The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-07-15
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, y. c.. July IL.
: State Auditor Dixon. in his reply to
the invitation of Kinsley Post. Grand
Army Of the Republic. to deliver an
address before ii at the annual meet
I ing of the Grand Army. said: II am
in receipt OF your very kind invita-
ton to be present at Faneuil Hall,
August is. / appreciate this invita-
ton more highly than I can tell you.
and IL will AFFORD me great pleasure
TO be present on that suspicious oc-
casion.''
Today and tomorrow the Fast Cen
trail District Association Of county su-
perintendents is in session at the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College
here. Today w. s. Long. the presi
dent, delivered his address. The sec
retary Is j. c. Kittrell, and the vice
president is c. w. Massey. Among
those who took part as leaders in the
discussions today were E. p. Elling-
ton and G. H Hollaway p A.
Sharpe, j. NJ. Way and w. P. Coch-
ran, w. r. Coppege. B. F. Hester,
W. g. Clements. A. E. Henderson
r. e. White, w. B. Speas. State
JOY HcT q
the course Of study and arrangement,
of subjects, and also led the discus
sion On rules and regulations and
business details
: The feature at the college this even
ing was an address by John Tenn
BILE Graves, the noted Georgia lee
turer, this being part of a speciaI
course for the teachers summer
Judge Purnelf has accepted a res
1gnation of A. d. Morrisey as United
States commissioner at Fayetteville.
. The fact is notable that the farm
ers are looking for good prices for
cotton and tobacco. The reduction in
the tobacco crop is very large.
! All the pupils at the Methodist
Orphanage here except a very few
are now absent On a vacation. The
orphanage will reopen September l.
and the new building will then be
occupied. There will be room for 200
more children. if the church provides
for their maintenance. There were on
file 800 applications for admission but
a new list is being made UP.
The postoffice inspector here is
informed that the postoffice at Clark
ton has been burned, including all its
contents. In the building was a we'll
equipped printing office of s. Meares.
the postmaster. His loss is said to
be at least $4,000.
The commissioner of agriculture is
advised that Oklahoma is copying
many of the features of the North
Carolina road laws, by this being
meant the Mecklenburg and the gen.
eral state law, prepared by State
Geologist Holmes. The commission
er of agriculture is at the head of the
bureau of road improvement. He was
asked as to the result of the new gen.
eral law, and replied: II cannot say
the results are very marked as yet,
but We are making a beginning. and
there is more spirit of road improve
ment than ever before. There is
hardly been yet time for results to
be worked out.
1t is said that North Carolina leads
in the forestry exhibits at the World 5
Fair at st. Louis. This is the COM
ment of North Carolinians who have
been through that department.
Curator Hubert Brimley, commits
sioner general from this state to the
st. Louis Exposition, is here for few
days, in order to visit his family and
see that everything is all right at the
state museum
Your correspondent had a very in
teresting interview with State Horti-
culturist H H. Hume, who has just
returned from his first visit to the
great peach orchards in the Moore
which Southern Pines is the center.
State Entomologist Sherman was with
him- Mr.. Hume says that the peach
orchards are in very good shape. He
first visited that of j. Van Lindlay,
in which there are 10000 trees. The
crop, Mr.. Van Lindlay says. will be
10000 crates, and just now he is ship
: ping 500 crates a day. Shipments be-
gan, in a small way, June 5th. The
Niagara Grape Company has 5000
bearing peach trees and 5000 more
i planted. This orchard is said to be
| in finer sha~o than any other in the
state-in a better stage of develop
ment than any other. Within five
miles Of Southern Pines there are a
dozen fruit orchards, none of which
have less than 1000 trees. When
asked his opinion of the advantages
Of that section for fruit, Mr.. Hume
said: 1t is splendid for peaches,
grapes and dewberres. The soil is
not SO heavy as in Georgia, but
peaches will do as much. and the or
chardS look as we'll. The Niagara or
chard is simply perfect The Niagara
company has fifty acres in Delaware
grapes. 1t used to have Niagara, but
dug them up because they were af-
fected by dry rot. The Delaware Is
hardy and good seller. The vines
are very full, will run Is pounds OF
grapes the N1nS- shipments VIII
begin in about a fortnight. To show
the care this company takes of its
grapes to obtain such perfection, it
is stated that they have been SPRAYED
nine times with Bordeux mixture We
found new variety of peach, the
Camelia. at the Van Lindley orchard
1t IS a fine one, ripens a little ahead
of the Palmer. New varieties are
raised from seed and then propagated
by budding. The Carman is making
great hit and for three-peck crates
the shippers are getting $3.50, while
the top of the market is 81"
Unless the revenue officers are very
great prevaricators, county officials
are doing very little to break up moon
shining. 1t is asserted that the
moonshiners, who at first kept by the
Watts law. are getting ready to do
more business 1t Is said by the reve-
nue. people that the reason why
county officials will not aid in en-
forcing the law is thai fhav faor thar