The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-31
G0LDSBORO GOSSIP
Mr.. Parker's Talk About the Alliance.
Narrow Escape of a Party Fro
a Serious Accident Personal Notes

Correspondence of the Messenger.)
Goldsboro, N. c., August %.
Thomas B. Parker, secretary of the
STATE alliance, left for his home in
Hillsboro today taking with him five
50-pound watermelons as mementos
of the good things TO be found in
Wayne county. He has been spending
a few days here looking after his farm
ing interests and also attending a
meeting of Wayne county alliance
Your correspondent inquired how the
alliance was getting along and what
was its prospects.
( Mr.. Parker replied: Good" He
says that from letters received by
him written the past two weeks from
prominent farmers, ex~-alliancemen from
different sections of the state, he is
satisfied the alliance can easily be
reorganized Throughout n state. He
also said that much of the opposition
to the alliance had died out, that in
fuential papers had stopped advising
the people against the alliance.
But how about politics in the ALI
ance? tsked The Messenger man.
He replied: IF you could have been
at the state meeting held at Hillsboro
last week, you would ask no such queS-
ton. The members met there as
brethren and politics cut no figure, as
h president, secretary, and assistant
lecturer for the ensuing year are dem
ocrats, but that fact did not elect them,
as il was hardly thought OF. We are
going 10 organize along the line of its
declaration of purposes, TO which no
nnn 10 n nhiaar The nhSnar SC 70 hon
eft the farmers of the state and
through them the state at large. Its
purposes are to build up and not TO
pull down"
The Messenger man asked: What
are you going 10 do with Butler?"
Butler" replied Mr.. Parker: Why
he has not belonged to the alliance in
five years. That is the trouble with
people. They blame the alliance for
the acts of persons who are or have
been members instead Of the man.
Some people would blame h Christian
religion for the acts OF Judas scarlet,
instead of blaming Judas himself"
The Raleigh papers seem to have
overlooked one very important meeting
of soldiers held in hat city on the oc-
caSion of the unVeiling exercises. Your
correspondent was on the spot but
twas hands off however. | do not
now regard it out of order to report it.
AZ d IIleelllIS u Nll6 HdllOIldl dSSO-
citation of Spanish American war veter-
ans held in Raleigh N. c., August 22nd
Colonel j. F. Armfield, Colonel w. H.
S. BurgWyn, Captain T. B. Christian
and Captain T. H. Balm Were elected
to attend the First annual reunion
n encampment to be held at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, October 8th-12th.
Resolutions were passed urging the
several officers to organize camps in
North Carolina. For the purpose it was
decided to meet in Raleigh during the
month of January 1901 at which time
a more complete organization will be
preferred"
A. A. Joseph returned to the city
last evening from an extended trip
to the mountain resorts of the state.
Eli Epstein, and Miss Rebecca Sher-
man, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Sherman Of this city, will be united
in wedlock on Tuesday morning at 11:30
at the home Of the bride, Rabbi j. L.
Mayerberg officiating. The bridal
couple will leave in the afternoon
Tuesday for Ocean View, near Will
mington to spend heir honey moon.
Mr.. Epstein is g. member of the cloth
ing firm of Epstein Bros, of this city.
Mr.. herbert We'll and his cousin,
Miss Gertrude We'll, had a very mar
row escape from serious injury last
evening while out driving. On the
tracks at Herman park the shaft
coupling on one side dropped out, the
shaft failing against the horse fright
ening him into a rum. In refining VI
the animal the buggy ran against
him and he became furiouSly wild,
dashing ahead pulling the buggy Sc
verely against a tree, throwing its oc-
cupants out. The buggy was badly
broker out fortunately Mr.. We'll and
his companion escaped without seri-
IL hurt.
Mr.. J. D. Kerr, of Clinton, spent last
night in he city.
Wayne Fonvill has returned from
a pleasant trip to his old home in
Onslow county.
During the electric storm in Fork
township Thursday morning lightning
struck the dwelling of Mr.. G. w.
Mitchell, tearing the inside corne pos
into splinters, stunning a darkey fol
several hours, who was sitting in the
window, burning out the running geal
of a clock that was on the mantle
setting several pieces Of wearing ap-
parel or fire, from which h clothes
of Mr.. Mitchell's younest child caught
fire. Two chickens in the yard neal
the house were killed outright by the
bolt. Leslie the eldest child of Mr.
Mitchell was sitting in the window
with the darkey but felt no effect from
the lightning.
Mr.. j. M. Mitchell, a brother of Mr.
G.. w. Mitchell, is in the city today
and say hat all is we'll at this time
but things looked quite serious there
for a while. The darkey has abou'
recovered from the shock.
Mrs. j. E. Peterson a an old relic
of the family, priced very highly. i
is a saddle that was the property o.
her grand mother and was ridden b!
her from Virginia 115 years g on thu
occasion of her return home from {
bridal tour. The saddle is in a perfec
state of preservation and doesn't lool
much the worse for wear. The sea-
is made of deer skin, stitched will
silk. The work is artistically lone ant
is a credit 20 any age.
Miss Elloise FaiSon, of Bennettsville
S. c., is on a visit to her young frient
Miss Sudie Gulley.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Griffin left toda!
for a brief visit to the parents of Mrs
Griffin at Rocky Mount.
Goldsboro is to have a new foundT!
and machine shop. The promoters o
the enterprise are seeking a desirabl'
location in the northern section Of tn
city.