The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27

Warrant Sworn Out by His Wife
Roosevelt Invited to- Visit Roanoke
IsIand-May Crop Report-Insur-
ance Business i'm This State.
Messenger Bureau.

The bank statement. as made to the
corporation commisisoE, shows tota'
resources and liabilities amounting to
3 ,36S,5 64, as against S29,416,5SO, al
this date last year. There are now
30 banks, of which 1T are state, sew
ELI private and 26 savings. The amount
OF deposits subject to check is SO, 3334,
100.
A posse of Raleigh went up to New
Light township and captured a des-
perado named Lowry last flight. His
wife had sworn out a warrant against
him for assault a,Id ne is in Jail, fail
ing to give 500 bond. He very frank
~ told the officers that he would have
shot them if he could have seen them.
Chairman W j. Peele, of the North
Carolina Historical Commission, has
returned from Washington, where H.
had d special .nterN ew with President
Roosevelt and invited the latter to visit
Roanoke Island when he comes to Raj
eigh next OctOE.l. The President says
that he could no- change his itinerary
for this tour. Senator Simmons thinks
tile President will make the visit a
| part Of his itinerary in 1907 when he
will visit the Jamestown Exposition
celebration. There was quite an mus
ual feature OF Mr.. Peele's visit, this
being the presence Of a CrOatan Indian
named LOcklcar, who had been sent
from his home i'll Robson county by
the Roanoke County Association. Lock
lear told the President as he shook tn"
%latter's hand hat he vas he first Of
his race to meet a President and then
in a very we'll wOrded address invited
the President to visit Roanoke Island,
the home Of his ancestors. The Pres
ilc-t was very lluch gratified by the
speech and the invitation and eN-
pressed his pleasure at the nOvelt!
Of it.
The climate ana crop service report
issued for North Carolina by Section
Director Charles L. Won Hermann
here, says May is characterized By
great rainfall everywhere except the
northeast part, being two and Il hail
inches above normal, the largest eX-
cess recorded for many months. Severe
local storms were very frequent, nota-
bly, severe being those at Durham,
Clayton. Raleigh. Mt. Olive, and New
Bern, at Raleigh the wind being high
er than since 1881. Gusts of a minute
or more exceeding sixty miles an hour.
Hail storms are frequent. The ralh-
falls for tie mouth was over ten inches
at several stations. The temperature
was two degrees above normal, reach
ing % degrees 1t ole Or two places,
yet at LinvilIe the temperature was rs
low as 81 deg:ceS. or below freeZlhS
point. The monthly mean temperature
for the state was 50 degrees, the high
est being 70 ID, at Southport, and the
lowest 50 ID, at Invite, n the PINK
beds. The average ,ainfall was DOB.
Through the kindness CT Prof. SchenCS
who is in charge Of the forest depart
ment at BlitmOie estate, weather rec
Ords will hereafter oe furnished from
Mr.. Geo. Nanderbilt's private stations
at Buck Springs Lodge and the pink
beds, which are in the great PlsSah
forest, owned by Mr.. Vanderbilt. Buck
Springs Lodge is $500 feet above sea
level, making It the highest weather.
station in the South, Miss Emma
C'Kelley is the observer there. The
station at the pink beds is five miles to
the southwark. Mrs. James Case is
the observer. The streams of this sec
ton flow through the French Broad
river into the Ohio.
The fire insurance companies doing
business in North Carolina lest year,
as shown by the advanced sheets OF
Insurance Commissioner YOung's re-
port:
Assets IS 2 1896, 96S.S3
Surnlus 1O4 ,274,577 .0Jj
Cash capital >. 46,O15,259.oO
Wrote business in North
CAROLYN l156,451, O13.53
Wrote business in n.
e marine1 . . 1910, 1880
Received on premiums Z,3lt,l4o.3z
paid for losses -. 1,122,231.S1
About one-siXth vas done by NOrth
Carolina companies.
Life companies doing business ih|
North Carolina report:
Assets . .s2,317,S 63,514.isI
Canital stock 80. Il, O75, OOO.00I
S1rnIus.. =. 2S5,44O ,650.OOl
DoIic;as isSned in 1904 81 .~3JJ.351.i.'I
Policies in force Dee.
e1st 100. 9S,95S, O22.7i
prnn,i,,ms received 3.556,4 A. AS
Losses paid . 1,lO4,Olo.i'
Assessment life companies:
Received in premiums.
I,oid in losses 90
C~ertidcates in force. 26, 7O2, 1860
Assessments collected. ~9,4Oo
Losses incurred -. . . 3~l9,S99.toi
Losses Maid. 800, 74I.65l