The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-09
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At Democratic headquarters the reg
| Clar work for the campaign will begin
about the 18th instant. Secretary fields
is very busy getting ~ maIslns Isis
and printing speeches n documents,
In fact getting ready for doing all kinds.
of preliminary work He is havins
printed a large number OF copies OF the
| plan of organization and also the plan
for holding primary elections. In n
document was printed the speeches OF
! Senator Simmons. Governor Aycock and
| Congressman small at Greensboro.
john sharp Williams speeach at 81.
| Louis will be also printed. a large is>
sue OF the Democratic hand book Will
be made. This is now being compiled
by Senator simmons. state chairman
| 1t is learned that one farmer at Laar-
inburg has Melted $4,000 on 10 acres
of c~anteloupes.
From D. J.. evils OF Halifax. deputy
| revenue collector who is here. il is
| learned that Garrett & Co. have re-
moved the headquarters for their great
| scuppernong wine business from Wei
| don to Norfolk. This firm controlled
/ the scuppernong wine trade in the
world. and ships its products all over
| the United States, many ear load lots
| going even 10 California. II has a reg
| ular warehouse at ST. Louis. In the
| Medock vineyard in Halifax county
there are 135 acres and it also con-
| trolls the Tokay vineyard at Fayette-
| Vile. 1t sends agents all over eastern
| North Carolina to buy grapes from the
farmers and some days as many as Il
| carloads of these are received. The
| wine-house at Medoc cost 500, 000, and
is absolutely fire-prook
| Raleigh is to have another bank. t
b. known as the Wake County Savings
Bank, with w. w. Vass and others
| stockholders. It will be the seventh
| bank here and Will be in the Comercia'
and Farmers Bank building. Raleigh
has more banks than any place in the
! state.
From representatives of the Ameri-
can Tobacco ii is learned
that the tobacco crop in this section
Will be a heavier one to the acre than
that last year. There is a falling off OF
! so per cent on the acreage but the
yield will be nearly so per cent. of last
years crops. The opening breaks were
: held here yesterday and about 10. 1000
pounds We're sold at the two warehouse
es, all primings and bring from 3 to
II 1-2 cents.
Captain William H. Day left tonight
for Lincolnton. A number of friends
called upon him today before he left.
The hex Farmers Institute will be
held in the northern part of the PIED
mont section, in about 20 counties. in
Guiding 11amance, Guilford, Forsyth.
Davie, Catawba. CASTOR, Lincoln. Per.
son, Stanly, Stokes, Rowan, Rocking
ham,, Caswell Granville. Vance and
Franklin. After this tour the institute
holders will go to the mountains. State
Chemist Kiigore will go with them.
North Carolina will be very strong
in the north and west this season. by
reason of the notably fine speakers
who go TO those sections. these includ-
ing Governor Aycock who will make
an educational tour of Maine; Auditor
Dixon who will speak 10 the Grand
Army of the Republic at Boston and
DR.. Charles D.. McIver who will speak
in New Hampshire before the State
Teachers Association which has 5000
members and also before the Teachers
Association of Winconsin.
The sales made by the ~dispensary
here during July aggregated 81, 475
which was a little falling off as compar-
ed with the previous month.
State Chairman J. William Bailey,
of the Anti-Sa1oOn League has made an
examination OF the acts of 1901 and
finds the Legislature Incorporated al
that session no fewer than 900 churches
and schools, giving these prohibition
for a distance of from 2 to ) miles. He
says this shows how widespread was
the demand for prohibition in the rural
districts, and that the Watts act did
at onCe what the churches and school
houses Were doing by piece meal.
Mr.. a. I. MCCo!lum, of the State
: Board Of Agriculture will make the trip
across the continent as a membe OF the
party which Rev. William Black will
take to California and to the Yellow
Stone Park region. Mr.. McCollun,
4 GREATLY a nnraniafnI hic tr;- hrn.r-A -
west this year as one of the committee
to examine agricultural buildings and
he says such trips ought to be taken
by members of the board every year.
People have an idea that Texas can
raise more cotton to the acre than any
other state. but North Carolina really
leads in this respect with the territory
of Oklahoma second. This matter was
talked about in the governors office
today. among those present being F.
b. Arendall and Cameron Morrison.
The latter said that when he was down
in Texas last year people in Ellis coun-
ty told him it raised 1OO. 900 bales and
led all Texas. He said in reply that his
own county raised only about 5000
bales but that its cotton mills manu-
featured 5000 and that the COUNTY
really got more for its cotton, raw and
manufactured han Ellis county did.
Governor Aycock remarked that for two
years past cotton raising had been
about the best business in this section
of the country. Then some one said II
looked like cotton would be around (
cents during the coming season. An
other ventured to say that s cent cot
ton would pay very we'll. Then il was
said that the average yield per acre
in North Carolina is something like
24S pounds. and that while cotton al
the rate OF a bale TO the acre was prof
table at s cents. poor land cotton wa.
not The statement was made that the
Improvement of Ian by more careful
fertilizing and cultivation had beer
quite marked in the past two years.