose donation to the city of Asheville
and the county of Buncombe, the pic
ture was presented by a~ppreciative
citizens and in honor of whom the
people gathered.
Greensboro Telegram: Burglars
night before last attempted to effect
an entrance into the residence of Miss
p. T. Jeffrey's. A noise was heard
at a bed room window and also at a
kstchen window. A gentleman men,
Der Of the household procured a pistol
ssnd vent out to investigate, but he
failed to find the .would-be burglars. |
had removed all the patty from
around a window light. 1t is sup
posed that they had reached this !
Dolnt when they Were frightened
way.
Monroe Journal: Mr.. V. D. Skies.
son lnf Mr. j. C. Skies. is at his faith
home in Monroe suffering with "a
case of smallpox. Week before last
Skies, with his brother. Mr.. G.. e.
Skies, wen to st Louis to buy stock.
IND also stopped in Atlanta, and he
got exposed to the disease sometime
during the trip, he doesn't know
when.
Kinston Free Press: Mention was
made in these columns. a day or two ago
OF a 12-year old boy being seen drunk
at the depot and an investigation by
Policeman Rowland as to whence
came the liquor resulted in finding |
that the boy obtained the liquor in
rather an unusual manner The dis
pensary after drawing Of
The whiskey into bottles put the bung
back in the barrel and set the barrel
outside thebuilding. The boy had
been there and knocked out the bun3
and setting a bucket under the hole
enough out to get on a jag"
Dublin Journal: Before too much
Is said about the ~boll-weevl We might
turn our attention to another pest
equally as destructive right at our
doors. State Entomologist Franklin
Sherman is making special inquiries
as to the strawberry weevil, which
during some years past has done
great damage along the line of the
Wilmington n Weldon railway
between Goldsboro and Wilmington,
in the counties of Wayne. Fender,
Duplin and New Hanover. Reports
which MI. Sherman has received show
that the loss ranges from One-fifth of
n crop to an entire crop in some cases.
The weevil does all its damage in the
spring by cutting off the blooms.
The 81 remedy is to plant varities
OF berries which do not produce
pollen. The Duff variety appears TO
De n best as it produces no pollen.
The Mckinley, Lady Thompson an,
Excelsior do produce pollen. Mr.
Sherman is now issuing a circular
letter asking for the most complete
information on this subject.