The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-24
CAROLINA

Rex i. n. Poole. N OF Alexander
c~ounty's leading men. died this evening
At about 2 o'clock at his home In the
western part OF town. ,
n SALISBURY cotfon msssss are put
ding in 1000 new sptudies. making ~
coo for that mill. -
The new mill was started ~ 49,
Hin. near Concord. Canarrus county
Tuesday.
Henry T. Coupe. ofHannersvale.
naySd.un coatny. was burned 10 death
fs~f Sundfsy afternoon He was osd
and feeble. tt seems that no one w1s
u5th hin. at the time. He wes Iouno
WINS on the hearth ard hie body 0urn-
ed TO n coal.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth: tues
sav night some one broke the locks 10
Mr.. ]. A. Kitchin's stables at his wooo-
rack near Spring Hill and stole Two OF
his horses. A mule also was missing
but he did not know whether ne was
stolen or broke away alone.
Kinston Free Press: Mr.. ]. W.
Lynch informs US that. contrary % the
report. he has not sold his interest In
he Great Eastern railroad, bu tnat
ARRANGEMENTS have been perfected 10
commence the building or this road ana
that IL will be commenced In aoout
month.-There were large safes OF 70
bacco in Kinston today. faiiy He'sSV
pounds.
washington Messenger: From n pri-
vate letter received by a gentleman In
his city. we learn that the plans are
erected TO thoroughly clean out the
Lake Landing canal, and the citizens
OF Hyde are preparing To oner n hanu-
some subsidiary TO b com
pany that will agree 20 u a 1 from
THE t1nGA nr RRllR
Haven. and In addition, TO withdraw
all their sail boats. and pledge their
entire freight TO the line.
Charlotte News: The Herald as
strongly American. n favors immeui-
ate anneNaltion to tine Unibed states
Mr.. Greek q. Andrews, general
manager OF the Raleigh Post, accepteu
a position as local editor OF the HeraNh
and had gone as far as Tampa ON MS
way Z Havana He d~Rsappeared NV
THAT city, and nothing has ever been
heard of him. IL lp not known whether
he committed suicide. WAS murederd
or killed by accident. He was n young
man of ability and great promise. and
his sad fate is the regret OF host OF
friends in North Carolina
Raleigh News and Observer: Tar
boro. N. c.. October 19.-(SpecfaL)-
Wednesday night about IL O'Clock John
"A III NASlh ia TN CN& W 49,
Dor Commissioners and town treasurer,
shot and kialed Hamp Banks, a half
witted colored boy who a ono TO Mr..
Whddeli's house to deliver a noce. 1t
appears that Banks instead of going
to the door went TO a window and was
| trying TO make his entrance Through
1t. His efforts aroussed Mr.. Weddell,
who asked who was there and
wtas wanted. The negro made no ans
| wer. but burst his head into the room
Through a pane OF broken glass AT
| this Mr.. Weddell seized a pistoS and
| fired several shots. The negro was
| killed Instantly.
| Durham Herald: There are many
| exhibits at our state fair worthy OF
more than passing mention, notably the
| exhibition of the Biltmore estate and
| that of the furniture factories of High
Point. While the one shows what mon
ey can do, the other shows what can
be accomplished in this state of ours
by industry and brains.
Gastonia is to have a scmi-weekly to
be called The News.
Charlotte Presbyterian Standard:
Rev. s. c.. Caldwell will take Mr..
Smiths place as evangelist for Ashe-
vile Presbytery until January Isl, and
is just now experimenting the erection
1 of four church buildings. two in Hay
wood county and two in Buncombe
county.
Asheville Citizen: The body OF
swptchman George Stowe, who was
killed in the ards Of the Southern NJ
Knoxville at i:45 q. m. Saturday, va. .
attending { the switching of box cars.
was brought to this city yesterday
morning and buried here this afternoon
1t seems that Stowe a been given
orders by the yard conductor to switch
three cars onto track s, and was walk
ing ahead OF the moving cars on this
track. thinking he was OF track 9. The
cars knocked him down and the wheels
cut off his right leg, right arm n left
foot, broke his left arm and bruised
him fearfully about thebody. He lived
three hours and a a in fearful ag-
ony.