The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30
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Greenville Reflector: A correspondent
of The Kinston Free Press reports the
death of a 40-year-old cat. That cat
must have lived out all of her nine lives.
At Marion Tuesday Judge Ewart sen.
fenced Alb Longery to thirty years in the
penitentiary. Longery is the negro who
killed little Willie Brown some motnhs
z in Marion.
boro, that the Primitive Baptist church
building there has long been regularly
used during the week days by a gang of
gamblers. The building is opened only on
Sundays.
Concord Times: Senator p. II. TilIman
mas wired his acceptance of an invitation
TO speak in Mooresville on the 18th Of this
month, which Is the day CT the Moores-
vile picnic for the Barium Springs Or
phanage.
Kinston Free Press: A petition Is being
circulated in this community asking the
governor to pardon Alex Morton, who was
sentenced TO twenty years in the p%eniten-
tiary for killing Julia Morgan. Alex has
already served six years.
Stanly Enterprise: In Stanly county,
where democrats live and thrive, white
men control our jublic schools. Across
the river from us in Richmond county. we
find one negro on the board of education
and two negro school committeeman in
each township.
Penitentiary superintendent Smith re-
ports 5000 acres in corn at the convict
ihi ms, III WIN y itId i-DrVVJ 0I"l dlil
$500 acres in cotton, which will yield
1000 bales. There are 1000 acres in field
peas. All these yields are predicted upon
the absence of great freShetS in the Roam
nke river.
Morganton Herald: We learn that on
next Tuesday Colonel w. s.. Pearson will
issue a new paper in Morganton. to be
called The Farmers Friend. 1t will advo-
cate free silver. Colonel Pearson is one
of the ablest and most incisive writer's in
the state and will doubtless make his pa
per "a forceful factor in politics.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: There is some
excitement up at Shady Grove church,
some four miles from Wilkesboro. On last
Saturday, it is reported, four or five MEM
bers gathered at the church., and held a
church conference and turned out sixteen
other members for nOn-attendance, and it
Is probable that the sixteen members will
meet and turn out the others.
Jacksonville Times: The steamer Purdy
will discontinue her run on New river on
August 1St. This will be a heavy blow to
the citizens near the mouth of the river
who will be deprived of this form of
transportation, and unless arrangements
can be made to secure another steamboat
they will be compelled to rely upon sail
ing craft to carry their freight to ship
ping points.
III. w. Cobb, retiring president of the
Greensboro Industrial and immigration
Association, reports: There are engaged
in the various kinds of business in Green's
boro 22 firms and corporations, with a
total capital of 81, 672, 600. There are thirty
nine manufacturing concerns, with a total
capia1 of a little over a 81, 900, 900. OF this
number sixteen, or nearly one-half, were
added during the past three years.
Graham Cleaner: Mr.. P. A. Mitchell,
register of deeds, assisted by Mr.. Ira
Dickey, is now verifying the returns made
by the tax listers. He informs us that
The aggregate will fall short of last years
aggregate, perhaps, as much as 800, O00-
Rev. A. J. McWelway. of Fayetteville,
superintendent of home missions in the.
synod of North Carolina, preached at the
Presbyterian church Sunday morning, and
at Burlington Sunday night. While here
he took up n collection for home missions
and raised about $3.50.
The Monroe Journal says that the school
committee of that place has passed a
resolution requiring applicants to teach to
present q petition signed by a majority of
patrons of thes chool he expects to teach.
WadesbOro Messenger: WadesborO lost
her oldest citizen last Monday morning
when Mr.. Edwards had been sick a long
time and his death was expected. Had
he lived until Angus 18th, he would have
been "a years old, having been born Au>
gust 18th, 1913, at Mocksville, Davie coun-
ty. The most of Mr.. Edwards long life
was spent in this county.-Lightnins
struck the residence of Mr.. w. l.. Rose
yesterday afternoon. 1t entered the house
through the stove flue leading into the
cook room. The only damage done was a
hole which the fluid made in the floor Of
lii ~ w. S5N"pO W. NHO HoN
Asheville Gazette: George 7. Johnson,
who recently conducted a brokerage bust
ness in Asheville, suicide in
~Spartanburg Wednesday Mrs.
Noble, who lives on the Cheesborough
farm, this city, brought to the city yes
terday and delivered to Chairman L. @.
Brown, a negro boy named Abe Davis,
who escaped from the chain gang about
two months ago. Abe has a brother living
on the place where Mrs. Noble lives, and
the convict was lettering around the
premises with his brother. The good lady
aScertaining that Abe was a refugee from
justice, by kind treatment induced him to
surrender himself to the authorities. Mrs.
Noble came with Davis to the city and
gave him up to the chairman of the board
of county commissioners, who had him
confined in Jail. Today he will be put
back to work.
Hickory Mercury: Two children of Mr..
David Fry, who lives about three miles
east of this city. Paulina and Kirby, aged
by lightning on last Wednesday evening.
The children were in a field some distance
from the house, and when a shower came
up, sought shelter under a large gum
tree. AS they did not return home when
the rain was over, some members of the
family went to the field where they We're
and found the boy near the tree, with his
eyes bloodshot, ears bleeding, and a con-
siderable portion of the crown of his hat
was torn away. He told them he had
been asleep, and that his sister was
asleep anu Wouiu Hol d"dhei. SHc was
found at the tree stunned and unconsci-
Gus, and her clothes badly torn. Drs.
r. B.. Baker and w. L. Abernethy were
called and succeeded in r~eviving the girl.
Both children are doing we'll at present,
and it is thought will fully ecover.
The Maryland democrats are turn
ing out to their primaries in large
numbers and with an enthusiasm
which will be sure to give The Balti-
more Sun nervous Observation-Disclosures
ington Post.