The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
ORE CAROLINA

WOUNDS on MS race ana throat. TnOSe on
his throat were said to be cut SO deep
the wind pipe was exposed The
wound was in the fraction Of an inch Of
h jugular vein. which. II It had touched
that you'd have produce death; n Mr.
to the wound on the neck and came
ON without stopping to pick up his bicycle.
Greensboro Telegram: At the North
yearly meeting of Friends 1t ap-
P Tsde;n nat nai, a great rsart many ss,i m .ha;r SIN In the ne
distillers and the plea was made that
they were forced to do SO to get bread
and meat. A lengthy discussion was
brought about by the complaint that those
be dealt with and disowned un-
less they recognize the error Of their way.
By the reports from the various quarterly
meetings it was found that there were
seventy-two members who dealt in, sold
or use intoxicants.
Kinston Free Press: The tobacco ware
house at New Bern was opened last FRI
day with a big dinner and speeches. About
100 piles of tobacco were sold.-The fruit
While some have peach. apple and pear
trees heavily laden, their neighbor has
nome. although he has the same kind of
trees. In one instance there are two or
fruit trees alike. with only a lane inter-
vening: the west side has comparatively
no fruit. while or the east it was neces-
sary to pluck some of the green fruit
to prevent the limbs from breaking.
Biblical Recorder: Mrs. George w.
Greene, of China, has settled in Oxford
for two years to educate her children in
her alma mater, Oxford Seminary.
The Greensboro Telegram says: We
learn that a gentleman who recently died
in Boston left the residue Of a fortune,
valued at about $1,000, to the Society Of
Friends in North Carolina The matter
came up before the yearly meeting at
High Point Saturday, n 1t was de-
to a majority of h several quarterly
meetings of the state. It may be tina
Guilford college will get the whole of this
amount.
statesville Landmarks: Nothing has yet
been heard from t h missing county
orders which disappeared from the office
of the register of deeds last week. The
total OF these orders, SO: SO far "a as can be
C.. Tomlin, Esq, died at Eupeptic Springs,
in Olin township, between / and 2 o'clock
saturday morning, aged about 66 wears.
His father. the late N. D. Tomlin, was a
prominent and wealthy citizen. He built
the cotton mills at Turnersburg. In 1882
he was nominated and elected to the low
er house Of the legislature along with
Hon. A. Leazar. In 1884 he was re-nomi-
mated but declined. He was a man of
strong convictions and there was never
any doubt as to where he stood on any
question.
Goldsboro Argus: Tom Pate, a white
man who has before figured on the GRIM
inal docket Of the superior court, and for
whom the police have been keeping watch
for the past twelve months, has been ar
rested and placed in Jail to await the
next term of the superior court and an
swer to the charge of an assault upon a
white lady of this city.-The death of
Mr.. James e. Raspberry occurred last
night at his home near the city. He was
about As years of age, and his death was
the result of a recent attack Of illness.
He was in town last Saturday and look
ing well.-Fifty colored penitentiary con
victs arrived in the city today, and went
out on wagons to Whitehall, where they
will be engaged by Mr.. H. J.. Ham in
famous mineral springs property down
there.
The Courier says that Rev. George
Wharton, pastor of the Baptist church
dency of a college at Clinton, Miss.
Raleigh News and Observer: A letter
from a prominent citizen of Denver to the
state agricultural department says many
of the Colorado people are coming to
North Carolina, and there is much in
terest in that state regarding the advan-
tages North Carolina offers to the home
seeker;- wln 3 y one township in Wake
carried. h was in Cary township. It
was badly beaten everywhere else, even
in Wake Forest-An important arrest
was mad here Monday night, when
Officer Lambeth caught George Davis,
alias DR.. Davis, wanted in Chowan coun-
ty. Davis .criminally assaulted a little
1~1-year-old girl in Chowan county about
a month ago, inficting such injuries pom
her that she has since died. A reward
was at once offered for him by the state
and descriptions of him sent out all over
the state. And Monday night he was cap
tured at his home in the Fourth ward Of
this city. He is a negro of about so years
of age, and is we'll known here, having
worked and resided here all his life. 1t
is not known that he was ever in any
serious trouble.
Charlotte News: Nothing further has
been heard from Mr.. J. H. Milan, the
defaulting ticket agent. Detectives are
seem to think that he will soon be in
the tolls. The unfortunate mans family
are still in Charlotte.-It is rather out of
the ordinary to hear of negroes engaging
In a duel, for, as a rule. a negro is adj
verse to both %gunpowder and lead. But
yesterday afternoon Charlie Smith and J.
70. Wherry broke the record and what Is
known as an old time duel took place.
The scene was near the Lutheran college,
and for a time it looked as If blood would
flow, and that right freely. Smith and
Wherry were both armed with ~up-to-date
pistols with all the modern improvements,
and all that was lacking to make it a
regular duel. according to the code. was
to have seconds. This adjunct could not
be found, so they determined to carry out
their intentions. The negroes who were
q 6OOO uIStdHCo from the
duelists say that Smith and Wherry fired
three shots, and If some one had not
yelled "Police" they would have con-
tlnued firing as long as they had a car
fridge. Neither was hurt n in the
mayors court this morning both were
bound over to the criminal court. Not
having the cash, they went to jail.
A horse ran away in Selma recently,
seriously injuring Mrs. L. H. Neal and
little girl. The girl had an arm broken
and Mrs. Neal was badly cut about the
face and head.
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