The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. G, August II.

Iof the Atlantic and North Carolina
railway. Tomorrow will settle the
|uuestion. Nobody seems 70 know what
will be done. Mr.. r. S. Rowland. a
bidder. was asked his opinion and re-
piled: Nobody knows what Is going
Ito happen" Ex-Governor Jarvis. who
lis also interested as an adviser of the
said: Nobody knows 1t
remains with the private stockholders.
Ii think the Governor will be governed
livery much by their wish. I think h
1.-The proper thing to do. They are the
Iowners OF the properly" When said
Ito Governor Jarvis that the Board OF
internal Improvement thought IL had
control of the matter. he said
Inc would not argue that question. b.
lC. Beckwith. OF that board. renewed
his statement. first made to your cor
that the board had he
lpower of exercising supreme control
of the matter; that Il controls The
state proxy and can overrule other ac-
luons. The Board OF Internal I'm
lprovements went dow today.
The first bale OF cotton arrived here
to-day and was raised in Panther
IBranch township. this county, by III.
Is. whitley. II was sold at once.
| Commissioner OF Agriculture Patter-
Ison says the attendance at the farmers
institutes OF farmers nov being held
is very good. The interest in these
is great n growing.
Secretary Taylor. OF the Tobacco
Mutual Hail Insurance Com
lpany, has returned here after a ten
days trip I'm a buggy through Stokes
land Surry counties. where he says
There is a big obacco crop. IN fact
lgrowers told him there had never
lbeen a better one. Hail has done DAM
Iage in places in that section.
\ Raleigh man who rented a box In
the p~ostofice and who mailed TO ladies
here and elsewhere literature which
LII was charged was obscene, has been
held in 5000 bond by United States
commissioner TO appear for trial ut
the December term of the court.
The factional feeling between h
two wings of the Republican party in
this district appears TO be pretty Bit
ter. So far they nave n nothing In
regard to settling their disputes. and
lit Is said they will be aired before D.
state committee. including the matter
|of a congressional candidate. etc.
Mr.. Struggled. from Manteo. Dare
was here today and said an
artist from Indiana had been there.
has made q painting OF old Fort
Raleigh. This il Is said viii be used
as an advertisement for some new
brand of tobacco.
Among today's arrivals was x-Seu
Iator Marion Butler. who came here
to look after his newspape and soH:e
other interests. H has retained an
Office here. although he visits Raleigh
VERY seldom.
Congressman John II. Small. when
asked his view as 10 the chances as
between Parker and Roosevelt, said:
1T is anybody's guess as TO the cleo
Ition. There are too many doubtful
states to permit one to make a posi-
tive guess. but the outlook is just as
bright as IL was in 1854. / believe 6we
will carry New York. West Virgst
and Maryland. II seems TO me that
Indiana is the pivotal state"
President II. Il. Warner. of the state
Press Association, says twenty-five
North Carolina editors will DO 10 ESQ
lpus September sth and will be at the
banquet and reception there. at which
they will meet Judge Parker. He
hopes many more will go.
hallway people and the general pub
lie regret to know that Mr.. George
Thompson, for several years the dtvi-
ision freight agent Of the Southern
railway here. is to leave Raleigh and
North Carolina n no to Birmingham,
Ala. while at the same time they feel
Igratifed at his promotion. The d.
lrectors of the road. at a recent meet
ling I'm New York, decided to promote
MIR. Thompson by reason of his
marked ability. and tool this means Of
SO doing It. He has earned a reputa-
Ition as a thorough railway man and
has been very fair towards the public,
whose appreciation he has fairly earn
ed by his hood management and clev-
%Ierness.
The State Board OF Education met
to-day and authorized $4,000 10 be
llent to counties, all The way from
Cherokee to Pitt. for use in improving
public schols n building new ones.
frhe a are in small amounts. The
result of this system Of loans has been
Ito greatly stimulate the counties and
local people to efforts I'm aid Of
schools. and both the State and the
lcounty have been greatly benefited.
Superintendent Joyner, who was a the
Injecting. was asked when North Care
lima Day" is 10 be observed I'm the pub
llic schools, and replied on or about
1.-THE last Friday before the closing of
1.-THE schools for the Christmas hofI-
days. The subject will be the "PamIL
leo Country and the book which win
tDt 1S>uGd LoE o~lStEiDuIIDn 10 the
schools Will contain copies OF the auto
graph OF h noted men or that sec
Ition in the earlier history Of that part
lof h state. There is = remarkably
fine collection Of these autographs in
1.-THE Hall Of History. and the state has
some in it's own archives.
The farmers appear to regard the
weather now as being highly favorable
TO the various crops. and indeed the
loutlook appears to be a little more
Encouraging, although 1. seems a little
more sure that the cotton crop has been
badly hurt and Will not be much over
10 per cent. Of the average. OF course,
reports have to be taken as showing
this, and there may be some improve
Iment. Plants were too large and sap-
lpy. and they simply faded out on light
Hand II has been a test OF the merits
Iof clay and sandy soils, and the for
inner has won easily
49,