The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-23
NORTH CAROLINA

L. Harr1S, GranQ MOgut Oh the TepuD-
lican party, is quoted as saying with
the alliance demand for the removal
Of John r. Smith:
Charlotte Observer: There is ample
ground for the confidence that Meek
lenburg county will go democratic in
November by a large majority. There
is not a township in the county in
which former populists did not particf-
pate in the democratic primaries last
| Tuesday. In Morning Star township
fifty did so; in n OF the precincts of
| Crab Orchard. twenty 1t was so in
Charlotte township, and. as we have
said. in all.
Kings Mountain Weewly: James
Roebuck. a young unmarried man,
from near Everett's was killed in the
planning mills at Parmele, Saturday
evening. He was putting a large belt
on the drive wheel under the plain
ing department, when he was caught
by the belt and m~anagled to death be-
fore the machinery could be stopped.
! One arm was torn of and thrown some
| distance and one leg was also torn of
| The belt had TO be cut to get his body
out and he breathed n time after
wards.
Fair Bluff Times: Red Springs is
building up more rapidly than any
other town in the state. Two power
full factors are behind the scene pub
| lie spirit and educational facilities.
| Example is more powerful than pre-
| cept.-The death of Colonel David
Bethune near Red Springs removes
one of the old landmarks Of upper
| Robson. We were raised in a short
| distance from Colonel Bethune and
knew him from his youth up. He was
a noble specimen of the christian gen.
tleman.
How can they Dust him? The board
elected him with full knowledge of his
| status and Of the penitentiary matters.
1t cannot turn him out for anything
! regarding the penitentiary and he has
certainly done nothing as commission
err. No there is NJ way OF oustng
him."-The Progressive Farmer, or
| a of the pie eaters, informs us thai
| there is one man connected with that
paper who does not hold an Office.
! With Ramsey on the manure pile and
Denmark in the cash drawer, We
thought the whole staff was quartered
on the tax payers.
Sanford Express: The crop pros
| pect in o county is most excellent
| Much of the corr is made and cotton
is fruiting we'll. Gardens are good,
| fruit is very plentiful and a fair crop
of small grain has been threshold
Peaches are so plentiful in this COM
munity that the farmers have been
selling them here for 20 cents a bushel.
"A democratic club was organized
at Carbonton last week with a large
membership. Captain George Will
cox was present and mad a speech in
which he is said to have severely criti-
Cised the pOpulists.
Salisbury Sun: The barn Of Mr..
James Davis, who lives nea Dunn's
mountain, was burned yesterday to-
gether with a straw stack and a large
quantity Of feed. A neighbor of Mr..
Davis tells us that Mrs. Davis saw a
man running from the barn yesterday
morning and at the same time saw
hat the barn and stack were afire.
Crops all over the western part
of the state are reported to be in ex-
cellent condition. A gentleman who
runs on the Southern between Sails
bury and Knoxville tells US he never
saw such large crops of corn and it
looking so well.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
Lightning struck the stables on the
BOlcker farm i'll Edgecombe which Mr..
H.. H.. Hopkins of this place superin-
tends, M destroyed the entire stables
and a considerable quantity of feed
oats. 1t killed two mules and knock
ed down two Others.-Mr. Andrew
Currie, an old man living near Hob
good, vas met on the railroad by a
colOred man a few days ago who de-
manded his money with a drawn pistol.
The negro made Mr.. Currie turn his
pockets, and finding nothing in his
pockets but some tobacco he took that
and let his victim go.-Alto Davis,
a colored boy, was driving a dray for
Mr.. n. B. Jersey, a few days ago. The
dray was heavily loaded with sacks of
corn, one wheel dropped into a hole,
the load toppled over, throwing the
boy to the ground. The dray wheel
ran over his arm just above the elbow,
crushing the bones seriously.
Clinton Democrat. Mr.. H. D.. VIII
liams, a prominent citizen of Duplin
county, died at his home near Wallace
on Thursday the 4th instant His
death was sudden and is supposed to
have been due to neuralgia of the
heart. Wr. Williams was a most es-
Unable and highly esteemed citizen.
Mr.. L. c. Hubbard is the possessor
of a genuine tOmahawk or Indian axe.
It is a lark grey stone and weighs a
pound and a half. 1t is perfect in.
shape and in excellent preservation.
He got il from an old negro, Samson
Bennett, of Little Coharie, whose son
plowed it up in a field a few days ago.
1t is quite an interesting relic Of the
original inhabitants of this
Charlotte News: Attention is re-
spectfully called TO the fact that Bri-
gadier Genera lCharley Cook Did Not
Land.-For health, North Carolina
cannot be beaten. For instance, our
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