The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-19
MANY EX-CONfEDERATES
ATTEND C. A. R. REUNION
OPPOSITION TO A LEASE.
REPORTS ON CROP CONDITIONS
IN THE STATE.
Mr.. Rowland. a Bidder for the A. ana
n. c. Railroad, Talks Of His Plans
Cotton Damaged by the Weather
Governor .Aycock TO Review the
Troops as the Ehcampment-Sew
Freight Locomotives for the s. A. l..

Mc>ScIEcI
Raleigh, n. c., August 10
IL Gems that there IS some small DID,
position 10 4 lease OF the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway. but that the
mass OF sentiment favors it. There are
two bids in hand. and both bidders are
very much in earnest. Mr.. r s How
land, OF Asheville talks very interest
irgIy about his plans in case he
the lease OF the a. One OF these is
the development of the country along
the whole line, the establishment OF
colonies OF Immigrants, the ~re-equip>
| ment of the Atlantic Hotel at More
head City so as 10 make il an all the
. year house, as Mr.. Rowland remarked,
there might be very few guests there
the first winter. but after that there
will be no trouble.
Governor Aycock left this morning
for Camp Lee at Morehead City and
will return Wednesday night. Tcmor-
row there viii be Governors day with
a great review, in which the New Bern
and Beaufort divisions of the Naval
| Reserves will take part.
| The crops look wonderfully well al
along the railway, but some armers
| say the cotton crop is very deceitful in
| appearance. the weed being very large
and handsome. but bolls and squares
scattered badly. 1t is significant mat
| none of the farmers appear 10 wan a
| large crop as they say in such a case
they would not be able 20 gather il.
! The weather bureau nan here, Mr..
| Weisner, when asked this morning
what vas the outlook as TO cotton said
it has suffered some on light sandy
| soils, from the considerabl BILE amount
| of rain, that RUS had appeared and that
Fthere was a shedding. Professor n. Y.
| Gulley, of Wake Forest college, who
has been visiting in Johnston county
| says there is no shedding there, and
that the cotton is regarded as a phe-
| nomenal crop. He say the finest corn
he ever saw is 100 acres, belonging to
| Ashley Horne, which the latter says
Will make a thousand barrels. F. s.
| Spruill, of Franklin, says the crop
| prospects in his section are the best he
| ever saw, and that if there is NO dis
| aster the people will roll in wealth.
The corn crop is in large part already
made. The %Seaboard Air Line railway
receives reports on the crops from all
| its agents., and these reports show con-
siderable shedding 4 damage by rain.
1t was stated by one merchant here
hat cotton rover had made as many
crops mortgages this season as usual.
and that prosperous years do not seem
to cut down this mortgage business, in
other words that there are practically
as many crop mortgages as ever.
The thing which is most interesting
Republicans just now is the new state
committee. The most significant thing
is the leaving off of Revenue Collector
Duncan. 1t is not known by the local
Republicans why this was done. II had
been said that the urpos was not 10
have on the committee any office-hold-
ers, but Collector Harkfns has been
put on as one of the new men. Ex-
Judge Timberlake and B. F. Mebane,
VINO are new members, are supposed to
be antagoniStic to Duncdn's interest.
1t IS not known whether the indict-
ments OF some of Collector Duncan's
deputies have anything to do with this
matter.
Grand Secretary Drewry Of the Grand
Lodge of Masons says Emo Lodge at
Durham, has been revived after being
| dormant eight years. He says every.
thing is practically complete now for
the preparations for work on the Ma
sonic temple.
/ Commissioner Of Agriculture Patter-
son says the weather has damaged cot
| ton. but at this time it is impossible
70 say how much. He today received
A letter from one OF the greatest cot
ton growers in Georgia. saying that
the latter sinceIely hoped the crop was
much damaged, his wish being hat
| il should be cut off at least II per cent.
his views being that a twelve million
bale crop would be a great calamity.
while a ten million able crop would
make good financial showing and assure
| good prices for some years to come.
Ten powerful freight locomotives have
arrived for use by Seaboard Air Line,
all having cylinders u by 80 inches
These are to run OIL the Atlantic and
Monroe division, until the new Birm-
ingham division track has properly
settled, and then will run o. that
mountain DAD These are the largest
engines in this part OF the country, en-
CINE and tender weighing 100000
p pounds.
There are now only about 60 men en-
, | ployed in the Seaboard Air Lin shops
4 here. but in September the number is
to be doubled.
Work is now being pushed rapidly al
the Methodist Orphanage here and the
painters are in charge, the carpenters
having finished.
State Treasurer Lacy has selected the
successor to the famented J. p. AIRING
ton as institutional clerk, but VIII not as
yet give out the name.
a nunfber OF officers Of the National
Guard of his state are making plans
to go to the maneuvers at Manassas