The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

cess Of Hard WOrk-Mussertng Ous OF
Second Regiment C0mplesed-A Eeps
uty Collectors Exciting Experience
with MOonshincrs
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. c., December -.
News came here this morning OF the
death at Baltimore OF Dr. Kemp Battle
Bachelor, son OF Hon. Joseph b.
Bachelor, Of this city. He was max
ing his mark as a physician in Bati-
more. He married fou- years ago Mas
Dewey, daughter Of Mr.. Frank Dewey.
formerly OF Charlotte and now OF Ports
mouth. His death was due to pneu-
monia. He was victim OF overwork,
having paid forty calls the day before
he became sick.
Yesterday LILO was paid here for a
ticket to Hong Kong, China. for Rev.
George Green, Baptist missionary. and
his family. 1t covers all the expenses
of the trip.
Major Charles L. Davis, u. S. A.. who
is made mustering-out officer for North
Carolina. has sent to the war depart
ment all the ..apers and his final report
of the muster out Of the Second regt-
ment. It was under his advice that
Captain Albert Todd was relieved from
this duty and sent to Fortress Monroe.
his mind having given away. Captain
Todd's mental break down began before
he came here last September The
! work of mastering out OF the Second
is complete, and Lieutenant Darrah, as
sistant, Is relieved from duty. Major
! Davis thinks his order to remain here
and delay his departure for Porto Rico
means that he Is to speedily muster out
! the Third (negro) regiment.
Chairman Claude Dockery, OF the
penitentiary board, said today that not
/ one half the cotton on the penitentiary
| farms is yet picked.
AS to the sale OF the Cape Fear and
! Yadkin Valley railway there Is no def
! mite information. The railway people
! are cropping in the dark. They dc not
: know whether the New York committee
I or the Baltimore committee will sue
| ceed in securing 1t.
! Deputy Revenue Collector Perkins
and Deputy Hammock had quite live
| ly experience in Duplin county yester-
| day, which Perkins today related TO
Collector Duncan. They went TO the
distillery of Mack Giddens to seize some
brandy. Giddens claimed that 1t be-
longed to his mother When Perkins
seized maui and went to break In the
door of the room where the brandy
was Giddens dashed into the house. to
get to a closet and get his gun, but
Hammock so closely pursued him that
this failed. Giddens then called on his
i Iicff1 p baIv
AS the negro came up Perkins covered
him with his revolver and stopped pro-
ceedings. Giddens then told his dis
tiller to run and get the crowd" By
this meaning the gang which ''backs'
! the moonshiners. The crowd quickly
came. But Perkins sent Hammock af-
ter aid. 1t came too and the seizure
was effected.
Hon. Flournoy Rivers. OF Pulaski,
Tenn, and Lieutenant William Cannon
Rivers, First cavalry, u. 8. A., were to-
day elected members OF the North
Carolina Society Of the Sons OF the Rev
olution.
State Treasurer Worth today made
up statement Of the receipts and dis
bursements on regular account, which
omits all special appropriations, such
as funds received from the government
for schools, etc. The receipts for 1851
L were $685., ,975, and for 1898 were $942.-
062. The excess Of expenditures over re-
ceipts in 1897 was SIS, s,309. and the ex.
! cess Of receipts over expenditures in
: 1898 was $35, ,642.
The finest golf links In this state have
been laid on at Pine Hurst and John
Dunn Tucker, professional golfer, ID
In charge.
/ A tobacco journal with a wide circu.
8 lation stated this week that North
y Carolina manufactures only 1000, ,0O(
e pounds OF smoking tobacco II will bs
g quite safe to put the product at thrice
that figure, for the Duke factory makes
!, 100000 pounds. This Is upon the
statement OF a member of the firm.
At noon today the cotton mill q,
: Concord. known as Coleman mill, was
put in operation. 1t is owned and or-
e Grated by negroes and Is the only one
: OF the kind in the United States In
I all respects 1t is very interesting ex-
: | pertinent