The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-08

one of the greatest wheat and corn
growing states in the union. The prin-
cipal rawback to wheat culture is the
cost of commercial fertilizers, which
are almost absolutely necessary on our
soil The wheat crop of the state for
this year. judging from the reports
from threshers in different sections.
will be the largest North Carolina has
ever raised--Charlotte News.
Lincolnton Journal: There Is a big
row on among the republicans OF Ca
tawba county and things are getting
pretty lively. The regular republican
convention held at Newton on We'd
nesday of last week, voted down res
oiution endorsing State Senator A. Y.
Sigmon for congress. because he had
severely criticised the methods that
obtained in the township convention
that selected the delegates composing
h county convention. Now Mr.. Sig
mon and his followers propose to hold
a convention OF their own, and this.
we are informed, will be done soon.
Salisbury Sun: Wilson c.. Chandler.
Of handler Grove. Montgomery
county, four miles east OF Stokes fer
~, died OF the 29th of June. at 8
o'clock in the morning. He was bitten
by a mad dog about the last of April.
On last Saturday he was at a neig-
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began feeling strange. He made a
remark about the way he felt. but he
got better later in the day and went
home. Sunday morning this curious
feeling came back on him. but wore
off during the day. That night he
vas taken worse and became raving
mad.
Lenoir Topic: We are panied TO an
nounce the sudden demise of our es-
$1,000 -~
The Caldwell Republican. Its taking
away was sudden and unexpected and
altogether without warning. Some
think that it fell a victim to apoplexy
brought on when its editor opened his
campaign for solicitor and a two gall
Ion jug simultaneously out at Came
we'll some time ago. Others think that
Linney hit it with a chunck of pie"
about the pit of the stomach and
knocked the breath out of it. A any
rate it is gOne-suddenly gone where
whangdoodle mourneth for his first
born"
Lumberton Robesonian: H. c. A
ford, who lives in town, but whose
farm is near Floral College, has just
threshed and housed 322 bushe of
wheat from fourteen acres of land in
cultivation. This is t~wenty-three
bushels to the acre, worth about S1.10
per bushel, or $3.50 per acre, be-
sides straw, chaff, etc. This is better
han cotton at even 6 cents, as it
costs much less to cultivate and gath
err wheat.-Nick Williams. colored,
was killed by Bill Bullock, colored, in
White House township last Thursday
night: Both men worked on the farm
of A. c. Oliver, ST., and the homicide
occurred in the road near his home.
Bullock was brought here Friday and
lodged in Jail to await trial at court.
Hickory Mercury: On last Friday
evening we had in Hickory a peculiar
experience with lightning. The cloud
went just north of US, only the edge
of the cloud just over US. UneXpect-
eddy to all a heavy bolt Of lightning
accompanied by a loud clap of thun-
der, was seen and heard. At the
shops in west Hickory, the popping
around seemed to indicate that it was
there. At w. A. Sells house it struck
a tree near the house, and ran dow
the papering inside the house and
cut out a three-cOrnered notch in the
mantle. The children were in the
yard near the tree and one was up
in a cherry tree near. But except a
jar, none in the yard or house were
hurt.
Charlotte Observer: Captain Homer
Jones, of the Air Line, yesterday re-
ceived official notice from the war
department that his son, Clifford, had
been appointed a cadet at West
Point.-James NJ. Toms, postmaster
at RutherfOrdtOn, was shot and in
stantly killed at Frank Hicks Satur-
day afternoon, The parties were not
on good terms, having fallen out over
some trivial matter. Toms had Hicks
arrested and tried before the mayor,
when Hicks was fined a small sum.
Coming out the mayors office, the
quarrel was renewed and Toms follow
| ed Hicks across the street with a stick
in his hand, with which Hicks says
Toms struck him once, while he was
rying to get away. When Hicks reach
ed the sidewalk he turned on Toms,
still advancing, and fired three shots
in quick succession, one striking Toms
in the windpipe and another on the
; right shoulder, causing almOSt instant
death.
Clinton Democrat: One day last
week. Jack Herring, a well known COL
ored man of Lisbon township, be-
came enraged at his daughter. John
Cornelius, and attempted to chaStise
her in a rather brutal manner. John
Cornelius, who possessed masculine
strength as we'll as a masculine
name. defended herself with an UNI
brella which she had in her HAND
when assaulted. In warding off the
blow she thrust the end of the umbrel-
la into her fathers eye about four
inches up to the cloth. Here, the
wooden staff broke off, about four
inches of it remaining in the old mans
eye. 1t was pulled out by Mr.. Richard
Herring with a pair Of blacksmith's
tongs. The staff had penetrated the
brain and after lingering in an I'M
conscious condition for about forty
hours the old man died. The girl was
arrested and is now confined in Jail
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father. She will set up a plea Of self
defence at her trial, which comes off
at the October term of court.
Charlotte Observer: This morning
at Wadesboro a shadow was cast over
our town by the fearful intelligence
that Mr.. Will Gulledge, of Deep Greek
neighborhood, had killed himself He
was up just about daylight to feed
his stock, and on returning to his
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