The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-22

North carolina SDlkcker says la6N
w. A. Lutz has accepted the presi-
rency OF North Carolina college. and
that there will bea meeting or the
board on June 10Th. to elect a faculty
and transact other business
Ayden Baptist: Joe Morgan shot
and killed Otis Stokes last
night near Scufiieton. both colored. II
seems there a been some trouble oe.
tween them for several days past
Stocks was drunk and made threats
that IL he found Morgan he would XIII
him They met Saturday night
Stocks was shot and instantly killed
Murphy Democrat: Some republi-
cans in our county are not only SO po-
litically biased hat they will not come
will even destroy notices OF democratic
speakings which nave been posted in
public places. They are getting in a
desperate condition when they resort
In such cowardly practices
Winston Journal: Yesterday after
noon three negroes went TO the farm
Of Mr.. s. A. Hauser, who resides
about three miles west OF Winston and
accosted Nathan Rominger, an adopt
ed son Of Mr.. Hauser, who was on his
| way TO the field with a mule to pillow.
They drew their guns on the young
man and made him jump in a near by
pond then took the mule which was
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Raleigh News n Observer: CSpe-
ciaD, Goldsboro, n. c.. June 1S.-Zeb
Lancaster, a young white man, was
fatally wounded this evening by a ne
gro named Wesley White. Mr.. Lam
caster is a constable of Stony Creek
township and was attempting TO arrest
White for violating the law. The bull
let entered his abdomen. Particulars
are meager but he was thought TO be
dying when last heard from.
a leading republican was talking pri-
vately to US the other day and said
as for himself he wished that every
negro in the state was excluded from
the polls; that they ought not to vote
now, neither should the right ever nave
| been given. them. But said he, If we
pass this new law the republican party
will be dead in North Carolina for
twenty years, and we men who are
the leaders can't afford that" Not
a question of what IS best for the
state, but a low, selfish desire to hold
| office and that at the expense of the
whole commonweaEth.-Elkin Times.
Salisbury Truth: Sugar Springs is
sustaining its old reputation for law
lessness. In addition to the suspicious
death of an old negro woman there
Saturday night, John Hodge, a colored
death early Sunday morning as the re-
suit of a blow received at the hands
of an unknown assailant. Hodge was
hit in the head by a rock in the hands
of a negro whom he did not know. A
long and ugly cash was cut and Hodge
| bled freely. When he arrived in SAL
isbury in the company with two ne
groes, who supported him on the jour
! ney here. he was nearly gone.
Greensboro Record: A terrible acct
dent happened at Staley, a station on
the A.. and Y. division of the Southern
this morning about 10 o'clock. Mrs.
Elizabeth Staley, aged 65, started
across the railroad track and 1t is
| thought did not notice a train coming
until she was we'll on the track, when
she made an effort to jump and fell,
when the engine passed over both legs,
crushing them badly. A physician
happened to be or the train n after
a hasty examination said it might be
possible to save one of the limbs, but
the other was crushed to atoms. Ow-
ing 10 the advanced age of Mrs. Sta
ley it is feared she cannot survive.
Clinton Democrat: Rev. l.. McKin-
non, ID. D., has received notice that
Forest Hill Chapel, at Concord, has or
ganized into a church n the name
"McKinnon's" given it. While pastor
of the First Presbyterian church at
Concord, some years ago, DR.. Mckln-
non saw the need of a chapel n 1t
was largely through his efforts that
Forest Hill mission was established.
1t has since grown in usefulness and
so p~rospered that it has come to be
an organized church with a member
ship of sixty-five. The name given
the new church is appropriate and was
chosen in grateful remembrance of DR..
McKinnon's earnest labors there.
GreenviIle Reflector: ohn Norcott,
a colored boy about 16 years old, was
drowned this afternoon while in swim
ming with another colored boy near
the county bridge.-Sherif Kinsey,
of Craven county, came up this morn
ing from New Bern to take the pris-
oners, John and Nile Manning, who
are wanted for shooting Mr.. John
Manning last Thursday night near
Vanceboro, back with him. Sheriff
Kinsey says that Mr.. John Manning
did not die from the effects of the
shot as was first reported. He Is still
in a critical condition, however, but
there are chances of his getting well
again. The prisoners will be given a
trial when they reach New Bern.
Greenville Reflector: Greenville last
night narrowly escaped being the scene
of another disastrous fire. Back of n
of the barrooms in the lower part of
the town, a fire in some hay. which
had been placed there and saturated
with kerosene was discovered just in
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Roadway on the buildings. The bay
and the presence of the oil makes the
origin of the fire unquestionably in
cendiary.-Sunday night Mr.. C. L.
Simpson, who lives near Falkland. lost
his barn and stables by fire. His drive
horse and buggy were also destroyed.
The fire occurred about IL o'clock but
its origin is unknown.-Mr. r. a. Tv-
son has decided to rebuild his tobacco
prize house for NJ. P. Jordan e Co. Z
will be a much larger and better fitted
up factory than the one recently
burned. 1t will be three stories high
and be equipped with the latest i'm
proved machinery for handling to-
bacco.
Oxford Ledger: We regret to learn
that with the close of the school year
at the Oxford Orphan Asylum six OF
the splendid s~elf-sacrificing teachers
resigned. Why is his thus? II We
are not mistaken such a thing has
never occurred under former admin