The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
Visit to a Number Of Orchards in
Western North Carolina.
'Test Case of Power of Police Justice
to Come Before Supreme COurt-Or-
ganiZing a Life Insurance Company.
Climate and Crop BuIletin-Exten-
sion of the Street RaiIways-Othcr
Raleigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., September 30.

partment about October /. He has
greatly enjoyed his trip and it mas
greatly benefited him.
The farmers Institutes of the third
series have ended and were very sue
cessful. The last ones were in the ex-
IRENE west. A special effort has been
made to induce the farmers tt plant
cOVer-dash crops, on the mountain
Side farms. Professor Hume, who was
In charge Of one of the parties of in
stitute conductors, visited a number
OF apple orchards, including that of
A. A. Boggs, at Waynesv1ile, which
covers 10 acres, and which is the !arg-
est and finest bearing orchard in the
state, the trees being about 20 years
old and embracing 20 varieties. Mr.
BOggS sells his fruit in the south, in
carload lots, and is now getting from
So to 81 for 1t. His trees are in first
class condition, and are loaded with
fruit. IN fact the limbs of many e
ly reaching the breaking point. His
crops will probably reach 5000 bar
relS. Professor Hume says that Sec
ton and the Brushy Mountain section
Of North Carolina have no superior for
apple-grOWing, and that after a while
this will be the most noted apple re-
giOn in the country.
It is understood that the test case in
vOlving the constitutional power of a
police justice to sentence persons with
out a jury trial will ONE before the
supreme court at the end of the Sixth
district appeals. J.. C. l.. Harris, who
is pushing this matter, says it must
be absolutely decided, and it Must
any way to get a writ of error so as to
get the matter before the United States
supreme court he will take this step.
Preliminary steps have been taken
to form the Atlantic Fire Insurance
Company here. The first meeting to
this end was held last evening. The
insurance laws require that at least
$50 900 capital stock shall be subscrib-
ed before a charter is granted and that
all the stock subscribed must be paid
in before a company can be licensed
to do business.
Deputy Insurance, Commissioner
Scott has gone to Greensboro to give
evidence in regard to cases against
four men charged with burning he
barns of a man named Stanly, in Gull
ford county. One man has already
been convicted and sentenced to a term
on the roads. 1t is said that the burn
ing was done because the men were
mOOnShiners, ard had a grudge against
STANLEY. The Insurance department
worked UP the case.
Today the work began of securing
subscriptions to pay the cost OF iced
ing and OTHERWISE looking after the
National Guards in camp here October
10, on the occasion of the visit Of Pres
idpnt Roosevelt. 1t will cost about
$500 to do this.
At the department of public instruc-
ton today a very handsome photo
graph album was received from Rev.
J. D.. Moore of S. c., this containing
photographs of every school house III
Caldwell county, this state, showing
the old and the new buildings, many
of them of logs, actual conditions be
ing given. The album was prepared
under direction of the Southern Edu-
cation Board. Mr.. Moore is a brother
of the school superintendent OF that
county. Some very good new scnool
houses are shown.
The climate and crop report bulle-
tin for August tOr this state was issued
today, and says the mean temperature
was 74.S degrees, which is 1.3 beloW
the normal. The average rainfall was
64S inches, which is twO-thirds OF an
inch above normal. In the eastern
district the rainfall average over two
inches below the normal. The greatest
rainfall was 1876, at HOrsecove, yam
cey county, the least n LOO lncneS
at Hatteras. The greatest rainfall IN
"a hours was 7.75 inches.
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gore has much improved and he Will
in a few days return from New Ynrk
state, where he has been for several
weeks. s.
Very good progress is being made on
the extension OF the street railways
and in a few days it will reach the
Union Railway station. Raleigh has
been unique in the matter of having
no street railway to its passenger sta
ton, and the hack drivers, who have
reaped a harvest, think the change a
very bad n indeed.
The penitentiary board meets tomor-
row. and will pay its debts and take
I'D the matter of the turnpike from
Wilkesboro to Jefferson. The state
has invested in this $50, 900, and the
private stockholders half that sum
but the ldIl6F are no" dC lue Shu vi
their row. The road is completed tC
within a mile and a half to the top OF
the Blue Ridge, and within nine miles
of jefferson. The worst of the grad
ing is done and it is said it will cost
about SIS, 900 to complete the road tt
jefferson, where it will strike a fin
mountain country and the best olut
grass land in North Carolina or per
haps IN the south. 1t may be that th'
. state will decide to complete it to JET
ferson. and it may further be a fac
that later an electric line will be Du
upon il and extended from Jefferson
to Blowing Rock, % miles. passinE
through a wonderful mountain region
with some Of the %grandest scenery cas-
of the rockies with splendid tlmoe
and with grazing lands Of the hlgnes
order. One of the directors of the roa;
said he thought that as soon as tn
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