The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-26

Illicit DistiIling ON tho Increase-New
Rural Delivery Routes-F1ght Over
Choice OF County Commissioners
Interesting Documents Bearing on
Colonial History.
Messenger Bureau.

Fine rains have fanen throughout
this section. and at exactly the RICH;
time. as h very great a this week
had begun to slightly affect the crops.
even cotton and corn.
The number OF teachers present at
the Summer school here has reached
the high figure of 800 and more are to
come.
Among today's arrivals we're Mr.. and
Mrs. II. 3. Warner, who have returned
from Concord. New Hampshire, where
he attended the National Convention of
Labor Commissioners.
Seven new rural free delivery mail
routes were established today. these
being as follows, with name of carrier
and annual salary: Loray, Lawrence
s. Sides, 1904; Bellows Creek, F. r.
Vonhay, s504; Pinnacle, three carrirs,
E. L. Moser 1854. E. F. Stone S64S, and
William L. Mosar 1854; Rural Hall,
Z. l. Helsaback 1866; ~Statesviile, w. E.
Smith. S72O.
United States District Attorney Har-
ry Skinner was seen at his office today.
with him being j. A. Giles, of Pittsboro,
new assistant district attorney. Colonel
Skinner spoke about illicit distilline
and said it vas on tie Increase. He
then went on to speak about the Watts
Law n the failure of county officers
to enforce it. He declared that the
sentiment in Eastern North Carolina
was against that Law and opposed to its
enforcement. He added: You can't
catch the moonshiners and you can't
convict them in the local courts. Many
good citizens sympathize with them and
the people will not inform on them.
The only chance to convict them is in
the Federal court where the jurors are
not gathered from one locality but are
from various sections Mr.. Giles said
that his county, Chatham, is a very
strong prohibition county and had the
law two years before the Watts law
went into effect, the latter law really
not affecting this county. He said that
in chatham the people were more op-
posed to the anti-jug than to the Watts
law
State H~orticulturist H. Harald Hume,
Will soon begin a series of experiments
of great value for Piedmont and West
ern North Carolina, these being with
what are known as color crops"
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during the winter months and protect
it from washing and also to enrich the
land. These experiments will be in IA
different sections, by cooperation be-
tween the agricultural department and
farmers in the counties of Haywood,
Buncombe, Henderson. Cherokee, Gull
ford, Wautauga, Yadkin, Mitchell, Polk,
Jackson, and Macon. The crops which
will be planted are burr clover, GRIM
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clover, hairy vetch, I'd clover, drarf
essex rape. The very best seed have
been obtained fom the United States
department n also the
preparation which i~noculates all the
legumes, his being for h purpose Of
forming nitrogen tuberculus on the
Three of the large oaks in the Capitol
which are in danger of falling
are being fastened together with wire
There were fou trees in this par
group, but one Cell abou three
weeks ago. Some of tive trees in the
square are dangerous as they lean
away from each Other, having been
left standing FAR too close together, and
are top heavy One leans toward the
Washington stature and mother across
the most used walkway through the
quare-
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we'll known North Carroll uian, it was
stated that Joseph w. Folll of st. Louis
was a native of BERTHE county, this
state, but it is now learned that he was
not born there. His father. was a native
of that county.
Mrs. w. r. Hollowell, of Goldsboro,
has been reelected President of the
Woman's Association for the Better
ment of Public School Houses. Mrs. E.
" ~ naI0;~h - n1oofn6 Woo
President. Miss Mary K. Applewhite,
of Scotland Neck, recording secretary,
and Miss Mary Taylor, of Mt. Airy, cor
responding secretary.
AIT the Summer school today DR..
Kempt p. Battle, of the University or
North carolina lectured on Graham
and Badger.
AS yet the authorities here at Ra-
leigh nave had rather poor luck in cap
turing the operators of blind tigers:
white man, who was running this
sort Of business, has fled, and it is SAID
has zone to Virginia.
The funeral services of Mrs. Lula
Purnell Bachelor, the wife OF Mr..
Starke Bachelor and daughter OF Judge
Thomas r. Purnell, were held this
morning from the church Of the Good
Shepherd, Rev. Drs. Pittinger and Mar
shall officiating.
A great many out OF lOWu pcOpic wiz
be here next week to hear the music
festival at the summer schoo at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
The capacity of Pullen Memorial Hall
will be tested to the utmost.
There is to be quite a lively fight in
this county on the question of county
commissioners. among the Democrats,
and there will be another contest for
the craftsmanship of the Democracy
executive committee of the county, this
being between Armstead Jones, the
present incumbent. and William B.
Snow.
The indefatigable secretary or state,
7 BRYAN Grimes, had great success
today in his search for documents
bearing on the colonial history of the
state. He found a number or papers
hearing upon the war with Spain,
1747-'S, when the port Of Beaufort was
entered by the Spaniards. There are
several dozen of the documents One
for example, is a bill from Samuel
Green surgeon. for attending the