The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-19

any ~coinpunction of conscience. But
the white man who is willing to see a
negro in ar office that has to do with
the affairs Of white men is a-curiosity.
-Jonesboro Progress.
Newton Enterprise: Last Saturday
afternoon three couples Of young folks
drove into town The young ladies
waited around in the court yard while
the young men procured a marriage Ii
| cense for one of the couples, Mr.. J. w.
Hefner and Miss Mary Smith. Then
| all the party filed into the registers
office and Squire ]. NJ. Brown made
| them one. All live in the vicinity of
| Grace church, in the western part OF
the county
| Rock Mount Telegram: An old
| fortune teller named Hester Brant-
| ley, who lived near here in Nash coun-
| ty, died suddenly On Monday after
noon. She had been telling fortunes
for yer fifty years at a quarter per
tell auC only IS was found in her
house. The neighbors learned tina the
Oil woman always went to her smoke
! house every Saturday at midnight. A
few digs with spades unearthed sew
eral old coffee pots filed with silver
The whole find amounted nearly to
$500.
Lexington Dispatch: Last Tuesday
was a bad day for the employees of
the different furniture factories in
High Point. At least four persons had
their hands sawed or fingers sawed by
machinery in these factories and what
makes it more strange is that each
accident occurred during the same
hour. Among the number of wounded
was Mr.. Luther Ford, of Lexington.
who had two fingers sawed off, and
Mr.. r. P. l.. Smith, also Of this place,
whose thumb was badly hurt by get
ting caught in a saw.
Murphy Scout: Mr.. Frank N. Gibbs.
the clever and gentlemanly manager of
the Irwindale Mining~Company, was in
town Friday. He reports the ditching.
burning, hydraulic giant and gravel
elevators ready to begin gold mining.
The plant is one Of the eight IL opera
ton in the United States.-We learn
hat over s13, 900 worth of machinery
will be used by the IsbeI Corundum
Company on Shooting Creek. The ma
chinery for this big plant is being
hauled from Murphy by Lawrence
Beal.
Kinston Free Press: About rs, 900
pounds of tobacco was sold on the Kin
stOn market tOday.-The large en-
CINE for the cotton mills arrived yes
terday on the Atlantic Coast Line.
Two large boilers of 10O-horse power
each have been shipped from the fac
tOry and will arrive in a few days.
At Fort Barnwell c.. B. Aycock said
North Carolina is the only negro gov
erned state in the union. He said that
in South Carolina one white man ruled
two negroes. but in North Carolina the
thing was reversed and one negro
rules two white men. Oh! the shame
of it! Will not white people come to-
gether and put down negro rule?
Raleigh News and Observer: DIR.
Baker r. Hunter, hospital steward, of
the First North Carolina regiment, has
received deserved promotion. This
morning he had official notification
from Washington that he was appoint
ed acting assistant surgeon, U. S. A,
at a salary of $3.50 per month
Statesville, N. c., August 13.-(Spe-
cial)-The jury in the case of DR.. r.
L. Lawrence, the Mooresville dentist,
who was charged with criminalIy as
saulting Miss Lille Jones, patient of
his, while under the influence of drugs,
administered by the dentist, brought
in a verdict Of acquittaI at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon. The trial was one of
intense interest and the most holly con-
tested in the history Of Iredell. -
Charlotte Observer: Corporal Rich
ard G~wathney, of Company M, Fourth
Virgini volunteers, spent yesterday in
the city on his way to Richmond to
see his brother who is sick. Corporal
Gwathney says the Virginia troops are
allowed to come and go pretty much as
they please, but not the North Carolina
troops. They are required to have
passes all the time. The Western and
Northern rOOps are scared to death
of them" said Corporal Gwathney.
They think they are freaks. General
u says that when they aren't fight
ing the Illinois n Jersey troops, they
are fighting among themselves."--
MorgantOn, N. c., August 13.-Today
1 tho p0r1JiCt onpo~1ittnn np6 yon,,h1;oor
committee met by agreement to ar
range fusion between the two parties.
They came to an agreement like the
one they had four years ago.
Raleigh Post: Governor Russell cell
ebrated his Sind advent into this
world a few days ago. It ought to be
a comfort to his excellency that he has
about 80 ears of Expectancy in
which to repent, and though the
temptation to blow out the lamp is
very great, we really hope it may be
left burning a little while longer to
give him another chance. But a hur-
rying up there must be!-The repub-
lican executive committee Of this con-
gressional district will be called to
meet shortly to select a ate for the
nominating convention. f. A. John
son, the negro lawyer, is chairman of
this committee. He stated yesterday
hat the convention would be called to
meet here about September LIST. John
son was asked yesterday what the re-
publicans are going to do. I'VE are
in no hurry. We are waiting awhile"
he replied. Suppose the populists re-
nominate Congressman 2"
Then the republicans will name a
candidate."-Salisbury, N. c., Au-
gust 15.-Special.-Judge Simonton has
decided he Stanley county bond case
in favor of Coler & Co., of New York.
Raleigh News and Observer: 1--WE
decided to fuse" said Charles B. RAY,
after the republican and pouplist flu
sion committees met yesterday. 1--WE
are going to fuse on about the same
terms as heretofore" said Ohio Will
son. "Oh, yes, we are going to fuse"
| echoed Tom BaiIV. LOge Harris Ham