The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-16
r CAROLINA.
The Snow Hill Confederate Veterans
are out in a card favoring Simmons for
a

The Snow Hill Confederate Veterans
are out in a card favoring Simmons for
senator.
Sanford Express: Mack" Dowdy.
the champion hunter OF this section
tells The Express that he has
| killed some 1.SO0 wild turkeys since he
first engaged in the sport He has kill
ed over 60 in one season
Concord Tribune: The ovation given
Mr.. Carr on Saturday goes TO show
that he has many friends in Cabarrus
friends among young and ofd-wno
sincerely desire to e him exalted to
the United States senate.
L~aurinburg Exchange: Last Mon
day morning Mr. Colin McCormac, son
OF Mr. Nathaniel McCormac. was
caught in some shafting while at work
in a mill near John Station. and so
badly mangled that 1t is feared he can
not recover.
Winston Journal: Mr.. John Hester,
whose mule became frightened at the
train on Fourth street and threw him
out infiicung serious injuries TO Mr..
Hester's cad a few days past died
last night at his home beyond Waugh
town His age was "A a
At Henderson Friday F. NJ. Marrow.
charged with killing Fannie Braeme.
was convicted OF manslaughter. In the
same court w. T. Reese plead guilty
to killing Peter Harris and was SEN
fenced TO eight months in the peniten-
tiary.
Charlotte Observer: The republican
executive committee of this congress
sional district met at Hamlet yesterday
and nominated Col. Oliver II. Dockery
for congress against John d. Bellamy.
Col. Dockery was not present, but it is
understood that he will accept the NOM
ination.
Kinston Free Press: c. B. Aycock
spoke in the court house Saturday af-
ternoon to a large crowd, every seat
being occupied and many having TO
stand. He was appropriately intro
duced by Captain j.. w. Granger. Ay-
cock made a grand speech, presenting
the national issues in a mastery.
persuasive n convincing n
He paid a glowing tribute to Bryan
as a man and as a statesman, and pre-
dicted his election.
Raleigh Post: Murders are becom-
ing everyday occurrences in Wake
county. The tragedy in New Light
Sunday was followed by another fatal
shooting affair at Wyatt. some ten
was instantly killed by EraStuS Dunn
in a store at Wyatt Monday night about
9 o'clock. Both parties are colored.
and. though they have the same name,
they are not related at all.
Raleigh News and Observer: Wilson,
N. c., October 9.-Miss Mabel Foote,
daughter of h late Henry A. Foote.
Of WarrentOn, died this morning at the
home Of her mother, in this place after
a long ILLNESS She was a bright, mer-
~ hearted young maiden, and had q
host of friends who will grieve over her
untimely death.-The Western Fur
niture Company has been chartered by
the secretary Of state, with headQuar-
tiers at Marion. The Incorporation is for
thirty years, and the capital stock is
$40, 900, which ma be increased to $40.-
900.
Asheville Citizen: The county school
board. through County Attorney Muir
ply. has brought two suits against the
city Of Ashevflle for the recovery OF
fines imposed for violation Of the state
laws and collected by the city. The
suit is in line with the decision men
toned some time ago in the Citizen
which said that these fines belonged to
the school fund. One sui for S65, 900
seeks the of an fines collected
since the passage Of the act giving these
funds to the schools, and the other is
in application for an injunction and
mandamus against the city to compel
1T to pay over the fines that are now
being collected. The case will formal
ly come up for hearing before Judge
Allen at Franklin on the 10Th, but it
has been agreed that it is to be con-
tinued to Cherokee court to be held on
the 24th.