The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-21
STATE

Kinston Free Press: DR.. J. NJ. Par
rott has been invited to deliver an ad
dress before. the Mississippi VALLEY
Medica association. which meets il
Asheville on October Sth.
We endorse the sentiment that is be-
ing agitated by several OF our country
ok who say they intend to enter an
earnest protest against any man who
voted and worked against the amend
ment, being placed in charge of any of
the public schools.-Greensboro Record.
Greensboro Record. A South Green's
boro man, living on Bellevue street.
and he's a Quaker, too-claims TO have
a cow that gives buttermilk- as well
as sweet milk. The COW was bought
in Randolph county a ear or two
ago. He informs us hat the milk had
been getting a little mixed" for sew
eral months. and only last night was
the sweet and butter milk divided
From two Of the leafs he MIXED but
ter milk and from the other two a rich
quality OF weet milk.
A prominent northern manufactures
who is a strong supporter of McKin-
ley. said to a southerner a few days
ago: Il do not understand why it is,
but there has been in the past few
weeks a strong drift TO Bryan. l re-
greet IL, n confess myself unable TO
account for it, but it is So" Mr..
Josephus Daniels, national committee
man from North Carolina. who has
just returned from Indianapolis and
Chicago, says the democrats in the
middle west are confident of Bryan's
election. They regard Indiana as GER
ain for Bryan and expect him to carry
Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and several
other states that he lost last year
Charlotte News.
Salisbury Truth-Index: A young
lady from Greensboro was taken VI
the western road last night to spend
perhaps many a long weary day in
some dreary Don in the asylum al
Morganton. 1t was a pitiful sight and
the story a sad one. She, k every
one ele, had had a lover. He had ap-
parently been a devoted one for more
han a year Her heart had been be-
seiged and the cruel enemy entered
They were to have been married two
weeks ago last Tuesday but as the
hour arrived and she was on the one
word of that state of perfect happiness
a note was handed her which ran thus
L am gone. l love another. Good
bye"
Fayetteville Observer: Mr.. j. NJ
Davis, the Harnett membe of tn
board of ~canvaSSers, which met a
Roseboro yesterday to v tn
vote for senators for the district com
posed Of Sampson, Harnett and Bla
den arrived here from Rosebor'
this afternoon He says the board
gave certificates of election to Georg,
H. Currie, democrat, of Bladen, an,
Evander Robertson, %populist, of Samp
son. Thus a democrat and populis
will represent that district in the sen
ate. The reason why Mr.. Currie wa
elected and his democratic colleagu
defeated, was that the vote of tn,
other fusion nominee, Mr.. James 7
Kennedy, was split
Henderson Goldleaf: On Tuesda.
night, August 18th the G c Black
nall Chapter Daughters of the Confed
eracy will give an entertainment a
Kittrell in aid of the jefferson Davi
monument fund THE majority TO
the amendment in Vance county wa
4S0. Aycock's majority being 361, or 6
behind the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Johl
Il Britt, Of the Oxford Public Ledger
spent a few hours in Henderson Tues
day He was feeling good over the re
suit of the election in Granville, an,
he had cause to rejoice. The Publ
Ledger was an Important factor in tn
achievements Of Granville's democ
racy just as it has yer been in tn
pOllllSdl, lluuSlIldls SduCdlOIidl oil
moral welfare of it's town n county
The people do not really know no,
much they owe to their local papers.
We feel that as long as the part.
now in power continues to force negr'
collectors, negro pOStmaSterS n othe
negro officials upon the white peopl,
of North Carolina hat the question
should be agitated. What is the vic
tory achieved August End worth if w,
do not thoroughly eliminate the negro
If We nave Topped off nine-tenths of hi
power to veX and annoy us, is not tn,
remaining one-tenth a matter of con
Germ? We must be consistent. If tn,
| 1000 negro office holders gotten rid o
were a thing to be complained Of, ar,
not the ten or twenty that still hole
office TO be regarded as an evil tina
may grow? Here in short, is the mat
ter as it appears to US. The white PEG
pie are not satisfied with a partia
victory. 1t must be a complete one
and in North Carolina as in South Car
DINA no negro must be put in powe
over white men.-Wilson News.
Charlotte Observer: Shelby, Angus
1.-Two negroes, Hatcher Toms an
Will Dawkins, had a difficulty yester
day while working at the brdckyard Q
the Shelby cotton mill. Hard word
were passed but no blows struck. La
ter in the afternoon Toms found Daw
kins asleep and threw some dirt o
him. Their as Dawkins sat up, Tom
struck him just below the jaw with
stick, knocking him senseless. Tom
then ran and has not yet been captur
ed. A physician vas summoned a
once and for a time it seemed tina
Dawkins would die but he is now re
vering.-Winston-Sale Angus
ia negro excursion came here las
Friday from Rock Hill, S. c., and re
turned Saturday night. On the retur
trip a negro man met with a seriou
accident. He claims that he was push
ed off the train this side OF Mocksvillt
| Both Legs were broken below tn
knee. The right arm was also broker
| The wounded man was brought bac
to Winston On a special train and Al
tended by the company's physician
It is thought he will recover.-TheI
were vivid displays of lightning at Sa'
isbury yesterday afternoon, unaccom
panied by rain. Mrs. w. w. Bays wa
violently shocked while standing in tn
yard OF the district Methodist parsor
age. She was rendered unconsciou
for a time, but experiences nc i'll e.
fects today from the accident exec