The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

sash cord, one nets and two twne-
Three Of these mills are just starting
up. The showing madc is really weary
fine. Your correspondent makes thHe
brief summary from the great mass cd
facts given. In the number of mi.lS
.Gaston leads with twenty-five, Raxs-
dolph and Alamance having nineteen-
Mecklenburg having fifteen. There 2xR
mills in forty-eight of the ninety-sSx
counties.
The hearing in the telephone case wgzE
resumed today before the railway COM
mission. The first witness was Genera
Meanry, of the Bell Telephone Com
pany. The engineer OF the company
was also examined. The Bell Company
has quite an array Of counsel. including
Senator Daniel. He spoke this after
noon.
The cotton receipts here this seasuD
are only 1858, against S.1A for thE
same period last season. This In -
great falling off. The contrast In
prices is also great. Last season at thu
date it was rs, now SIS. The cott0n
growers were certainly never more d.
spondent. One who now has 160 acresl
declares he will not, unless there - -
sharp rise in price, plant over ten acres
next year. He says every cotton grow
er has lost money this year.
The discovery is made in the pied
mont section Of this state that hexih1R
sand stone, SO plentiful there, Is tkse
best material in the world for polishing
marble.
Cotton growers are saying that thR
low prices OF the staple will have -
powerful effect in developing the senk1-
ment in favor OF free silver. They rk
the blame for the prices upon the gu12
standard.
The tobacco year opened today. II N
g.
begin in August.
Senator John w. Daniel says GOv-
ernor O'Ferrall has gotten iat0 -
trust" He does not believe the pOUW-
lists will indorse the republican nOus1-
nee for governor in Virginia. In Gac3
he does not believe that q repuh2teuD
governor can be elected in the Old DD--
minion.
The amount which this state il to ru>
ceive in cash this year from the PA-
body fund is $5,40O and not $3,4OO -
many papers are stating.
Last evening Romeo and Juliet wxR.
played here. After the curtain fell SEm
the balcony scene the pianist playuR
Mr.. Johnsing, Turn Me Loose" Txo
Hot Time in OF Town Tonight ana
"All Coons Look Alike to Me-"
BriscOe B. Bouldin succeeds ColoruQ
Chapman as revenue agent at Greens
boro. Chapman has been there txo
years and has served with mark1n
ability.
Senator Buffers friends are waitinw
to see what sort OF an attack Otho WN-
sons Hayseeder will make on him. tn
years ago this paper and Buffers Im-
/ per were printed in the same office ann
used matter interchangeably. Ru8
things have nightly changed sinua
| then.
The republican organ quite plainly
tells Governor Russell that he dares mo-
apply for an injunction to prevent tn
Southern railway from completing xeG
/ line from Winston to Mooresville. N
! declares that the road will be built am
that the people approve of the buildnE
! At Franklinton yesterday four mkD
and a woman were bound over by thu
United States commissioner for moon.
shining, for interfering with a deputy
marshal and deputy collector in dia-
charge Of duty and also with highway
robbery. in holding up" a negro cao-
riage driver and taking from the CAP
, riage a deputy collectors valise firleR
| with United States papers.
| DR.. Clark has been arrested and takezk
/ to Pamlico county on the charge Of Az
! tempting to kill his wife. He had 0eS1
the county, owing to the anger Of TIN