The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-26
ANOTHER BID TO BE MADE
For the Atlantic and North Carolina
ROad-Intensely Hot Weather In
juring Crops-BuckhOrn Falls Elec-
trio Power Plant-Personal Notes.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., August %.

This morning a syndicate headed
of persons living along the line of the
Atlantic and North Carolina railway
came here to see the governor and
talk over the matter of a bid for the
lease. Among those present were w.
S. Chadwick, of Beaufort, and Edward
B. Borden, of G~cldsboro. They saId
that their idea was to thoroughly pro-
tect the section through which the
o passes and all the business inter-
ests along the line and that they felt
that this course was to the advantage,
not only Of the people of thai section
in general but also to h interest of
all the private stockholders and the
state and to the North Carolina pub
lie. There are two other bids OF file,
hut it seems to be the impression that
in the winding up, September 1st,
when the stockholders are to meet,
there may be only two bids to consider,
one that Of r. S. Rowland of Asheville
and the other that now made by Ken
nady and his associates. Some per-
sons appear to be rather confident that
Rowland will get the road. His bid
has certainly made a very fine i'm
preston.
The weather is intensely hot and for
the past two or three days has been
very trying on the crops in this part
of The state, particularly or sandy
n The crops are surcharged with
moisture. Secretary of State Grimes
who came in today from Pitt county
said there had been too much rain in
the east and that rain a coptinued
to fall there. He said that tobacco
1900 A - VI
weather observer here vas asked to-
day what were the weather conditions
and said that it a been quite dry
over almost all of the state for the
past week, though there were some
local showers on the 18th, and that
cotton is shedding everywhere, the
damage being serious everywhere in
light soils. Some statements are to
the effect hat the boIls are not OPEN
ing we'll. Rot and rust prevail to
some extent in the central part of the
state. The peanut crop is~only fair il,
general, but is reported poor in som.
places. Both corn and tobacco are
reported as having been fired some
what on sandy soil particularly. The
weather observer does not think that
in general rain is needed, though in
some sections of the state there is ur-
gent need for 1t n also for cooler
weather.
State Auditor Dixon, who a been
quite indisposed is improving daily.
Colonel Kennedy, the veteran as
Sistant of the state museum, VIC ha
been i'll for some days is out again.
Keeper Of the Capitol Cherry had a
bad fall yesterday having slipped on a
panama peel on the street. He is q
one-legged ex-~confederate and was
using a new wooden leg at the time.
" AnonrHinu fn law qS enacted nv
the last legislature, the supreme court
would have met today, it being the
fourth Monday in August but the
court construed the law to mean the
last Monday and SO does not meet until
next week, there being five Mondays
in this month.
D. c. Monroe of Goldsboro is here
to appear for the bondsmen in the
suit brought by the New Bern bank
wrecked by Cashier Dewey, this suit
being for 5000 0 and brought against
Dewey's bondsmen.
The temperature here yesterday and
today reached the high figure of 81,
and local farmers said the cotton was
and turning yellow rapidly.
1t is rather trying on late corn. the
early corn is practically made.
Very good progress is being made
on the great concrete dam across the
Cape Fear river at Buckhorn Falls,
about thffty-five miles south of here.
The dam will be 800 fee long and
in two weeks will b. done. 1t will
make a pond twelve miles long. 1t
will be probably two months before
the electric power plant there is COM
pleted.
Many persons are here to participate
in the clay pigeon shoot which be-
gins here tomorrow and lasts two
Iax &c ond u-hinh iS FOR the state Chan--
pionship.
Today the second series Of farmers
institutes began with some very active
speakers and workers I'm h field
These Institutes will be held in the
counties of Alamance. Guilford. For
sythe, Davie, Catawba, Lincoln, Gas
ton. Rowan, Stanly, Rockingham.
Stokes, Caswell, Person, Vance Frark-
lin.