The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-13

James Mccall, a we'll known far
mer of Mecklenburg county, commit
ted suicide last week by hanging. He
had been in o health, and some
time previously he was detained in the
county home on account OF weakness
Of mind.
Charlotte Observer: Special to the
Observer Asheville, September g.
Mrs. Sallie Smith, aged 73 years, was
struck by a train yesterday afternoon
while crossing the Southern railway
hear Parsons bridge. Her injuries
were so severe that she died a short
tine after the accident occurred.
Durham Record Major W. A. Guth-
RE. who was in Moore county last
week. says that the indications there
are that the democrats and populists
will vote the same ticket The repub-
licans have named the weakest ticket
known in that county for years.
Kinston Free Press: We lear near
ly every day of populists who are sick
Of fusion and who are returning to
the democratic party. Yesterday one
of them was saying that he had been
fooled into it along with many others.
and that the leaders, by trading. had
filled their pockets with money and
were trying to throw them right into
the radical party. He said he was
done with them and would forever
hereafter vote the democratic ticket.
Lenoir Topic: There is a house near
Lenoir in what is known as Powell
town, owned and occupied by James
l.. Morrow, which was built by George
Powell, A. D., 1912. Hence this house
has been an inhabited dwelling for IS
years. Inside of its walls there have
been q births and no one ever yet
died within it. There is the first brick
house that was ever built in what is
Tow Caldwell county, it being at that
time a part of Burke. The water sup
ply is obtained from a well 80 feet
deep. The house is surrounded by tall
cedars; some of which are 80 inches
in diameter, lone of which has ever
been struck by lightning, notwith-
standing it is on q high place.
Winston Sentinel: Jerry Respass,
a member of the engineering corps
which laid off the new railroad to
Mooresville, arrived home his morn
ing from Cleveland. He reports the
engineering work finished. The tres
ties and bridges are nearing compile
ton and only eight miles of the road
remains to be surfaced. Jerry has no
information as to when the trains will
begin running.-Alexander and
Springs Conrad, brothers, living near
Conrad's ferry, in the western part of
the county, became engaged in a
warm controversy over which way a
new road should run. The discussion
ended in a fight. Alex knocked
Springs down, and got on him and beat
his head with a rock. The wounded
man went to a physician at Lewisville
to have his head dressed.-The wind
did considerable damage. The colored
church on the Mickey mill road, east
of the city, was blown down, as was
Charles Tise's wind mill. The tele-
phone and electric wires were crossed
and several poles blown over. Many
Of the awnings in front of the stores
were damaged.
Raleigh News and Observer: Audi
tor Aver, author of the Peoples Party
Handbook" hat hat won
derful production is now complete and
| will be issued from the press about the
18th. The Rev. Hallelujah intimates
that it will be a warm humber
RoxbOro, N. c., September 6.-(Spec-
|! ial.)-Fusion is not running very
| smoothly in Person. The arrange
ment made by the executive commit
tees is highly d~ispleasing to the repub-
licans. In dividing the spOils the pop
| ulists got the representative, sheriff,
treasurer and one county commissioner.
The radicals got the balance. AS there
are only about Is populists and 1,400
republicans in h county the latter
say the tail is wagging the dog too
far.-ScOtland, Neck, N. c., Septem-
Der 6.-(Special.) There was much
excitement in town last night over a
| difficulty that almost threatened to
lead to a riot. Some students from
Vine Hill Male Academy were passing
up Main street on their way to the
boys and young mems prayer meet
ing at the Baptist church. A colored
man named Frank Davis pushed
through them or against them and
her turned upon them and cursed
and abused them. He went on down
the street and turned into a colored
barber shop. Quite a crowd Of color
ed boys and young men had soon col
lected, and 500 the boys who had
been insulted by Davis abuse appeared
on the scene with some company, and
things were lively for a few seconds.
The colored contingency scattered pell
NELL and stood not on the order of their
going. Soon the light was thrown out
into the street and the fighting ceased
One of the students received a cut or
two on the head which was soon dress
ed at Whitehead's drug store. The
colored boy Frank Davis, who precipi-
tated the trouble, was pretty badly
cut, but perhaps not seriously.
The Surprise Of All
Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm Of