The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-26
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., October %.

Ramseur, commercial and savings,
capital stock $4,000; the Bank of
Bladen, $4,000, commercial and saw
ings, and the Bank Of Tarboro, $4,000,
commercial; the Watauga Lumber
Company, Granite Falls, 100000, D.
H. Warlick and Others.
There is to be an election here on
the question of the issue Of $4,000 Of
county road bonds. 1t is feared this
important measure will fail. The re-
firing county commissioners leaves to
the incoming ones the appointment Of
a road commission in case the vote is
favorable.
There began here today a civil term
Of superior court, Judge PEBBLES pre-
siding. There are II divorce cases on
the docket.
In few days it is expected, work
will be resumed on the great power
plant at Buckhorn Falls. The esti-
mate of cost has gone on to New York.
1t is 100000 to develop 1900 hors-
power, and $4,000 to develop 1000
horse power months in the year.
The cost is greater than expected, as
part of the dam must be rebuilt 1t
was not properly built. The dam is
1900 feet long and feet high.
Judge Purnell, Marshal DOcktry and
others left for New Bern to hold
term of federal court. next going to
Wilmington. There are two pension
fraud cases at New Bern. One man,
convicted at Wilmington last week Of
IL, III !,
Atlanta penitentiary, and VIII be held
here until the other courts are held.
The report on the weather in North
Carolina for September was issued to-
day by Section Director Thissen at this
station. 1t says the month was con-
siderably warmer than usual, the
amount of sunshine above normal eX-
cept in the west where the weather
was generally cloudy and rainy and the
rainfall was about normal. The eX-
ceSSiVe rain in the west did cOnSldera-
BILE damage. The mean temperature
for the month was "A degrees, which
is 1-2 degrees above normal. The
highest absolute temperature was SO
and the lowest 35 degrees, the latter
at Buck Springs The average rain
fall was 4.3S inches, or not quite half
an inch above the normal. The aver
age for the western district was 8.12
which is 3.32 inches ABOVE normal.
The heaviest rainfall during the month
was 22.46 inches at Horse Cove, the
least was fifty nine hundreths of an
inch at Kinston. The greatest amount
in "a hours was s inches at Horse
Cove. The average number OF rainy
days was 8. The highest wind velocity
was SO miles on hour at Wilmington.
The monthly per centage Of possible
sunshine was At at Asheville, 68 at
Raleigh and 81 at Elizabeth City.
A letter from Mr.. T. K. Bruner VINO
with Mr.. Herbert Brimley is in charge
of North Cardinals splendid exhibit
at the Boston Food Fair says the Fair
closes on the 9th. The days now are
very busy ones, the attendance in
creasing as they pass. In every way
the exhibit has been a success for
North Carolina. A great amount of
literature regarding this state has been
distributed and with judgment, to peo-
pie all over New England and will
reach the very class of people with
whom North Carolina desires to get in
touch.
NudIII1dH JdIl6S II. 1OuuS VI LuO
democratic committee of this congress
sional district has made up his list Of
appointments for Congressman POu
who spoke at Louisburg today, his
other appointments being at Sandy
Cross, Benson, Poplar Springs, Cum
mock, Pittsboro, Johnson's Bridge,
Buckhorn Ford, Kittrell, Middleburg,
Dabney, Henderson and Auburn.
The new company which has taken
over the street railway here is cOnsid-
ering plans for extensive improvements
along various lines. It is expected
that by next fair it will have the line
to the fair grounds double-tracked.
This year long switches were put In.
History came near repeating itself
at the Union passenger station here
this morning. A train load of fakirs
wa salmOst ready 10 go out, headed for
Columbia, S. c., When two of the gen
try got into a fight in the very room
where one of them mU~dered another
on Saturday Of falr week last year.
One was knocked down and got
black eye and the other Was hit sew
eral times in the face. The police
simply loaded the Quit on the train
and let them go. The toughest iakirS
were not here this week, having gone
On towards Columbia last Monday.
upon getting notice that only the good
kind could stop over in this city.
The rain of this wee'-, particularly
the very heavy rains Thursday and
Friday is declared b. observant people
to have done as much damage to the
cotton as the frost did. The weather
has been unusually warm and some
cotton growers said that if it contin
ued there would be danger of the seed
sprouting in the bolls. Farmers who
a month ago were looking forward to
10 cents cotton are now talking about
II cents as the figure the price having
for some days been around II cents.
Everything initiates against cotton
this year.
The SuDreme court deyOtes next week