The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-27
NOIgrH CAROLINA

Union county IL for Aycosk - gsv-
eTnor.
Work will soon begin on q &
cotton factory at Durham.
Mr. C. b. Aycock made q toFsessi'I
telling speech at Charlotte
Northern men are still buying Up
great quantities Of North Caroline ANA.
II IL goes on a few OF them WI eWn
the state.
whitevilIe News: Mr.. John L Ken
non. OF Lemons Cross Road Church.
died January %. 1900. aged - years ans
s month
Charlotte Observer: Chairman j. q.
Covington. who did such excellent
work In 1888. is alert in behalf Of the
amendment and declares that Union
county win give a majority a 49, In
it's favor.
Raleigh News and Observer: wash
ington. ID. C. February 2o.-(Spesixl.S
The house committee on library hAs
favorably adopted Mr.. Bellamy's bA
to appropriate $40. 900 to enclose an
monument I'm Mcore's Greek hettse-
field.
Winston Journal: The Salem knit
ting mills will q a large electric ne
tor and prepare for larger business.
The plant Is now running night ana
Cay-1ne SMALLPOX OSpitA - ttfsS
Gotta works. which has been doing .
good business since October. has been
closed for lack OF patients
Five cases OF smallpox were dkseey-
cred at the county home for the poor
in Foysyth county Monday. Keeper
Robert Fulcher. his wife and baby. Az
sistant Keeper Seiger and a negrs MAJ
have the disease. There are thirty-nve
inmates who have been exposed An
80 sha., nara raHHinataA a.nnAny a.
ternoon.
Durham Herald: The cotton axa 10
be erected in Smoky Hollow II to eset
Si5e, 600. II was originally capitalized
at $3.50. 600. but at the recent meeting
of the stockholders in New York S2eo.-
600 more were added. Ground will be
broken for the new plant next month.
and IL is expected that ii will be II
operation by next fall. II will be OF
brick. with 400 looms and 1s. go spin
dies.
Goldsboro Argus: The reImaia OF
Thomas Edwards. who went to Cub
as a volunteer in Company b. First
North Carolina regiment. during the
Spanish-American war and who dted
there OF fever, have been transported
by the government and will arrive here
from New York by express this AFTER
noon, and Will be given a military fun
eral by his comrades in arms from the
Armory Of the company.
Charlotte News: Mr.. Pearson. vhs
lives at the Anterior mill. met with a
painful accident this morning abou 7
o'clock. He was going hunting and
was testing the gun beforehand. H
forgot to ram the wad down. and when
the gun vent off II went Off: IL literal
ly busted" and when the smoke a
cleared away. Mr.. Pearson found that
part of his thumb and hand had gone
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the hand had to be cut off.
Greensboro Telegram: Today about
noon a man named Chas. Hummel. and
his son. Ross Hummel. were out in the
vicinity OF Wilkinson's distillery am
were drinking. so the report goes. They
became involves in an alteration u
some sort with the result that the for
mer, Charles Hummel, shot his o..
Ross Hummel. using a 3S-caliber bis
toi. Hummel says he shot his son n
eelf-defense; that they were in a
night and the son had him down and
was choking him.
Kinston Free Press: A telephone
message was received in Kinston th8
morning that a murder was committed
in Green county last night. A dance
was in progress at the home OF Mr..
j. r. Patrick, about three miles from
Hookerton. Jesse Anderson and Johs
Faulkner, both white. became involved
III d ulSpute as 10 VINO SnOui0 pay TIE
fiddler. and Anderson drew a pistol
and shot Faulkner five times. killing
him instantly. Anderson skipped and
has not yet been ap~prehended-
Monroe Enquirer: Eight divorces
have been granted at the present term
of court.-We notice in a well known
and popular weekly paper. published In
this state, this queer comment In ref
erence to an obituary of a good citizen,
1T gives us pleasure to publish the
obituary Of Mr.-"-One of the
busiest places now is the cotton seed
oil mill. The farmers are hauling away
meal and hulls by the ton and are feed
ing the meal after ii has been thor
oughly cooked and ground and put
through the process necessary for the
extraction of the oil is very much bet
ter thar feeding the whole, oily seed.
which is a regular cattle killer.
Charlotte Presbyterian Standard: At
night a great multitude gathered -
hear Mr.. Pearson in the First church.
The service at night was one never
to be forgotten 1t closed a meeting
that had been in progress for tive
weeks, the first week in the Second
church n the second in the First
church. Everything was done decenty
and in order. The Gospel a been
preached during the meeting with a
simplicity, f~aithfulness. ciearness and
power rarely equalled- When Mr..
Pearson asked those who wished -
confess Christ to come forward. scores
awaited themselves Of the opportunity
The results of this meeting. however.
cannot be told in numbers Beyond
all doub a great work Of grace hAe
been accomplished.
Fayetteville Observer: An aged
white man. named Melvin. who for the
past eight years has driven Ar. III. b.
Downing's wagon from Cedar Creek -
this city, met with what will probably
prove a fatal accident Saturday. IN
thrown from the wagon. just be-
yond the Clarendon bridge. and both
wheels ran over his body. infiicting
injuries from which II is doubtful Il
he will recoyer.-A little negro boy.
10 years old, while burning corn stalks
in a field, about three miles south 81
Ashpole. vas burned to death a few
days ago. Before his death all Of the
skin Of his body. from his head to his
feet. stripped OF n hung like a loose
m In his condition he uvoA