The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13
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The yearly meeting Of the Society of
Point. Four hundred accessiOns to the
society are reported, and 1,193 CONVEX
1ions.
The Durham Herald says there Is only
n per cent. of the population Of North
Carolina in Sunday school,. There are
nearly four hundred thousand children in
North Carolina between the ages Of six
and twenty-one who do not attend Sun
day school.
Durham Sun: M. w. Darlington sus-
tained a very painful accident a few lays
ago at home at Galveston, this county.
He tells a Sun reporter that Sunday a
week ago a mule jerked him down, and
three of his ribs and collar bone were dis
located.
The Washington correspondent of the
Winston Republican says now that XII
Gudger is landed in a %consulship. 1.-The
president is anxious to recognize Mr..
Pearson in this way. Mr.. Pearson is
much interested in Mr.. Eugene Carter Of
Asheville."
Concord Standard: J. A. Smith who
lives on the John Ranking farm, No. 8
breakfast, and when the gizzard was
opened he was astonished to find no less
than thirty pieces of glass, flint, china.
and a nugget of gold quartz half the
size of a pea.
Greensboro Telegram: Yesterdays Will
mington Messenger was an unusually in
teresting issue, even for that excellent
daily. One page was devoted to "Vance's
Letter Book" a contribution Of it's Raj
eigh correspondent. North Cardinals
illustrious men have too little honor in
their own country, and every effort to in
crease ii is commendable.
Miss Kittie Henderson, the unmarried
daughter of John Henderson, living seven
miles north of ASheviLe, while on her
way from Sunday school last Sunday was
brutally assaulted. Her assailant escaped
and bands of men are travelling in all di-
rections, but had not apprehended him
when last heard from this morning. Miss
Henderson was a cripple, but pretty and
kighly respected.
The following persons residing in other
states wish to buy farming lands in North
Carolina, says the Agricultural Bulletin:
A N. Daywitt, Franklin, Ind, (any kind:
suitable for cattle raising); G. A. Dean.
Springfield. VT. (any kind; John w
Hughes, 1903 Adams street, Toledo, Ohio,
(stock and general farming); F. J. Hum
phrey, Mansfield, Ohio, fruit growing):
L. A. Weiss, Circleville, OhiO, GRAIN and
grass growing); DR.. s. r: Campbell, 1907
Broadway, Bay City, Mich, for general
farming in a healthy locality.
Durham Sun: Whether or not there is
anything in the old superstition that Fri
day is an unlucky day, it seems of late
to be rather that way for the Southern
railway. On Friday of last week an old
man by the name Of William Crabtree
was struck by a freight train near Hicks
town and his leg broken and other injur-
les sustained. The same day five or six
box cars were smashed in a wreck two
miles this side Of University station by a
draw head pulling out and dropping upon
the track. On Friday night this week sew
eral box cars jumped the track at Eff
land.
Greensboro Record: In the case of JOIN
w. Thomas VS.. the city of Greensboro for
$40, 900 damages was given to the jury al
$50 o'clock Sunday afternoon. In about
forty minutes they returned with their
verdict. 1t was against hint is es-
timated that 5000 people attended
Yearly Meeting at High Point yes.
terday-or, at least, that this many
were in the tOwn.-A young man by the
name of Kirkman from the country was
near the Gospel Tent. He came in to at.
tend the services and as he started of
on his horse he passed by a mule, wher
the animal, ready to do something mean
fred away and kicked him on the leg. /
was not broken, though badly skinned up
Salisbury World: The gold fever ha.
caught Rowan and Stanly counties in {
whirI. y gentleman came up from Mil
sertown this morning tells us that thu
whole section is excited over the gOlC
finds in that community last week. Their,
is also considerable excitement in anC
around the little village of Gladstone, il
Stanly cOunty.-Several days ago, say:
the Concord Standard, some gold miner:
were prospecting on the lands of Mrs
Clara Parker when they discovered som,
ore glittering with the yellow stuff. TIL,
prOSpectOrs then opened up a tWo-foO
vein which is said to be richer than an.
recent discovery in Stanly county. A
New London q new discovery was mad,
last Wednesday, when $50 worth of tn
precious stuff was taken out by two mel
IA one day.