The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-12

AshevilIe Gazette: Mr.. James Tomber-
lin. OF Goose Creek township. has discov-
cred some hntiess cotton In hs neid. Tne
hollis are full OF seed with no lint o.
them. We now hove iimbiess cotton and
iIntless cotton. What may We expect
next?
Fayetteville Observer. Mira. +. r.
Lewis received n slight flesh wound yes
,erday afternoon. at her home on hiits-
boro street. by the accidental exp'oeion
Of n pistol. Her son. Mr.. Ed. lewis. Was
examining an old PISTOL. when the wcapou
from some cause or other went ou ano
the bullet gra.ed the risns an" rns
result was only a slight oesh wound.
Charlotte Observer: Charles Crawford.
colored. works for MI. W. A. smith. o.
Pinevtile. Yesterday he came UP wita
Snrinrs warehouse, on Fifth street. whca
a bale fell O n him He was knockeo
senseless. and remained 30 for some time:
He was unft for work the Remainder OF
! the day.-The faculty and girls OF ths
Lutheran college moved yesterday out to
the college. n moving began eHry
the morning. and continues sm 81;
to get into the building. and It. wil NOT
be many days before they have me
| school regulated.
OF Rev. DR.. r.. @. Pearson. the New
says: Rev. r.. G.. Pearson has been
| prevailed upon to remain one moro week
| on Staten Island, because OF the increase
in the meetings. On sunday morning. ms
the evening his subject will he Tn
Divinity OF Christ" Rev. A. G. Dixon
stated publicly. before the ministers ION.
ference IN New York, that there were
over 100 conversions in Hanson Place
Baptist church. Brooklyn. as a result or
this one sermon. Mr.. Pearson Is a man
of him: He is one OF the greatest living
preachers
Raleigh News and Observer: A promi-
nent citizen OF Halifax county . In a prf-
vate letter that convicts are permitted 10
drive. to town with guards. ana ADDS.
some of these men are In the peniten-
tiary for rape. 1t is getting dangerous
for women to travel the road TO Haiifax-
What are we coming to?--Bank Ex-
aminer S. L.. Crowder. OF the state treas
ury department. has returned from the
Western part OF the state, where ne mas
recently examined sixteen state banks.
He finds them all right. In Battery
Park bank at Asheville he found S3,0u
in gold and in the Wachovia Loan and
Trust Company at Winston he FOUND gold
to the amount of S25 ,OO.@C. Z. Lyon.
Esq, a prominent lawyer OF Bladen coun-
ty, who has three or four time represent
ed his county in the house OF representa-
tives, and was at one time n leading can
didate for speaker. is attending the SUI
preme court. Mr.. Lyon is a democrat
who is full of faith in the future OF his
party. w will carry Bladen next year
III bt soo'
carried it last year for Watson. The re-
publican party is not near so strong In
Bladen as 1t has been. and many OF tht
populists are coming back to the old
home to fight with us in the great fight
of next year under the banner of The
White Man and the White Metal They
see that as white men they must do this
! or have the present bad condition OF
affairs grow worse and worse."-Thert
has been a good deal of unfavorable com
ment on the work of the last term OF
Judge Sutton's court at Lumberton. This
published statement In The Robesoniar
shows that Judgment was Suspended or
payment OF costs in eighteen cases; no
pros was entered in twenty-ora cases
sentences were imposed In only five
cases; one was fined so. and costs: ont
! sent to the roads six months: one fined
cents and costs; one five days i'm jail II
be discharged on taking the insolven
debtors oath: one sent to the peniten
tiary three years and six months FOL
secret assault. The last was an out
: rageous case. and the perpetrator hat
become a terror in his portion OF TIT
, county. He ought to have been sent I.
the penitentiary at least ten years. Sucl
: light sentences will increase crime In
U stead OF diminishing 1t.