The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-26
NORTH CAROLINA

Red Springs Citizen: Mr.. Morris
Marley has a contract to furnish to
the Branson cotton mills Of Durham
400. 900 feet of lumber for a new cotton
mill. The lumber is to be furnished
in sixty days.
MoOresville Record: Mr.. Pinkey
Kyles, of Rowan postoffice brought to
this Office this week a cucumber 2 feet
and 10 inches long. AS he didn't want
to make the people think that the ed
itor of the Record had lied he put it on
exhibition at Goodman's drug store.
Greensboro Progress: The attend
ance at the primaries in this county
has developed the fact thai many men
are coming back to the democratic
party. However i!l-founded such
claims may have been in past years
you have now only to call for names
and they can be furnished by the score.
Nashville Graphic: J. F. Harris, of
ArgO, was in the city Tuesday, and in
formed us that he planted five acres
of the much-talked-o Jackson Limb
less cotton, and that the stalks of the
entire five acres will average five feet
in height. The stalks with the excep-
ton of a couple of limbs near the bot
tom, are limbless, the bolls clustering
from the top to bottom on the stalk and
Mr.. Harris says it is the finest crop
he has ever seen.
Fayetteville Observer: George Shep-
herd, a colOred boy. in the employ of
Dasch e Son, bakers, was brought up
from Garland this morning with his
head horribly mangled, and placed in
the hands of DR.. Melchoir. He vas
going to Wilmington IN the negro tx
curSiOn from Greensboro, and when
near Garland, he fell or was pushed
from the train, which was going very
fast. His head struck a cross tie,
splitting his head open in several
places, n fracture being three inches
long. The end Of his nose was also
cut off. The accident was not noticed
from the train, and he lay unconscious
near the track until picked up. He
will hardly live.
Charlotte Observer: The rain in the
neighborhood of st. Marks church,
Long Creek township, last Sunday
morning did great damage. The
bridge over Long Greek, neal ST.
Marks was swept away. A black
smith shop in the vicinity was also
washed entirely away, and a store near
by was flooded with water. When the
bridge was built a few years ago, it
was put two feet higher than high
water mark. The oldest inhabitants
Of that section say they have never
seen anything to compare with the
recent rains and consequent high wa
Observation-Disclosures, N. c., August
22.-PrOfeSsOr P. r. Claxton, Of the
State Normal school opened a two
walks teachers institute here this
forenoon at 10 O'colck. After devo-
tional exercises the gropramme was
opened by a discussion on reading and
at II O'Clock a recess was taken until
3 o'clock. When the afternoon ses-
sion opened a very serious question
confronted the institute and was the
occasion of a long argument. When
he called the meeting to order this af-
ternOOn, Professor ClaXton informed
the teachers hat the institute which
he was holding was primarily for
white teachers; hat it was held as a
function of the normal school, which
was an institution for white teachers
only, and that the colored teachers had
an institute fund of their own on con-
nection with the colored Agricultural
and Mechanical college at Greensboro,
that the colored teachers, however,
had a right to be present at the insti-
tute as spectators, the same as any
citizen had, but hat they could ask
no question during the institute and
could take no part in the discussions.
From different parts of the coun-
try we lear of the terrible rains of Sat-
urday night. The dam at the mill Of
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Misenheimer, on the three
mile branch, broke hat night, carry
ing the corn-mill, saw mill and work
shop about 100 yards down the stream.
Everything is a wreck about there. and
it is quite a heavy loss to Mr.. Misen-
heimer. About 10000 bricks were
ruined on Mr.. r. A. Browns brick
yard. besides carrying away hacks.
planks, oil barrels, cord wood. etc.
Quite a number of wooden bridges
over creeks have been washed away.
Salisbury, N. c., August ga
serious difficulty, in which prominent
citizens OF Gold Hill, this county. par
ticipated, took place Saturday after
noon. The participants were DR.. r.
A. Shimpoch and w. L. Shaver YER
sus Mauney. The trouble was over a
telephone line run On DR.. Shimpoch's
place by Mr.. Mauney's o II Sidney
Mauney. The weapons used were a
pistol, a knife and a board. Little
damage was lone by any of the weap-
ons except the knife. which was in the
hands of DIR. Shimpoch. Mr.. F. n.
Mauney was cut in the arm and his
son was stabbed, but neither was bad
ly hurt. DIR. Shimpoch says he was
struck over the head by a plank in the
hands of young Mauney. The state
| ments of the parties to the fight are
yery conflicting.