The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-20
Correspondence of The Messenger
Goldsboro, November Is.

Correspondence or Tine messenger
Goldsboro, November Is.
Rev. Mr.. Pickett still holds forth al
the Holiness tabernacle with increased
interest. His two sermons on the
"Second Coming of Christ drew i'm
mense crowds, not so much, however
out of any fear of the near approach
of that great event as of curiosity
to hear the Rev. Mr.. Pickett, who
sings songs tells jokes and presents his
ideas in a Pickett way.
Mr.. Pickett is an old newspaper man,
a paragraph writer, and he shoots
forth as preliminary work a lot OF
pointed paragraphs that have the ten
dency to arouse any sleeping mes in
his audience. The other evening hav-
ing drawn a pretty picture of the
Lords reign with the elect in the
clouds and a graphic picture of the
DEVILS reign below, he spoke of the
good government that would follow and
jestingly SAID hat then Crumpler
would be governor of the state, Street
mayor of h city n Higgins chief
of police The Rev. Mr.. Crumpler
tumbled to the humor and warned the
hearers to be on the lookout, as there
would be trouble then. 1t is generally
conceded that Mr.. Pickett is a very
entertaining public speaker and a man
well read in the Scriptures. His ideas
OF h second coming of Christ are on
sidered rthodox and not far re-
moved from the views of those who
hold that He will come again. but
know not the time of His coming
Geo. c. K~ornegay, u popular reg
lister OF deeds, has returned from Will
pany GovernOr-elect Aycock any
Why" says George, "on a trip aboard
the cars, Aycock and myself can't ever
have a quiet hat together as of old,
for a lot Of fellows rushing Up, clasp
ing MS and and consequently his
time"
Horace King, of the Richmond Lo-
connective Works. is in h city on a
visit to his family.
F. K. Borden went north today.
The North Carolina conference of
Mormon elders (thiS embraces the ter
ritory cas- OF Montgomery n Ran
dolph countieS) uses this city as head
quarters. 1t is learned in this territory
since January LIST, his body of elders
has baptized into it's faith eighty-seven
converts. Thus it will be seen they are
making some gains this way The Nor
mons are great gathererS and they pre-
fer their converts should go to Utah,
but claim to leave this optional with
the individual convert h elders
are talking give them
an opportunity and their tongues be-
gin t wag. 1 had never given one an
audience, so last evening / let one Of
these fellows talk to me thirty minutes.
Mr.. and Mrs w. II. Borden return
ed today from a visit to Seven Springs.
Cotton is selling today at $40 to
s.421k
walter P. Peterson has some relics
in colonial day currency, bills ranging
from a three-cent piece up. He has
North Carolina currency issued ait
Hillsboro the Sth of August, IT'S, and
a $500 bill issued at Philadelphia May
10, IT'S. The congress met at Philadel-
phia in these days.
Miss Adie Cox, who a been visit
ing the Kisses Fordham, went to War
saw this afternoon.
Mayor Peterson has called a meeting
Friday night Of the committee recent
ly appointed to consider and report on
the question of an issue of bonds for
public improvements. 1t as hoped the
committee will recommend that an
election be held in order that our cit1-
zens may express themselves on the
question.