The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-25

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been elected to the legislature from
Jackson county.
Monroe Journal: Henry Culberth-
son, colored. votes the democratic
ticket. Some days before the election
he received an anonymous note warn
ing him that If he voted that ticket
this time. he might look out Henry
voted it Friday evening. while the
family vas away from home, the house
and all their stuff were burned. The
house belonged TO Mr.. ID. VI. Price. and
he considered il worth $50. and that
Henry's property mas worth si00
Charlotte News: The memorial tab
let. purchased by the Young Mems Mis-
sion Band Of Tryson street Baptist
church in honor OF DR.. T. II. Pritch-
ard has arrived and will be placed in
the vestibule of the church in a few
days.-There was a negro dance in
Carytown last night and Bob Crawford.
n Of the dancers. played a star en-
gagement. Along with the enthusiasm
Bob mixed a lot of mean corn whiskey
and before the dance was near over he
made a dive at Geo. Burton with a
knife. Burton, il seems. had no
weapon of defence and in reaching for
his hat, just previous to his taking
French leave, he felt cold steel in his
arm which fastened his departure.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
preachers did much to win the victory.
Few did more than Rev. DR.. Hutham,
Baptist bishop of Henderson. His
letters to the big White Mans conven-
ton at Galdsboro, rang like a bell.
Twenty-Five thousand republi-
cans said Attorney General Walser.
republican, voted with the demo-
Gratis" Junius B. Fortune, a republi-
can and clerk of the United States
circuit court, said: This election
ends the negro in politics, and / am
glad Of it. 1t also ends populist party
in North Carolina" \ similar opin-
ion is held by j. c. l.. Harris. former
secretary of the republican state com
mittee. No less than 25,000 white
republicans and as many populists."
he said today, voted the democratic
ticket"
Greensboro Telegram: Tuesday.
Last night in front of Grissom &
FOrdham, a crowd of drunken soldiers
had been beating a man who, when
he got away, raj into the drug store
for protection. His face was bleeding
prOfusely and his left eye was badly
swollen. The soldiers demanded that
he be put out of the store. Mr.. Ford
ham refused to put him out or to let
the soldiers come in. A policeman
was 'phOned for and Policeman Keith
responded. He refused to protect the
man, giving as his excuse that he was
a fakir. Encouraged by this, the SOL
diers ordered Mr.. Fordham TO put the
man out or they would come in after
him. Mr.. Fordham put him out end
no sooner had the man touched the
sidewalk than half a dozen mad and
drunken soldiers began cursing and
beating him. They kept it up until
it seemed the man was almost dead.
and the officer stood with his hands
behind him.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
eastbound passenger trains on the
Southern Railway, which arrives here
at $40 p. m. ran into and wrecked a
local freight train lea Haw river sta
ton Thursday evening. The road was
blocked, and trains both ways were de-
layed several hours.-Raleigh people
are glad to know that DR.. l.. G.. Brough
ton, of Atlanta, will begin a series of
revival services at the Baptist Taber-
nacle, beginning next Monday.-Mr.
WlmbiSh, the bOOk-keeper at the peni-
, tertiary, now gets $50 a month and
certain perQuiSites which count for
much. He wants 500 a month.
though, and asked the board of direc-
tors to give him a raise. The board
couldn't see the extra so and said,
Nay, verily."-It now looks as if
North Carolina, like most CT the other
southern states. is 0 o to have sepa-
rate cars for white and colored people.
This car be done either by the legisll-
ture or the railroad commission
F1agman, w. G. Powell. who was injur-
ed in the wreck near Selma. at .
O'Clock Wednesday night and was
brought here to Rex hospital, died at
10 O'Clock yesterday morning. He was
a young man Of high character. a mem
Der Of the Methodist church. and much
respected by those who knew him. His
home was in Selma. He leaves a wife
and a child two weeks old.
Oxford Ledger: Poor Adams. the
traducer of his race for negro votes.
had the stufin knocked out of him by
the true and tried white men Of the
district by 2,344 majority.-We re-
greet to learn that our highly esteem
ed cOlOred friend, Henry Hester, who
lives near Oxford, had the misfortune
to have his barn and crib burned up
on Wednesday night last. Some 80
barrels of corn, all of his forage. and
farming utensils consumed. 1t must
have been the work of an incendiary.
as a box of matches was found close
by. His loss is about $500. 00-Some
days ago a negro man was a~ccidently
killed at the Cooper mine near Vir-
gilina. While n of the buckets were
descending the shaft it struck him on
the head killing him instantly.-On
the 31st Of October a sad and distress
ing accident occurred near Sunset, in
the, burning 10 death Of the 3-year old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Pickett. Ii