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

preferring farm life. II any NAL OOuDtS
this let him see the hundred and fifty
agricultural students in the State Agri-
cultural College and try to toll them
away from agricultural careers. Let
agriculture be taught in every pubic
school,; let rural industrial high schools
be established and maintained in every
senatorial district; and let the State
Agricultural college be. equipped for
a thousand students, finishing the edu-
cation of those who come up from the
lower schools and supplying efficient
teachers for these schools"
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. &C., Oct. 1s.
For eight years Mr.. Arthur has been
in charge of the Biltmore exhibit at
the state fair. He says, speaking OF
the other agricultural exhibits that
they are the largest and best that he
seen here during that period TIE
Biltmore exhibit, is as always, a spian-
did one. and embraces $50 varieties of
farm and garden products. 1t may be
called a typical farm exhibit. 1t is
only made here, and nowhere else. 1t
always wins first premium in the
special exhibits. This year Biltmore
shows no cattle, hogs, or poultry. 1t
lldJ WI OuI dll IN oAAo cAAA AZ S~AhAAAo
in ST. ouis. Most of the exhibits are
Of vegetables from the market garden
Of Biltmore, but there are also farm
products, honey, butter, etc. The stu
dents Of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college are specially studying
this exhibit.
Johnston county makes an extremely
varied and c~reditable exhibit of it's
own products, woods, cotton goods,
ticles Of handicraft, fruits, etc. Pres
ident Ashley Horne of the fair showed
your correspondent through this ex-
hibit and said it was intended as an
incentive to the other counties to do
:. likewise. He said that at every fair
! there ought to be at least fifty u
! ties represented, and that a great COM
petition ought to be brought about.
His view is the correct one .
The Agricultural and Mechanical coll
lege makes by far the best exhibit it
i, has ever made at a fair, in woodwork.
iron work, textile fabrics, drawings,
etc. The state school for the blind
max a very practical show, in a very
attractive way. Ali these exhibits are
in the main building. Outside there
is a good show of horses cattle, hogs,
! and sheep. Johnston county also on
tributes to this section. The agricultu-
raj implement section is entirely filled
and is very prominent. Labor saving
machinery Of all kinds is in great re-
quest. The fair management threw
out entirely the fake games, such as
wheels of fortune and as a result some
of he takers who have shows went
away with their S%windling partners. 1t
is said h a they nave gone to Colum-
bia, S. c.. The takers do not get much
money out Of town people, their vic
inn nrN~ An f~IIy h-4
none Of them now on the grounds, ali
having been driven out Monday before
the fair opened.
= Eight new rural free delivery routes
are established as follows: Lumber
Bridge, Rowland Lancaster. carrier;
Farmville, S. e. Pollard; Mt. Ulla, two,
Arthur Good, Samuel E. Sloop; Bak-
ersville, Thomas H. Grimes; Tarheel,
u. V. Toler: Wakefield, H. r. Hoyle;
, Wallace, Wiley H. Teachey.
! Judge Purnell has returned from
Elizabeth City where there was u
have been a term of federal court, but
there was no case to try except one
and that was made here. The deputy
marshals say no rain his fallen in that
section in six weeks. Deputy
l Marshal Mitchell has given notice
! to the Norfolk Street Cor Company,
that he will bring suit against it for
$4,000 damages for an injury received
there by being thrown from a street
car, which moved while he was in the
act Of stepping off.
The Republican leaders say the look
for a great increase in the vote Of this
state. Two a ago it was about
10000 but they expected it to be from
10000 to 10000. They say that here
in Wake there will be an increase CT
100 per cent, and a notable increase
Il in tho narf Thn I0aIa-o 49, 49,
are counties in the east which now
have candidates in the field which two
years ago did not poll fifty votes.
The North Carolina Cotton Growers
Association met in annual session hers
this evening. Among the SPEAKERS was
Secretary OF State Grimes.
There will be no meeting of Confed-
crate veterans here this week for the
first time in many years. The annua.
meeting was held at Asheville in Au-
gust.
The state department Of education
has a very interesting exhibit at the
state fair. showing the progress il
public education.
Deputy Revenue Collector NJ. L
!, | Wood and a posse have made a raic
|, along the line OF Wilson and Wayne
counties. They captured a still operat
ed by mOonShinerS, and while they
were engaged in the capture the dar
ing m-oonshiners pulled up and carries
: OF another still close by. which the OF
; hcers knew about. They carried thi
I still OF and it is said sunk it in a pond
y Deputy Collector Wood captured
. quantity Of fine old apple brand,
I which was concealed underneath a to
bacoo packhouse in the yards of J.. S
4 Atkinson.
The report read by Chief Justic,
Clark on behalf OF the commute,
maintaining North Carolina's claims