The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-10-11

Monroe Enquirer: A meeting of the
stockholders of the Peoples bank was
held last Monday to consider a propo-
sition to increase the capital stock OF
the bank to $4,000. The proposition
met with the approval of all the stock
holders.
Red Springs Citizen: Mr.. P. A
Cowan informs us that at one voting
precinct between here and ChadbOurn
in Columbus county, thirty-five gen
tlemen repudiated pOpulism and are
now enrolled under the democratic
banner. And this was done in one
day.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
news from the grand democratic rally
at Milton shows that the people of that
county are thoroughly aroused. There
were 5000 people present, the process
sion was the biggest seen in the coun-
ty, and the national cOlOrS waved from
carriages and houses. Dinner enough
for 5000 people had been prepared and
the hospitality was Of the old-fash-
ioned sort. The speakers, Hons. F. A
Woodard, w. w. Kitchin, John r
Webster and A. L. Banks, made a fine
impression.
Salisbury Sun: Little Miss Mary, the
n-year-Old daughter of Mr.. Jones Ide
was returning home with A. A. Yount
When the train pulled out from the
Richmond station Mr.. YOunt went into
another car, leaving Mary asleep on
the seat by an open window. Mary
is somewhat Of a somnambulist and
she surprised the other passengers by
leaping through the window headfore-
most without waking or making any
preparation for the leap. The train
was stopped and several of the gentle
men rushed out expecting to find the
little girl badly hurt. But she was un-
hurt.
Lexington Dispatch: Masters Joe
Hill Clodfelter, Meyer Sink and Louis
Hanes, three young juveniles conclud-
ed to take a pleasure trip Monday
without the consent of their parents
and started out to walk to Thomas
vile. When they arrived in about two
miles of that town, they decided that
tramping was not as pleasant as they
had hitherto supposed and Joe Hill
attempted to board a passenger train
en- route to Lexington. He was thrown
to the ground and badly hurt. A sec.
ton master was near and placed the
boys on his car and sent them tC
Thomasville. Joe Hill is hurt pretty
badly, but his wounds are not consid-
cred fatal.
Statesville correspondence Charlotte
Observer: Ten days ago Theophilus
Knox, son of Mr.. Robert Knox. OF
Cool Springs, had the end of one finger
cut off in a moving machine. Not
much attention was paid to it, bu,
blood poison set in and caused lock-
java private note from Olin, Ire
dell county, reads: "'Twould do you
good to hear the reports from north
Iredell. Republicans swear they won,
vote for Caldwell. Populists are com
ing back to democracy. The signs point
to victory" Other advices from Ire
dell are to the effect that the county
is going democratic by from 500 to 700
This would be an old-time majority
kluttz's speeches in the county last
week were, by all accounts, vote-win-
nerS.
Greensboro Record: please say fol-
me, said Walter Green this morning
that I expect to vote the straight
democratic ticket this year; that / am
tired of voting with a crowd posing
as prohibitionists and then voting some
other ticket. Some parties down on
Cotton Row got into fight Satur-
day night when one man got hold of a
meat ak and cleaned out the shanty
For fear he could not make it with
his ak he carried in his other hand a
butchers saw, but he did not need il.
His opponent was carved up very de-
cently.-Saturday night the large
box factory Of Lewis & HUFF, at Ker-
nersville, was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss $500; no insurance. It is thought
the fire originated from a spark from
the engine.