The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-25
FINE OPENING OF ST. MARY's
Enrolment This Year is Largest
in History of School.
New Rules at the a. and VI. Giy
Great Satisfaction-Dates for cam
paign SpeccheS-InmatcS Arriving
at state Hospital for the insane.
Report on Weather in August.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. c.. September q.

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The new annex for women at the
state hospital for the insane here has
been completed and furnished, and to-
day the inmates began to arrive. In
a day or two there will be 80 Of these.
The building is of the same design as
the remainder OF the great hospital
and contains 104 beds, of which four
are for nurses. New machinery for a
laundry is on the way here, the ley
laundry will occupy the first floor OF
the present laundry building, and an
annex. The floor has been laid in ce-
ment and there is also a steel and ce-
ment ceiling, taking the place Of the
one which was damaged by fire two
months ago. The loss by fire was
about 81, 700, covered by insurance.
Grand Secretary b. II. WoOdell says
that new lodges of the Odd Fellows are
to be chartered at WOodIawn and
Apex.
Among the visitors to democratic
headquarters today was Senator Lee
S. Overman. Arrangements were
made for a series of speeches by him
and he was in conference with Chair
man Simmons and Mr.. A. d. Watts.
who makes up the itinerary.
The state insurance commissioner
granted a license to the Liberty Mu-
tual Life and Health Insurance Com
pany', 4 cOlOred organization of New
Bern.
A charter is granted TO the Flow
Rcdfern Mercantile Company of Mon
roe. capital stock $4,000.
The extremely hot weather was
causing cotton to open with really re-
markable rapidity the farmers all
say. There is a great amount of sun
shine and everything is extremely ia
VOrabIe for work.
Many questions are asked about the
cotton crop in Texas. Your c~orrespon-
dent has accurate Information from
state rs to the status. The boil worm
and boil WeeviI have done tremendous
damage III Texas, but had it MOI been
for them the people there would not
have been able to pick the crop. The
weeVils have lone damage on high
lands more than ever before and have
also gone further north than ever be
fore. The rains did not injure the crop
at all there but on the contrary did
good. The Texas people nearly always
want rain in the cotton season. West
Texas has come to be a great cotton
growing section in the last few ar
where six years ago it was not thought
cotton could be produced. The most
accurate information is that Texas
will this year make more cotton than
ever before and in West Texas il is
only a question of whether they can
pick it all or not.
The weather service here has issued
its report on the climate of the state
Tor August. This says the month is
warmer than usual, though the high
temperatures were comparatively mod
crate. The weather was very moist dur
ing all the month and in many cOun-
ties much damage was done in washing
lands and roads. The rainfall was
heaviest in the center, and lighteSt in
the east. The monthly mean temDera-
ture was IS degrees, which was 2 de-
grees above normal, being highest at
TarbOrC, 50 degrees, me lowest at
BBuck Springs, near Asheville, &C de-
grees. The highest absolute tempera-
ture was SO degrees at Selma, the low
est so at Pink Beds. The average rain
fall was 9.26, which is 2.91 above nor
NAL. The greatest monthly amount
was IL inches at Henderson, the least
SO at Asheviile. The greatest amount
in "a hours was 5 inches at Lexington.
h number of clear days was seven.
partly cloudy Is. cloudy II.
Among tOday's visitors was Colonel
W. II. S. Burgwyn of Weldon. who
came to make a report to Judge Pur-
nell as receiver of a lumber company.
Attorneys from Weldon came here
today to see Governor Glenn to ask
him to pardon w. c. Powell a white
man of Halifax county who was. in
August, convicted of assault n sent
to the roads for six months, the Judge
giving him a longer sentence than
otherwise because it wa in evidence
that he had threatened a witness. His
counsel say that they had gotten evil
dence that he had not done so.
A charter is granted the Charlotte
Music Company. W. Ames and others
stockholders, capital stock $40, 900.
The corporation commission has
heard one OF the Complaints of dis
elimination in telephone rental at Ra-
leigh, the company answering that it
$1,000 49, III lllIiIClS d1lu JldII
there was no further ground for COM
plant.
Mention was recently made of a
change Of charter of the Chatham
Manufacturing company, which will
build a great wooden mill at Winston
Salem. 1t is now learned that this
building will be 100 by $50 feet. two
stories high. with 200 horse power,
engine and is to cost $3.50, 900.
1t is learned that Virginia is making
very good progress in the way Of Sc
curing immigrants from abroad, and
also from Canada, these to be landed
from Norfolk. The commissioner of
agriculture of that state spent the sum-
Aer at this business. North Carolina
hopes to do something at Boston in the
way OF securing a New England move
ment to this state. From 1910 to 1860
there was a very marked movement