The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-19
NORTH CAROLINA.

ReidSville, y. c., - 10 nave
spinning mill.
M stockholders OF the Nokomss COT
ton mill at Lexington. n. C. have vosed
To increase their capital stock I'd s-oss
coo.
The Levi cotton mills. az RuknefIoIu.
ton " G. have doubled Their uhpllA
stocr ,nrreasing from SO. go to $780,
coo.
IT, charN,-e N. C. Louise cot
ton mills has notified the sec
re.ary of state OF North Carolina or an
increase OF capitol by the issue OF siss.-
900 additional in preferred STOCK
A regular dividend OF 5 per cent. and
n stock dividend OF 50 per eens- have
been declared by the recto or q
S~Satesville On. CD cotton mills Dnn-
dends paid last year announced 10 %
per e
Chapel Hill News: Mr. Adoiphus TIL
lev a progressive farmer who lives
three miles west of Chapel Hi. In
forms the News that last year on seven
acres OF and planned in cotton he gatn-
cred o.zso pounds or seed cotton which
made seven bales. He sold five. bales
for ten cents O pound.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
Cliffside cotton mills. which has head
quarters at Rutherfordton was char-
tered yesterday at the secretary OF
states office. The business proposed
is the manufacture OF cotton seed oil.
The capital stock is $4,000. which may
be increased to 100000.
Salisbury Truth-Index: Yesterday
evening about Z o'clock a colo<ed man
named Jim Stewart fell from he buck
ct bringing him up, from the mine
dropped n hundred feet. killing him
MISUNDERSTANDING 1900 for mu-
nicipal four per cent bonds brought
$102s in New York
Greensboro Telegram: DR.. Charles ID.
McIver leaves tonight for New YORK
city, where he goes by special request
to make an educational speech He
has been invited by n number OF men
interested in southern education. n
along with the request came the infor-
| macon that they were so anxious for
him to come that they would bear all
expenses.
Raleigh Post: Selby. ". c., February
9.-sOme one entered Dillinger's store
at Cherryville last night and stole
quite an amount OF goods. Chief OF Po-
nee Jones. of Selby, with his blood
hounds caught Tom Brown. colored.
after an exciting trial today. and has
lodged him in jail here charged with
the crime. Brown is an ex-convict
from this county.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Last week We
wrote about a darning needle being
found in a cows heart now IL is part
of a rock quarry and nail factory found
in ones stomach. Mr.. Ben Payne
~butchered a COW Monday and found in
her stomach a jagged edge flint rock
about two by three inches in size and
weighing 5h ounces. together with half
a dozen nails. The COW was perfectly
healthy.
Concord Tribune: Safe blowing got
in a piece of work at China Grove last
night. They entered the store of Hoss-
houser. Corriher & Co, in which was
the post office. A large double door
safe was blown open and five hun
dred dollars OF money taken. together
with all stamps on hand. There was no
alarm and nothing was known OF the
affair until MS morning.
Fayetteville Observer: DIR. Belhnger
and Mr.. Wagner. of New York. have
been in h city several days with a
view to establishing a plant here for
the extraction OF numerous products
from pine wood. DIR. Belfinger is the
inventor of the process, and for sever
al years has had an experimental plant
in Savannah, Ga. He has lately
brought his experiments to a successful
end, SO much so in fac that he has
associated with himself Casey & Co.
the large naval store firm OF New
York, who are going to put the inven-
ton TO practical work on a large scale.
Durham Herald: James Webb, Jr.,
son of James Webb. ST.. died a Pough-
keepSie, where he was taking a course
in business, last Friday morning.
pneumonia being the cause OF his death.
He had been i'll but a few days and the
announcement of his death was a great
surprise and shock to his friends and
loved ones in this state. The deceased
was educated at the University of
North Carolina and while there wns
held in high esteem by the faculty and
student body and by all with whom he
came in contact.
Graham eleanor: The owners of the
Virginia cotton mills have had a steam
boat which will ply on Haw river be-
tween Haw River and S~wepsonviile.
The distance between the two points Is
six miles by the river. The steamer.
We are informed. has a passenger
apartment, and win rowe the freight
boat. This is a novel experiment for
Alamance- For a number of years and
almost constantly for fifteen or twenty
years the S~wepsonville people have
hauled their freight on the river In a
MAJ boat propelled by man power.
Charlotte News: Mrs. Anna Gambrei
lives near Captain r. A. Torence's
place in Hopewell. has two little
girls. one six. the other two years old.
Day before Yesterday the six year ~
child discovered a gun in the house,
and she n the smaller child COM
menced playing with il. The larger
child pulled the trigger, the gun went
of, and the a was discharged into
the head and side of the smaller child.
The noise brought the family in. They
the child had been killed. but
b was not. DR.. Mccoy was sent for
and took the shot out. He thinks the
child viii recover.
Charlotte Observer: About 5 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon a spectacular Incl
dent was witnessed in front OF the city
hall. A tall man backed slowly down
the street. followed by two other men.
He reached for his hip pocket and ex-
posed for a moment a blued stsel
Colts revolver of recent pattern. Then
L aS one of tho two man <pnka IN Mn