The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
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byterian church at Granam. Inc Gieaner
says 1t will be a handsome anu comnool-
GUS church.
Greensboro Record: T. J. Fogleman's
still house two miles from Burlington was
destroyed by fire the other day, together
with some Wh1Skey.
folk, Va, are looking for the Rev. George
Lomax, formerly of Durham. The Rev.
Inmax is wanted and he is wanted bad.
He has fled with 1929 belonging to Ebo-
nezer church of which he was pastor.
Charlotte Observer: Joseph G.. Brown,
of Raleigh, was chosen vice president of
the American Bankers Association for
North Carolina. Browns speech was
kins. of Burke, one of the best of men.
was found dead in his bed Monday morn
ing.
Charlotte News: Mr.. H. A. Wolfsohn.
Mr.. Flies singer, who is well known in
Charlotte, leaves this evening for
brownsville, to join the evangelist. They
will soon begin a series of revivals, in
which they will be engaged for several
weeks. Mr.. Fife has almost entirely re-
covered his health and is in fine condition.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Friends of DR.. J..
II. Tucker will be pleased to learn that he
has sufficiently recovered from his late
serious illness as to be able to leave home
on the 18th for the mountains, Caesars
Head being decided upon as affording the
high altitude, perfect rest and comfort
he requires.
Laurinburg Exchange: The report
comes from Mccall that Joe Douglass, a
coioxed boy who was born and raised
there, has been charged with attempting
to criminally assault a colored girl. Ex-
element and threats of lynching by the
Indignant colored people caused Douglass
to skip the country entirely, and his
whereabouts are not known.
Biblical Recorder: Rev. J. 3. Boone,
now general manager of our ~orphanage at
Thomasville, introduced the graded
schools in North Carolina, organizing the
first at Charlotte; and therefore he is the
3atner of these schools in North Carolina.
Statesville is to have a colored phy-
sician. The Landmark says that DR..
Lord, colored, a native of Salisbury, is
40 settle there for the practice of his pro-
fession.
Macon County Times: On Monday even
ing DR.. s.. Fl. Lyle'S little son, Harley,
aged about s years, was playing with a
dynamite cap, and holding it in his
fingers applied a match. when it exploded,
the left hand at the first joint, and the
nail of the middle finger. A piece of the
shell also entered his eye putting it out.
He was already blind in the other eye,
and the probability is he is rendered to-
tally blind for life.
Winston Journal: An operation for ap
pendicitis was performed at the hospital
yesterday on Walter Disher, a 10-year-old
boy whose father lives in Salem. The
operation was performed by Drs. Balm
son, Lott and Dalton, and the boy is doing
well this morning. He was in a danger
Gus condition Yesterday before the OPERA
ton, and the physicians found and re-
moved unmistakable evidence of appen-
dicitis. The boy had been eating grapes
which are said to produce this dreaded
disease.
Lincolnton Journal: Miss Kate Shipp,
of this place, has just received notice OF
her admittance to Cambridge University,
in England. 1t is not only a very high
honor, but is an unusual one, because
The rules of that f1noD1c 1Ipixynrcityy 70
quire that those admitted shall be gradu-
ates of English institutions. In view of
Miss Ships high attachments and the
very high testimonials sent in her behalf,
the rules were suspended and she was ad-
United without examination. Miss Shipr
is a daughter of the late Judge VIM M
Shipp, one of the states ablest and most
learned jurists.
Raleigh News and Observer: A republi-
can referring to- the statement that Loge
Harris and Otto Wilson both wanted to
be candidates for congress said that he
knew the fact that a republican was al
ready in training for that position and has
the promise of the suffrage of the friends
of the administration next year.-The re-
turns from tobacco manufacturer are
now being received by the labor commits
sioner. One factory at Winston annually
manufactures Z 1900, another there manu-
features $4,000, and a third 100, 900.
A Mt. Airy factory makes $40, 900 and one
at Greensboro 200. 900 pounds. A States
vile factory manufactures $50, 900 pounds a
year, and a Germantown factory 10, 00C
pounds. a leaf factory in Nashville han.
dies LOCO, 900 pounds of tobacco annually
The Dukes, at Durham employ $50 people
-450 men, 25 women and - children
They have not yet made return as to their
annual output.
Fayetteville Observer: A recent tele.
gram from De Funiak Springs to the
Jacksonville. Florida, Daily Citizen, con.
tains the following gratifying intelligence
concerning an old Fayetteville boy
Louis Robinson Of this place has recent
~ secured a patent on a color-printine
press and has just completed a working
model of the device. The mechanism OF
this machine is remarkably simple, and
an examination of it leaves no doubt as
TO it's successful operation. The inventor
intends to do actual printing with the
model as soon as his printing plates are
sompleted.-This morning Constable
Naultsby arrested a young negro mar
m Albert Russell, on a warrant
charging him with N assault and at.
tempt at rape, upon iImma Wright, a deaf
eolored girl, about 16 years old, in "Stevel
Town. near Africa" on Haymount Hill
Monday evening. He was placed in Jail
but was soon released, Squire OVERLY &C
cepting a 5000 bond for his appearance al
trial.