The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
II CAROLINA.

The Seaboard Is planning to go TO
Danville. Va
On sIst December had a fire loss OF
800, 600, and next day a s2s.ooo loss.
A II. Stokes. a prominent citizen OF
Durham. died the Ia day OF the last
year, aged 90
There has been thirteen or fourteen
deaths resulting from the Greensboro
typhus fever epidemic.
w. II. Parks, president Of Randolph
Manufacturing Company, Is dead al
Franklinville, aged "a.
Smithield Herald: Several parties in
Smithfield have pledged themselves 10
establish a cotton factory here
Richard Wall. negro. vas shot at
Rockingham on Monday by a white
man named David Mcdonald He is
badly wounded. Both were in liquor
Goldsboro Argus: The lecture OF c. b.
| Aycock before the Woman's Club last
! night. on THE Law OF North Carolina
in Its Relation to Woman" was July
abreast OF his splendid reputation as =
lawyer and orator
Kinston Free Press: Lewis Sykes.
colored, was before Mayor Webb yes
terday for whipping a colored preach
er on Christmas day. Sykes snatched
OF several pickets from Mr.. j. G. Wag-
ners front yard fence and applied them
pretty lively upon his opponent. He was
bound over 10 court under d bond OF
500.
Beaufort special to the Raleigh Post:
A man named Suggs was found frozen
in the bottom of his boat on the shore
of Bogue Banks this afternoon, near
here. He left Morehead City yesterday
TO go oystering. The wind shifted to
the northwest during the affPrn00n.
blowing a gale, sleeting and showing,
and prevented his return. He sue
cumbed during the night to the intense
cold.
Raleigh Post: Not only will this COM
munity, but thousands of surviving
soldiers of the Lost Cause, hear with
sorrow of the death of Mrs. Jane Clau-
dia Johnson, wife of General Bradley
T. Johnson, which occurred at Amelia
Court House. Virginia, last Sunday. the
last day OF the year. Mrs. johnson
was born in Raleigh being the daugh-
ter of the late Judge Romulus Nj. Saun-
derS and sister of our townSman Col
onel William ]. Saunders.-During the
| year just closed the Durham revenue
office paid over to Uncle Sam a total OF
81, 920, 541.34.
Greenville Reflector: The year 1899
has been a remarkable one for Green
vile. In the way of buildings it made
the greatest advancement of any year
in the history of the town. Two large
fires occurred during the year, the first
in February, destroying Strause Broth
erS' tobacco factory, and the other in
May destroying nearly two blocks of
business houses. The first has been re-
placed by a plant that is not excelled
by any of it's kind in the south, n in
place of the lost business houses there
are splendid structures Of which the
town may we'll be proud. And in other
a Greenville has gone forward.
Fayetteville Observer: Master Wilbur
Lockamy, son of Mr.. w. NJ. Lockamy
met with a serious accident at the
Holt-Williamson mill yesterday. He
got tangled up in a lapper and suffered
a number of bad hurts, his right arm
being broken in two places, the muscles
torn, and his head and body bruised in
a number of places.-Rev. Richard
Meares, colored, who was arrested sew
eral days ago charged with attempting
to enter the home of Charlie Williams,
also colored, disguised as a woman, was
tried yesterday and discharged, as he
proved an abb. An A. G. L.. conductor
testified that MeareS was a passenger
on his train coming ward Fayetts-
vile several hours after the alleged Of
fence.
7 dy GISNIIlt oUStI oh Ill S1dN
night the little village of Elizabethtown
celebrated the Christmas holidays by
displaying fireworks. AS a result sever
al men were injured. Mr.. FOL Hay
woods right hand was blown to pieces
and DR.. Robinson thinks it will have
to be amputated. Jake Butler, son Of
Eoberl Butler, the mail carrier, aiso
had a hand badly shattered and lost a
fore finger. Had Barnwell had a p
inch cannon cracker ito explode at his
right leg, badly bruising it and break
ing into the skin. The postal Gable
Company's operator, Mr.. H. c.. Sulli-
van. had a finger badly injured and
there were numerous minor casualties
to others.
Greensboro Telegram: The Telegram
is informed that az a dance in Reds
Vile Tuesday night at the residence Of
NJ. G.. FitZ, Bob Hanes attempted to
kill his wife who was dancing with
another man. 1t is alleged thatHanes
and his wife, who is a daughter of Mr..
Fftz, have been separated for several
months, and that Hanes was watching
the dancing through a window and saw
that his wife was among the merry
throng. Our informant says that
Hanes, on seeing this, rushed inside,
and drawing a pistol, pointed al his
wife's breast and pulled the trigger,
but the gun failed to fire. The man was
SlZCd dllo d tltI dlleDupl ID pre-
vented
Raleigh News and Observer: Two
graduates of the A. and M. college have
just been promoted to lucrative and
honorable positions, as a reward for
talent and efficient services. Mr.. H. H.
Primrose Of the class of 1897 has been
appointed assistant chemist for the
Alabama Steel and Ship Building Com
pany at Ensley, Ala, and has accepted
the position. MIR. w. A Syme, class Of
1899, has been promoted to succeed NJ.
Primrose in the A. and N college. Mr..
Syme, during his senior year. was a
special student Of chemistry and biols-
gy, having an unusually good record
in all his Studies.-When the new line
between Richmond and Petersburg is
completed, Raleigh will be 158 miles
from Richmond and not Isl as now
Rev. o. L. Springfield. who had such a
severe attack of fever last summer, is
now completely restored to health. Be
Il fore Hn yuG0 L. -s~r. ~-l