The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-16
NORTH CAROLINA

The Durham Hosiery company is now
putting in machinery to double their ca
pacity. About 81, 900 in the latest knitting
machinery has been added.
The Stanly Enterprise learns that the
prospects are bright for the proposed
railroad between Concord and Afbemarie.
The last distillery in Cabarrus county
has been closed.
Observation-Disclosures Factory.-The new
manufacturing company recently reported
viii organize in q month. A factory Of
capacity of 1900 to 2n0. 90 pounds will
be established, and fifty to seventy-five
hands Will be employed.
Evry day brings US some new picture
Of the members of the cabinet, or their
families; in fact. the Mckinley ad-
ministration appears to be running to
Register.
We nave it that many farmers here
abouts will 20 in more largely this year
for raising their home supplies. They Will
not put in as much tobacco, plant some
cotton, and endeavor to grow as much
of each as possible on a smaller area of
and-Henderson Cold Leaf.
Washington special to The Raleigh Tri-
bune: The Ohio municipal elections are a
disappointment TO republicans here, they
do not conceal: but they all do not agree
on the cause. The concensus Of opinion.
however, is that the Mckinley adminis-
tratiOn up to this time has been too sug-
gestive Of Clevelandism.
1kCChlilE AlliI.-lEt IEHIlle
Manufacturing Company has been organ
lied. with capital stock of $25. 900, and will
manufacture cotton cord, bank-bands.
sash cord, lamp-wicks, etc. The factory
will be equipped at once. The incorpora-
tors are T. G. Leak, II. G.. Wall. II. s.
Ledbetter, William Entwistle, j. z. Leak
and others.
Morganton Herald: Mr.. p. P. Hoyle, of
Silver Creek. was in town yesterday and
gave us some figures on the weight of
two pOrkerS which he killed last winter.
He paid 81 fol- two pigs and fed them
sixty bushels of corn. They were killed
at the age CT 10 months. One of them
weighed 571A and the other 61A pounds. his
pork costing him about % cents per pound
Lenoir Topic: Mrs. Thomas NJ. Robin
son, living en- lacks Fork, near Sherrills
mill, gave birth to triplets-two boys and
one girl-yesterday morning. None lived.
The mother herself is one Of twinS.-We
understand that several parties in the
count talk of having telephones put in
their residences. 1t is only a question of
time when all the people of the county,
practically, will be put in speaking con-
nection.
Winston Sentinel: Deputy Sheriff J. X.
Lewis, of Stokes, brought a negro named
Jeff Brown to Jail yesterday. afternoon.
Brown, after a lively race yesterday
morning, was caught by Sheriff Joyce OF
Stokes, near Danbury. 1t required a bull
let to stop the defendant. The sheriff shot
Brown in the right leg, but the wound is
hO u ~ NC Ooo. IL IcSIO :
home is at Walkertown this county. He
was arrested on a warrant charging him
with incest.
W~ilkesboro Hustler: We learn thai a
crowd of men went to the home of John
Chambers, in Antioch township, Frida
night and fired several shots through the
front and rear doors, after which the
doors were bursted open with rocks. Mrs
was hit in several places and
painfully hurt. One rock struck the back
of her hand while resting on her baby's
head, thus saving the little ones life. I,
is supposed that this was the work OF
reporting them.
Raleigh News ard Observer: DR.. Isaac
Hail Manning son of Hon John Manning
has won q pace in the medical staff OF
the Long Land Medical college hospital
DIR. Charles RCbeson, SCR of DR.. A. b
Robson, of Chapel Hill, won me pl ize
for the best essay on anatomy at the
same nedica1 colle5e. These two prizes
are the ones n,ost coveted in the college
and as both CT the young men mentioned
great credit g reflected on the teaching
Of DR.. VIII ehead Of the medical depart.
ment.
Statesville Landmark EX-Marsha
Allison returned Wednesday night from
Greensboro, where he went to meet his
successor ir office, Mr.. j. NJ. Mililken
The latter &c expected to come 20 States
Vile next week to take charge of the
wal pllII > OiLi1C' II ht" ihd lie L.
quite a young man and those who have
met him are very favorably impressed
with him.-The Hon. XII. Cddger, OF
| Asheville, who has been an applicant fol
the Brazilian mission, tells the Ashevillt
Citizen that his name will not be pressed
Tor that place as another man has thu
promise of it.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Bruce Thorn
burg lives in B%erryhill township. Wclnes
day his 11-year-Old daughter was in tn,
bottom land near the house cutting an,
burning corn stalks. The wind was blow
ing hard, and as the girl went close t.
the fire. her ureSS gnited, and befOT,
help reached her her clothing was entire
ly burned from her body and her fiesl
badly charred. She died in a few hour
Calvin Scott, ESQ, died last night a
o'clock. He served as a lieutenan
-.roughout the greater part Of the war
His brigade commander was Genera
| James H. Lane. In the latter part of tn
war he was captured at Hanover cOur
house. and imprisoned first at Johnson
Island, and afterward at Sandusky, Ohio
where he was finally exchanged near tn
close of the war.
Fayetteville Observer: Colonel Star
has purchased the big brick warehous
recently erected on the correr of Russell
and Donaldson streets by Mr.. Herber
Lutterloh and will use it for his ice fac
tory, the output of which he expects t
greatly increase. He ha~ purchased
considerable amount of new machinery
MIR. A. Z. Anderson, The carpente
who was injured by the falling of the roo
of the Presbyterian church on Massey
Hill, was able to be removed to his HON
this morning. Though badly injured
there is every indication of his speedy re
cover y.--Yesterday was the monthly pa
day of the Cape Fear ard Yadkin Vale
railroad, and 5000 was disbursed to- tn
local employees. This is no sn Ill item i
our towns pros. erity.-In our , otice Q
the death at the Soldiers Home of Benja
min kniSht, an aged eX-confederate sol
der of this county, we were in error i
stating that he was a member of the 13t
Regiment. We should have said Compan
H., 3Oth regiment. Company II, was com
posed of 166 men, and surrendered at Al
pomattox, with only thirteen, includin