The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
r CAROLINA.

The Zeb Vance club at Asheville num-
bers 80 members
A J. Winecon. a wealthy farmer. fell
sixty feet into a well in Cabarrus county
Ribs were torn loose from the
and both lungs were severed.
Rutherford county has a woman
"moon-shiner." Mrs E. A Mode was
recently bound over to court under 500
bond for retailing liquor without license.
The Greensboro Telegram a that the
oldest Methodist preacher in North Caro-
lima. IL not in the world. Is Rev. James
Needham. who lives near Mt. Airy. He
is now in his Goth year.
Washington Messenger: Rev. ]. n.
Boothe. of Lincolnton, n. c., has accept
ed a call to the pastorate of the First
Baptist church.. this city. and will enter
! upon his duties November LIST.
The Marion On. Co. Messenger says:
The Catawba furniture company Will cut
about 100, 900 feet of lumber into furniture
dressers and chifoniers are to be shipped
to New York and Brooklyn in a few
days.
Greenville Reflector: Two white men.
We could not learn their names, who re-
! Gently came here and rented a room
together in the railroad ravine. got in a
fight among themselves Friday night.
One Of the men beat the other with a
stick of wood.
The appointment of ]. II. Ramsey to be
postmaster at Salisbury, N. Co. is devel-
oping bad blood. The defeated candidate.
j. A. Ramsey, was a member of the
legislature and voted for Pritchard, with
the understanding, it is alleged, that he
would be appointed postmaster at Sails
bury.
Charlotte News: Officers Cogbill and
Overcast this morning arrested Aaron
Gaffney an escaped convict. Gaffney es-
capped from the Beattle camp last May.
He was put on the chain gang for twelve
months for larceny. He had up to the
time of his escape served out nine
months. He was taken back to camp
this morning.
Kinston Free Press: Governor Russell
has appointed Mr.. Council Wooten, Of
near LAGRANGE, a trustee of the Colds
boro hospital for the insane. in place of
j. F. Switzerland, resigned.-About 49,
600 pounds of tobacco were sold in kins-
ton yesterday at good prices.-We be-
lieve Russell tells the truth-for Grant
is a mean c~ontemptible carpetbagger.
strife in his communicated it is strange
that Russell is SO late in recognizing
Grants meanneSs.
The Shelby Aurora notes the burning
and nine bales of cotton, of E. c.. Bor-
ders & Co., of Cleveland county. A
match in the gin caused it. The same
paper says that a little child of Richard
ignited and stuck to a pile of pea-vines
near the barn. The result was the burn
ing of the barn, together with 200 bushels
of corn, twenty-three bales Of cotton and
a quantity of ~rOughness.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. ]. Walter
Potts lives in lower Steel Creek. Yester-
day morning he met with a serious loss
in the destruction, by fire, of his gin
house, fifteen bales of cotton and the
seed from eight bales. The fire was sup
posed to have been caused by the hands
smoking about the gin. The men were
at work when the fire was discovered
Rev. A. S. Billingsley, d. D., an aged and
we'll known minister of Statesville, died
Tuesday morning. The funeral services
were conducted at his late residence. on
DaVie avenue, this afternoon by Rev. j.
H. Pressly, assisted by other ministers of
the town. DR.. B~illingsley, who came to
StateSville in 1869. as a missionary to the
negroes, had lived here ever since, and
was hOnOred and respected by our people.
His wife left with his remains for East
Palestine, Ohio, where they will be inter-
red.-Messrs. j. H.. Robinett and j. c..
Pummell, Of Alexander county, came to
Charlotte yesterday with apples to sell.
Last night while engaged in selling their
fruit near the show ground they were
stoned by a crowd of twenty-five negroes.
They were badly cut up and bruised.
The doctors Sewed up their Wounds. The
attack was u~nprOvoked. Mr.. Pummell is
an Odd Fellow and had on his badge
when attacked. Members of Charlotte
Lodge No. SO went to him as soon as the
attack was learned of, and took him and
his friend in charge.