The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-14

A handsome 1000 pipe orr>an has
been placed In the F~ayettevalie Raptisk
church
winston-Salem ID to have negro
hospital. The building is % cyst &c.
900. Of which sum r ,J.SReynolds con-
Etribubed 5000. while the egroes raised
the remainder.
Smithfeld Herald: MI. william Hen
ry Lassiter. OF Elevation township.
planted six acres IN tobacco this year.
He sold his entire crop on the floor OF
the Banner warehouse for $l,l06.1S, an
average Of $lS4.36 per acre.
Greensboro Telegram. Present indi-
cations are that within a few years
Greensboro Will be a center for the
manufacture of bobbins. There Is al
ready one factory in operation here. a
company has been incorporated and
VIII begin building another one right
away and still another company Is be-
ing gotten up.
Fayetteville Observer: It is stated
on good authority hat ex-Congress-
Ill Jno. z. Fowelr is preparing to
contest the election of Hon. Chas. r.
Thomas TO a seat in the Fffty-Seventh
congress. Why he should do 50 is past
understanding as Mr.. Thomas majeri
ty was about 1000, while in 1885. when
Fowler was also the opponent of
Thomas. n latter had only a hundred
or two majority. and yet Fowler made
no contest.
Salisbury Sun: Another death is re-
careless handling of a pistol. Two ne
gro men were drinking together and
having a good time Saturday evenins
at DR. Cowan's place west Of Sails
bury. One OF them but cartridges in
a pistol and handed the weapon to the
other, In a few minutes the weapon
was accidentally discharged and the
man who loaded it fell with a bullet
hole in his head. The wounded man
died IN about an hour.
Greensboro Record: A very neat lob
was executed Saturday night ct the
store of Stack Brothers ON South Ashe
street. They do a general grocery
business and on Saturday nights IL is
late when they close UP. OF course un-
der such circumstances. with a large
trade. they are generally kept busy.
Anyway when they left h thought
they had everything all right; however
that may be. when some one went to
the store yesterday morning the safe
door wash found open and 500 In
Cream, cold cash had taken it's flight.
Charlotte Observer: High Point. De-
cember 81. M. McCaskill, who resides
at Eagle Springs. Randolph county.
anu operAleS a saw mill and Seyerad
stores. was found in a ditch this morn
ing beside the railroad two-miles this
side of Jamestown by the early train.
He had been there since Last night.
when he feM or was knocked off the 9
o'clock train and was brought here in
charge of DR.. d. A. Stanton, Southern
railway surgeon, and was still uncon-
scfous. He was sent home ON the 1
o'clock train.
ackso special to News and Obser-
yer: A terrible explosion occurred here
this evening at 6 O'Clock, completely de-
molishfng Matt T. Edwards store ard
Killing Edwards and his 5-year-old son,
There was only one other
person i'm tine store at the time. Ed
wards '~1Oyear-old son. who escaped
with slight injury. This boy says his
little brother was playing about a keg
of powder just received that was ON the
counter. and it is supposed that the
child struck a match on or about the
pOwder. Timbers We're blown hundreds
of feet into the air and fell at some
DISTANCE from the building destroyed
The shock to the town. was terrible.
The scattered 'timbers We're set on fire.
but were Dol eNtinguished.