The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-04
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this earth.
the state for the past seven days,
issued today, says the mean average
was three degrees above normal, the
weather being cloudy, rainy, sultry
and oppressive, especially in the east
and center. The highest temperature
was SO degrees in Lincoln and the
lowest 81 in Iredell. Sunshine IS
greatly needed. The rainfall averaged
about normal, but was not well dis
tributed, being heaviest in the CEN
trail counties. In Aalamance $50
inches and in Randolph 4.66 inches
fell. Considerable damage by rain
continues to be reported especially in
the eastern counties.
II is said by people IN the country
that there is quite a good crop Of part
ridges this year, though June was
rather a rainy month.
Secretary Bruner OF the agricultural
department., who, as already stated,
has just returned from the mountains,
says that in the course of a trip from
the Virginia line TO South Carolina, he
found visitors everywhere and believes
there are 5000 Of them in the o III
| tains from this state, South Carolina,
Georgia, Louisiana and Florida. The
farm houses are Overfowing with them
and not a few residents are living in
outhouses and giving up their homes
to the guests. One fsrmer has 20 who
pay him 5000, and he fed them to
the limit. The coming of so many
people last year from the extreme
| south in the flight from yellow fever,
was a tremendous advertisement Of
the mountain section. A great many
| of these returned this year.
1t is intimated that the street rail-
way here will build out to Crabtree
Creek and have a park at a place
where. Rogers Mill stood until a few
years ago, the mill having been there
from Revolutionary days. The lOca-
ton is perhaps the most picturesque
in this county.
Mention was made the other day of
the fact that a big and very vicious
RAJ when put in the snake cage at
he state museum put up a great
fight and bit all five Of the snakes,
some of them several times, today
another large rat was dropped in the
box and the big rattlesnake, which
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the rat. struck him almost in a mo-
E2ent. The rat died before he had
time to move.
The supreme court took appeals
from the first district today, no state
cases being on the list. The follow
ing attorneys were present: H. S.
Ward, VIM. VI. Bond, G. A. Daniel, E.
F. Aydlett, w. S. Privott and n. Y.
Gulley, E. S. Simmons, the we'll
known blind attorney from Washing
ton.
AS was stated a fortnight or more
ago the Bell Telephone company takes
over the Interstate. 1t was expected
this would be done two years ago, but
for some reason there was a delay. The
three systems here have given no end
Of trouble. The Raleigh, which is now
in the big Independent system, of
which William Wynne is president,
will continue to fight against the Bell
not only in Raleigh but all over the
state and the south.
The next state fair is going to be
on a larger scale than any previous
held, and the premiums cover a wider
range. One Of the new features will
be the competition by counties for the
special prizes. The best display by
any county in the state gets 800. The
best individual display of agricultural
products garden vegetables, fruits and
home industries $500; second prize
$3.50. While the individual who
makes a similar display from a two
horse farm on which he permanently
lives gets $3.50. There is a special
prize of $25 for a mountain farm, and
$3.50 is the prize which will 20 to the
individual who makes the best show
fro ma one-horse farm, on which he
lives permanently. There are also the
special premiums of s25 first, SIS
second and SO third for the largest
yield per acre of corn, cotton. wheat,
oates, tobacco, peanuts, field peas,
irish potatoes. sweet potatoes, clover,
rice. grasses, ~cabbages watermelOns,
and S25 is offered for the best display
of trucking with SIS as a second prize
and SO as a third prize.
Much interest is felt here as to the
action of the state text book COM
mission of the epo of the sub-com-
mission. 1t is officially said that a
number of changes are made, five i'm
portant ones. The sub-commission
recommended two histories. n being
Whites. The state commission adopt
ed graded classics and classics old and
new.
Four Fousts spoilers We're recon-
mended by sub-commissiOn but the
state commission adopted another lev
one. Sub-cOmmissiOn recommended
Mines arithmetic. but state commits
sion retained old book, and put in also
an intermediate. The text book on
physiology is changed from that rec
! Nn1n anfaS hE Ih-COmmiST0n There
are other minor changes.