The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-03
Shipaents iYiIiGo ,fOWaId about
."},5q'@I 2.a6. 10, :, the 18th 0 -4ssga ~ ~

Deliey.t. Thn. tf.c lettuce season nl1
L Also be Good Onc-Spring Trucking
u 81 SisfDnfcnls Means Dusy Time In This
Setafoif--lseViesv OF the Strawberry
sstuaticlA hy Fruit Growers .J<urnal.
The sgring Tracking ae son which
IL, the husiest time Of the year In this
section is rapidly approaching ana IL
will he only a few Gays nDW BET re
the shipment Of truck begins to g
10 The North. AfogL tae mi de O.
Aiarfh will W tness, Il j. thought ''e
bea1zning CT TIE leftuce Ee- sJn an
the Indications are that this yea. s
crlte will be q mos1 profitable one.
G1ne first represe ltative OF mort =
epa commission house D reach the
CITY is Mr. Ray Canady who d iv d
yesterday from Texas al, 9th rs re
expect ed with IA the hex. few "A,
Mhese commission naea. come re o e
the season s.a IS n orQer to ,ook "
Ter the field and prepared for t3e BIT sT
period which viii soon be at ha F.
The CaroliTa Truckers AID Fm8it
Growers Journal, the official or.;an OF
the T.. C. T. and F. e. As:,o lat on in
its last Issue has 4. comprehensV We
write-up Of the strawberry season,
which is NOW les Rthan two morths
off, and 1t shows talat conditions are
satisfactory The Journal says: TO
The strawberry season for 1873
Is rapidly approaching, and as the
days go by the situation brightens!
An air or hustle, hustle and activity
now pervades the whole, district, an
some. lively Old times are expected
later on. The cn1te factories are all
IN fun blast, r+.rIing ont BASKETS aid
crates by the hundreds md thousands
Wagons and teams are coming and
going, and the song Of the negro and
the footballs Of the mule are making
music merry and gay. Fields are spot
ted with laborers and everything is
being done ft." the vines and plants
that f>enius and effort can pr duce
Ruoyant with hopes Of rich harvest
the growers are in rather happy
frame of mind and are putting forth
Jealous efforts to produce the desired
results and converted prices. .'--- ~
Commission merchants and their
representatives have been swarming
around Chadbourn, Wilmington, Wal
. lace sind other important ship in 2
points along the various railroads
traversing the straw berry belt pan
ming for warm campaign when red
ripe berries begin to move. From pres
ent indications it will be less than two
months before the shipments start in
earnest and the band begins to play.
The crop below South Carolina in linn
ited this yenT hence the North Caro-
lima berries will ave the inside t ac5z
and be practically the first in the field
SoEie Of the larger commission mer-
chants haVen fold THE writer recently
that IT was useless TO attempt to dis.
suise the fact that North Carolina h d
the balance of tf,e world "sitinned" Oh
Strawberries provided: our j people
would exercise ~ Ffttle mo- e c1re and
prwicnce' IN .bieking, packing and grade
ing their fruit GrNVe hope, stheref ge
? tlJaE there viii 2be no. occasion for
lodging this Complaint a "a nst grow-
erst this ye6r FER ftfit) ard has bern
J n serious failifa4 int @ Which ma1y- o.
our people Nave futlerringly wandered
...G"Commisst on merchants and thRir
Representative es who have been over
the district sG6fe orc less dufitg the
past thirty days confirm the Journa IS
prediction of some weeks ago that tie
1908 berry crop will reach fully 2 001
carloads, three-fourths Of which will
be SOLD on consignment. This m ans,
of course, that business will be con-
Quoted on a more even tenured b sis
than ordinary, and We believe more
satisfactory ana profitable alike to the
growers and dealers. Of course there
will be some berries bought and so
On the platform but last years expe-
rience has taught some salutatOry les
sons to both Sides "# ...a" -
ar1,ioe .tny9
dull in New York and elsewhere ( r
2 the reason that the strawberry Is not
a midwinter fruit and at this sc son
of the year is altogether out of tune
with the average American citizen
b Snowstorns and strawberries don't go
together. The former is alright for
ornamental purposes in high class res
taurants and front windows for melt
ing the appetites for the passers-by-
kind Of dress parade proposition,
so to speak, but lacking in flavor and
not half 50 pleasing to the palate as
fascinating to the eye. But for those
who like them for this season of the
year they are alright. l.a
After all. however, the North Car
olina berries are the Strawberries for
the people. They come along at time
when nature finds itself perished out
on canned goods, picked pigs fset
and tripe,l long-green eoHards, eorned
beef and hash. white sides and, bl ck
molasses,2 cold storage eggs and fcrz-a
en- fowl and something better is de-
manded to enrich the blood, burn1sn
the appetite and tickle the palate.
"And we are going to have 'em this
year. red, ripe and juicy, by the crate,
by the wagon-load and carloads"
Agent for Standard Sewing Machines.
Mr.. ID. l.. T. Capps has become the:
localfagent for the well known Standrf
ard sewing machines and he will air