The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15

Lexington organized a company
to establish a furniture factory.

machinery FOR the Shelby cotton mill
has been placed through George Gray,
! OF GaStonia. and viii Approximate an
| outlay of about $4,000.
Kinston Free Press: Rev. :. III.
Isler writes that there is great interest
in the meeting held at Seven Springs,
| in which Rev. F. w. FAIRIES is assist
ing. The attendance is large and 4
number have professet.
New Bern Journal: Hon. Charles r.
Thomas, representative in congress
from the Third district. has nominated
10 the secretary OF war, for appoint
ment a cadet at the United States
Military Academy AZ West Point, Mr..
/ Wentworth W. Pierce. OF Warsaw, Du-
pin county, y. c.
Whiteville News: The canning fac
tory commenced operations, and IS can
ming about 500 cans OF tomatoes daily.
Jane Mckay, OF near Bogue. is in
Jail at this place on the charge Of in
fanticide, and George Wright as an
J accessory after the act. Both are COL
ored.
Durham Sun: Sonny Elliott, n ne
gro. was before Squire CT. A Barbee.
Thursday afternoon, on the charge Of
committing A crime that is too foul
to be mentioned. The evidence was
conclusive, and the brute was bound
over to court under a bond OF $500.
winch ne GDulu not GIVE dAa was
locked up.
Referring TO the extent of N grape
culture al and near Manly, Moore
county, the Pittsboro Record says 1t
! is estimated that 10000 cra1eSof Srarcs
will be shippedfrom that one station
| this season. Three solid car loads were
shipped from there Monday OF last
week. These grapes now sell in Phila-
delphia at 81, so and 81 a crate.
Th1 a1a -
! the property of DR.. d. W. c. Benbow,
which was to have taken place today,
was stopped by a telegram from Judge
Ewart, judge of the Western district
of North Carolina, saying that he had
granted a restraining order upon the
petition Of the Southern Loan and
Trust Company, trustees in bankrupt
cy, of DR.. Benbow.
The Newbern Jodrnpl: Curious
. as we'll as a painful accident occurred
late yesterday afternoon to a dru inner
for Clarks O. y. I. cotton here On bu-
Siness. In sitting down in a chair at
! o.. Marks & Co., store, the chair gave
way and the back of his head struck
/ the brick wall, cutting a long and
| painful cash. The attention OF a doe
tor was required.
The Walnut Cove Argus enthusiastic
cally claims to have reliable information
that the McGill water site lear that
! place will be bought by a northern firm
for the purpose OF erecting an electric
plant by which electric cars will be run
TO Danbury, a distance of ten miles,
thus reaching the heart of Stokes. one
of the richest counties in North Caro-
lima in undeveloped resources.
Kinston Free Press: Mr.. c. Z. Phil
. lips, who lives bout a mile from Kin
ston, lost a tobacco barn last Wednes-
day night by fire. About 1000 pounds
of tobacco in the barn was burned
also. Scotland Neck had it's opening
sale of tobacco Wednesday, with about
80, 600 pounds. Greenville sold only
about 10000 to 4O, 1000 pounds at its
! opening sale. Kinston led the state.
Charlotte Observer: Extensive = de-
posts of graphite have been discover
| ed in the mountains near Round
Knob, on property belonging to Col.
John *. Connolly, of Asheville. Col.
/ Connolly now has so hands at work
! and will nave 400 employed, it is report
ed. The deposits of praphite ave been
traced for six miles, and the mines
| are in easy reach of the Southern rail-
| way.
Hendersonville Times: Rev. J.. w.
Anderson, who had been i'll with neu
monia fever for several days, died
Thursday afternoon. This intelligence
came as a shock to the many friends
" III uSSSdSCu, lS" vi tA1tDl
in his immediate neighborhood knew he
| we seriously i'll. The funeral was reid
Friday morning at 10 o'clock at Pleas
ant Hill church. Deceased was about
81 of age; was a native of this
| county, which he has represented in
the legislature, n was a man Of the
/ strictest integrity, honored by all with
whom he came in contact.
| Monroe Enquirer: Mr.. j. w. Love,
Goose Greek township, destroyed by
fire over a year ago, has rebuilt and
has his mills running on full time and
he has also put the finishing touches
| on a handsome dwelling which was
] in course of construction when he lost
I his milling property.-Rev VIM Black
| has for the past three weeks been con
Quoting meetings at Barnardsville and
| Mr.. Black says that there has been a
| greater drouth in the mountains his
summer han the oldest inhabitants
nave ever known
| Newton Enterprise: Hickory and
vicinity has been very much interest
ed since the first of last week over the
disappearance Of Mr.. d. E. Whitener.
He was executor of Henry Hawn and
later of the widow of Henry Hawn.
He a collected something like ST.
600 or 1900 belonging to the estate,
and some Of the parties interested
having insisted on his giving bond. he
SS ~ WI OA 2
day of last week and give bond. On
Monday night he tool the vestibule
! train for the West.
Charlotte Observer: Reidsville, Aug.
"A. G. Flynn, a merchant at Pleas
antville, this county, shot his brother,
Joe Willie Flynn, asst night. The lat
ter died this morning. A shot gun was
used and the victim received the load
in his breast. 1t is claimed that the
shooting was accidental, but the coro-
ner's injury rendered a verdict to the
effect that the shooting was premed-
itated. 1t is stated that there has
been bad blood between the brothers
for some time past. A. c. Flynn has
been put in jaii.-Extensive deposits
Of graphite have been discovered in
the mountains near Round Knob. on
property belonging to Col. John K.
Connolly, of Asheville. Col. Connolly
now has so hands at work developing
the property, and will soon have 400
men employed, it is reported. The de-
posts Of graphite have been traced
for six miles, and the mines are in
easy reach of the Southern Railway.
Raleigh News n Observer. In -ba