The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-25
RAILWAY BUILDING VERY ACTIVE
Charter Granted a Brunswick County
Fisheries Company.
STA1E MUSEUM AN ATTRACTION
Farmers Institutes PrOvins Success
ful-Prcliminary Trial of Policeman
Rogers Notwithstanding Materi-
al About Reconstruction DAYS and
Observation-Disclosures and L BuIlc-
tin Issued.
sTA1E MUSEUM AN ATTRACTION
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., June Fl.

Raleigh, N. c., June Fl.
A charter is granted the Ocean Fish
cries Company, Office at st. Phillips,
Smithfield township, Brunswick
ty, capital stock $50, 900, J. J. Adkins,
E. K. Bryan and others stockholders.
DR.. TAFT Butler, who has charge of
one of the parties now holding far
mers Institutes was here today for a
few hours and says he is greatly pleas
ed at the character of the audiences,
very intelligent questions being asked
and more interest shown than ever be-
fore.
A short, but lively thunder storm
and rain last night came as a blessed
relief after five days of scorching
| weather. 1t is said by farmers that the
crops have improved and that the
| weather is now very favorable.
The magistrate who is to hear in a
| preliminary way the case of Policeman
Isaac Rogers for shooting John Deck
| cry says the hearing will be on Nor
| day. Dockery continues to impro e
| and his father says sits up an lou
| each day.
AIlO4 WIN ASpASSSAS
| the negro murderer here said today
/ that the governor would commute the
death sentence only upon a recommen-
uation of the judge and solicitor, put
that these had not been secured nor dc
it seem likely that they would be. IN
Supreme court naS passed upon 1nlS
case. The contention of the Lawyers
who represent Adams say h a the evl'
dence is too largely circumstantlat
though, Of course it is very strong.
Mention has Deen made of the fac
that Mr.. Hamilton of Hillsboro is a
work in the library here securing ma
terial mainly from the newspapers an;
reports Of the reconstruction days Il
North Carolina. Mr.. II. M. Wagsta1r
of Person county. who graduated at In
State University in 1899, and who iS
fellow of Johns Hopkins University !
at work in the library also preparin:
a history of secession 20 far as Mort
Carolina is concerned.
Secretary of State Bryan Grimes 10
day at Rock Bridge, Wilson count
delivered an address before the far
mers.
The climate and crop bulletin issue
bv Weather Observer Won Herman Ia
June for North Carolina appeared &c
day. The month was not a notab'
one, there being few storms and yer
little hail. The mean temperature wa
74.6, which is a mere trife above N
normal for the past thirty-three year
The last half of the month was yer
favorable for the growth OF crop
though early had been cool wealth
and some COW temperatures IN tn
mountains, notably thirty degrees
Buck Springs, which is $500 feet 30
. sea level and where there was ifos
The rain fall was very irregularis Ill
I tributed and below the average. =
example 9 IL inches fell at Horse Coz
! In Macon county and only a nftn
an inch at Mantco in Dare. The de-
cheney was 1.035 inches The higne
mean temperature was 70 degrees
t Tarboro and the lowest 60 degrees
? Buck Springs. The highest absoiu
temperature was 90 degrees at Seim
Lexington, Taboro and Lumberto