The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-16
NORTH CAROLINA.

tel at Halifax was burned THURSDAY
The building cost S14.oee. and there
was no insurance.
The estimate of the damage to the
cabbage crop about New Bern, by the
recent old weather is 20 per cent
Kings Mountain Oracle: Monday
afternoon as three boys were out nunt-
ing birds one Of them was accidentally
shot and almost instantly killed
There are nine counties in this dis
trict and six candidates for congress,
Halifax furnishing two. Edgecombe.
Northampton. Greene and Wilson n
each.
The Charlotte Observer says there
is considerable talk OF a bank for
Morresville. Some OF the business men
Of the town will probably establish one
soon, with a capital stock OF $4,000 or
S20,00
Miss Mary Troy kluttz, the daughter
OF Representative KluttZ. who under
went an operation for appendicitis in
Baltimore last week, is now out OF
danger and is rapidly recovering.
Waynesville Courier: N~inety-eisht
per cent. Of the people in Waynesville
and immediate vicinity have been vac
cinated. so that we nave no fears OF
the disease entering our town again.
Some of the farmers say the acreage
in cotton will not be increased or even
as large this year as last. as many
of the farmers sowed down much of
their cotton land last fall in wheat.
Greensboro Record: J.. H. Hedge
cock, a farmer residing near High
Point, lost his dwelling not long since
by fire. He was insured in the Far
mers' Mutual for $3.50. which amount
will be paid to him in a few days.
The seminary at Red Springs is now
one OF the most prosperous schools IN
the state. 1t has been established only
a few years yet il now has some $50
students and new ones are being en-
rolled every week.
The state treasurer makes a report
on the finances of the oyster inspection
board. This shows that from April.
1895, when 1t took charge, until the
present time, the receipts have been
| SIS, $50, and the disbursements s22. ASS.
leaving a balance Of s6,445.
Fayetteville Observer; James Deal,
the well known colored painter, who
work, fell from a scaffold in that city
yesterday and broke his neck, dying
almost instantly. His remain will be
brought here for burial.
Goldsboro Argue: Out of eight coun-
ties in different sections of the state
that have held their county onven
lions, thus far, four have instructed
outright for AycOck for governor, and
two have given no Instructions, but
are strongly Aycoch; one has instruct
ed for Cunningham, and n for JUS
tice. Ashe county was heard from yes
terday, and it instructed for Aycock.
Raleigh Post: Durham, n. c., March
10.-(Special.)-Mr. Herbert NJ. Jordan,
city editor of the Daily Sun, came near
being the victim in a horrible accident
at the Southern depot this morning.
Mr. Jordan S1innp6 and fell IIn6pr a
moving passenger train, and but for
the promptness of Yard Master Glas-
gov wou ave been ground to death
beneath the wheels of the train.
Durham Herald: A few days ago
one Of the children of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sykes was left alone in the
house n in a few minutes the moth
er, who was visiting nearby. heard the
child scream and she ran to its as
sistance. By the time she arrived
most of the clothes the child had on
were burned off. 1t is said that the
little one fell in the fire. At last &C
counts the child vas still living but
was in a precariouS condition.
Raleigh News and Observer: Hen
derson, n. c., March 10.-Henderson
will have a large knitting factory in
the near future. Mostly outside CAPT
tai Observation-Disclosures, N. c., March
10.-A large number of farmers assem-
bled here to discuss ways and means
to fight the tobacco trust and raise
prices. General j. S. Carr was present,
by special invitation, and delivered an
excellent speech on the subject of
Trusts" He said the surest relief
was in legislation.
G~reenville Reflector: Monday evening
after supper Chief % Police ". p.
James wss sitting in his home play
ing with his baby. Two Joys. Blount
Pecrce and Frank CoUeiI, were in the
room with him. The chiefs pistol fell
out of his pocket on the floor and was
discharged. The ball struck Frank
Cowell just above the elbow in the
right arm and lodged some where in
the muscle of the arm. There was pen
demonium in that household for the
time being.
Monroe Enquirer: We learn that
there is still a great deal Of kicking
down in Robson county about the ex-
ecution of Reuben Ross, the negro ac-
cuSed of rape.-Curtis, the 8-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Brady Helms, of
West Monroe township, fell on a sharp
pointed pocket knife last Friday and
made a very dangerous wound near the
heart. The wound bled very p~rofusely
n for a while it was thought that
the child would die. but ne is rapidly
recovering.
G~reenville Reflector: Mr.. Buck Cox,
of Contentnea township, met with a
horrible death last Friday. He went to
Grimesland to do some trading, going
on a r so he could haul a barrel of
flour back Late in the afternoon he
started home, and while on the way
his horse took fright and run away.
Everything was thrown out of the cart
and people living along the road seeing
the horse run by with the empty
broken cart, went back to investigate.
They found Mr.. Cox dead in the road.
His neck was broken and his head
badly bruised and mangled, he being
so bloody as to be almost u~nrecogniz-
able. His condition indicated that in
falling from the cart his head caught
in the wheel Mr.. Cox leaves a wife and
three children A strange coincidence
is the fact that some years g his
father was also killed by a horse run-
ming away with him.
Charlotte Observer: A cow belong
ing to Mr.. G. o. Cornelius died a few
days ago at Mooresville, and on yes
terday six dea dogs were found
around the CHARACTERIZATION, March