The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-06


Durham sun: Its continued discus
sion has not been beneficial TO Trinity
college or to the Methodist denomina-
ton in this state.
Durham Herald: Severa witnesses
testified In the Clark-kilgo star-cham-
Der trial last night that DR.. Kiigo
had the reputation in South Carolina
OF being a politician and wircpulier.
and IL may be said that thus far in
h mater he has most ably sustained
that reputation.
Winston Journal: Allen whiting
ton. who lives up on stony Fork
line, is 101 years old. He has a young
wife. aged about 80. Mr.. Warrington
does his own work and often makes
trips 10 wilkesboro, a distance OF
twenty miles.
Henderson Goldleaf: Rufus Duke.
Alfred Frayser. Joe Poythress. Robert
Switzerland and Isham Bennett. the
latter coiored. are reported among
those who have lost tobacco barns by
fire recently. We understand that a
colored man at Chalk Lev lost Il
barn Friday night.
Two men. one named Ham and The
other Anderson were killed by an en-
CINE on the G. F. and Y. v. railway
neal Walnut Cove on Wednesday night
They were drinking.-We are inform
ed that a roller -four will and a cotton
mill are two enterprises that will prob
ably soon be added to the business
portion OF Rockwell. this county.-Sal-
isbury Sun.
Raleigh News and Observer: Chas.
L. Van Noppen. of New York. left on
the $40 train yesterday for his home
MI. Van Noppen has recently been
elected secretary and treasurer OF The
Continental Publishing n Company,
of New York. He is a clever young
business man.. and The Journal wishes
him success in his business career
Native of North Carolina and Univer-
sity of North Carolin. alumnus. and
brother to the translator Of Volden's
'Lucifer." Miss.
The Governor has pardoned Philip
Williams, a white convict sent up from
Burke county four years ago for man
slaughter. He was sent up. along
with Synvanus Morrow for killing
VIM. Crawsby, while they were all
drunk. Morrow served only one year.
He was pardoned by Governor Carr.
Williams pardon was recommended
by the judge who tried h case. h
solicitor who prosecuted, and the jury
who convicted him. He is forty years
old. He left yesterday afternoon for
his home in the mountains.
Kinston Free Press: We are glad to
hear that the primary of the white
mans party in Woodington township
Saturday was largely attended. There
was a regular love feast. We are told
that there were more former populists
taking part than regular democrats.
that the populists were glad to be
back home. and that their brethren
who had not left home were glad to
see them return and gave them n
hearty and b~rotherly welcome. This
is god news.
Lumberton Robesonian: The reports
coming to democratic headquarters
from all sections of the county grow
more encouraging every day and show
that acceSSions are coming from I'M
expected quarters. The parties bring
ing in these reports are conservative
men, not given to exaggeration or over
estimating, and they tell only what
they know from personal experience
and contact with their ~neighbors.
They do not report things upon what
they heard this, that or the other man
say that some other man-TOm, iDck
or Hary-said, but what they have
seen themselves; and what a recruit il
claimed his name is given and the au-
thority is He told me So"
Fayetteville Observer: Riverside
church, in Flea Hill township, was the
scene last night of an ubly affair. y
choir was being held in the church and
two young men, Messrs. l.. q. Seawell
and w. T.. Haywood, were standing
in front of the door. Two negroes
passed by, and one Of them. Jno.
Hatcher, p~urposely ran into Mr.. Sea-
well, who demanded to know the mean
ing of such conduct. For a reply the
reero drew a large rock from his
pocEeC and struck Mr.. Seawell a fear
FIJI blow in the face. Both negroes
hen fled. Mr.. Seawell's face was hor-
ribly injured and his nose was broken
in several places. He will recover.
however. Township Constable Maults-
by and a posse secured the woods all
last night and this morning for the
negroes, but have not yet been able
to get up with them.
Salisbury Sun: II. T. Graeber OF lie
county suffered quite a heavy loss yes
terday from the effect Of lightning
striking a barn on his plantation near
China Grove, setting 1t on fire. The
wind blew furiously and the fire spread
from one building to another until two
barns. a hog house, the wheat and
oats granery and the corn crib were
all on fire and were consumed with
their contents. except horses and cat
tie. Four hogs were burned. two two
horse wagons a hay rake, a reaper
and binder. a good many farming tolls,
200 bushels of wheat and about 300
bushels of oats and some corn.-Mr.
Noah w. Morgan, Of Morgan township,
presented us this morning with four
pears which weighed three pounds.
They grew On a tree six feet i'm cir
conference n forty feet high. n
tree is supposed to be eighty years.