The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-15

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Wilson Advance: 1t is the universal
| verdict Of the armer that the hot,
| dry Weather has seriously managed the
| tobacco crop. They fear that il will
! fall considerably short OF last years
crop and Of what was expected for
this year.
Winston Sentinel: It is evident that
some OF the colored people OF winston
have become very weary OF boss rule,
whether it be by white bosses in poll
tics Of a negro boss in militaryaffairs.
The first were rebuked in the late mu-
nicipal election and the latter by the
action OF DR.. Fuller in declining TO
bend the knee TO the authocratic Jim
Young, the favorite Of Russell.
Greensboro Telegram: Yesterday
morning in the woods near Holt"s
schoo house, about three miles from
town on the road to the poor house,
Martha Green and Louisa Cunning
ham found a colored child about If
teen months old. II is a male child.
From the nature of the surroundings
the colored women who found him be-
lieve that he had been abandoned. No
clue TO his identity was found.
Raleigh Times-Visitor: Last night
Colonel w. w. Hayward. who was ed
itor of the Raleigh Daily Tribune dur
ing the existence of that journal, ten
dered his resignation as editor of the
Republic, a republican weekly pub
lished at Rockingham. The Republic
began publication about four months
since and is the Dockery organ OF
the Sixth Congressional district. Col
onel Hayward plans for the future
are unknown.
Dunn Union: Late Monday evening
at Ellington a negro man known as
George Moses, who is a noted rowdy
of the place, got drunk and began to
curse everything and everybody that
came along. He was demonstrated to
stop but no avail and became ex-
tremely insulting and abusive to some
of the best citizens of the place who
had e~ndeaVored to quiet him, and he
rushed on one young man and struck
him and h a general row ensued, ia
which the negro was shot several
times. A riot was almost imminent.
The negro was finally taken out of
town. We learn hat he is not seri-
ously hurt.
Raleigh News-Observer: There is
now ak that Rev. Baylus Cade
wants to be the Populist candidate
for congress in the Fourth district.
The others who are said to aspire TO
succeed Stroud are J. F. Mitchell, of
Franklin: S. Otho Wilson and ]. c. l..
Harris Ga fine pair) of Wake; lack
Carrot and James Amos, of Vance
Franklin, n. c., July 7.-(Special)-
Miss Annie May Robinson died at the
home of her mother, Mrs. ]. L. Rob
inson, in Franklin, Macon county. on
the Sth inst. She was the oldest
daughter Of the. late Lieutenant Gov
ernor James l.. Robinson and Mrs.
| Alice L. Robinson, nee Siler. In per-
son and character she reflected honor
on her parentage. She was a young
woman of beautiful and queenly APP
p~earance.
: Charlotte Observer: st. Mark S
!. Lutheran church has had several oc-
casions of special interest during the
past year, but none more so THAI that
} which marked the installation of the
new pastor, Rev. DR.. Holland, and the
!. beginning of a new pastOrate. The in
! stallation services took place yester-
{ day morning. The church was filled
} to it's utmost capacity. Rev. DR.. Lutz,
president of the North Carolina
Synod, presided and preached the SER
mon of the occasion. Rev. j. b. King
assisted in the installation service
The many friends of Assayer Clan
ton, of the mint, regretted to hear last
week of his accident-bicycle collision
(which threw him to the sidewalk so
violently that he was rendered uncon-
seiOus for two hours. Much more will
they regret to know that his injuries
were more serious than at first sup
posed. His nose was broken by the
: fall, and his head badly bruised. He
has since been confined to bed.
t Raleigh News and Observer: A writ
er in The Progressive Farmer urges
5 Baylus Cade for congress in the
Fourth district. Qualifications: Is
t deaf when the governor cusseS; was
5 chaplain of a negro regiment; and is
a talker from way back.-The tor
pedo boat destroyer, the Farragut, will
soon be launched at San Francisco,
| and will be christened by Miss Betty
Ashe, a niece of Admiral Farragut.
!, Miss Ashe is a daughter of DR.. Rich
| ard Porter Ashe, formerly of Whining
ton, N. c., and is a first cousin Of Cap
tain Samuel A. Ashe, of Raleigh
Wilson Caldwell, for forty-five years
janitor of the university and messen-
ger to the president, died Friday af-
ternOon after a brief illness and was
: buried Saturday. DR.. Battle delivered
the funeral address, telling of his ex-
. perience with the man and read the
, following telegram from DR.. Alder
, man: Il deplOre the death of Wilson
Caldwell. He was a faithful servant
: and a gentleman" The funeral was
largely attended by the faculty, alum
: nj and villagers. Not a man in the
2 colored servant.
5 Monroe Enquirer: Yesterday after
| moor lightning struck Mr.. John A.
SecToSl DdTH, Ill SdIuy IliuSc lOWu-
+ ship. The building caught on fire and
burned down in a few minutes. There
: were two mules and two horses in the
barn. The mules were saved but the
= horses were stunned by the stroke
and were burned in their stalls. There
was a large lot of oats and other for
age in the building. No insurance
Arthur McIver, the negro who MUIR
dered Mr.. James T. HOWE, was cap
tured near Sanford last Sunday morn
!, ing. McIver is a desperate charac-
ter, and when the cabin he was hiding
in was surrounded he came to the
l door and drew a pistol on Mr.. Charles
{ Brewer, who shot him in the face with
a shot gun. The murderer was car
ried to Troy Jail. He is dangerously
wounded but it is thought that he will
t live.-Mr. William Rogers, who has