The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

sauit but a lighter crime. evidence be-
Ing that the girl is not the daughter
Of Powell. There was a very large
petition for communication.
1t is claimed that the vote OF Wake
county for the gubernatorial aspirants
stands as follows: Stedman 2. Glenn
Is; Davidson and Turner half a vote
each.
The Mystic Shriners had a great day
here, though the number was not as
large as expected. They could not
procure any band, { the Raleigh
bands being absent and SO there was
no parade, TO their great regret
is the first time they have failed to
have a parade. This evening they ini-
tiated about 30 candidates, Funeral
Director Maxwell. Of Charlotte, being
in charge.
1t is said at military headquarters
here that the report to the governor as
to a site for the encampment for Sec
n n Third regiments will probably
be made by Saturday. 1t had been
thought il would be made by today.
Commissions were today issued to the
following officers OF Company III, Third
Regiment. North Carolina Nationai
Guard at Warrenton: p. j. Macon. cap
tain; E. c. Price and Frank Rose lieu
tenants.
Among today's arrivals were r. L.
Cooper, Murphy; John Thomas. Green's
boro; ]. L. Ludlow, Winston; T. C
McNeeley, Marion; J. T. Barron, Co
lumbia: H. B. Smith, New Bern: B. 5.
Register, oxford.
The number OF ounty convicts has
now fallen TO the low figure of % for
Wake of which 10 are women and boys,
leaving only 10 bodied men TO
work on the roads.
The hospital for the insane here has
put in a $50 horse power boiler. which
is installed in a new boiler house. The
old boiler gave way in April. The last
legislature was asked to provide for a
new boiler, but failed TO do so. The
hospital has leased so acres of land
across the road from its property. own
ed by the heirs of the late DR.. F. T.
Fuller. This gives $50 acres of farm
land, all of which is in cultivation. The
garden is a very fine one.
1t is learned that the New Hope VAL
ley railway, in Chatham county, char
tered this week is intended to develop
some valuabl wa~ter-pOwers for fac
tories and also some mines.
DIR. L. n. Glenn, of McAdensville, has
sent to State Entomologist Sherman a
bug which nearly killed a chicken -four
days old. The bug is the great stage
beetle. It is probable that the chicken
saw the bug and pecked at it n that
the bug then seized the chicken. sink
ing its great claws into it's body. The
bug is rare n ives in dea woo
The friends of Major E. J. Hale, OF
Fayetteville are very strongly press
ing him for one Of the delegates at
large to the National Democratic con-
vention. 1t is said he has a strong
backing.
Reports made to the state entomolo-
gist regarding the fight against the San
Jose fruit scale in the state show that
during the winter and spring as many
as 1000 trees were treated and that
uniformly good results were secured,
the treatment being with a solution
of lime, sulphur and salt.
Adjutant General Register says the
present strength Of the National Guard
of this state, including the naval mill
tia, is a little over 1000. There is now
only one vacancy that due to the dis
handment of the R~eidsville company OF
the Third regiment.
The Governor orders a special term
of Polk Superior court, Judge Hoke,
July Is, for civil eases.
The state superintendent Of public
instruction is informed that there are
13 fewer public school districts in Ruth
erford county this year than last year;
that Is new school GUS ave been
built in accordance with the plans he
sent out and that these have been
equipped with patent desks.