The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
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They are boring for oil In Warren
county.
Hon. b. F. Grady win open a CLASH
cal school at Clinton next month.
\ negro woman was killed by light
ming at Tarboro q few days ago.
A mob Of negroes gathered at Ashe-
Vile to lynch q negro murderer. but
failed.
On Monday. in Cleveland county.
Shuford Ellis, a farmer 10 years old.
was drowned while in SEEMING.
The Laura knitting mills, Shelby's
eco hosiery plans. began operation
on Friday. August Sd. and has been
running continuously since that time,
turning out 100 dozen pairs of hose a
day.
The Carthage Blade says that old
Pratt, the faithful buggy horse Of Rev.
W. II. II. Lewhon, died on the 9Th in
slant at the age Of 30 years. Mr.. Lew
hon owned him twenty-one years and
during hat time drove him IS, 900 miles
in his travels as minister and pastor
of. churches in Moore. Richmond,
Montgomery and Chatham counties
Tarboro Southerner: The Runny-
mede hosiery mills closed Saturday for
two weeks. Primarily this was done
to give the operatives q holiday, but
secondarily to clean up and put in more
machinery. 1t is proposed by the time
Weather becomes cool to have the
capacity of the mills nearly, il not quite
doubled. The products of the mills
have a ready sale, and the demand for
them has greatly exceeded the output.
Mrs. J.. H. Haddock, OF kinston, died
from the effects of a pistol wound, in
ficted three months ago. A mad dog
was discovered under her house and
she sent for a neighbor to shoot the
dog. He had shot the dog and was
reloading the gun, when it was acct
dentally discharged, and the entire load
of shot entered the left breast OF Mrs.
Haddock. The wound was thought to
be, fatal. but she lived three months
after the shooting.
Pittsboro Record: We regret to hear
of death of Mr.. William S.. Gunter,
who died on last Friday in Gulf town.
ship. aged 81 years and nearly IL
months He had been one of Chat
hams most prominent and respected
citizens. He was clerk OF the superior
court of this county for eight years
before the war, and after the war was
clerk Of the inferior court. and fol
several years vas chairman OF our
board Of county commissioners.
Wilson News: Last Sunday Mr.
A. w. ThrewittS took refuge from a
shower in a tobacco barn, when a bolt
of lightning struck him, tearing his
hat into threads and burning his Shout
ders and back. He was alone at the
time and half an tot elapsed before
he was discovered, lying unconscious
upon the ground and apparently dead
By the use of reStoratives he was re-
vived SO as to recognize those around
him and he may possibly GOV HI
is a good citizen.
Oxford Ledger: The roads of this
county are changing from bad tc
worse. News reaches US from all sec
tons h a the roads are still in a ter
rible condition and in sections almost
impossible. The heavy rains have
made the roads in worse condition h
they would have been.-From all in
formation we can gather the building
Of the Oxford and Coast Line railroad
Is an assured fact and it is to be hoped
that our citizens will join Judge Ora
ham in his efforts to furnish Oxford
with increased railroad facilities, which
means lower freight rates, more bust
ness for our merchants and larger sales
of leaf tobacco.