The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01

NORTH CAROLINA.
The farmers Of Wilkes county are
going into the ~ca--ir~ business on
an extensive scale. The Chronicle says
Utmost everybody is putting up fruits
and vegetables to a greater or less ex-
tent.
Greensboro Telegram: The Old Bap-
list association convened Saturday
morning at Wolf Island church, one
and one-half miles from Reidsville.
Peouie are in attendance from all
parts OF the state and on Saturday and
on Sunday the crowd was estimated
at from 10000 to $4,000.
A colored man named Hardy Har-
Kiss was killed in Pitt county Sunday
morning. 1t seems that the man was
having a row with his wife and got a
u after her. They had a tussel over
the weapon and 1t was discharged. the
load striking the man in the thigh.
He bled to death from the wound.
Elkin, August 22.-Mr. William Cas-
ey. Of Trap Hill, died suddenly last
Sunday morning. He arose in usual
health, ate breakfast, dressed for
church, got on his mule and started
alone. When about half a mile from
the church some parties met him and
noticed his head dropping. and on go
ing TO him found that he was dead.
Milton Herald: The name of Col
onel Julian S. Carr has been suggested
by the large majority of the state pa
pers as the suitable successor of Marion
Butler. To u mind he is the man for
the place. He stands at the head OF
the list, of men eligible for this honor,
and in the hearts of those people who
make up the masses" of the state, he
is held in the highest esteem and love.
We hope the Old North State will do
herself honor in honoring this gifted
son.
Morganton Herald: That Burke has
undergone a great moral reformation
in the past twenty years is undeniable,
and the Sunday schools have had no
little share in ~effecting itA gentle
man OF practical acquaintance with the
territory to be traversed and who has
been with surveying parties on both
routes informs us that the Upper
Creek route from Morganton TO Pinola
III lNllCLcll County Is CuedpeI ny q
! quarter OF a million dollars than either
Johns hiver OF Harper's Creek. the
suggested routes of General Hoke's
connection of Tennessee with the Sea-
board Air Line.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth: A
few days ago Mrs. Levy r. Cherry who
lives a few miles in the country was
accidentally shot by her little boy. The
| mother and boy went into the barn to
shoot a snake. Mrs. Cherry sprung
the pistol with which she proposed TO
| shoot the snake, but could not fire ii.
| She handed it to the boy, and told him
the pistol was worthless, or would not
| shoot. Upon taking it the boy pulled
| ON the trigger and it fired. The ball
| struck his mother just above the knee
and made a flesh wound hat was not
serious.
Durham Herald: A warrant was
yesterday sworn out by Mrs. Virginia
Thompson against Buck Thompson,
charging him with rape. The TRIAL was
Set for yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
but was postponed until this afternoon
at 5 o'clock. The prisoner was per
mitted to give a 500 bond for his ap-
pearance today.-Judge Battle, who
is now holding court at New Bern, has
passed an order that is in the nature
OF a needed reform. On a motion made
by an attorney he ordered that one
half OF the court room be reserved fol
whites and the other for the coloret
people.
Asheville Citizen: The inefficiency
Of the penitentiary management was
shown on Monday morning when tn
gun Of one Of the guards refused to fir
at escapig convicts. The man would
have been as effectively armed as IL h
had been shouldering a brOomstick-
and it would have been lighter to car
ry.-Yesterday at 4:30 a freigh
train on the A. & S. division ran owe
a fourteen-year-old boy named Smile.
at Landrum's. The lad was badl.
mangled, and lived only an hour. A
the time of the accident the boy wa
on the freight track watching an in
coming passenger train and did lot no
tice the approach Of the freight.
Fayetteville Observer: The Rev
Jno. D. Lilies, pastor of the Coloret
Baptist church of this city, was arrest
ed at Cameron yesterday afternoon
and brought to this city this morninI
on the early freight train. The mayo
required a $500 justified bond, which
he gave. The Rev. Jno. Lilies is charges
with burning his residence (the Bap
fist parsonage for the insurance oil
his furniture. He is said to have born
a good character, and is a man of pre-
possessing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
county has lost another Of her mos
worthy citizens, in the person of MI
Jas. P. Hodges, who died yesterday at
ternoon at the residence Of his son
MI. Jno. NJ. Hodges, near Little River
Academy. Mr.. Hodges, who was abou
IS years old. vas a gentleman OF tn
highest integrity, greatly honored ant
beloved by all who knew him, and h
was widely known.
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