The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06

when II comes to the importance OF
extensive orchards, such as Mr.. Van
Lindley Is ~cultivating at Pinehurst,
the value of such action may be read
lily seen when it is stated by him that
his trees require 1000 pounds OF ar
senate OF lead and $500 pounds of
blue stone, with a like proportion Of
lime. As 10 the destruction of h
San Jose scale, a spray must be used,
and for this purpose he uses 40 bar
rels OF lime, II barrels of sulphur. anu
% sacks Of salt this is made in pro-
portion Of 80, 20, and - pounds re-
spectively, TO 60 gallons of water is
boiled, then strained and applied
while warm. Such work must ba
done il the month Of February, and
will not only kill the scale, but will
also be q great and special benefit TO
the trees SO treated. The interests of
Mr.. Van Lindley are more than con
siderable. He has llore than 40
acres in peaches IF all ages. some OF
which are quite young, having been
planted only last year. There are
something than 10000 trees, of
apples, pears, peaches and plums, and
something Ike 1900 dewberries.
The official transfer has beer made
as to the office of internal Revenue
Collector E. G. Duncan, by which he
succeeds himself. Deputy Commits
siOner ]. {. Wheeler. a veteran in the
service, for - II 80 years, and once
located in Raleigh, made the transfer
assisted by Revenue Agent r. r.
Sans.
The Raleigh post office shows Il de-
cided gain in the receipts for ,janu-
airy. the total having been SG,610.41
as against $5,956.01 for the same
month in 1905, or 4 gaia 90 over 10
per rent.
w. Fl. Sandelin, Of Windsor, is a
voluntary petitioner III bankruptcy, in
q merchandising business. with assets
stated at S2S,SOO, and liabilities at
$40, O6O. assets consisting Of stock.
The secretary of state today grant
ed charters to the Goldsboro Invest
ment Company, GOldsbOrO, with a cap
ital stock Of $4,000 and $4,000 sub
scribed by !. L. I'arrOtt, Dr. korne-
gay OF GoldsbOro and r. ]. Corbitt of
Henderson.
The Claud Brown Company at Hen
Jacksonville for the conduct of a live
stock business with its branch lines,
capitalized at $4,000, lncorporators
are Travis H. Taylor. Como, Miss,
Claud Brown and l.. T. Brown. both
Of Hendersonville.
Mr.. William Bailey, chairman Of the
North Carolina anti-SaloOn League
yesterday announced his resignation
to the executive committee. which wiz
meet in this city for action next week.
Mr.. Bailey has been chairman Of the
league for three years, or since its or
g~aniZatiOn and his work has been
most effectual and strong in ali sc
his undertakings with hat body.
During his Craftsmanship the organi-
cation has been perfected and marked
results have already been noted. Mr..
Bailey states as a reason for his re-
signation that he will accept the new
trust with President w. L. Poteat by
the board of trustees of Wake Forest
college to labor in securing the college
endowment of $4,000. SO far there
is no intimation Of Mr.. Bailey's sue
cessOr.
E. A. Carnage of Chicago, spent the
day in Raleigh, where in the office of
the secretary of state he domesticated
the Southern Engineering Company
of Phoenix, Arizona and Galeton, Pa,
a concern which is capitalized at
100000. 1t will be Of decided inter-
est to North C%arolinians to know that
this company will open up mo operate
an extensive, mining, milling and re-
lining plant at Newton, in Catawba
county, the seat of the magnificent,
finds Of graphite. The Off of this
company are A. E. Carnage, president,
w. j. Rouse, Cross Fork, Pa, secre-
tary, Other incOrp0rators are e.
Peltz, n. Baughman, T. S. Deitn, and
J. z. Williams, all Of Cross Fork.
Pa. There is little doubt that this
graphite is of a finer quality than any
heretofore discovered and has every
indication that the development will
prove a record-breaking yield.
c. w. Hodges of LAGRANGE, a stu
dent at the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college here, and who has been Ill
with pneumonia was removed to his
home, being attended by his father,
DIR. ]. S. Hodges, who accompanied
him.
State Treasurer 3. r. Lacy and
Miss Irene Lacy, his daughter, left to-
lay Tor Arizona, where Mr.. Lacy
hopes to receive great benefit to his
asthmatic trouble with which he has
long been a sufferer. His last trip to
the west proved helpful in every
sense, and his friends throughout the
state hope for continued improve
ment.
A case concerning prominent people
in Wake Forest township and involv-
ing a suit of criminal libel was begun
before Magistrate Charles III. Separk.
'1resSry Lilies, a highly respected
farmer being defendant. The action
lies in certain alleged SANDERS and IL
bells of a very damaging nature to the
character Of Mrs. T. B. Coley, and
Roxey Hester, a young married man
in the same neighborhood, who is q
.son-1n-law of defendant Lilies. While
a number of witnesses had been sum
y