The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-23

ion as to Railway Burg
lars Captured-July Crop Report.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel,
Raleigh, n. c., July 16.
There has been a controversy as to
who were the members Of the Wilson
county board of education. The state
superintendent today telegraphed that
George w. Connor, Nathan Bass and
S. w. Wick are recognized as the board
until ordered otherwise.
J. f. Westmoreland, j~anitor of the
supreme court, was today taken to his
home in Davidson county. He has
| paresis. His body from the hips down.
ward is as if dead.
Eugene G.. Harrell. of this city, sells
the North Carolina Book Company to
Marcus NJ. Smith, the proprietor of the
Southern Law Book Exchange, also of
Raleigh.
There is a heavy fight being mad by
George w. Cobb, of Elizabeth City, to
prevent f. c.. Duncan, of Beaufort,
from getting the revenu dictatorship
of this district. A large party of Cobb's
friends go to Washington next week
in his interest. Duncan appears to
feel entirely sure he will get the place.
Ohio Wilson, of the railway commits
sion, does not concur with it in the
decision that railway fares and freight
rates are sufficiently low. He does not
dissent. He is yet looking into the
matter. Last winter he signed the
opinion that rates were properly low.
He says now he did not have time then
to ook carefully into the matter. He
is now looking into it. Maybe he will
yet sign. He does no refuse to do SO.
Although the sale of cigarettes to
boys is forbidden by law, there APP
pears to be little or no check to their
use by boys. Luckily this is only in
towns. The cigarette, like the English
sparrow, a not found its way into
the country as yet.
Tt is said that certain republicans
who were on the Russell side in the
fight in the last Legislature have pre-
ferred charges against Spencer Black
burn, one of the anti Russell leaders,
who is al applicant for a federal posi-
ton. Such an attack would nave but
small weight with Senator Pritchard,
who is master of appointments for
North Carolina.
Every one of the populists who voted
" ia Aoo SISllCI oCSl
given a good office or offered one.
This state will ave two silk facto-
ries. One is at Wadesboro, and was es.
: tablished a number of years ago. The
other is to be at the Crown mill
Greensboro.
1t is asserted that the detectives have
captured two of the men who last
month robbed the %postofice at Tay.
lorsville and got 1000, of which $25(
was in postage StaYnDS and govern.
ment funds.
Old directors of the North Caroline
railway are condemning the placing o
? all it's funds in the Atlantic Nationa
bank at Wilmington, and say that un'
: der the old regime not ove $15, 900 was
Kept in any one bank.
+ The July crop report by the state
, board Of agriculture is out. Tt is baset
on replies from 700 correspondents an
says the average yield of whe is gu
Per cent, oats 81, rye 901a, rice 8O1h, cot
ton 86k, Ga falling off since June of IL
points,, corn S7k, calling off sine,
June of 10 points,, peanuts sou, to
bacco Is, Ca falling off since June o
9 points,, hay, ETC., SAY, apples 61A
peaches 49A, pears 40, grapes So. TIL
: condition of hogs is 921a; efficiency O
l b IS per cent.
sales have begun, in a small
way, on this market, of the leaf of thi
years crop.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel.
Raleigh, N. c., July 20.
2 In the superior court here this morn
| ing Berry Cook, colored, charged witt
numbering by ~strangling Rose Nor
/ gan, his mistrccr, Headed guilty t,
+ murder in the second degree, and wa
: sentenced by Judge Robinson to TWEEN
ty years at hard labor. Cook adopte,
2 this method Of saving his neck from
= the gallows. His own evidence yester
day evening really convicted him c
murder in the first degree and he wa
not willing to risk the case before tn
, jury of five white men and seven ne
1 groeS.
DR.. Curry sends of the Peabody fun
to State superintendent Mebane $40
for the State Normal and Industria
> college, making $4,000 for it, and sic
, additional for the Colored Norma
: school at Elizabeth City.
= a large illicit distillery was seize
: today by revenue officers on the prem
= ises of ex-State nat Warren Car
n Yer, of Cumberland county; also Loo
' gallons of beer. The still was take
from a house or barn.
> The Durham Light infantry will brea
camp at Ocean View, Va, tomorrow
4 and will leave tents standing, SO the
can be occupied by the Edgecomb
. IudruS, oI IarDOro, IN a day or two.
Fine and general rains began fallin
. last evening and continued TO-DAY
There is no drought now anywhere i
the state.
1t is said that the Durham and Char
= 1oSte railway may pass Chapel Hill.
/ The Greensboro silk mill will hav
: 81, GOD, 900 capital. When the plant wa
at Paterson, N. j., as many as 1.5O0 per
sons were employed in the mill.
Tho pa~ n11hlin hacnito1 ha.a haz b.
! completely refitted and enlarged. L