The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-16
GOLDSBORO GOSSIP
The Cold Snap Causes Activity In Busf-
ness Political Notes A Dwelling
Burned Meeting of C~hautauqua
observation-disclosures Over Report OF
KfnsauIs Being Alive
(Correspondence of The Messenger.)

Correspondence Oh Inc MeSSeHSeI-I
Goldsboro, n. c., October 10.
The very sudden fall of the mercury
in this section mas brought out the
fall clothing. and sales of stoves by
our hardware merchants have been
brisk for the past two days. The cold
get on a hustle.
The streets are busy today, cotton
selling at $40 On our market, and to-
bacco sales are large and good prices
prevail. Everybody is in a good humor.
some talking politics.
Hon. Il. +. Dixon, auditor-elect. will
address the people OF our county twice
this week-Friday evening at Pikeville
Springs
IL IS 10 be very much regretted that
our esteemed townsman, Hon. G. b. Ay-
COCK, on account of i'll health, will be
unable to make any more speeches in
the national campaign. He has not
oeen We'll Of malaria since the sum-
mer canvass of the state.
Mr.. ]. Lee Alpine, who lives about
three miles northeast of GoldsDoro on
the farm of Mr.. w. 3. Thompson last
night lost his house and nearly all of
his furniture by fire. The family had
made a smoke to drive away mos
quitos in the main part Of the house
and closed the door and went to sup
per. The dining room is detached
by a porch. and ere they knew il the
fire had made sue a Roadway that it
could not be eXtinguished. Mr.. AL
pine Is an excellent man and his loss
is regretted.
Miss Lizzie Clyde. of Sacramento.
Cal, arrived in the city today to visit
Miss Mable Borden. Miss Clyde is re-
turning home from an extended trip
10 Europe.
The chautauqua circle Of the Colds
bOrO WOman's Club held their second
weekly meeting last night, which was
quite interesting to those present.
The license was issued today for the
marriage of Mr.. J. c. Ellis. of Eureka,
to Miss Alice c.. Pate. of Stony Creek,
which will TAX PLACE tomorrow.
Mr.. ". 7. Johnson. of Eureka, says
the Great Eastern railroad is being
rapidly built and hat the camps of
the construction force have moved
down the line to Snow Hill.
DR.. w. J. Jones. who has been visit
ing his son, DR.. w. S. Jones, of Will
son. returned to Goldsboro yesterday.
Mrs ]. NJ. Parker and children also
returned from a visit to Mrs. Walter
a. Woodland, of Wilson.
Mrs. ]. H. EdgertOn and daughter,
Miss Lillian, who have been visiting
their son and brother, returned to
Guilford college, their home, today.
Mrs. Owen Garter, age q years, of
Mt. Olive, died Friday afteroon at
o'clock, and sunday at the same hour
her 7-month-old baby died.
Mrs. Perry Cox, daughter of Rev. B.
E. Perkins, is quite sick at her home in
Fork township.
Mr.. Perry Heath, telegraph operator
of the tlantic Coast Line at Wilson,
passed through today from Magnolia
where he has been visiting his father
who has been quite sick.
Messrs. w. H. and H. ID. Read, OF
Liverpool. England, are in our city on
business.
DR.. B. W.. Leftwick, of Nashville,
Tenn, who is conducting a revival at
st. Paul's church, this city, is preach
ing some very able and valuab ser
mon
The report that Kinsauls, who was
hanged in Clinton on September 2Sth
last is still alive, has created consider
able gossip among certain people
which has been somewhat augmented
by the report in a recent issue Of The
Fayetteville Observer that n Carter
who had just returned from a visit in
the ne~ighbOrhood of KinSaulS' home
reported that he was unable to see the
body of Kinsauls whom lie had known
quite Well, n that the doctors were
the only ones admitted into the room
where Kinsauls was, and that there
certainly was a mystery about the
hanging somehow"