The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-17
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and made q hole for he crowd to get
out.
ReidsvilIs Review Chairman Watt
Is confident that Rockingham viii give
q majority for the democratic ticket
and for the amendment whieh will
coed 1.5oo. The conservatives say the
majority will be 1.ooo.
Raleigh News and Observer: Mr.
Junius a. Aston. a prominent citizen
OF Chatham county, died suddenly at
his home near Pittsboro on yesterday.
He had been in delicate health for a
number OF years Mrs Judge Wo-
mack. Of this city. left in n after
noon train to attend the funeral ser
vices. He Will be barined in the Pres
byterian church yard at Pittsboroa-
Kinston Free Press: Capt. w B.
Shaw. ~of Henderson made an excel
len speech TO q large crowd at la
Grange last night He speaks at
Deep Run today. where they will have
a big democratic rally and rbacu
He will speak at the court house herf
tonight. Be sure 70 come out and hear
one OF the best speakers that ever
spoke in kinston.
Concord Tribune: Our city was Wis
tied Sunday afternoon by a severe
wind storm Very little rain accom-
panied IL. Two OF the new houses De-
ing erected for t~heCabarrus mill were
completely wrecked and three tene-
ment houses AT the Gibson MIL were
badly damaged. Limbs were torn
from the shade trees. The fruit trees
were broken and :he ripe fruit lay
thick on the grount. \ chimney OF
Mr.. Zab Morris new was
blown down damaging the roof.
FAYETTEVILLE Observer: William
Stewart. a negro carpenter, was struck
by the north bound passenger train.
No. 81. Saturday night and severely
<haH TET
president OF Davidson college. preach
ed two very able sermons at the Pres
byterian church yesterday morning ana
evening.-Miss CT. y. OF wade
Station, was seriously hurt AZ mat
place Yesterday while attempting 10
Jump from passenger train No as
while II was in motion. She fel on
her head and sustained such injuries
that she is still in a critical condition
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. s. Smith. or
Davidson county, received a s~unstroke
last Friday afternoon, which
/ his death three hours later. II Is said
that Mr.. Smith was in the field when
stricken. The deceased was a young
! man n leaves a wife and one child.
The Primitive Baptist OF Durham.
/! have called to the pastorate 6 their
| church, elder p. d. Gold. OF Wilson.
and he has accepted. Elder Gold will
preach their next Saturday and sun
day. He is one of the very ablest
preachers of his denomination, and Is
we'll known in Winston.
DR.. c. d. McIver, in Greensboro
Telegram-Rev. g. g. Nardell, the pres
ident of Red Springs Female seminary
| (Presbyterian) is a remarkable man.
He is one man who refuses to leave
his state for a greatly increased sal
ary. Recently he was offered S5.oOO a
year to take charge OF a school Tor
girls in another state. and upon refus-
ing TO accept the position. he was
asked to nam the salary for which he
would GO This he declined to do pre-
ferring to remain in North Carolina
and continue at the head OF the insti-
tuition over which he has presided so
successfully.
Statesville Landmark-The esteemed
republican candidate for governor.
Judge Adams, is a little reckleS in
handling the kings English and has a
pronunciation that is all his own.
While declaiming against the demo-
Gratis here yesterday he held aloft a
democratic handbook of the vintage of
'9S and said that Chairman Simmons
was Offering s125 for each copy Of this
pooh extant (Which statement he OF
curse didn't expect anybody to be-
lieve) but that he (Adams) wouldn't
take S225 for his copy. II want to-
hand it down to my Children ne shout
ed, las a record of the 'per-fid-ity' OF
the democratic party" 'Perfidity."
with the accent on the 'id,' is good.
When fudge Adams rolled IL out IL
pleased Clay Chambers SO that he re-
s%ponded: VIVA! Wha! Go 'cross.
Charlotte Observer: Particulars of
the killing of a negro girl named Emma
Ardrey, in Providence township. Sun
day night. reached the city yesterday.
The girl. who was about 16 years old,
was returning from church with a
negro boy named Ernest Potts, when
they were accosted by William Kell.
colored, who is about 20 years old. A
jealous quarrel resulted. and finally
kell pulled a pistol out of Potts pocket
and shot the girl through the heart.
killing her instantly. Both negroes fled.
but were capture" at Pineville last
evening r Coroner Cathey and
brought - Charlotte and imprisoned
last night. - Ex-Congressman John
E. Fowler went back to his Sampson
county home today. He says he is an
invalid and is devoting himself to
farming. He gave it as his opinion that
the amendment will be defeated by
10000 majority at least and that Samp-
son county would be populist by a
larger majority than every before.
Charlotte Observer-Dr Cy Thorlp-
son at Shelby said that he was opposed
10 negro domination or negro office
holding and had the negro Williamson
held off the ticket, while the democrats
scattered their votes among eighteen
candidats and thereby elected George
White; that under certain condi-
tons he had placed a white man
on the ticket rather than vote
for a negro, or cause his party
TO cast such a ballot. He further
asserted that George H. White spoke
as securely in his district as though
attended by a divine talisman.- At
the Bingham Mill. last night, Colonel
K. L. A~bernethy. of River Bend. spoke
to a large crowd for an hour and a
half. He spoke on white
its imperative need-and the depIorable
conditioner affairs In this state II the
amendment failed to carry. The colo
neIs speech produced a marked i'm
preston and his wonderful anecdotes
pleased the audience no little.
Raleigh News and Observer: Mr.
Ezekiel Gilman, one of the best known
ciuZens OF Currituck county. died last