The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
REPORTS ON GROWING COTTON
Statements Called for as to Acre
age and Condition
Railway Schedule Matter Settled-Sun-
day School at the Penitentiary-Ra-
leigh and Southport Road soon to
Enter FayetteviIle-State Summer
School-Raleigh News Votes
Messenger Bureau,

SchOOI-Raieigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., June @, 1906.
The state cotton growers assoeia-
ton sent out today blanks for reports
on the cotton crop, July 1st, these all
to be in hand July 10th. The reports
call for statements as to the acreage
compared with last year the condition
OF h plants, its size and also the la
Dor situation. The association has mad
no news recently regarding the crop,
except scattering reports, which con
ftict somewhat, some saying there is an
increase of five to seven per cent over
last year and others that the acreage
has been decreased that much. PreSi-
dent Moore, Of the association, is sick
at his home at Charlotte, having been
sick eve since his return from Texas
last month. Secretary T. B. Parker
has been at Hillsboro some days where
his aged father is very i'll.
The total number of state conyicIs
mas now decreased % only 700. Of
these 128 are now in the penitentiary
here. No more are available for work
of any kind.
A charter is granted the South At
lantic Lumber Company, Greensboro,
capital stock $50, coo, w. L. Clement
and others being stockholders. The
company will manufacture all sorts Of
y1yo~l r~-Jr~ -ooI-o t>-IIr--
etc.
The Fayetteville Gas and Electric
Company, Of which J. H. T. Martin is
the president, has increased it's capt
tai stock to SIS, 900, the state authorize
ing this increase.
The secretary of state is now max
ing UP the blanks for the elections to
be held this year. There will be liter
ally millions of such blanks.
The friends of ex-Congressman W.
P. Crawford are very proud CT the way
he won in the tenth district in the
contest for the democratic nomination
for congress-; 1874 votes were required,
and he already has 142, not including
Cherokee, which has its primaries to-
morrow and which will give him over
half It's votes.
The railway schedule matter which
has made the corporation commission
quite prominent during the past fort
night has brought out the fact that
the powers Of the commission are not
so great as many persons had though
Or seemed to think. From time to
time things have been done which
were rather broader than the law per
mits. 1t will require the addition OF
considerable power by the next legisia-
lure to make the commission truly i
court as it is now held to be practi-
calIy only an advisory board.
The prohibition-dispensary question
here is but little talked about by the
general public and is yet of interest.
While some persons says the election
cannot be held, others say that it will
have to be. Only 428 votes are required
to call an election.
Thirty years ago next Sunday, q
Sunday school was established IN the
penitentiary here, and has ever since
been conducted without intermisslou.
Three of the original teachers are yet
on duty and have been 20 continuous
ly, these being Seymour w. Whiting,
Samuel D. Waite and Thomas W
Blake. Mr.. John T. Pullen became a
teacher a year or two after 1776. and
has also served continuously. These
teachers are very greatly beloved by
the convicts. The prison officials say
the Sunday school has done the pris-
oaers a world of good. There will be
an observance of the thirtieth %annive"-
sary of this most interesting school. 1t
is held every Sunday afternoon and
there is generally a sermon to the
convicts. One of the ablest ministers
in town makes it a point to go to tee
,~penitentiary once each month and
preach a special sermon. The %cOnvicIs
are very responsive TO these labOrs Of
United States Marshal Claudlus
Dockery will Use in executing the mt
tineers at Wilmington the rope which
has been in use at the Raleigh Jail at
several hangings.
A gift of thirty-fve dollars has been
received by the Soldiers Home from
Robert E. Lee chapter, United Daugt-
tiers of the ~Confederacy, which is at
Seattle, in the state Of Washington.
This gift from the PARKWAY Pacific
coast is greatly appreciated by the in
mates of the home. who have adopted
resolutions.
It is now said by President John
Mills of the Raleigh and Southport
railway, that it will be into Fayette-
vile on the tenth day of July. This
is about a month later than was ex-
pected at the first day of the year,
but various things have happened to
cause delays, such as troubles about
rights of way, receipts OF rails, etc.
is a very important road, and will
be a link in a system which it seems
is going to connect Norfolk and East !
ern North Carolina with South Caro- |
lima, Georgia, and the Gulf Of Mexico.
Though but a short line it is TO BE a |
n
The Improvements which are being |
made at the First Baptist church will
increase its seating capacity something !
over 800. It will have a transeept n |
what is known as an umbrella roof. |
A charter is granted the First Bap-
list church, colored, at New Bern