The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-01

on Sunday and Monday breaking the
very severe drought of three weeks.
The rainfall was somewhat above nor
NAL, b heaviest occurring at Colds
boro 2.60 inches. the drought in many
places had been serious.
The statements by Hon. John e.
Woodland of Wilson that he would not
be a candidate for the democratic NOM
nation for congress in the second dis
trict leaves an entirely clean field for
the denomination Of Congressman
Claud Kitchin.
1t is stated that the county of Mitch
ell has declared in favor of Franklin
Mcneil for corporation commissioner.
His friends say that he will carry the
great majority of the counties.
At two or three places in Raleigh,
liquor which is said to have been
bought at the dispensary is served, that
is seats, tables, glasses and ice being
furnished for a small consideration.
At n place of this character yester-
day four negroes got in a fight and two
Of them slashed each other with knives,
mainly about the throat. Both will
recover from their injuries.
State POultryman Jeffreys, who mas
charge Of the poultry farm adjoining
the fair grounds, says that he never
saw such a spring drought, and thai
it has been very severe on the fowls.
having killed a great deal of the
grass and having made insects and
worms scarcer than he ever before
saw them. The comparative absence
of insects has been noticed by others.
Of rNIrca tho r1u,po -11,+ Jr--o G1a~
into the ground which has been dry
in this section to a depth Of at least
six inches, as farmers found when
plow1ng. .
The Raleigh and Southport railway,
now building into Fayetteville from
here, is a much more important line,
not only to Raleigh, but to various
railways, than the public imagine. The
attitude of Mr.. Mills and the other
owners Of the road has always been
and is now n of absolute independ-
ence and frankness, and this has had
no little effect upon the great railway
system. This short line of road, as
it now is, will give the Atlantic Coast
Line entrance into Raleigh, and the
Southern and SeabOard roads entrance
into Fayetteville, to which place il
will also give admission to the Nor.
ok and Western, which can use the
track of Mr.. Dukes road from Durham
TO Dunn, which crosses, neal Fuquay
Springs, this county, the line Of the
Raleigh and Southport. This same
Raleigh and Southport road will also
give the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound
railway, which is a part Of the now
quite prominent Norfolk and Southern
system entrance to Fayetteville. With
Mr.. Mills all the roads are on equal
footing. 1t was thought that his line
would be finished into Fayetteville by
the middle of June, but it will be per-
haps a month later before it is COM
pleted, troubles about rights of way
having caused the delays. It is not
yet known, of course, whether this
road will go to Southport Or whether
it will not get the benefit of the new
road, Of which Mr.. John Shelton Will
liams has taken charge, and go on to
Charleston. Mr.. Williams road. IN
tending to use the Raleigh and South
port yards at Fayetteville.
Grand Organizer G. A. Wilson, of
Peoria, H., was here yesterday and
organized Worth Bagley Lodge, No.
695, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, with twenty charter mem
bers, all employed on the Seaboard Air
Line railway. G. H. Ritter is made
grand master and R. G. White is made
secretary. There is only one other
lodge Of this order in the state, It is
said, this being at Greensboro.