The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-09

SALISBURY sum. We learn that there
is talk of putting two new trains on
the Western road. They will be known
as flyers and will compete with the
Norfolk and Western road.
Monroe Journal: Mr.. Frank Hay
wood. OF Vance township, hasn't voted
in twenty years, but he says he is
bound TO go out this year and vote for
the democratic nominees.
AT Hollis Mill, near Princeton. We'd
nesday morning, Rev. Mr.. futile ham
tized thirty-seven persons who have
united themselves with the Princeton
Baptist church. His p~rotracted meet
ing there has been very successful. Up
to Thursday afternoon there had been
about lao professions.
Asheville Gazette: Morganton. N.
c., August 31.-The republican county
convention met here and nominated
Captain L. A. Bristol for the legisla-
ture, S. Huffman for sheriff. w. n.
Thompson for treasurer, also candi-
dates for surveyor and W. commits
sioners. The clerk Of the court. regis
ter of deeds and one commissioner
were left open for the populists.
ACAOC llc TluSIiST. we puD-
lish a a r from j. B. Fox.
ing himself a candidate for register OF
deeds, subject to the action of the pri-
mary election. Although coming from
a republican family, Mr.. Cox has never
voted and declares his intention to af-
fliate with the democratic party
The most youthful horse thief yet de-
veloped in these parts r~ejoices in the
name of Charles Condray, is twelve
years old, and halls from Buncombe
county. Young Condray occupies a
cell in the county Jail by reason of a
wild western exploit last week in
which he stole a mule belonging to
PyrOn Blackwell from the stable of T..
G.. Baker.
Lexington Dispatch: One of the
most foul crimes ever attempted in
Davidson county was enacted near
Welcome Saturday night with almost
fatal results. The little three-year-
old daughter of Mr.. Buck" Hinkle
was sleeping on a bed just in front of
an open window. During the night its
parents were awakened by it's cries
AND on investigation found that some
fiend had slipped up to the window,
reached through and stabbed the little
girl in the breast. Mr.. and Mrs. Hin
kle heard the man run away, but
didn't see him, and have no idea as tt
b committed the foul deed. The
wound inflicted was made by a knife
and while serious is not necessarily
fatal.
Kinston Free Press: We lear that
q cI1tfinr n fra boob r1aao ~ Douor
Saturday night between Richard Nor
riss and Haywood Rouse, both color
ed, in which Rouse was severely cut
about the face and neck.-Mr. S. |.
Wooten Informs us that so, 900 pounds
of tobacco were sold on the LAGRANGE
tobacco market Thursday. This is the
largest break that LAGRANGE has ever
had.-Mr R. j. Ballard, the young
hypnOtist of Kinston, got Masters Jas
per Harper and Marsh Gray under the
influence this morning and told them
they couldn't smoke cigarettes any
more. They tried to do SO but said
they were too bitter. If the result is
permanent it is a splendid thing
The populists around Dover have all
returned to the democrtic party, with
n exception, and we believe he will
before election. At the last election
the populists cast fifteen votes at this
place.-Twelve, thousand pounds of
machinery arrived Saturday on the A.
G.. Line for the new cotton MILL
The many colored soldiers that are
passing through KinstOn from Fort
Macon to their homes on furlough are
disagreeable to the respectable travel
ing public. Would a nice white lady
like to travel in the same car or with
in a few feet of a drinking negro?
The officers of the road should put an
end to such conduct as this by putting
the drinking negroes on anotehr car.
"A man was killed at Parmele Sat
urday. He was fixing a belt in a saw
mill. In some way he was caught by
it and crushed to death.