The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15
CAROLINA.

Shelby Spindle and Loom: Mr.. C. NJ.
Cooke. Jr.. son OF ex-Secretary OF the
state. and a young man OF promise, has
accepted the superintendent's position I'm
the Southern cotton mills. made vacant
by the resignation of Mr.. G. w. Ivy.
oxford Ledger: II Is a well settled fact
that the counties OF this judicial district
ought to save money while Judge Roo-
inxon Is presiding over the court. as he
Is boSh judge and jury. He also plays
lawyer in many instances by examining
witnesses reminding UP OF the late Judge
Cloud
Raleigh Press: Mr.. G. Benton Afford.
OF Holly Springs. Is In the city today.
He says that a railroad from Holly
Springs 10 Raleigh Is an assured fact.
Tue road will run from Ellington to Raj
esgh by way Of Holly Springs. This road
Northern railroad. Next Monday morning
az l. O'Clock the stockholders In this
road will meet in the office OF AR. q. II.
Afford at Holly Springs.
Sanford Express: Mr.. ]. NJ. Kelly kill
ed four hogs this week which Weighed
1854 pounds. The largest weighed ss
pounsis-Bishop Cheshire viii visit san
ford and preach In the Episcopal church
on April s.th.-No town in this section
OF the state Is building up faster than
Sanford. People who have not visited
the town in twelve months are surprised
TO see the large number OF new build
AAES Af3A hdNt kpiG UP AnA< IEN4flz%tN
to be n more active year with our pco-
pie than the past one.
Raleigh Post: The shirt factory at the
penitentiary il expected 10 b--gHn opera
ton next Monday.-Four negro ~convicts
escaped from the Wake county chain
gang Wednesday night. ami three OF
them are still at liberty. 4 reward OF SO
Is offered for their capture.-Since IL
has been made certain that Robcr; Ham
cock is TO be- retired from the presidency
of the Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
road. there Is. naturally. much specula-
ton as to who will he hts successor. Colo
mel w. J. Pope, one OF the leading candi-
dates for the position. Is here. and has
been in consultation with the governor.
Mormon Elder Clark stated TO the SAL
isbury World that they had succeeded I'm
making a number OF converts In Rowan
county. When asked as 10 what the
probable number OF p~roselytes was no
stated that IL Is probably as many as six.
Salisbury World: Young Sam Jones. OF
the Vance cotton mills. may die rs a re-
suit of n sportfve disposition on the part
OF n friend which manifested itself last
week. Young Jones was in the mill when
a friend pfayfully pushed him. His head
hit against n carder and n bad cash was
inflicted. The young boy shortly after
wards contracted erysipelas and his head
Is now swollen to almost twice its nat
ural size. His eyes are swollen shut and
his condition is very critical indeed.
Enfield Enterprises: DIR. T.. r. whita-
= L iASA RlpIfld1 " 'pIElNlua, IFA-.
where he goes to practice his profession
and which place ne will make his future
home. DR.. Whitaker Is an excellent ply
sician.-Mr. S. Meyer killed and ship
ped a turkey this week that weighed -
pounds.-Mr. John Ethcridge. "A white
man who lives on Mr.. S. Mitchell's place.
and who has been drumming tobacco for
Messrs. Burwell & Cole. Is "A fugitive
from justice. charged with larceny.-
Rev. s. Copeland. pastor or the First
Baptist church, colored, here, H. laid up
with a roken leg. the result or a runa-
way.-Mr. job Neville. "A section mas
ter on section No. 2. on the Tarboro
branch, became OF the charms
of a pretty young girl in his ~neighbor-
hood, and or last Monday without warm
ing to any one. he eloped with her. leav-
ing wife, children, job and all behind.
Raleigh News and Observer: Now
comes Kinston with a new cotton mill.
1t was Incorporated yesterday by the sec
rotary of state, and work upon the build
ing will begin at once. The capital stock
is only 81, O0. but n may be increased TO
$4,000 by the stockholders. Par valuro
of the stock Is SO per share.-Rev. DIR.
| Taylor. president OF Wake Forest coll
lege, has about finished the life OF Mat
thew II. Yates. the pioneer Baptist mis-
sionary from this state to China. upon
which he has been engaged for some
time. DR.. Yates was a great man and
his biographer Will give us a delightful
| sketch of his Ilfe.-A drummer got Off
| at Hartford last Saturday and rode uD to-
the hotel and registered as l.. @. Eurtz.
Kfnston. He left his baggage at the de-
pot when he arrived. Monday morning
| he told the clerk that he was going down
to the mill and would be back for din
ner. He went to the depot and checked
his baggage to Camden Court House and
gave his name as J. f.. Hood. He then
took 1t on foot down the railroad and
got on the train at some other station.
This Is a sharp way OF jumping his
board. He claimed to be a saw hlcr,
Charlotte Observer: We have for years
been hearing of boy eyangelists' and
evangelist Of many other varieties. but
the latest development is at Durham.
where a burglar evangelist" has been
holding forth. The amount OF the collec-
ton he lifted is not stated.-Thursday
at 1890 O'Clock at Concord the dry kiln
at r. w. Safrit's saw mill was burned
lumber. The mill and other buildings
not a great distance away barely escap-
ed.-While the county commissioners
were In session Monday. one VIII Creigh-
ton, Of No. 9 township, appeared before
the board and reported that his wife
was violently insane and asked for as
sfstance. The unfortunate woman was
ordered taken to the county home, and
yesterday five men conveyed Mrs.
was raving, not a maniac. but Justly so.
from imposition. She was retained by
Mr.. Barnheardt, the keeper. however.
and today DR.. j. S. Lanerty. the county
physician, examined the woman, pro-
nouncing her sane. She tells "A pitlful
story. Her husband had brutally beaten
her. evidences of which she bore by the
several scars and bruises on her face.
head and body.