The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-21
THE rUKNAGE mURDEx
Elijah Joynerss Full Confessaon-Falls
Of ems Cotton MllIs-splenAiA Crops
on the State Farms-State Bonds fer
Sale
Messenger Bureau,

Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., JUL %.
Today the sheriff OF Pitt, accompan-
ed by T.. L. Turnage and ". J. Tur-
nase, of that county, came here, and
the sheriff took back TO Greenville ce-
phas Langley, one Of the two negroes
who were in Jail here charged with
numbering T. L. Turnage's nephew at
Donsola in May. +. L. Turnage had a
talk with Elijah Joyner, the ether ne
gro charged with the crime, and Joyner
completely exonerated Langley. JOY
ner said he alone committed the crime
and that his purpose was to ges $1,000.
which he believed was in furnaces safe
at the store; that he killed young Tur-
mage, opened the safe with a key he
had made and got only 81, and that he
then set fire to b store. He said that
a negro named Jim Scarbor0, who
keeps a little store at Farmville. knew
he was to rob FURNACES safe and that
Scarboro had advanced money to him,
Joyner telling him he had made the
key, opened the safe, taken the $1,000
and hid it. Mr.. Turnage says he and
others never had any idea that any one
save Joyner committed the triple crime.
They suspected that some one had ad-
vanced one to Joyner. The latter
was in a tight place. If he ackncwl-
edged the crime he would be instantly
lynched and, therefore, he lied and said
five men were implicated. But
for Mr.. Langley these would then n
there have been lynched. Joyner's
confession is complete. He will be kept
in Jail until September, when he will
be taken to Pitt for trial.
The NanSa River mills wpra charter
ed by the state today; capital $1,000
and will make cotton goods, at the
Fails of Neuse. c. G.. Latta, R. H. Bat
tie, ]. S.. Chamberlain, E. H. Lee, w.
w. Vass, ]. G. Brown and V. B. Moore
are stockholders.
Adjutant General Register was here
today on his way to Camp William E.
Shipp at Morehead City.
The following commissions to Third
regiment officers were issued today: b.
G. WOodall, Durham, adjutant of First
battalion; Thomas H. Crudup, Kittrell,
commissary; F. P. Virgins, first lieu
tenant and E. c.. Price second lieuten-
ant Company H, Warrenton. Next
Saturday afternoon the eight companies
of this regiment go into camp at More
head City. The adjutant general say
hat in the fall the regiment will be
completed by the addition Of four COM
panies.
IL Ii lcdrllCu CudI III hI1lIlluS Illl11S
now in operation here will be enlarged
and will also make fine goods and that
Julian S. Carr will move his knitting
mills here from Durham.
Mr.. J. r. Tillery, general supervisor
of the penitentiary farms, says he
never saw cotton earlier or better fruit
ed than that on the Roanoke farms. It
is full of blooms. There were many
Of these as early as June 26th. The
peanut crop is fine, and 10000 bushels
are expected. He says that if peanut
prices hold up, Captain Day, the SUI
perintendent, will be ahead in finances.
The rice crop is good. The corn crop
Is fairly good-an average; cut worms
have hurt it. About 5000 barrels are
expected. Of cotton 5000 bales are tx
pected.
The Caledonia farm, which the state
will buy next month, has 1900 acres.
It was leased in 1892, and the work
lone On it could % be duplicated for
less than $3.50, 600, MIR. Tillery says, this
including levees, canals, bitches, build
ings, etc. There are sever miles OF
levee, much of it fifteen feet high. Only
once, two years agO, a this levee CIV
en- way. At sorne points it has a base
Of 120 feet. There are $50 convicts on
this farm and the Tillery farm and only
four are in the hospital. Driven wells
have brought health.
State Treasurer Worth offers for sale
$780, 600 Of bonds, with which the Gale
donia farm will be bought. August
18th the bids will be opened. This
bonds are 4 per cents, and run thirty
years. No bids under 104 will be con
sidered.
The restraining order issued by Judge
Simonton has been served ON the cor
poratiOn commission, auditor and
treasurer, and the tax on railways they
are above to collect is that of 1898.
The secretary of the commission will
prepare the list of assessments, but
cannot, of course, certify them to the
auditor and treasurer.
DeWitts Little Early Risers benefit
permanently. They lend gentle assist