The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-11
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
In a Peculiar Way by a Wilson Farmer.
A Farmer Loses a Large Quantity of
Tobacco by Fire New Business
Firms In Wilson.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Wilson, January 5.
Mr.. Isaac Boyette. a farmer living
near Wilson, came very ear meeting
his death in a peculiar way yesterday.
He started from his home to Wilson
with a load of tobacco. and when he
had gotten in about three miles of town
he was taken with a chill. which rem
dered him unconscious. The weather
being very cold. he came very near
freezing to death. His team being &C
customed to the road, brought the wag-
oil to h Banner warehouse. Some one
of the warehouse force found the un-
conscious man on his load Of tobacco.
Drs. Moore and Anderson were at once
summoned. At the last report Mr..
Boyette was better.
MI. D. T.. Lucas, living near Lucama,
in this county, lost four fine barns Of
tobacco On Thursday. The tobacco was
stored in n end of a tenant house and
it is supposed that the fire originated
from a defective f1ue. This was a seri-
Gus loss to Mr.. Lucas. as his tobacco
was a very fine quality. He has sold
on the Wilson market this season some
tobacco from the same curing, and it
brought him fine prices. There was no
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bacco.
The Wells-Whitehead Tobacco Com
pany, which makes the Carolina Brights
cigarette. a just finished it's inven-
tory and find that their success dur
ing the first yea of business has been
marked. During this time their goods
have beer put forward in many Of the
southern states and they have now es-
tabliShed Offices in St. Louis, Louis
VILE and (hlPQ or EVQrUV-hQra fhoir
goods are being we'll taken and they
hope during the coming year to push
their goods more extensively than ever
before.
The tobacco sales during the first
week of the new yea have been very
light The weather has been such that
the farmers could not get their crops
in a condition to bring to market. There
is a large amount Of tobacco in the
country which will be sold as soon as
the weather moderates. Prices on all
tobacco sold this week have been very
high.
Severa new firms have been estab-
lished in Wilson to begin business with
the new year. Moore & Tomlinson have
opened up a time business at the old
stand of l.. S. TomlSpson. This firm
will also handle a line of dry goods
AM groceries. Davis & Woodland Bros.
and Applewhite & Farrior will also do
| q time business during this year.
Miss Mary Farmer left yesterday for
Raleigh, where she is taking a special
I course on the violin at Peace institute.
Her ucc during h past session has
been very gratifying to her many Will
son friends.
Two Wilson ladies received requests
from the estate of the late Judge air
cloth. Mrs. Calvin Woodland and Mrs
l d r lame Zach r0coiuod 81 mo
The Teachers Association Of Wilson
county met here this morning. "Addi-
ton and Subtraction was the subject
for discussion. Quite a large number OF
eacherS were present.
MI. r. 0. Jeffries, a prominent are
house man of Tarboro, spent yester-
day in Wilson. He came on bushes.
with the tobacco people.
Miss Page Morton, OF Virginia, 4:
| the quest of Mrs w L RoYkin-