The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-31
II

Cen. Ransom lost a barn by fire, in
cendiary work.
The mayor of Charlotte decides that
Ia brass horn is no nuisance. Pc
lculiar brass horns at Charlotte.
Reidsville Review: The Review is
reliably informed that a white man 60
lof the Oregon section stated to a crowd
Iof negroes recently that in the event
1.-THE democrats carried this section he
YOU'D be ready TO take his musket on
ltne next day ana go out to kill every
In democrat in the state.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. n. Glenn Will
iiams, of Vadkin county, is one of
North Cardinals leading farmers. His
wheat crop this year threshed out s.
1915 1-2 bushels. This was grown on 220
acres. His individual crop
to 1868 bushels. Average per acre was
l25 sill bushels. His best field of wheat
was 81 acres, which produced 1,210 IL
bushels.
Charlotte Observer: Saturday after
moon two negro men-JOhn Hayes,
alias COMFORTER, and Harrison Will
l"liams-became involved in a quarrel,
which Porter brought to an end by
drawing a razor and infiicting cuts
one on the lee and n on the Shout
der. 1t was thought Saturday night
that Williams could not live, but he
III ILlodSh cIpo ID " OuN VI oall-
ger.
Charlotte Observer: Hickory. July
t23.-The electric storm that passed
over the city this afternoon was the
most severe witnessed in years. "
eral people were Shocked in the neigh
borhood of and quite a distance from
Lenoir college. The dome of the col
iege was struck. The damage to the
dome n roof will amount to 800 to
ISDDl / g Fortunate that fhQra WaC m
one in the building at the time.
Charlotte Observer: Rutherfordton.
July "a democrat and Il ex-repub-
lican o~ffice-holder of his county were
discussing the Williams riot on the
'treets here a few days since. The
democrat asked the republican if such
a riot were to occur here what course
would he take? He promptly replied
that if the negroes and white people
got into a difficulty he would fight for
the negro n "help whip the damn
democrats"
alisbury Truth: Mrs. Ann Hobson,
grandmother of the distinguished
young nav hero, Richmond Pearson
Hobson, died at her home in Davis
lcounty yesterday at an advanced age.
Mrs. Hobson has been in declining
health for some time and her death
has been expected.-The Salisbury
". c. T. u. is now taking active steps
TO throw the weight of this communi-
lty in favor of a reformatory for the
lyoung criminals Of North Carolina. A
petition is being circulated and freely
signed here.
Charlotte News: Rev. A. c. Dixon,
ID. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y, the well
known preacher, who Mr.. Moody pro-
Inounced one of the best evangelists in
the country, will arrive in Charlotte to-
Pitts and Robert
iwere on a red hot trail to-day, and il
lresulted in the arrest Of Son Carter
land Will Nelson, colored- 1t was re-
lported to Officers Pitts and Roberts
saturday that some one had broken in
to he Rudisill mine machinery house.
and stripped h engines of brass.
Special to h News and Observer.
Newton, n. c., July 24.-Messrs. A. p
Lynch, E. I. Sigmon and Dalton Del
linger were tried here yesterday eve
ming before Messrs. A. J. Flemming
and j. M. Brown, justice of the peace
They were indicted under section p Of
the election law n were found guilty
las charged. Lynch was fined sa5 Sig
man SO and Dellinger s.. The costs
were to be equally divided. From this
Judgment. the defendants appealed and
their bonds We're fixed at 800 each. At
the trial Tor carrying concealed wea-
pons, Lynch was bound over to court.
The case for assault has not vet been
tried.