The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
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Tarboro Southerner: Only two weeks |
since the last term of the criminal court |
and there are already twenty prisoners |
in the county Jail. including the two I'M |
der sentence of death. AT that rate how
many will find the way there by the next
term of the court in February? Have
the wicked democrats hired these men
to commit oIenses? or is crime naturally
on the increase? or is it the result of a
too lenient and merciful court?
Raleigh News and Observer Sunday:
Rev. j. 3. Martin died Saturday at Dan
vile, Va. The funeral will take place at
Chapel Hill Tuesday.-The Kings
Daughters of Raleigh are arranging TO
send one Of the Gainey girls, who came
from Johnston county, to a reformatory.
The Rescue Circle has sent between fif-
teen and twenty girls from Raleigh to
1erormatories in the past few years
There are sixty-one prisoners now in the
| county Jail here.-Mr. Thos. J.. Pence.
| for two years manager. has severed his
Greensboro Record, December 1lth:
| Greensboro is soon to hold an election on
| extending her sewerage system
| Greensboro is organizing a public libra
ry with a capital stock of S,GN.-Po-
| liceman Will Scott, aided by Policeman
Jeffreys and Deputy Sheriff Davis, male
a big haul last night of whiskey thieves.
Wednesday night a raid was made on
the distillery of T. A. Hill, just above
the Waterworks, when two barrels were
carried off. The thieves had no wagon.
but carried it away by placing a barrel
at a time On a ladder. OF course several
men were in the party. Suspicion point
ed to three or four men and early last
night Officer Scott scOoped them in, ar
resting Bill Osborne, J. F. Marshall and
Robert Gray. With the exception of the
first named all ale strangers to the place..
Marshall had about 81 in his pockets,
and a pistol. Giles Ingram, colored. was
implicated in the matter and was bound
over.
Winston Sentinel: Evangelist Pearson,
the popular and we'll known divine, is
conducting a meeting at Lexington, Va.
Each service is largely attended and
much interest is being manifested. All
the places of business, including the bar
rooms, are closed each day from II to
- o'oIock.-Wednesday while Mr.. L. J.
Norman was riding in a wagon from
Dobson, the county site of Surry, he was
thrown out by the running away of the
mule. He was so badly injured he died
the next day. Mr.. Norman was promi-
nent in local republican politics and was
for years clerk of the superior court of
The Twin-City Housewife" will be is
sued about December Doth by the What
soever Circle of Kings Daughters
Twentyenine convicts, sentenced at this
morning 20 work on the county roads.
There were several white men in the
crowd.
Charlotte Observer, Sunday: A six
months old baby of Walter Hill, a col
ored man who lives in Steel Creek town
ship, was shot by its brother, Bush, a
boy Z years old, last Friday. The boy
had been left alone in the house to look
after the baby, and found Hills pistol,
which he considered an excellent play
thing. The idea occurred to him to play
shooting the baby, so he put the muz-
zle of the pistol in the baby's mouth and
pulled the trigger. The bullet tore
came out at the back of it's head. The
chold was still living yesterday at noon.
The decomposed body of a negro man
was found yesterday afternoon in the
hay loft of Mr.. James Cochrane's stable
on East Trade street. 1t was identified
as the body of Henry Hunter. The de-
ceased had been missed since Friday
+. December 3rd. He was subject to cpl.
leptic fits and was also weak minded
He was in the habit of sleeping in ole
houses, stables and such places as of.
fered him shelter: It is supposed tina
loft and had been smothered while ir
one of his sick spells.
Charlotte News: The geologist OF
l Clemson college, Professor ]. V. Lewis
2 has pronounced the mineral discovered
:, at Kings Mountain genuine coal of goot
quality and samples examined by expert!
at Washington have been said to contain
nearly 90 per cent. of combustible mat
ter. If coal should be found in availabl,
= quantities as near the cotton manufac
: turing district of North Carolina a.
Kings Mountain it would give US an ad
j / vantage over and other MANUFACTURER
e section Of the country. With coal at GU
. doors the cost of fuel would be great,
reduced, and the expense of manufactur
n ing observation-disclosures John Gar
= Evans. of South Carolina, was in Char
L lOtte for a short while last night. MI
Evans was accompanied by his tw
brothers, Messrs. Barney and Georg
Evans and Judge Ernest Gary. The part
e We're en- route to Waterbury, Conn
where on Wednesday next South Care
II lina's ex-governor will wed Miss Emil
Plume, of that city. The engagement {
Mr.. Evans and Miss Plume was annount
ed early in the fall. The bride-to-be
said to be one Of the prettiest women {
Connecticut, and is very wealthy. Nj
Evans met her about two years az
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