The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-16
r CAROLINA.
Mr. Jasper Mcbride, of Salisbury. is

dead
Rockingham Anglo-Saxcn Messrs
Simmons and Bethany zach have rea-
son 10 feel proud OF the receptions given
them here-the former Saturday night
and latter Monday night
Scotland News: Mr.. D.. ID. Mcintyre
has made an assignment. Liabilities
about 5000 assets consist of stock OF
goods. Maxcy L. John, Esq, Is named
as assignee. His many friends sympa-
thize with him.
Asheville Citizen: The beautiful
snow made it's first appearance OF the
season early this afternoon. greatly to
the surprise of everyone. The weather
was not considered cold till the tiny
flakes were seen in the air; then peo-
pie turned up their coat collars and
shivered. The fall was just enough 10
be preceptible. There was another
Hurry later in the day.
Charlotte News: Capt. Zeb Vance
was today very anxious to hea some
news from the state of Washington.
Mr.. Tom Vance, the youngest son of
the late Senator Vance and a brother
of Capt. Vance was a candidate for the
office of attorney general on the demo-
I cratic ticket in Washington. The tele-
graphic reports from that state indi-
cate that Mckinley was victorious but
that the democrats elected their state
icke. If this is true Mr.. Vance is elect
ed.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Miss Clara
Barton al the head of the Red Cross
relief work at Galveston has placed by
wire with the Continental Plant CO.,
90 w. Blackwell & Sons) Kittreli, an
order for Loco, 900 strawberry plants.
These plants Will be distributed among
the fruit w Of Texas who suf-
fered SO severely from the great Sep
TENDER storm. This is probably next
to the largest order for strawberry
plants evep placed, the same firm a
ing before booked a single order of L.
500, 900.
High Point Enterprise: Mr.. H. c.
Field, agent of the Southern railway
called the Enterprise reporter in the
warehouse Wednesday morning, and
pointing to a bundle of rat traps, which
had been shipped to the High Point
Hardware Co., said: What 10 you
hin of that?" The traps had arrived
at the depot the evening before and
during the night they had captured
nine large rats without even being
baited. The rats We're all alive and
kicking and the goods were delivered
to o Welborn in this shape-rats
and all.
An accident befeH Mr.. Monroe Moore
at Cummings mill at Reidsville yester-
day afternoon at $50, which caused the
loss of one leg, and will perhaps result
in his death. Mr.. Moore was engaged
in building q covering over a water
wheel, he dropped his hammer
and in attempting to recover it stepped
into the cog wheel His leg was ground
up to the knee. He caught the shaft
ing above him and screamed for help.
The machinery was stopped and friends
hurried to his relief, cutting the lead
ers of the mutilated leg and releasing
him. DR.. E. H. Brooks was summoned
and amputated the leg at the knee
joint
Franklin Times: The farmers of this
section should not increase their acre
age in cotton next yea 1t is not at
all probable that there will be another
o crop, which woul make three
short crops in succession. The proba-
bility is there will be a big acreage and
big crop of cotton mex year, with low
prices.--LOuiSburg will soon be able
to boast of more handsome houses OF
worship than any town of equal size
in the state. The Methodists have re-
Gently completed a new church, and the
new churches of the Baptist and Epis-
copalianS are also nearing completion.
In the mater of buildings the various
religious bodies have certainly Moth
ing to desire.
Raleigh Post: Mr.. Fred K. Cook, Aof
LouiSburg, who is attending Tulane
university, of which DR.. Edwin a. All
derman is president. writes The Post
from New Orleans as follows: Or.
Alderman made an address before the
student body yesterday on college
spirit, which was published in the
morning papers here. DR.. Alderman
has made a wonderful impression on
both the faculty and student body He
is Just the man to be at the head of
this great institution."--A gentle
man from lamance county states
that many of the striking opera
tives have returned to their work.
though a number of the union opera
tors are still holding out.
Charlotte Observer:It was discovered
yesterday hat robbers had visited the
First Presbyterian church Saturday
night. With a chisel they broke open
the desk Of the treasurer of the Sunday
school n secured about $50, this sum
representing the contributions Of the
Sunday school for three Sundays asst
vestry of st. Peters Episco-
pal church of this city-has extended a
call to Rev. Richard L. McCready, the
rector of the Ascension church of
Frankfort, KY. Mr.. McCready is now
in this city, the guest of Capt. and Mrs.
John Wilkes, and will give his reply
to the vestry tomorrow. 1t is hoped
and believed that he will accept the
call.-The residence of Col. r. L
Alternately, at Mountain Island, was
burned yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock. Only about $50 or $50 worth of
furniture was saved, and a phone mes
sage last evening stated that about
$3.50 in money had been lost in the fire.
AS Col. Abernathy's house was large
and completely furnished his total loss
must be large. It could not be ascer-
tanned last night whether or not he was
insured.-Mr. ]. d. Neal, of Ruth
erfordton, committed suicide yesterday
afternoon at $3.50 O'clock 1t is stated
that he has been worried for some time
over business troubles and his manner
yesterday morning and the day pre-
viouS had been strange, but there had
heen no suggestion that he intended
to do violence to himself. The Obser-
ver's informant, who was in Ruther-
fordton at the time of the suicides
states that Mr.. Neal shot himself as he
was walking along the public highway