The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
NORTH CAROLINA

Manufacturing and Commission Com
pany last year had only a small plant,
but it is growing and now its capacity
is to be doubled. An outfit for this
purpose was purchased this week, and
when it is installed, the company will
work about 100 hands in the 'manufac-
ture of overalls, pants, etc.
Raleigh Post: Articles of agreement
| were filed with the secretary of state
yesterday by G. w. PrentiSS, Emma
| Francis Prentiss, Sarah A. P. Liscomb,
Franklin A. Smith, Jr., and S. +. Will
liams for the incorporation of the Ster-
ling Gold Mining Company to develop
gold mines in Montgomery county. The
branch office will be in Providence, r.
I. The capital stock is $500, 600.
Kinston Free Press: The Kinston cot
ton mills have recently completed eight
| more houses for operatives, making in
all eighteen-quite a little village.
| There are thirteen three-rOOm n five
| room houses, all nice and convenient.
| There has been so much building I'M
| der way and contemplated in Kinston
that it is hard to keep up with it. Kin
ston is growing fast. In another year
| Kinston's population will probably be
| at least 5000.
| eigh News and Observer: Henry Ber-
mans store was broken into Sunday
| night for the second time recently. One
! of the thieves left his hat, which was
recognized. A warrant was sworn out
| for him, but upon seeing the officer the
| boy Us years old) Jim Gooden. took
leg hail for old Virginia. Coming to
and saw the officer within twenty feet
| of him, plunged into the river and was
/ drowned.
Winston Sentinel: A letter was re-
| ceived at the office of District Attor-
| ney Holton today giving particulars of
the capture of a blockade distillery and
the shooting of Deputy Marshal r. I.
Harris, on the 18th intsant near
Waynesville, Haywood county. The let
ter states that the deputy marshal and
two officers went to the still, which
was in operation, and arrested two
men who were found in the building.
In a short time the owner of the prop
| erty, w. R.. Burnett, came up. He talk
ed pleasantly with the officers for a
few minutes and then stepping aside,
picked up a shotgun n fired upon
Harris, shooting him down.. He also
| attempted to shoot another officer, but
was prevented. Burnet vas arrested
and committed to Jail. He was to be
| given a hearing before a United States
commissioner today. The letter reports
Harris condition serious. Burnett Will
be bound over to the federal court.
Greensboro Telegram: Professor j.
Allen Holt, of Oak Ridge institute, was
in the city today to confer with Gen
eral Manager c. E. Eagan, of the In
ter State Telephone Company, in re-
gard to securing a long distance tele-
phone line to Oak Ridge. He made ar
rangements to tap the Greensboro
Winston line at Kernersville, and the
1 noR pi1r0 li-n v-;11 hn constructed
soon.
A special to The Charlotte News
from High Point, says: Conductor j.
NJ. Phipps, who had charge of an ex-
! ira train going from Monroe, Va, to
Spencer, was mashed in the left
shoulder here this afternoon at 4:40
o'clock while connecting the engine to
the cars. DR.. D. a. Stanton was sum-
moned at once, and upon examination
he found that the left collar bone was
broken.
Monroe Enquirer: c.. Edward Flow,
the republican politician who gained
SO much notoriety by kissing a negro
! baby on the streets of Charlotte last
fall, was a witness in the Bellamy-
Dockery contest case in Marshville this
week and while entertaining a crowd
which had gathered around him, an
N4AAo LII ~ "AN q
very large, black faced rag doll and
asked Ed to give it a kiss. Ed did not
discuss politics for the space of fifteen
minutes.
Smithfeld Herald: Several months
since We made mention Of the fact that
the agents of Brigham Young Were
gaining a foot hold in his county, es-
pecially in Boon Hill township. They
are still at work in that vicinity and
are gradually increasing in number
They have acquired a church CT their
" and hold regular meetings in il.
Newton Enterprise: Judge Ewart es-
tablished a precedent in the federal
court at S~atesville Tuesday that will
have a tendency TO swell the minis
terlal ranks in the mountains. A man
from Wilkes waS convicted of selling
liquor without license, and his lawyer,
Marsh Mott, in pleading for mercy, set
up IN extenuation Of the crime, that
his client a within the last two years
Joined the church and is now a preach
er, and breaches every Sunday.