The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-26

day, May 30th.
The Lexington Dispatch says that
Rev. j. III. Lambeth, Baptist pastor, 10
forced by Ill health to give up minis
terial work.
Weldon News: The Prcsbyterians CT
Weldon viii build a church here and
| steps have already been taken by open
| ing a subscription list The ladies OF
the church met at Mrs. j. II. McGee's
! a few nights since and organized n sew
ing society.
Although a millionaire, and able to
ride in the finest carriage In Charles
{ n, Colonel Julian s. Carr marched
on foot with lis splendid company of
| confede-ates from Durham, and shared
with them the heat and fatigue OF that
long tramp"
Charlotte Observer: Yesterday morn
ing, Il l1:14 O'Clock, Joe Jackson. tho
negro convicted and sentenced to death
at the last December term Of criminal
C urt, was hanged in the Mecklenburg
county jail, and AZ 1l:2T was pronounc-
ID dead by County Physician c. NJ
Strong and DIR. ID. o'Donoghue.
Thomasville Charity and Children: DR..
~. II CllAlAlM 4Cks u l<OulcDuTE AFTlNt1
at the orphanage last Thursday even
ing. and at his own charg s thoroughly
examined the teeth OF the children OF
the orphanage, doing whatever work
was necessary TO preserve them. This
is one OF the best and mos unselfsh
contributions we ha1 ever had.
The Lincolnton Journal. says that
from the best information obtainable
II seems that the property. which In
cludes about 1900 acres lying vn both
sides Of the South Fork OF the Cataw-
ba, was purchased a year or two ago
by the ID. A. Tompkins Co. Of Char
lotte, for $4,000. The ID. A. ToTnpkins
Co. recently sold il to tie High Shoals
Manufacturing Company for $4,000.
Sanford Express: The Express Is
much gratified 10 learn tina, the long
~talked-of cotton mill for Sanford is now
an assured fact. Mr.. w. J. Edwards in
forms us that all necessary arrange
ments will be made at once TO erect a
ten thousand 100000 spindle mill at
this place, and probably with facilities
Of weaving the product OF the mill. Mr..
Edwards tells US that Messrs. William
II. Watkins and Thos. l. Chisholm, OF
the Columbia Manufacturing Company.
Of Ramseur, y. c., will be president
and manager respectively.
Greensboro News: A ~10-year-old ne
gro boy was drowned this afternoon
while bathing in a stream about a
mile west of Greensboro. 1t is stated
that he was pushed by boys beyond his
depth.-An engine blew out a cylin-
der head while waiting at the depot
last night. Pieces OF iron few in every
direction, striking several porters. A
Mr.. Watson, al employee Of the South
ern, was struck in the face, and re-
ceived an ugly, though not dangerous,
wound.-Two other pig furnaces are
to be erected at Greensboro immediate
ly, the material for their construction
being now on the way. Foundrymen
say that the pig now being made in
Greensboro is superior ( the Alabama
product.
Tarboro Southerner: In Bethel, two.
policemen, Bryan and Speight, the lat
ter a special for the day, called on a
crowd of drunken negroes to disperse
and were set upon by the crowd with
knives and clubs so that both were very
badly cut, while Bryan's skull was frac-
tured. Speight is expected 10 ecover.
I, Bryan is expected to die at any mo-
ment. Two of the assailants have been
arrested, one Of these the man who
struck Bryan over the held.-In Tar
boro a most unfortunate alteration
, took place between two brothers, James
and Nj THEW Wells. James struck
Matthew on the head with a beer bot
| tie, and in return James face, neck and
chest was cut, the knife on the neck
barely missing the jugular vein.-In
, Princeviile, in Orrren James booze
: shop, ole Powell, colored, assaulted
a colored woman who had recently ar
rived from Rocky Mount. The woman
operated on Joe's face and neck till he
, was willing to let her alone.-Both
mills, the Fountain and Tarboro Cot
ton Factory, Monday closed contracts
> for machinery. Agents for the manu-
: facturers were here and when they left
!. they carried orders for s95, 900 worth Of
! machinery.
Raleigh News and Observer: Mrs.
! Mary Foster, wife OF John E. Foster,
!. a. farmer of Cool Springs township.
near Statesville, while insane, cut the
: throat of her 16-months-old baby boy
. with a razor, and killed him instantly
at s o'clock this morning. The insane
: mother then cur her wi throat with
a the razor, but not fatally. She had
: been insane for a month, but had i'm
proved and vas o violent.-Ths
. State Journal is the name of a repub.
> lican weekly newspaper Don 10 b.
4 started here. The first issue win ap.
. pear June 7th. It will be owned and
|, edited by J.. NJ. Allen, a Rutherford
! county republican, who has been mail
: ing clerk in the agricultural depart
= ment here for the past two years. at
= salary of 1920 a year. His term o
Office expires June 14th. TT will be al
y independent republican pape " he ex
= plained.-Mrs. Margaret B. Ship, O
this city, has been granted a pension
OF seventeen dollars a month by tn
pension department. II 10 the first pen
sion granted TO a North Carolinian O