The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-09

passionate OF Episcopal churches at
S~tatesville and Hickory.
Weldon News: The contracts have
been made and signed for a -four mill
at this place of a capacity of 100 bar
rels daily. and work will soon begin.
Winston, n. c.. September 5.-Dr.
j. o. Wilcox, candidate for congress in
the Eighth district, nominated by the
convention of boiling republicans two
weeks ago. died of typhoid fever at l
o'clock yesterday at his home in Ashe
county. He was 81 years of age.
Charlotte Observer: Hon. Thomas
Settle lost the republican nomination
for congress in the Fifth district TO
Judge Spencer B. Adams by only one
vote, and charges his defeat to the
evenue officers, who exercised all
their power against him
The Seaboard Air Line and the
Southern railway have paid their taxes
for 1898 TO the state, these aggregat-
ing about s42. O0O-The rice crop
throughout Wayne county is much bet
ter in quality and larger in acreage
than it has been III many years.
Graham Tribune: DR.. W. II. Glen
denim, OF Haw River. died last We'd
nesday. He had beer in feeble health
for some time. Some thirty years ago
he left this country and moved TO
Tennessee, where he lived up to about
two years ago, when he returned TO
this county and has been actively en-
gagged in the practice of his profession
ever since.
Wades5oro Messenger: Walter AL
ford, formerly of this place, but now
of Rockingham, shot a negro in the
latter place yesterday. The negro was
cursing out the white people generally
and was advancing On Afford with a
knife when he was shot. 1t was at
first thought that the negro was ia
tally wounded, but it is now believed
he will ecove
Fayetteville Observer: The democ-
racy of Bladen county met Friday at
ElizabethtOwn and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: For House, Geo. H.
Currie; for clerk, A. M. MCNEIL; for
sheriff, S. G. Wooten; for treasurer,
R. l.. Bridgers; for register of deeds,
J. S. Williamson; for coroner, c. NJ.
Roberts; for surveyor, J. W. Downing;
for county commissioner, c. P. Parker;
c. w. Lyon and DR.. w. K. Andus.
Greenville Reflector: Today the
Greenville tobacco market surpassed
any sale that was ever made here, the
total offerings being about $50, 900 lbs.
People looked in establishment at such
an immense break.
The Greenville Weekly has this to
say: In some townships that cast over
forty votes last election there is not
one white anti-demOcratic voter now.
They are coming home to their first
love, the white mans party.
There is an old lady living at Boon,
near Elkin, by the name of Mrs. Re
becca Brown, who is the proud mother
of II children, So grandchildren and "a
great-grandchildren. Mrs. Brown is IS
years old and is as s~prightIy as a
young woman
RutherfOrdton indicator: James NJ
EgertOn, a prominent and leading cit
izen of Polk county in the days when
good men ruled and the nation rejoic-
ed, departed this life in Henderson
county on the 18th of August. His age
was near 80.
Kinston Free Press: The honest
white men in the populist and republi-
can parties will leave and join in with
the democrats. In fact we have heard
of a number of lifelong republicans in
this county who are done with the
negro party, and there are vast num-
bers of populists who have returned to
the democratic party.
Wadesboro Messenger: VIM. Cox, of
huntsville township, had a preliminary
haa RING before 'SnJiro II Horton
yesterday on the charge of breaking
into and robbing the store of Mr.. J. G..
Winfield. of Diamond Hill. The store
robbed in February, 1897, but not
until a few days ago was evidence suf-
icient to justify the arrest of Cox Sc
cured.
Asheville Citizen: Salisbury, N. c.,
Sept. 2.-Special.-Capt. w. F. Younts
and Bob Hanna were killed by a
cavein at Sallie Coggins' gold mine,
Montgomery county, Tuesday. The
cavein was due to heavy rains. Younts
was running the mine for members Of
the Standard Oil Company, getting
part of the profits.-The Pierce suit
came to a close in the Superior court
late yesterday evening when the jury
returned a verdict awarding the plain
tiff $4,000. The suit was for SIS, 900.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. Arthur Saw
age, n of the foremen for P. H.
Hanes & Co, met with a painful acct
dent at the tobacco factory early this
morning. His hand was caught and
badly mashed by an elevator.-Dr.
went to Ashe county today to
see DR.. j. D. Wilcox. He received a
telegram at $50 requesting him to be
certain to come, adding that a buggy
would be at Wilkesboro to take him to
the home of DR.. Wilcox. The Char
lotte Observer prints a special from
Elkin stating that a telephone message
received at the latter place at 1 o'clock
yesterday reported the doctor was just
alive. His condition is extremely crit
zeal and the news of his death is mo-
mentarily expected. HE is republican
candidate for congress-Messenger.
Charlotte News: The Charlotte
graded schools opened this morning
with the largest attendance in their
history. At the white school 1,135
names were enrolled. At the colored
there were 535.-Colonel J.. G.. Blake,
who has been in the mining business