The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20
Messenger Bureau.

named Scott, from Henderson, took
part in one of them and made a bitter
speech. He was notified that he need
not return to Henderson. A few days
g he returned there, however. Per-
sons from Henderson say Scott was
promptly notified that he must get out
Of the town in t~wenty-four hours or
take the consequences. He left at once.
Fhe supreme court grants Mrs. Buff
falp, of Raleigh, an absolute divorce
from her husband, DR.. Buffalo. She is
a daughter of Superintendent w. ].
Hicks, of the Oxford orphan asylum.
Revenue Collector Duncan has re-
ports of two ieZures Of Illicit distiller-
ies-at Veni and at Anderson. The
moOnshiners in both cases escaped.
The state today chartered the Bon
ME cotton mill at Kings Mountain. 1t
will both spin and weave. The capital
is $1e0, 900. w. A. Maurey, J.. L. Mau-
reg and others are the stockholders. A
charter was also granted the Snow
Basket Company, of High Point, CAPT.
tai $40, coo, E. A. Snow and others stock
holders,
A. D. Ward, of New Bern, who is
here, say Craven county will give 1000
majority in favor of white supremacy.
Some of the white republicans, it is
observed, are opposed to anything like
organization of their party in the east
ern counties for the August election.
They say they think it bad policy to
put themselves in the position of an
tagoniZing the democrats.
George Vanderbilt offers $50 in prizes
to the cadets of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college here who are the
best judges of cattle; the judging to be
done at his Biltmore farm, near Ashe-
vile. The cadets are to visit Bilt-
more. They are also to visit the New
Bern fair, Julian S. Cars "Occonee-
chez" farm n Pinehurst.
Arrivals today were w. w. Clark,
New Bern; F. c. Robbins, Lexington;
Spencer 3. Adams, Greensboro.
Wiley b. Fort. of Wayne county, who
is here, says there are fine prospects
for a great strawberry crop and that
the growers have at last made very
satisfactory terms with the railways
and that Armour has come into the
field with refrigerator cars.
1t is thought that some insurance
companies which are now declining to
do business in this state are waiting
to see whether the legislature will mod
ify the Craig demonstration" law. In
qufry made today as to whether the
Legislature would be apt to make any
modification ELECTED the reply that the
Legislature would not repeal the law,
but might make some Interpretation
of it.
a friend of eX-COngreSSman Rich
mond Pearson says he does not believe
the latter desires to be the republican
nominee for governor, but is sure he
wants to get Crawford's seat in con-
greSS, and, falling, to make another
v for congress from the Ninth
district. In fact, nobody appears to
banker after" the republican nomina-
ton for governor. They know ii is a
wild goose chase this year.
~ tho nrIrf no q Uyorn n r.
gued on yesterday as follows: John
son VS.. Rogers, from the Third dis
trict, submitted on brief by 7. T. Hicks
for plaintiff, T. M. Pittman for de-
PENDANT; Sixth district appeals: State
VS.. Irwin, argued by j. N. Rouse, by
brief, and Shepherd for the attorney
general, for the state, I. G. Wooten for
defendant; State vs.. Kinsaul, certiorari
ordered; State VS.. Higgins, ct al, by
Shepherd, for the attorney general, for
the state, T. c. WOoten for defendant;
Commissioners of Greene VS.. Best, ap-
peal withdrawn at cost of plaintiff;
Graham VS.. Walker, argued on motion
TO reinstate appeal by j. ID. Kerr for
plaintiff, F. r. Cooper and Stevens &
Beasley for defendant; McLamb VS..
McPhail, by F. r. Cooper, Shepherd &
Shepherd and Stevens & Beasley for
plaintiff, J. l.. Stewart, Allen &
Dortch and j. d. Kerr for defendant;
Heyer VS.. Ri%venbark, continued under
former order to make parties; Brown
VS.. horisey, by Stevens & Beasley for
plaintiffs, Allen & Dortch for defend
ant; Darden VS.. Blount, by F. A. Wood
ard and AycOck & Daniels for plain
tiff, Shepherd & Shepherd, Common &
Son and Swift Galloway, by brief, for
defendant; WOOten VS.. Railroad, con-
tinued by consent; Craft VS.. Home AS
ISOLATION, certiOrari ordered and case
continued; Chemical Company VS.. Kir-
ven, certiorari ordered and case put tC
the end of the docket for argument
Appeals from the Seventh district
viii be called next Tuesday, March
Goth, as follows: State VS.. Mclaughlin
Little VS.. Ratliff, Carter VS.. Railroad
Worth VS.. LanCanshire, McCaskill VS.,
Lancanshire, Muse VS.. Caddell an6
Smith VS.. Tew.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. C, March Is.
An odd and interesting bankruptcy
case is before Judge Purnell. George
w. Cobb, a banker, at Elizabeth City
went into bankruptcy, and swore hi:
estate was worth over $50, 600. He haC
executed a bond to his wife before M
was adjudged a bankrupt, in which n
agreed to pay her an annuity OF SO
month during his life, and also S12.5
a month rent for property he occupied
during her life. When he went int
bankruptcy these payments stopped
She does not claim the $4,000 penalty
but that she is entitled to file he
claims for the annuity and the renta
during Cobb's life. based upon tn
state mortality tables. the amour
thus claimed being 3,1S2. The refere
decided in her favor The judge hold
this to be unjust to the other credl
tors, on the ground that what Nigh
accrue in the future is not a debt a
the time of the bankruptcy, in tn
meaning of the law.
A double hanging was the event Sc
for TODAY at Nashville, the laws vic
TINS being Robert Fortune and Johl
Taylor. the murderers OF Robert Hes
ter. a white farmer. Taylor For
tune were for some time in Wake ia
for safe-keeping.
A emocrat from New Bern say
that the other day a white republica
of that town told him his only oo1ec
ton to the franchise amendment
the constitution was that it disfran
chised only a part and not the Who'll
of the negro vote.