The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06
II CAROLINA

We are glad to see that wake rorest
College now 2T studcnts
Tarboro Southerner: The Kehukee
Primitive Baptist Association convened
today with the church at Fla swamp.
Martin county.-Thursday night n
barn containing oats and some old
stables on the farm OF Il. G. Howeil
were burned.
The Charlotte Observer avs n $50
600 cotton mill is TO be erected on Cap
tain s. b. Alexander's place. west or
Charlotte. Already s135 900 OF the stock
has been subscribed. Messrs. II. c.
Dresser and s. Il. Alexander. JrS are
the promoters OF the new enterprise.
The Greensboro correspondent OF The
Charlotte Observer says: II was told
last night that one North Carolinsan.
living in the state. had made Si,Ses,o0
in the hares OF Tennessee Coal and
Iron railroad. He bought at SIS. The
shares are o quoted at sll6, l be-
lieve."
waynesville Courier: Tom Harris,
who lived some two miles above Syl-
sylvia. In jackson county. found the
troubles OF life beyond his powers or
endurance, and on Monday last ended
! hi. life by hanging himself TO the limp
OF a tree near his spring. He mas al
! WAYS been considered OF rather a weak
mind and recent family troubles had
apparently rendered him desperate.
Charlotte Obsarver: Indan Creek
Cotton NH - now running ON fuli
time. Three thousand sptndles are
now at work making No 20 yarns
The Kings Mountain Manufacturers
Company has Just placed an order for
5.Oo0 lew spindaex-Tne Long Shoais.
Coxton Mil. OF ON Shoals. has
put in 5000 sp4ndies. They VAL MAXI
fine yarns from Egyptian COTTON.
S~tatesville Reporter: The j. h. King
mill. st Sweet Home. 81 Snow Creek.
was burned Wednesday morning about
/ o'clock. The entire building and con-
tents. including rolling machinery.
! burrs, about $50 bushels OF wheat. IL
| bags OF flour. etc. were destroyed.
nothing being left except the water
wheel. The property was nearly new.
and was valued at over $4,000. IL was
| insured in the Farmers Mutual fer
$500.
Raleigh News and Observer:-Greens
| boro, ". c., September S0.-(SpeciaD
| Last nigh: Ben Wilkerson, n disttller,
| she and probably fataql2y wounded
Ben Jennings, a brother-in-law OF Son
" Ryan, who was hanged for wife mur-
der some time ago. 1t seems that WI
kerson and jennings were drinking
| and got into a fight. According to a
~bystander. Jennings drew a razor N
Wnkerson when the latter pulled out
| a pistol and shot him. the bail entering
his breast and ranging downward.
Fayetteville Observer: The body OF
the little colored boy. Robert Chance,
who was drowned in Cross Creek, near
| Spring Bridge. Saturday after
noon. was recovered shortly after four
o'clock-There was a painful accident
dun ing he service last night, but OF
which the congrega ton was in ignor-
n~aa AlA,,E Ah. w1gl.1nn " nKmhnv.
| Haid's sermon Professor Webster sufv
! fered a stroke OF paralysis. and Father
OBrien was quietly to his
sic while a physician was emit for.
Asheville Citizen: Some two weeks
ago" said a travelling man to The Citi-
zen this morning, while at Old Fort |,
with several others. Witnessed a pecul-
lar and beautiful sight. II was an exc
Cus OF butterflies and lasted for two
hours. Myriads of the tiny beautiful
creatures seemed to be floating in the
air everywhere. They were OF a gor-
geous brown tinge, all marked just
alike, and flashed in the autumn sun
shine like so many fakes of floating
gold.
Greensboro Record: Mr.. w. K.
Hayes a merchant Of this place, resld-
ing about one-holf mile from town, was
killed by his son. Willie, last night
about 9 O'Clock. Mr.. Hayes was drink
ing, and left his home soon after
supper, Going in The direction %
Thompson About 8 O'Clock at ms
one of his sons, returning home. heard
q peculiar Noise coming from The woods
near the house. He called his broth
er. Willie, telling him to bring the gun
with him, which he did. When they
came near the woods they saw some
thing on the ground, which they
thought to be a dog or some wild ami
mai, and Willie fired upon it with the
gun. 1t proved to be their faith 81, and
he cried: "Oh, Lord, you have killed
me-" An inquest was held over the
body this morning, and the jury re-
turned the following verdict: I'VE, the
jury. find that the deceased came to his
death from the gunshot wounds OF his
son, Willie, and that the evidence fails
to disclose a crime."-Charlotte had
thirty-two Deaths in September. Raj
eigh a twenty.