The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-22
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evening and instantly killed. says the
Asheville Citizen.
Durham Sun: Alex. Dos.et, a white
man, was arrested this morning on a
warrant charging him with stealing a
horse. The warrant was sworn u bv
a named John Daniels, to whom
the horse belonged
Monroe Enquirer: Typhoid fever.
that dread disease OF towns in piedmont
end western North Carolina has not
made its appearance in Monroe this
summer. We believe that this attrib-
utable to the artesian water which the
people OF Monroe are drinking.
Goldsboro Argus: The death of Mrs.
Walter A. Edwards, daughter OF Mr..
n Mrs. A. D.. Ward, whose critical
illness was noted in yesterdays Argus,
occurred at the home of her parents
this morning. Her husband preceded
her to the grave only a month ago.
Three small children survive them.
Wadesboro Messenger: Gus Graham
and Paul Moses, both colored. had a
fight, soon after dark Saturday night,
in front Of Mr.. A. f. Bradshaw's stable,
Guss struck Moses with his fist, and
came near knocking him down. where
upon Moses drew his pistol and shot
at Guss. but missed him
The Fentress copper mine, located
in Guilford county, which paid large
dividends prior to the civil war and
was among the first southern mining
TO receive attention on Wall street, has
been sold to Herbert Carl and others,
of New York city. Mining operations
Will be commenced at once.
Fayetteville Observer: The supervis-
orS OF Cross Creek have indicted seven,
or nearly all, of the ROAD overseers OF
the different roads of Cross Creek for
failure to properly perform their duties.
The cases will be heard at the next
term of the court. The penalty is fine
or imprisonment at the discretion of
the court.
Winston Tobacco Journal: 1t has
transpired that at the recent annual
meeting of the Southern Wholesale
n. c.. interesting action was taken. The
story goes that it was duly resolved
not to handle the goods Of the tobacco,
the sugar n one or two other trusts.
The board of aldermen of Durham
Monday night gave the Durham Elec-
trio Light Company a three years con-
tract to light the streets Of the city.
of the matter The Sun says:
Under the new contract the Durham
Electric Lighting Company is to fur
nish the city sixty enclosed arc lights
at q L 1NIlldl VI SC,OU - 4oI SdCI
light, or $4,000 for the entire service.
Each eight is to be 1000 candle power
and to burn all night, every night in
the year.
Webster's Weekly: The neighbour
hood of ~Pleasantville was the scene of
a horrible tragedy one day last week.
Ace Flynn killed his brother Joe Will.
1t is said that he fired both barrels of
a shot gun at him at a distance of 10
or Is feet. The first shot missed but
the second hit him in the back just
below the shoulder blade, the entire
load going through his body. Ace is
now in Jail. 1t is said and truly as we
understand it, that blockade whiskey
was the cause Of the trouble.
Fayetteville Observer: Saturday
night VIM. Davis hired a team from
Mr.. Lambeth to take him to his home
neal McNatts. The driver, Sidney Will
liamS, lost his way on the old Wire
road, as many others have done be-
fore him and while 1oundering around
in the dark, drove over the embank-
ment only a few yards from the bridge
which crosses the A G. l.. track, half
way between here and Hope Mills.
Over and Eel rolled horse, hack and
two occupants until all landed in a
heap on the track 40 feet below. The
horse was the first on its feet, then fol-
lowed the two men, both crawling out
practically %uninjured from the wreck
age Of the vehicle.
Durham Herald: John Nance, a
carpenter working on Chapil Hill street
fell from the building yesterday and
was badly hurt.-A gentleman who
saw the accident to the colored boy on
Morris street Friday evening was very
much Disguised at the action of the ne
groeS who were with him at the time.
The boy, together with a crowd Of 9TH
ers of all sizes and cOlOrS were follow
ing the negro band wagon, that was
riding over town advertising the col
ored excursion, n fell down rolling
underline wheels. The wagon passed
over his shoulders and face bursting
out one of his eye balls. The negroes
who followed the wagon stood aroun
and laughed like SO many fools and but
for the assistance OF some white people
he would have been left there to die.
Charlotte News: A Knoxville tele-
gram to the New York Commercial
says that j. B. Thomas of Knoxville,
Tenn, will reorganize the Apalachie
Tannic Acid Company with h~eadquar-
tiers at Murphy, N. c., for the manu-
facture of tannic acid by a patent pro-
cess. Large contracts for bark have
been closed with the Apalachie Land
and Lumber Company, operating in
Cherokee county, N. G. This is devel-
opment in North Carolina along a new
line.-The New learns upon the most
reliable Information that Charlotte
within a few months will have one of
the finest and best systems Of auto
mobiles to be found in the entire coun-
try. People have often remarked that
the roads Of Charlotte and Of Meklen-
burg county appeared to be only wait
ing for completion by having the au-
tomobile to run over their smooth sur
faces.
Tarboro Southerner: VIM. Morris and
Drew Battle for burning of Judge
Philips stables in No. Z township last
spring were convicted last week at the
special term of the Criminal Court and
sentenced to imprisonment for a term
of twenty years each. Chauncy for the
burning Of the dwelling of Mrs. Turner
". Battle on the Cool Spring farm,
after a trial which lasted through
Thursday and nearly all Of Friday,
was found guilty and sentenced to be
hung September 4. Tuesday morning
the conductor on the local freight,
which left here about four O'Clock,
telegraphed the office here from Speed
| that a dead man was on the track