The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

studied THIS course. At present there
are no means of keeping up with Them
since the close Of their studies.
The new faculty Of this department
is composed Of Professor Nelson. a
very talented young Englishman, who
Tor four years has been the assistant
the assistant now being Mr.. Moore
Parker, OF Raleigh, who has had prac-
tlcai experience in this state and South
Carolina.
AT the summer school here today DR..
RedWay, so widely known as a geogra-
pher, delivered the first of a series of
lectures on that subject.
me weather in this part Of the
state continues TO be excellent for
crops with local rains. none of them
hard. The state agricultural depart
ment Will not issue any crop bulletins
this season. These have been issued
here before up to last summer, but il
seems to be very difficult to get exact
ly reliable information.
. Some people have an idea that Raj
eigh may have a new pOtmaster this
week. At all events, II seems TO be
the general opinion that it will no. be
many days before the new man is put
; in charge.
The state chartered the Cornwall
Carolina Construction Company, 1T
Carthage, in Moore county, with an
authorized capital stock of 500, 600, OF
which amounts $1,000 has been sub
scribed by H. r. and II. B. Taylor,
Cornwall, n. Y. and Robert l.. Burns
Carthage. The company will manu-
facture building materials and will also
deal in machinery and supplies.
The Mathews Manufacturing Com
pany, Mathews, Mecklenburg county,
will operate a cotton ginnery, Will han
die fertilizers and kindred lines. In
, cOrpOratOrS are Z. J. Heath, j.. VI. Bar
rett and r. J. RenfrOW, all Of Ma
tneWS. The capital stock i named at
$l25, 900 and the amount subscribed
was So, 900.
Mr.. Norman H. Johnson, attorney
general Of the Retail Merchants AssO-
cations of Virginia and North Carroll
M, will shortly begin active work IL
the state of Virginia, from which sec
ton a great number Of application:
have been received. This work will
be under the auspices Of the aSsocta'
ton of that state and under the di-
rectiOn of J. r. Weaver, Of Roanoke
Va, president of the state OrganiZa-
ton, and who is at present planning
the itinerary to be followed out ~
Mr.. Johnson. These speeches will in
augurate a special work as mapped
out by the North Carolina association
and will allow the people of the com
munities where local associations nave
been established the privilege to heal
and to consider the many questions
20 involved, such as the matter OF tht
arbitrary freight charges as liked Dy
railroad companies, and as tending tt
show the people Of the state the rea
son for the increased cost in NortI
Carolina residential life. Special EN-
phasis will also be given the consider
alton of the parcels post and the PEG
pie will be urged to stand Dy nom
products and home merchants and t
down the subject Of such Legislation
tending to encourage the big depart
ment stores in city centres.
Rev. Sylvester j. Belts, who got VI
!, the list of petitions for an election OF
F prohibition or dispensary, says ne see
) clearly it is too late this year TO a.
anything except to get scope Oh III
Watts law construed by the courts. II
, will Their endeavor to get the legls
! lature to amend the law, so ne ca
! have election early next year.
President Charles C. Moore. of tn
North Carolina Cotton Growers As5o
ciation, is here and says in early al
tumn the work of organizing II J.
counties will be vigorously pressed.