The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10

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tees OF the diocese. standing commit
tee and Thompson Orphanase, the spe-
cidi ORDER being the report OF the trus-
tees OF 81 Mary:s with addresses there
on oy Rev. Dr. Marshall n Rev.
AcNeely Dubnse. This evening were
Iodresses on Sunday Schools and Mis-
/ SION SCHOOLS, at Christ church by Rev.
cary Gamble. William A. Irwin and
Ihofnas H. Battle, at the Church OF
the Good Shepard by Rev. Robert B.
! owens, Rev. F. H. Harding and Heriot
Clarkson; at St. Ambrose church, COL
ored, where Bisho7 Cheshire presided,
by Dr. Richard H. Lewis, Rev. Primus
ASTON and Professor Boyer.
Major Charles II. Stedr1an was here
this morning on his way home. Re
SAID his friends were exceedingly con-
hdent of his nomination and that they
were evidently honest Of that opinion.
and that they also stated that many
OF the kilograms regarding the county
conventions were erroneous. Major
Stedman said that he thought It might
not be very good taste. for hin to ex-
press his own opinion.
Last yea the watermelon wilt de-
stroyed from 80 to 70 per cent OF that
crop in the Auburn section of that
county, where there are many hundreds
OF acres in MELONS. The disease has
already appeared and the vines are
beginning TO die badly. State Chemist
kilsore has sent a man there. TO make
Il complete study of this disease.
Work on the soil survey in this state
will be again pushed this season. Work
will be done at two points, the United
States Government looking after il en-
urely- One Of these points will be in
the northeastern section.
Raleigh has been having the hottest
weather in the United States. On
Sunday this place and Richmond led
and on Monday, Raleigh and Norfolk
were at the top Of the list in the matter
OF heat.
Weather Observer Won Herman says
that last weeks weather report was
extremely favorable, there having been
J hardly a complaint, and he expects
that this weeks report viii be a very
| good one. He said that he expected q.
very fine crop ear So far little dam
age by hail has been reported; not
enough in the aggregate to amount to
! anything. In one or two counties there
has been a little too much rain and
crops got somewhat in the grass, but
| generally crops are very clean. This
has been a very dry year, with rainfall
| considerably below normal. MIR. Won
Herman said that dry years are usual
~ favorable ones. He added that pea
| pie nave a saying that a dry June is
| good, but that they ought to say this
| as to a dry April and May. as those
months are planting time.
It is stated that it looks to the
| Eighth district Democrats very much
| like Richard y. Hackett will get the
| Congressional nomination Dill the first
ballot.
Mr.. Sydnor, of RicAaaond, is here and
was interviewed about his work IN
boring artesian wells in this state. He
| said he had nine machines in operation
| driving wells, and that so far he has
| bored about 500 wells. The largest pro-
| portion do not flow naturally, but have
| to be pumped. The average depth OF
wells east Of Raleigh is about 800 feet.
and at Raleigh and west of it about
] 400. He has bored wells all the way
I from Asheville TO the coast. Contracts
have been made for public supply by
means OF such wells at Kinston AMI
Windsor and he has recently completed
such work for Concord and Edenton.
Machines are at work at Selma, Kim
ston and Windsor and for cotton mills
! at Greensboro and Gibsonville. h
| deepest we'll in use is at Concord, 1,G0t
feet. On the coast is a well 1000 feet,
| but he say IL amounts to nothing.
He finds that the Improvement of the
| public health by the use Of artesi2n
! We'll water is remarkable AT Smith,
| field. y wells were sunk; there are ) j.:
| operation al Selma and seven more are
Il OiI vi - 1890 ~ES
and the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
| Company, which is building d very
| large plant there has also ordered
wells. Mr.. Sylnor says that at Roam
| oke Rapids before the wells We're put
| in use there was So much sickness at
! the cotton mills that they ran only on
half time. There abe flowing wells at
| Edenton, Plymouth and Marion.
Today a committee of ladies reple-
| senting the Christian Science orSani-
zation called on the governor and asked
| him to Introduce d lecturer On that
\ subject Friday evening, but the Gov
ernor declined as he will then be at
Morehead City.
There was a very severe hail storm
yesterday afternoon i'll the eastern part
! OF this county in the Wakefield section.
1t was four miles long and about Il
mile and one half wide and a farmer
who brought the news says ii literally
| Stayed the crops as we'll as fruit. The
| ground was entirely covered with the
| hail. A great rain fell and raised Lit
tie river seven feet in a short time.
| The rain was one of those downpours
that some people call cloud bursts.