The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-17
Il CAROLINA.

Fayetteville Observer: William Ter
man. as years of age. died on Hay
this morning. The funeral VIII
take place from St. Joseph's Colored
Episcopal church tomorrow. He will
be remembered by his resemblance to
the portraits Of the old French gen.
erals. and he was certainly as polite
as a French dancing master.
Sanford Express: Money in real es-
tate in Sanford is well invested. San
ford - not a town CT mushroom
growth-it is solid. substantial. perma-
nent The town Is principally upport-
ed by mills, factories and shops. Every
n OF these enterprises is doing q good
business and pays good wages. This
Is the way to build a town-The
work on the main building of the SAN
lord cotton mill Is completed.
Ta-boro Southerner: Rev. p. c. Nor
ton. of Wilmington. brother OF our MIR.
Morton. has been conducting religious
services at Falkland. Under the earn
est efforts OF Mr.. Morton, great reli-
gious interest has been developed in
that community and thirteen have al
ready united with the Presbyterian
hurch at that place. The meeting
closed with the communion OF the
Lords Supper Friday evening.
WINSTON Sefltlnel- MI Eugene w
Burke, who resides six miles west OF
Winston. on the Mocksville road. met
with q serious IL not fatal accident
about 100 o'clock this morning. He was
in the woods getting timber Tor his
saw mill. While standing or the lower
side of a three-foot log. and just az
he cut il of. il fell and rolled over him.
badly fracturing the upper part Of h
right arm and the right hip bone. The
extent OF his internal injuries are not
yet known.
Greenville Reflector: Greenville Is
going TO have a cotton mill. Subscrip-
tons for that purpose have already
reached about $4,000. and a meeting
OF the subscribers and others inter
ested is called for the 18th. We be-
lieve the subscriptions for the mill VIII
reach 800 900 before they close.-A
stemmery at Spring Hope was burned
Saturday evening. II was occupied
by the Woodland Tobacco Company,
F.. II. Chamberlain. manager. and con-
tanned about $14. 600 worth of tobacco.
There was about s12 900 insurance on
the stock. nothing on fixtures.
Morganton Letter. 9Th. to Raleigh
Post: Mr.. James Ruffin. who. 1t will
be remembered, attempted suicide in
New ORLEANS about six months ago,
and was brought to the Western hospi-
NiA h1AS Aos 1880
to take his life. Mr.. Ruffin il the
grandson of Judge Ruffin, the distin-
guished chief justice whose epitaph Is
written on the North Carolina reports
He comes from one of the Oldest and
best families in the state. Before his
mind gave way under the press OF
business he owned and controlled
large manufacturing interests in the
state.
Fayetteville Observer: The Observer
has learned with sorrow of the death
of Mr.. James Dalrymple, of Jonesboro,
which occurred at his residence in that
town on Wednesday, March 18th He
was a good man in every relation of
life; a truthful,
ed Christian gentleman. He was a rep
resentative OF the best type OF the stur-
dy people OF the upper Cape Fear sec
ton. His widow is a sister OF the
widow Of Colonel l.. C. Jones. ,or so
years chief engineer ana then
president of the Western railroad. af-
forwards the Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley railway.
Rockingham Anglo-Saxon: Fayette-
vile Presbytery, which was TO con-
vene in Moore county the 10th. has
been changed to Fayetteville h 17th,
on account of smallpox at the former
place.-The peach crop was doubtless
considerably damaged by the freeze
Sunday morning. Other fruit was not
far enough advanced to be huIc much.
There was a shooting scrape at the
John Gale old place in Steeles town
ship last Sunday morning. An DID
man named Mayner n two negroes
were the participants. and each OF
them were hit. We did not learn de
tails except that one Of the negroes
was hurt right badly. Mayner receiv-
ed two wounds.
Maxton Journal: Yesterday even
ing at 5 o'clock one of Salem's spe-
shot to death by a negro who had just
been arrested, east of the
Mr.. Levi Everhart had arrested the
negro for indecent exposure and after
searching him had started TO the Jail.
first placing his chain on the negro's
arm, but he had hardly started be-
fore the negro gave a jerk, broke the
chain, pulling his pistol fired four
shots point blank at Mr.. Everhart's
head, but only two shots tool effect,
n causing a flesh wound In his
n the other grazed the skin
between the ear and the head. The
negro hen ran. Mr.. Everhart fired
several times at him as he fled. but as
Everhart was left-handed and il was
his left arm that was wounded. his
shots went wide of the range.
Raleigh News and Observer: DR..
Alderman, Of Chapel Hill. is in the
city and is being pressed by people
from all sections OF the state, and all
professions not to leave the state, even
TO avail himself of so fiattering an on
er as that recently made him by the
authorities of Tulane University. In
reply to a question as TO what he in
to do in regad to the matter. he
said: Il am no further on in regard to
this matter than l was Saturday. /
intend to go in about ten days, to New
Orleans, and after having investigated
the situation, will come back to North
Carolina, and after giving the matter
the serious consideration IL calls for,
will make my decision. Salisbury,
N c., April 10-The largest democratic
convention ever held in Rowan county,
was held here yesterday. Il is estimat-
ed that 500 were present. Nominations
were made as follows: ID. Il. Julian.
for sheriff; A L. Smoot, for register
of deeds; A. w. Winicoff, for treasur-
er; representatives, r. Lee Wright and