The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

OF these 30 are in the central prison.
There are IS mostly all federaA prison.
e-s. in the brick yard
The trustees Of Davenport college. at
Lenoir. met last week and unahin
elected Rev. G. NJ. PIckenS, 81 ths
Western North Carolina conference
president OF hat institution.
Fayetteville Observer: IL IS common
talk in Hope Mills that the Hope NILS
Manufacturing Company Is 20
erect another large cotton mill WITHIN
a few hundred yards Of Hope MINIS
Washington Progress: Information
comes 30 Us which ought to be reiiaole,
that the railroad known as the Great
Eastern. from Selma TO Pantego. ana
probably through Hyde county. VIII
surely be built.
Greensboro Teiegram: The Benoow
House was built in is70-Ti by DR.. II.
w. G. BenbOw. who. in 1892. sold IL TO
Captain Fisher for $4,000. II was first
opened 10 the public in 1871 and has
paid handsomely ever since.
Goldsboro Argus: Her numerous
friends are glad 10 see at home again
Miss DR.. Sally Borden. who recently
graduated in medicine at the woman's
Medical College. in New York City.
and is now a full fledged physician.
Weldon News: Rev. w. y. Johnson,
Of Sampson county. has accepted "A call
To the passionate OF the Baptist church
here and preached his first sermons here
Sunday. He Is a young a a gTadu-
ate OF Wake Forest college, and OF
pleasant address. The congregation
was very much pleased with his OPEN
ing sermons.
Fayetteville Observer; We earn
from The Presbyterian OF
June Sth, thai the church At Orlando
Fla. whose pastorate has been recent
IL ~,,aral nv Rev II II Rrl1EpG in
order TO accept the presidency Of the
Presbyterian College for Women, at
Charlotte, y. g. has called Rev. j. NJ.
Rose. d. D., TO become its pastor.
Goldsboro Argus: Prof. ". +. Fon-
vielle. a colored educator OF this city,
received notice this morning from the
board OF trustees Of his election "a prin-
cipal Of the Newborn graded school.
Prof. Fonvielle, is thoroughly Identified
with the cause OF education and the
Newbern people made no mistake in
their selection OF Il principal.
Raleigh News and Observer: Mr..
isaac NJ. Meekins, "A prominent young
republican living in Elizabeth city, has
been in the city this week. He tells
the News and Observer that he intends.
at an early day, To write an open letter
in favor of the constitutional amend
ment. Mr.. Meekins was a candidate
for solicitor on the republican ticket
during the last campaign.
Winston Sentinel: DIR. Richard H..
Lewis, secretary OF the state board OF
health, has completed his special re-
port on smallpox. The first case occur
red at Wilmington, January /. 1898. and
from that time up to May LIST there
were GIG cases in the state. There were
seventeen deaths. The death rate
among whites was 5 per cent, which
is quite large, considering a the cpl
demic is OF so light a character. Among
the negroes the rate is la per cent.
The greater number of cases originated
in Virginia and South Carolina. and the
disease is far worse in the rural sec
tons Of northeastern North Carolina.
Statesville Landmark: To a person
familiar with the bald aspect OF Mas
sey's hill five years ago, II VIII be a
veritable revelation 10 him to stand on
the brow OF the hill, just overlooking
and within a hundred feet Of the site
Of the Tolar-Hart-Hoit mill, and view
the transformation. At his feet the
walls for a large factory are being rear
ed, and a little beyond Is the great Holt
Morgan mill, surrounded by as pretty
a factory village as can be found any
where in the south. Some distance fur
Their TO the left and in plain view. can
be seen the Ashley-Bailey silk mill in
course Of erection, itself situated In a
valley, but surrounded by gradually
sloping hills.
Wilkesboro Hustler: A painful and
probably fatal acciden befell Mr.. +. ID.
Holcomb, a brave old ex-confederate
soldier, in Traphill township one day
last week. He was in the woods alone
| peeling tanbark when a tree fell on him
This happened in the afternoon abou:
3 O'Clock and the poor old fellow was
not found until night. He was at once
released and taken home in an unCon-
| scious condition. He was badly crushed
and his recovery Is very doubtful. Mr..
Holcomb was an industrious old gem
tleman, and though badly wounded in
the civil war in the seven days fight
at Richmond, having been shot seven
times in one day, which made him a
cripple for life, he has managed to
make a living.
Greensboro Telegram: The sentence
| Of Sam Lucas, colored, who was con-
victed of murder in the first degree.
has been committed by the governor to
| Imprisonment for life. The petition for
! the Communication of his sentence was
| signed by a large number OF prominent
citizens. After his trial. upon an in
v~estigatfon OF all the evidence. some
Of which did not go before the jury, the
solicitor, ex-Judge w. +. Bynum, who
prosecuted him, and Mr.. Charles NJ.
| Stedman, who assisted in the prosecu-
tion, came to the conclusion that there
was some doubt as to whether Lucas
had such generalization as would make
him guilty OF murder in the first de-
gree. They signed the petition asking
the governor to the sentence.
Salisbury Sun: Mr.. John w. Davis,
who came down the Western last night,
told US OF the death of two people
Tuesday by drowning in the French
Broad river at Marshall. Mrs. Enoch
Rector. wife of one of MarshalIs best
known citizens. was crossing the river
in a boat going to ner garden when
the boat capsized. She and a colored
servant, h was also in the boat.
were drowned. The third person in the
boat. another servant escaped
There Is a prospect Of another large
cotton mill being erected in the county
soon. Already about $4,000 Of the
stock has been taken. Land on which
70 build the mill was secured Tuesday
for twelve months, IL to be purchased
when the building OF the mill becomes
a certainty.
Charlotte Observer: The first gather
ing Of h Southern Biblical assembly