The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-02

han o the tieksf BUD ,~hsasts a0s an n
honest. upright afnslen64n. 4ome OF
the4 hsyeAtesnr iced I petitions OF
Etrust md honor d ourspeopi4 before.,
and tney have a1says been true to
fhe people. Tia part Of h ticket that
has Y held office fn the county are
among the best citizens and Will make
honest and faithful public servants
Carthage Blade: Sion III. Buchanan.
the standing candidate for congress.
criedfout !" congratulate the repub-
lican party for having recently receiv-
ed@tw rew-convfctS-fn-th~~-eart
from the democrats in the persons of
two rising young lawyers. We 'fout'
the Spaniards and beat .em. and how
can We beat the democrats unless we
get new 'convicts?'"
DuckLown Gazette: Tuesday even
ing about Z O'Clock while the accom-
mediation train was unloading freight
al Isabella Junction. James William
SON attempted to board the train when
it was backing. but which he thought
was moving forward. He fell on the
track, was run over by several cars
and ne locomotive, ~seyering his head
FROM the body n otherwise Managing
him. @ -
Morehead Pilot: We learn from a
gentleman living art Newport, WE'VE
miles from Morehead, tina the desert
ers from the Fort Macon camp have
raided every watermelon patch be-
tween here and Newport and stolen
every ripe or half ripe melon they
could find. Thus the farmers have
bee robbed of hundreds or dollars by
these distinguished members of the re-
publican party. - T---E@ 49,
Murphy Scout: 1t is rumored that
there are three government detectives
in this section watching the cattle bus
mess. 1t is a fine of $500 and twelve
months in the p~enitentiary to drive
and sell Georgia cattle in North Car
DINA until the quarantine is lifted,
which rs on November 1st.-The
crops are so fine all over the country
that We hardly know how to express
| ourselves in words. Reports of the
large wheat yield are still coming in.
Monroe Journal: The wife and chill
dren of Sam Cuthbertson, colored, who
| liver near Mr.. J. H. McCullum, were
| crossing Stewards Fork on a foot log.
The Oma had gotten all the children
across except a 1~2-year-old daughter,
! and went back for her. AS they were
| crossing the creek, which was swollen
| by recent rains, the child fell off the
! log, pulling the woman in the creek
1 with ner. ne woman succeeded IN
| getting out, but the girl was drowned.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
| trend of sentiment is toward the dem
cratic party" a prominent minister
remarked yesterday. Il have been
pretty much all over the state recently
and I have come to hat conclusion.
stopped with a populist in Granville
county the other night, and he said
he was tired of fusing with republi-
cans and niggers. He declared if the
fusion gan got in control of his par
ty, as it now looks like they are, he
would not follow them. The same
sentiment prevails in other sections of
the state
Statesville Mascot: Never has Ire
dell county come. in contact with a
more loyable man, a nor perfect gen
tleman or a more upright, conscienti-
u judge than Judge Oliver H. Allen,
who has Just completed our August
term of the superior court. Without
fuss or o~stentatiOn he dispatched as
much business and dispatched it as
well as any of them. His, uniform
| courtesy to the officers of the our and
| his kind. c~onsiderate treatment of the
| great crowds of people who attended
the-first week of. the term have beer
| frequently remarked upon by US. r..