The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-24

Greensboro Record Is nine years old.
Il prints the news.
One Durham school boy Rugged an
other so hard as to break several ribs.
A man name Hayes, who has been
away 30 years, drove from Springfield
Mo-, to Durham in a wagon. He had
his family along with him. They were
weeks on the road.
George Oaks. who killed Ambrose
Carraway, in Mitchell county. on the
18th of October. surrendered last week,
and Is in Bakersviue jail 1t is believed
that q condition Of surrender Is that
Cakes Is TO get half the 800 reward Of
fered for him by the governor.
Asheboro Courier: We learn that
Rev. T. c. Hodgin VIII e from
Asheboro to Greensboro VII rent
Hogan's auditorium and call il holmes
temple. 1t Is said that Mr.. Hodgin has
dom this because Of the fact tina the
churches Of Greensboro have shut their
doors on him
Windsor Ledger: We desire to ex-
press our admiration OF the conduct
Of Hon Oliver II. Allen VINO has been
holding our court for two weeks. On
the bench ne is patient. careful. We
were struck with his promptness to see
the kernel of the case. OFF the bench
he was digniied. polite and agreeable.
On the whole We pronounce him a first
class judge.
Weldon News: Bishop Hendrix. who
is TO preside at the North Carolina an
nual conference at its session to be
held next north at Washington, ". c.,
has changed the date for the assembly
from Wednesday the 9th to Thursday
the eth OF observation-disclosures Faul-
con and HAliard Roberts, both colored.
~a~ i-r1 l;GS a,,frr- 1900 -1gs -
Springs, last Sunday night, which re-
suited in Roberts being cut nearly to
death. 1t is alleged that Faulcon and
Robert wife were too intimate and that
when Roberts approached Faulcon or
the subject, a fight ensued which re-
suited as above stated.-Dr. /. E.
Green has been quite busy lately, look
ing after the smallpox IN the S,
Neck section. We learn that there are
between fifteen and twenty cases in
that vincinity.
Pittsboro Record: The University
of North Carolina and thevilfage in
which it is situated ave Dot improved
so much and are in so prosperous a
condition, as to excite the pride of all
former students of that venerable in
stitution Of learning 1t was the priv
ilege of this writer to spend last Sat-
urday ait Chapel Hill, on a business
trip, and we were agreeably surprised
to find the many improvements recent
ly made and others in progress, both
in the village and in the university
As we state at the home of the killing
of Randall Wflliford. Mr.. Tayloe was
acquitted on the ground of self defence.
WilIifOrd was advancing on Mr.. Tayloe
with a knife when he was shot. WI
iiford had hat night announced his
purpose to kiln Tayloe and had bought
loaded shells for that purpose He was
a violent, turbulent and daneerous a
having cut several white men. THE
evidence showed that he was especial
ly aggressive in his conduct toward
white men, quick to pick a quarrel
with them. The entire county approves
the jury verdict and sympathize with
Mr.. Tayloe in the expense he has oc-
cured in the trial.
Oxford Ledger: We notice that
prices have greatly advanced ON fine
wrappers, and good ones are gobbled
up at from 500 to $40 per hundred by
our buyers.-Three of the boys at
the Orphan Asylum got tired of dis
cipline and walked off one evening last
week, thinking they would not be
missed, but they Were and overhau1ed
at Stem, and brought back. Extremely
light diet must have been their fate.
DIR. Benny Hester, son of Rev. w.
S. Hester, of Salem, and Mrs. Hester,
left yesterday for Mexico to engage
i'm missionary work, and the best
fishes of numerous friends follow them
to their new field of labor.-Monday
morning the Industrious wife of Lewis
Petiford, colored, built a fire under a
large pot in the back yard of her hDme
on HillsbOrO street preparatory to
washing and stepped next o to see
her mother. Directly after she left
her four year-old daughter no doub
thought she would keep the fire up un-
der the pot, and was around the fire
when her clothing caught, and was all
flames in a short time. She ran in the
house and covered UP in the bed, set
ting the bed clothes on fire. Her two
year-old sister ran and told her mother,
and when she arrived in the house 1t
was full of smoke and her oldest
daughter burned almost to a crisp in
the bed.
Charlotte Observer: Scotland Neck,
Nov. 17.-Rev. DR.. F. H. johnson, Of
Elizabeth City, assisted by Rev Paul
Mr.. Walker, OF Oxford, is holding a
meeting at Nahala Presbyterian
Church, a few miles in the country.
Rev. Mr.. Walker preached to a large
congregation in tine Methodist church
here last night. Mr.. Morton, with DR..
Johnson, has recently held a meeting
at Roanoke church, in Martin county.
knitting mills here are doing a
good business. Andrews & Coughe-
nor have orders for goods until Feb
ruary The Scotland Neck Knitting
Mills also nave large orders ahead.
-Derita, Nov. 17.-Walter Doster, a
colored convict, who had been serving
some time on the public roads,an who
was recently made a "trusty," made
an attempt to enter an Clubhouse on
the premises of Mr.. S. A. Wellington,
this morning at about z o'clock. 1t
appears hat the negro had been lying
in wait for some one to enter the
house, and when he saw one Of Deri-
ta's nos respected ladies go into the
house, closing the door behind her, he
tried to force his way into the bnild-
ing. The lady was badly frightened,
and gave an alarm by screaming,
which scared tine negro off. He tool
to the woods, going towards Char
lotte. The lady made h way to Mr..
Weddington's residence, which was in
close proximity, in safety Wins
ton, Nov. IL. The jury in the case OF
Lee Walker, colored, for killing his
wife, returned a verdict OF murder in
the second degree. just before ad-
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