The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-21
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Prospects for the State Fair are Fine
school or Dentistry q be Estab-
lisa,ed q the Univcrsity-Money fcr
Alumni Building at Wake Forest
A Sezdy OF Fears by Horticaltarise
Hume.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. n. c.. October I

William Dunn. A Cannon and K
W. Scott. a committee representing
the State Board OF K~Ericulture. has
been out to St Louis to see h expo
sition and to inspect the North Car
DINA exhibit. The members OF the
board have returned to the state. Like
everybody else VINO goes TO h expo
sition. they are profoundly impressed
by IT The daily average attendance
is now about 2oo.o 600 and the social
side of foreign and state exhibits Is be-
ing greatly enjoyed by persons who
VI the time to attend functions T.
K. Bruner. Secretary Of the Board OF
Agriculture. who for over . year O
been a prominent official at the ex-
position will return to North Carolina
in a few days and will resume his
regular wor here November 1st. His
work at the exposition has been very
valuable. North Carolinians continue
to attend the exposition in large num-
bers.
The new dormitory, known a. the
Faircloth building, at the Baptist Uni
yersfty for Women here. is almos
completed, and a large portion Of 1t is
already occupied.
Next week State Veterinarian TAFT
Butler will go to Charlotte as one OF
the Judges of cattle at the Mecklen-
burg fair, and theme so to Hender-
sonville, to conduct an institute for
farmers at the fair at that place. tho
institute having been arranged for by
Mr.. A Cannon. a member OF the state
Board of Agriculture.
To nSa the ca NJ a phhIfc man
politics in North Carolina continues
to be very languid." Very little in
terest IL shown and not a few people
| predict a light vote.
At the Soldiers Home the finishing
touches are being given to the new
lung trouble. These have been for a
number Of months Isolated I'm n tenn
porary hospital. There are seven now
in this class.
A large number Of people came in
today to attend the State fair. The
Sunday before the fair is always a
great time for people to visit the
several thousands were present. The
fair will be a good one. The display
of agricultural products is up to a very
high mark for this state and shows
the e to have beer a good one.
The supeme court devotes this week
u dpnedlS ITOIn TIE elgntn OlSIrlcI,
the docket being only a moderately
heavy one.
1t is learned that very handsome
fats are to be quilt here by one Of
Raleigh's largest property owners.
There nave been many inquiries for
flats but there have been no needs in
this direction heretofore.
One of the most interesting events
tomorrow will De the n meeting
Of the State Literary e. Historical AS
ISOLATION in the evening. The report
will show progress along every line.
Next Thursday the cadets at the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College will
be given a holiday and will attend the
| State fair. There will be no parade
of the battalion this Ia as the tao
tical instruction has yet reached a
point which will permit 1T, as a fort
night was lost owing to the trouble
with most of the senior class. the off,
GERS being mainly, of course from this
class. The battalion VIII parade at
the Inauguration of Governor Glenn.
Four years ago it made a very fine
parade at the inauguration of Cow
ernor Aycock.
Prof. j. B. Carlyle of Wake Forest
college arrived here today from More
head City, where he attended the an
| nual meeting of the Atlantic Baptist
Association. During the present week
AS Lax " ~ NIL 0dtlA
ing. Up to date he has secured s15,-
400 for This purpose, only $1,000 more
being needed Ti2e work of construct
ing the building is in progress, and the
foundation is complete. The building
will be of brick with stone trimming,
and will be used by the chairs of BIZ
olosy and medicine. Prof. Carlyle
says there are now 800 students at
the college.
1t is announced that the State uni
verSty which now has its finishing
medical school here. will within a
Raleigh. There are now 16 students
attending the medical school here.
this being nearly double the number
present term.
Much work has been done at the
Park hotel here, to get 1t in shape
for the fair. 1t is to be made one Of
the most attractive hotels in the state.
! The number of convicts at the peni-
Tertiary continues to fall off. though
arrivals during the past two months
have been more numerous than i'm
some time past
Mr.. f. D.. w. Conner has arrived
from Wilmington to take charge OF
his department of work in the Office
of-State Superintendent Joyner. sue
ceeding Mr.. E. G.. Brooks who will
go to G~oldsboro to take charge OF the
public schools al soon as diphtheria
Is stamped out there.
The Cornell University Glee. Mando-
lin n Banjo Club will be here Turing
tht Christmas holidays, sixty strong.
and will give a performance 1T tht
Academy of Music.
Experts from the Agricultural De-
partment left today for Greensboro
and Winston to investigate charges OF
food adulteration. A great work has
been done this yea along this line.
j. State Horticufturist Harold Hume
has returned from Washington. ID. C.,
where he went TO make a study of the
pears. He visited = pear orchard Of
F. D. Waite at Arundel. Nd. where
there are over $4,000 acres Of trees
Mr.. Waite raised this eas I'VE