The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
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Albemarle citizens are raising capital
for their third cotton mill.
The sale of over two million pounds of
leaf in two weeks shows that Winston
is a leaf market of great magnitude.
Monroe journal: Rev. F. W. Hiiliard
will leave about the first of May. He goes
to oxford to take the leadership of he
Francis Hilliard school.
A Rowan county man has several bales
Of cotton that re refused to sell at II
cents a pound some years ago. The
other day he took a bale to Salisbury
and sold it at $50.
The Rutherfordton indicator thanks
Mrs. f. VI. Parker for a Rutherford
count orange. She has an orange tree
fifteen inches in height and this one ali,
fourteen other well developed oranges
were grown on it this season.
Asheville Gazette: a subscription was
taken up at North Asheville NJ. Z. church
Sunday for the purpose of building a new
church on Chestnut street and LOO was
subscribed. The church already owns
two lots on which they contemplate
building.
DR.. W. S. Taylor. Of Mt. Airy. made
application for a position as surgeon in
the navy department in case of war with
Spain. The Sentinel learns that his ap-
plication has been accepted and that he
has been notified to hold himself in read
mess as he may be called upon at any
time.
Marion Democrat: w. w. Dysart's
dwelling house and entire contents We're
destroyed by fire at DysartsviIIe Wednes-
day night about 10 o'clock. The fire is
supposed to have accidentally caught in
the kitchen. He had a small insurance,
but the loss is estimated to be about $SU.
Lincolnton Journal: About one year ago
Mrs. R. F. Beal, of this place, was taken
i'll. A physician administered a hypoder-
mic injection into her arm, by mistake
using a needle which he had used on
a, patient suffering from tuberculosis.
Blood poison set in and Mrs. Beal has
been a constant sufferer ever since. 1t is
thought her arm was inOculated with
tubercle germs and that the disease has
attacked the bone. Her physicians have
decided that the arm must De aDlpu-
tated.
Statesville Landmark Mrs. S. P. Lees,
of New York, who recently made anoth-
err contribution of $500 to the Barium
Orphans Home, has given in alb &,6C0
to that institution. The Home certainly
has a good friend in this benevolent
lady.-Mr. j. Ed. Hunter, Of Hiddenite,
who is associated with Professor W.. +.
Hidden in mining operations and mas
been with that gentleman in Macon
county. was in Statesville Wednesday
night and was showing some samples of
a new mineral which Professor Hidden
has recently discovered in Macon. 1t
is called "rhodolite," and is of great
b~rilliancy, in appearance resembling a
diamond.
Clinton Democrat: Burgaw is taking
the lead for trucking Of any town on the
Wilmington and Weldon railroad. Dur
ing the past few months several parties
have moved to our midst for the purpose
of of going into the trucking business.
The early shipment of berries from our
town has attracted attention to the out
side world, and up-tO-date truckers are
turning their attention this way. Among
the recent additions to our town is Mr..
J. A. Montgomery, of Wilmington, who
in December purchased the Mcintyre
place containing about 15 acres, just
on the edge of town. 1t was all woods
land, but Mr. Montgomery has been run
ming a force Of about fifty hands and
now has about thirty acres in a state of
cultivation. He has put out a few acres
in berries, some in melons, some in can
%teloupes, some in potatoes, beans, etc. He
has his farm surrounded by a nice wire
fence. He is soon to have a model truck
farm. Mr.. T. E. Wallace, of Wilmington,
formerly of New York, and an experience
ed trucker, bought a tract of fifty acres
near here recently, has his farm in fine
condition. He now has the entire tract in
a state of cultivation, and has out about
twenty acres in berries from which he
will realize a crop this spring. He has
two acres in figs.