The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-02
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Thirty merchants have been indict-
ed in Surry county for not returning
their purchase tax.
Kinston Free Press: Our fishermen
are catching large quantities Of shad
below PARROTS bridge with skim nets.
They are selling from 10 to IS cents
each.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: The work of
the preliminary survey of the proposed
railroad to Stone mountain Is in prog
ress. They are Investigating a line
running out from North Wilkesboro.
Greensboro Record: Governor Rus
| sell could not find a man along the line
| Of the North Carolina road to take the
place of director in the company. He
made a shy at our townsman. Tyre
Glenn, but seems to have dropped him
like a hot potato.
Jim Young's paper The Gazette says:
, Several sOre-head negroes are %circulat-
| ing petitions in favor Of A. w. Shaffer
for postmaster Of Raleigh. Shaffer be-
longs to the kickers. and he has put
his petitions in the hands Of the right
men. Let loyal republicans beware Of
the fellows.
Tarboro Southerner: Ellis Draughn,a
colored youth of No. 5 township, We'd
nesday of last week in attempting to
extract a ball from his pistol exploded
| lIc CdTtEIuSe, the Ddl ldkIlS elicit III
his body. The next morning he died.
This boy would today be living u
for the most useless of all possessions,
a pistol.
Raleigh Press: A letter was received
at the executive office this morning
! giving Information of an injury which
the state steamer, the Lille, sustained
a few days since. The Lille was
struck a hard blow on the stern by the
t-1r-aJ & l., ~-x.-- IL
| barge Jupiter. The injury to the Col
umbia is in a vital part though not
a serious one. When Governor Russell
was informed Of the occurrence he is
reported to have said: Good Lord
what a blessing"
LenOir Topic: Emmett Cheek and
Marsh Fletcher, both of the Brushes,
met in Wilkesboro Saturday and got
into a difficulty and Fletcher cut Cheek
severely. One cash On the left shoulder
is five inches long and two and a half
inches deep. His clothes were cut in
several places, one stroke cutting his
vest clear across the abdomen, but did
not tOuch the body. DR.. Turner dressed
and sewed up the Wounds. The trouble
arose over an old difficulty that has
been standing several years, something
concerning Cheeks wife. The cuts,
though serious, are not thought to be
dangerOus.--The Sanctificationists who
came to LenOir last week to assist in
the meeting at the Methodist church
produced quite a sensation by their &c
centricities, but some concluded this
was not a field where their work would
amount to much, and Friday evening
tool their departure.
Raleigh News and Observer: Loge
Harris was not appointed to but two
more offices yesterday. 1t wasn't a
GOOD 1av for thn rn111ti-Ofiop holder
While attempting to steal a ride
on the train Friday night, in Green's
bOrO, the Southern RAILWAYS night
Waterman shot Albert TulIach through
the shoulder. He may die.The watch
mar is in jail.-A heavy frost fell in
Elkin section Friday night greatly
damaging the prospect of a good fruit
crop this season. Peaches are killed
in many places, but the aDDle trees
were not for enough in bloom to be in
jured very much.-Deputy Collect
or w. c.. Troy and posse Friday
raided the illicit distillery Of j.. l..
Davis, the most desperate n no.
rated in his section. Davis was with
difficulty captured and brought to Car
thage in chains, and is now in Jail. He
was heavily armed when taken, and at
one time bIoOdshed seemed imminent,
out he was made to throw down his
arms at the presentation of the guns
of the officers. The officers destroyed
two large copper stills and hundreds
of gallons of beer and other property.
Davis is a regular Brigham Young,
having about four harems where he
keeps as many women, and boasts OF
having twenty-fOur children. Of these
probably twO-thirds are girls, ranging
from ten to eighteen years.
Charlotte News: The Spray cotton
mill at Spray, N. c., will begin work in
a few days, probably about Monday.
This is one Of the best eqipped mills IN
the south. 1t is situated near the juno
ton of the Dan and Mayo rivers"
Mr.. John Balm, of Mint Hill, died at an
early hour this morning. He had been
confined to his bed about ten days, his
death being due in a large measure to
his advanced age. He was SO years OF
age, and had been for years n of the
best known citizens of the township
He remained a bachelor all his life.
He was the founder of Balm academy
at Mint Hill. and gave most OF the
funds for it's erection.-At eleven
o'clock Friday morning fire broke out
at the Seaboard Air Line freight depot
in Monroe. The wind was very high
and soon the guanO house of 5. K.
Bundy and the s~torehOuse of the Heath
Hardware Company were in f1ames'
Bundy's building was burned to the
ground while the Heath building was
partly burned, most of the contents be-
ing saved. There were about 375 bales
of cotton on the platform, the property
of Heath, Morrow & Co., Grow Bros,
Monroe cotton mills n some farmers,
About half the cotton was burned. The
loss on cotton is about 81, 800. Grow
Bros, being the only parties not in
sured. S. 3. Bundy's loss is about
81, 900 on guano. and w. S. Lee of the
Heath Hardware Company, loses about
$500.