The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-29
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Goldsboro Argus: The serious illness Of
Mrs. Nancy Bass. sister of Ex-Governor
e. H. BrOgden, has resulted in her death
and she was buried yesterday afternoon.
Henderson Gold I eaf: AS far as we
have been able to Oh erve and from re-
ports gathered. the tobacco crop Will not
be as large as heretofore by from g to 80
per cent.
The centennial anniversary of North
Carolina Synod, occurs in 1903. it having
been organized at Salisbury. n. c., May
;. 1903. A suitable observance of this no.
table event is in preparation.
The secretary of state has distributed
$3.50 copies of the laws of 1897. to magis-
trates, this number covering all the mag
istrates save those in four counties from
which no returns were made.
Fayetteville Observer: Rev. r. w. Har-
rell closed a two weeks meeting In the
Hope Mills Baptist church Sunday night.
In the presence of a large congregation
he baptized fifteen converts, while six
others joined the church by letter.
Biblical Recorders: The county commits
siOners Of Chatham county have honored
their offices, served their people and their
God and done credit to themselves. by re-
fuSing to grant licenses to retail liquor
anywhere in the county.
Charlotte News: Mark, the J-year-old
son Of Mr.. Earnest Williams, fell from a
tree in Twins pasture on yesterday after
noon and broke his right arm just above
the wrist. The little fellow has suffered
very much since the occurrence.
Raleigh News and Observer: 1t is re-
ported that Mr.. w. ". Hayward. editor
OF the defunct Tribune will return to
Hendersonville and edit The Times, q
weekly paper over whose fortunes he pre-
sided for a short while before coming to
Raleigh.
about 6 O'Clock, while several little chill
drcn were playing in the kitchen of Dr..
Robert s. Young, little Ellen Gibson, the
l0-year-Old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James g.. Gibson, fell from a ladder.
breaking both bones in her arm, between
the elbow and wrist.
Raleigh Press: The Ferris wheel Col
onei J. S. Carr loaned to the ladies for
their Charlotte exposition, and which he
has been using to display the products
of his farms at the different fairs, has
been stolen. 1t was loaded on a fiat car
at Charlotte and started home, but dis
appeared en- route.
Bryson City Herald: In the case against
John Virgins for killing George Cline the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty. In
discharging the jury the judge, while not
criticising the action of the jury, regrett-
ed that there should have been a drunken
braWl at a bawdy in the county in which
one man was killed and others badly hurt
and no one punished for such crime.
Raleigh Press: A very remarkable ex-
plOsiOn occurred Saturday evening a few
miles from Wakefield, the thriving young
town i'm the lower part of Wake county.
The boiler to an engine which furnished
motive power for ii threshing machine
burst. killing two cows. The cows were
pcltcd with pieces of iron and had the
appearance Of being shot by a cannon.
Winston Sentinel: Paul Vaughn, a
printer, whose home is in Raleigh, fell
from q passenger train in Danville last
night. breaking his leg in two places. He
was sent home this morning. He was
suffering considerable pain when he pass
cd through Greensboro.-Jim Cook, an
fS-ycar-Old boy. was drowned in a mill
pond at LOngtOwn, Yadkin county, Sun
day, while i'm bathing. 1T is said that he
was thinking before going in the water
and got beyond his depth.
The clerk of the court of Rockingham
county has issued a proclamation that
license carried the day at LaurinburE.
though the prohibitionists had a MAORI
ty. There were cast 139 votes with the
word "PrOhibitiou' on them, and 1913 with
the word "LiCcnsC' on them. 1t seems
that the laws of 1887, repealed section 3116
of The code, and prescribed that NO
License and NO Prohibition should be
the form of the ballot. The dry men We're
not advcrtent to this, and hence the
clerks proclamation.
Charlotte Observers: Chief of Police
Ashcraft, of Monroe, shot Mr.. Brack
Ph+fer, a we'll known young man of that
city, Monday night. The Observers in
formant did not learn any of the particu-
lars, other than that the wound was con-
sidered serious.-Elkin June 22.-News
of a murder two miles from WilkeSborO
reached here today. A white man named
Benge killed a negro named Harris, cut
ting his throat from ear to ear. The KILL
ing was the result of an old grudge.
Bcnge surrendered himself to the officers.
-Asheville. June 22.-Miss Charlotte
Rice. of Toledo, Ohio. who was injured
in a runaway accident here Saturday, died
Sunday morning.
Charlotte Observer: Jack, the Ripper,
who once made his appearance on North
BreVard street. in this city, Waylaylng a
young lady at night, and cutting of her
hair. has been heard from at Mr.. r. B.:
Orr's, about a mile and a half this side OF
Newell. Monday night Mr.. Orr ana
family retired as usual, two of the girls,
Loula and Mary. aged respectively 10 and
Is. going into the room in which they
always slept. Yesterday morning at A
o'clock Mr.. Orr got up and made a fire
in the kitchen for his wife, and~then
went on to the barn to feed. Mrs. Orr
went into the kitchen to get breakfast.
LouIa, hearing her mother up. got up
and put on part of her clothes. There was
no light in her room. Her mother called
to her to wake her sister, Ida. who was
sleeping in an adjoining room. Loula
went and called Ida. AS she came BACK
not say whether he was white or black;
Jump out of the window. Mary was still
asleep. Loula screamed and ran INTO the
room where her mother was, she, at the
same time. discovered that her hair had
been cut off. Mrs. Orr ran into the room
where Mary was, and discovered that her
hair had been cut also. She called to Mr.;
Orr. He gave the alarm, and he and
hands started in pursuit of the hend.
The children's hair lay in two plalts on
the floor in the room where they hau
slept. No trace of the man could be
found. Notwithstanding that the hounds
from the convict camp We're put on the
trail. Two trampS were seen MONDAY
morning sitting on the railroad track.
near Mr.. Orr's. 1t is supposed that one
of them was Mr.. Orr's visitor.
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