The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-21
NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh News and Observer: Green's
boro, N. c., February 16.-The primary
asked for by Guilford's three repre-
Sentatives to determine the will of the
white voters of Greensboro in regard to
h ~dispensary passed off quietly to-
day. The vote stood $50 for and 3
against the ~dispensary.
S~tatesville Mascot: Last Thursday
evening Mr.. Nelson Forcum died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Mize,
at the age of 80. Mr.. FOrcum was one
of h oldest and most prominent citi-
zens in his community, a man Of probi-
ty, whose consistent Christian life had
been an influence for good in his COM
munity for years.
Winston Journal: A very painful ac-
cident befell Mr.. w. N. P~oindexter, one
of Salem'S young men, at his hOme on
Main Friday morning. A lamp which
was burning in his room exploded,
throwing fire in every direction. Mr..
Poindexter grabbed a blanket and soon
extinguished the blaze, but in tht fight
he badly burne his face and hands
from lack of fuel in Reidsville yester-
day was such that the city authorities
stopped a southbound freight train and
demanded that the conductor cut out
and cave two car loads of coal, which
were a part of his train, there. At
first the conductor refused, but when
informed that the city must and would
have it before the train would be al
lowed to leave there he sidetracked the
cars of coal, received payment for it and
came on his way with a less heavy
train. The coal was for a South Caro-
lima firm.
Salisbury Sun: Sunday night Bethel
Clement, a colored boy, procured a Dot
tie of benzine used for cleaning clothes
and took it into his room, saying he
wanted to get a spot off his coat. After
going into the room, however, he wrote
a note and then swallowed the benzine.
The note reads: Il took amoni kill my
self about Cora BOSt. Please send my
dead body to Cora Bost so she can see"
But Bethel didn't die. He was discov-
cred and a cup of hot lard poured dow
his throat. This seemed TO do him good,
but afterwards he came up town and
! begged the officers to lock him UP. He
seemed to be having a fit then. 1t seems
Clement was determined to destroy
himself. He came to Asheville a short
time 6 and stopped with Sarah Glenn
! emit, on Short Bailey street. On Sat
/, urday evening he took laudanum from
the effects of which he died about u
o'clock that night.
Murphy scout: On Monday of last
/ week. about nine o'clock, while Mr.. NJ.
a. Hampton and wife were absent a
short distance from the house, no one
being in the room except his two little
girls, Edna and Lille, an accident oc-
! CURED that has darkened his home. It
| seems that Edna, nearly six years old,
was scraping SCOT from the back of the
| chimney into a box, when her clothing
| caught on fire. She made no outcry,
but her little sister ran to the door,
screaming that Edna was burning up.
The father and mother ran to the
house, and their horror was intensified
when they saw their darling standing
in the door, the flames leaping and
playing about her. Her dress was
| linsey, while the underclothing were
| cotton goods. When the flames were
| ~extinguished il was aScertained that
! Edna's body. from her shoulders down,
including the left side OF her neck was
badly charred.