The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-21

! TROOP OF CAVALRY WIZ
PROBABLY he ORGANIZED.
Climate and Crop Report for Scptesu-
bcr-Nr. J. d. Esgseston. Jr. WIN
Not Become Editor OF Thc Charlotte
News-Y0rng Man injured While
Fox Hunting.
Messenger Bureau.

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Raleigh. n. c., Oct Is.
The penitentiary Is now making
brick, but Is nearly finished that work
for the season. 1t has a contract to
furnish a million for the new agrf-
cultural building at the A. q ~. Col
lege here. and when this II finished
will stop until next spring. The de-
mand for brick has been very great
The total output this season Is 3.ooo.-
0o0. These have been shipped Z
many points In the state. In fact,
the demand could not be supplied and
the number OF orders have had to be
turned down.
A new rural free delivery route 10
established, from Hope Mills. Cum
berland county. William III. Williams
being h carrier.
1t is learned that j. D. Eggleston.
Jr, formerly superintendent Of public
schools at Asheville, but now supertn-
tendent Of schools in Prince Edward
County, Va. has declined the position
of editor Of The Charlotte News ON
account OF sickness. He Is now in
h hospital at Richmond, his disease
being appendicitis.
The climate and crop report for this
state for September vas issued today.
The mean temperature for the state
was 20 degrees, half a degree below
the normal. the highest being Il, at
Hatteras; the lowest So, at Linville.
The highest absolute temperature was
SO degrees. on the goth, at Lexington,
and h lowest. 81 degrees, on the
fall was 1925, which Is a little over an
inch below the normal. The greatest
rainfall was nearly eight inches, at
Pfttsboro and the least a third of An
inch, at Waynesville. The drought now
prevailing in central North Carolina,
and in fact. over most Of the state. is
specially referred to in the reports. 1t
breaks all the records since 1887.
There were killing frosts In parts of
the mountain region as early as Sep
tember 18th.
Revenue Collector Duncan, who Is
looking after republican politics for
eastern North Carolina. will make a
tour through his county, Carteret, and
will visit all the precincts. He was
talking today about the enforcement
Of the Watts law and says that none
Of the. state officials have ever exam
ned what is known as Record No. 10
in his Office. which shows the persons
who have paid special taxes for the
sale of liquor. He says that in nine
cases out Of ten where sales of liquor
are made in Watts law territory. the
government has got its tax, the liquor
being sold in defiance of the state law.
In other words. the revenue depart
ment has seen that it's law has been
complied with and that the federal
tax has been paid. The records cor
tain a complete list and is really the
only thing open to the general public.
Mr.. Thomas Johns has been elected
president of the Wake County Alumni
Association of the University of North
Carolina, to succeed the late Joseph
3. Bachelor. A movement was
maintain a needy student from this
county at the university.
A bill of costs amounting TO 1895
has been filed in the federal court here
in the ~receivership matter of John p.
Cuyler, OF New York, against the At
lantic & North Carolina railway. Elk
ceptions lave been filed by the at
torneys for the railway.
Tapley Johnson, aged IL, of this
city. while fox hunting in the southern
part of this county yesterday after
Don, was thrown from his hors<
against a telephone pole on the road
side and perhaps fatally injured.
The North Carolina Fire Under
writer's Association will meet here
itSl. wednesday,, iiiSScdu VI a. SidI-
lotte. 1t is said that over 200 agents
will be present. The annual meeting
of the agents Of the North Carolina
Home. Fire Insurance Company will
be held here on Tuesday.
A troop of cavalry is about to be-
come a certainty here. The requisite
number of men has been secured and
application will be made to the gov
ernor for commission to organize as
part of the North Carolina national
guard. 1t has been thirteen years
since there vas a cavalry troop, this
~aving BEEN the Scotland Neck Noun
tain Riiemen. The state will, Of
course, if the troop is admitted to tire
national guard, uniform and equip,
but of course the members will have
20 furnish their own mounts, the state
allowing pay for these only when the
organization is on ordered tours of
duty. Georgia is the only state in the
United States which has 4 regiment
OF cavalry. Light batteries Of artil-
lerv and troops of cavalry are
sarily much more expensive than in
fantry organizations.