The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-22

~stasonic Temple Fund Reaches S1oc,-
OOO-Tcsts OF Varieties Of Cabbagrs-
Health OF Raleigh is Good-E1ec-
ton Returns Now Coming In Rap
idly.
Messenger Bureau.

RaEeign, N. c., November H.
Grand Secretary John C. Drewry OF
the Grand Lodge Of Masons a y the
900. and that $4,000 more is needed.
1t is decided, he states, that work on
the building viii begin il the early
spring. It may be that a viii
then be put at work in the state. Last
yea Francis ID. winston made a very
successful anvas
Secretary Parker of the Farmers
State Alliance says work will be resum-
ed Saturday. when State Lecturer z.
M. Gates goes to Johnston, to reorgan-
ize the order in that county. where
there are now perhaps half a dozen
sub-alliances. The work will be push
ed in all parts of the state hereafter.
State Horticulturist Harold Hume,
says that the tests of different varie>
ties of cabbages at the William Dunn
farm at New bern are so far succeed
ing very well. The stand is good and
the first week in December the plants
will be set put in the field. There are
279 varieties, the greater number ot
which are unknown in North Carolina.
Professor Hume is preparing descrip-
tive sheets about the apples of this
state. These are on cards and a sec
ton of the peel of each variety OF apple
fs fastened on the card. The skins or
apples preserve their rich colors for a
great length Of time, even for as long
as Is years.
State Entomologist Franklin Sher-
man says he desires to get in touch
with avery fruit grower in the state
with whom he has not had correSpon-
dence, who suspects the presence of the
San Jose fruit scale. He asks that spe-
cimens OF infected twigs be sent to
him.
Professor Hume desires the address
OF all persons in North Carolina who
grow pecans or who contemplate grow
ing these profitable nuts. He is pre-
pairing special Illustrations of the best
varieties Of pecans. He will put a col
lection of all the kinds of these nuts
in the state musum. Saturday even
ing he will address the students of
Guflford college on forestry.
w. B. Rodman' of Charlotte, who has
charge of the matter of the sale of the
state swamp and held by the board
of education, says that depredations on
these lands have been considerably
checked and are not so extensive as
they have been. OF course there are
always ~depredations, not only on these
lands but on the lands of private per-
sons.
The state grants a charter to the
Behrends & Kelley Furniture Company
of Wilmington, authorized capital stock
SIS, 900.
The city physician says h health
of Raleigh Is now unusually good. He
reports only one case of dyphtherfa
and one of scarlet fever. There have
been no persons in the smallpox pest
house since last spring. He says there
are n or two cases of smallpox in the
county.
A photograph and description of the
flag Of the state used during the Civil
War by troops will be sent to the flag
committee of the United Confederate
Veterans, also the seal Of the state.
These are to be engraved and placed In
a special volume.
The election returns are coming in
quite rapidly to the secretary of state,
and the blanks are being prepared for
use by the state board of
in making the returns.