The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07
NORTH CAROLINA.

Statesviile Landmark: Gilmore HAM
mond, who was tried in Salisbury for the
murder Of Red" Averitt. was found gull.
y OF ~manslaughter and sentenced to two
years in the p~enitentiary. The murder
occurred only a few weeks ago.
Durham Sun: w. F. winssead. cashier
Of the Farmers bank at Roxboro. passed
away last Friday night after an illness
OF some time. He was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. w. Wins;ead and an exemplary
young man that stood high in his COM
munity.
Raleigh Press-Vjsitor: Mr.. w. H. Bolyn.
a young man who has been conducting
a harness shop on Martin street, next to
BARRIERS store, is said to have gone to
parts unknown It is reported that he
left a note for a friend. asking him to
sell out his business that he was going
away.
Elizabeth City Carolinian: We see il
stated that the PaSQuotank Lumber Com
pany propose TO build a six mile railroad
from the Dismal Swamp canal near South
Mills to the Pasquotank river. in order
to enable them TO get their lumber from
the swamp to their lumber mills here
with greater facility.
kinston Free Press: Fire was discoy-
cred in DR.. Hyatt's sanatorium Sunday
night. about a quarter to seven o'clock.
DR.. Hyatt estimates his loss at 81, 600,
which is covered by insurance.-We
uiIuCi SldIiu &Htl TIE AlIdlltEc and North
Carolina railroad will build an iron bridge
across Neuse river near kinston. in
place OF the wooden bridge.
Fayetteville Observer: Judge Sutton
goes to Halifax next week to hold GRIMM
al court, he will then return, and on the
Ztn or december convene a special term
OF Cumberland criminal court. For this
special term there are already docketed
eiShty-one cases. This includes one capi-
tai case. Isham Wright. for burglary.
and frfteen cases for violation OF the
liquor laws.
Byas and Will Suttles, boys about 16. iiv-
ing nine miles east of Asheville, went
posSum hunting on Jones mountain. In
their hunting freed two bears. Having
no weapons, one returned home for a
shotgun, with which one of the bears
was killed. The other one got away, but
people Of the neighborhood are on his
trail. The bear killed weighed 200 pounds.
Wadesboro Messenger: The 12-year-old
son OF Mr.. John. Tyson, who lives three
miles from town on the old plank road,
was the victim of a very peculiar and
probably fatal accident Tuesday after
noon. h boy, while hunting rabbits.
stepped on a large cuckle-burr bush
when one of the dry burrs was thrown
into his mouth and was then sucked by
him into his windpipe. The boy was
brought here to see a doctor yesterday
morning, but it was found that only an
operation could relieve him. The opera
tlon has not yet been performed.
Marion Messenger: j. H. German, one
OF .MarlOn'S jewelers., went hurriedly this
week to the plantation on Buck creek, on
account of the fire in the mountains
threatening property. He reports that
MI. Spencer Elliott had some 600 panels
OF fence burned and that his dwelling
narrowly escaped being destroyed.-Old
Fort correspondence: The forest fires
nave gone out with no serious damage,
Out i regret to learn thai some of orr
farmer friends living on or near Hickory
Nut mountain were not so fortunate. Mr..
Cain Davis is reported to have lost fifteen
sheep and six large fattening hogs.
Washington Messenger: Quite an
amusing incident happened at Hotel
Nicholson Sunday. Three guests entered
and proceeded to register their names.
In looking over the register it was found
that all three were named Smith, and
were from different parts of the country.
Each one bore the euphonious name of
Bob.-The only case of general interest
that was disposed of Monday in the su-
perior court was the state against Henry
Jackson, charged with assault, with at
lady from the Old Ford district last sum-
mer. jackson was brought into court
and arranged and pleaded not guilty. He
is a young man of about q years of age,
was neatly dressed but hardly of average
intellect. Only about five minutes were
consumed in obtaining a jury. The ex-
IRENE penalty for a crime of this kind is
fifteen years, and the minimum five
years, and although the offense of the
prisoner was proved beyond doubt, we
believe the l%eniency extended in only
sentencing him to seven years will meet
the approval of all who attended the trial
and noticed the mental of the
prisoner. We hear this is the third time
the prisoner has been charged with an
offense of this character.