The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

Ing parents to send their deaf mute
children to receive instruction. G4a--
gia has the same trouble and may
press for such a law. It Is found upon
a careful census that there are 900 oeaf
mute children in that state of whom
only one-third are in the state scncoi
This afternoon at the summer school
at the A. and NJ. college. DIR. Wood
ward, of Richmond college. iectured On
literature. The arrangements for rhe
music festival which is { be held July
5 and 6 at the close of the summer
school are completed. There will III
200 voices in the chorus and the Or
chestra will number %. The quartetta
Of singers from New York, all OF high
class professionals. have been secured.
The four are Edwin Wilson, George c.
CARR, Miss Grace Munson and Miss
Efie Stewart. Two years ago the mu-
sic festival was a very striking sea-
ture of the closing OF the summer
school.
Secretary of State Bryan Grimes pre-
scented to the Hall Of History a numDer
of relics from the battle grounds
around Petersburg, in the shape OF
fragments Of shell, bullets, etc, NUT
souvenirs Of the terrible time when
North Carolinians suffered so much in
the awful fighting and other tests Of
human endurance and valor in that
long series of battles afd the seige. He
also presents the original copy Of ,he
;eech made by President Roosevelt
last October at the state fair. this be-
ing signed by the president
1t has been stated here that as yet
no band has been secured for ne
Fourth OF July celebration at the bat
tie ground of Guilford Court House,
and it is hoped that if this is true that
the Third regiment band. located here,
will DE engaged TO furnish the music.
The occasion is of special importance
since the memorial arches, 10 perpetu-
ate the fame of the gallant generals
William Lee Davidson and Abner Nash
are 10 be dedicated. In the historical
collection here there are autograph let
ters of both Of these officers. General
Davidson wrote his name some times
William Davidson and sometimes VIII
liam /. Davidson, as the letters show.
The crops certainly make a good APP
pearance in this section now. The i'm
prOvement is really remarkable. Corn
had been very small for the season, out
it is now we'll grown and of excellent
color. The only worry the farmers
have is keeping the farms clean, this
being a new trouble. A number of
them say they have not had a better
crop in five years. The outlook seems
to be for a really good season.
Next month the book agents will
fairly swarm here. AS was stated sev-
eral days ago the council of state will
appoint the sub-commissiOn TO select
the text books July End. Of course
many are here now, and have been
ever since the great meetings OF teach
ers began. The selection of books is
made for five years, this being the law.
The first selection under this new law
was made in the summer Of 1901, then
the agents were here in May in great
numbers.
Persons who have kept up with The
personnel of the nominees for the leg
islature so far say the indications are
that the next session of that body viii
be marked by, the presence of some
very able men and that there will be
a great many new phases.
Work has begun on the athletic field
west of the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal college. Considerable grading is 10
be done, but an expert, Prof. Wallace
Riddick is in charge Of the work.