The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-22
tip2the people

Secretary POgue Of the state agricu1-
'tura1 society says a number of changes,
- are to be made attthef fair grounds and
; that $1,000 will be expended for this
purpose. There will be- a large new
building for machinery; new roofs on
, the main building; new stalls for
horses, cattle and hogs and various
other improvements, including the
"a roofing and flooring OF two courts in
81 the main building which will give 1000
II more square feetaof space.%
1.-The suprem court filed the. following
%opiniohs:H Carter Vs. Western Union
Telegraph, no error; State vs. Earring
3b ton, Guilford, ~5no error; Hobgood VS..
: Eh1en, z Forsyth, affirmed; Allen VS..
% Railway Co, Cleveland, no error; Hef-
: ner VS.. Manufacturing Co., Mecklen-
~ burg, no error; MCGOWAN VS.. lusur-
''l ance CO., Mecklenburg, reversed; Bre-
nicer VS.. Royal Arcanum. Mecklenburg,
error; Cottret1 VS.. Railway, Caldwell,
error; Janney VS.. Robins, Caldwell,
new trial; Cotton VS.. Manufacturing
Co, Mecklenburg, no error.
The fourth annual report OF the
r. North Carolina Audubon society has
been published and is the most attrac-
tive ever made. The society is doing
d SIGdL WOI n. IL lids ulStil uutCu LWCh-
ty thousand copies of the circular in
tended to protect the insect eating
birds, among farmers and teachers. A
number of teachers instruct their pu-
pills in regard to birds. Thirty three
-" thousand educational leaflets telling
about various common birds have been
Issued and several thousand copies OF
government publications have been
circulated. Good work is being done
In protecting the birds along the shore
line of the ocean. and the North Car
Dina sounds, amounting to about 5000
= miles where there ought to be half a
million CULTS and terms while three
years ago only Ave small colonies of
these bids were in that section. Now
the number of young birds, during the
season Of 1905, amounted to almost
seven thousand! The fishermen ap
prove of the work of bringing back the
Seabirds, which indicate the location OF
schools OF fish. One OF the hardest
things to stop is night-shooting OF
ducks, etc. on the sounds. The game
warden especially sent there last sea
son. to .cover a large territory. AS
to his work opinions conflict. On the
one hand it is said that he almost stop
ped fre-lightning, that rs the shooting
49, of ducks from boats carrying a light al
- night, while northern sportsmen whe
- were in those waters say there was al
" most a complete failure to stop this il
legal practice.
On the second Sunday IN June, Gov.
.ernor Glenn will preside and make a
at large meeting Of Sunday
Schools all from the country, this meet
ing to be in the nature of a song ser
/ vice, a. revival of the old custom OF
country Sunday schools coming togeth-
!, and having singing by the schools
separately and them altogether. IL is
expected to have from seven TO nine
$50 schools at this song service, which will
plh be ,held7ih grove about three miles
west Of Raleigh. a.s'1@.> @tA' n
- "A very interesting report o rural
public School free libraries established
under the act of 1883 has Been prepared
by Professor R. D:3W:AC Conner 1Of the
Office of the state superintendent OF
psoaic instruction. 1t shows that To