The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-16
NoRTH CAROLINA.

umoerton Argus: We are glad to
hear b encouraging news regarding
officers. as shown In q recent issue.
show everything to be In . healthy con-
dition and the prospect Tor a success
ful career Is very bright
Townsville Charity and Children:
IL We would only practice the sturdy
virtue OF economy as our fathers did
with our improved facilities for max
ing money. the cry of hard times
o never be heard. and peace and
contentment would take the place OF
unrest n Indebtedness.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: We learned
Monday OF the fire at Roaring River
Saturday evening. Messrs. Church &
Co.'S large lumber factory was DESTROY
ed. The loss is about $4,000 with no in
france. There is no knowledge as To
the origin OF the fret was a large
blaze and the light could b e from
this place. - Later-The fire origin
ated in the engine room. Nothing was
saved and the los is from $4,000 TO
$4,000
Raleigh News and Observer: The in
vestigation OF the o now being
made by expert accountants shows the
condition OF the p~enitentiary worse
even than il was at first believed to be.
4AodSh inc SAdItilIallOu VIII HoI ID
completed for another month, already
h Indebtedness OF the ~peitentiary has
risen from the ST.. 600 claimed by Cap
tain Day, 10 $4,000. II is believed that
IL will go to sc5, 000.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. VIII J..
Yates, formerly Of Charlotte, was in
n Oklahoma lottery. He drew a
quarter section valued at So, O00.-Rey.
Dr. j. r. Brooks, now pastor OF the
Methodist church OF Reidsville, has
suffered a slight stroke OF paralysis.
confined chiefly TO his tongue. An item
referring to his strange affection was
copied in The Observer a few days &
from the Reidsville Review. He is
forced to give up his pulpit, at least
for the present, and Bishop Hargrove
has appointed Rev. j. A. Baldwin, re
Gently Of this city. as DR.. Brooks as
sistant for the remainder of the con-
ference year
Reidsville Weekly: We regret TO
learn that our old friend, Mr.. VIM.
Pritchett. recently had the misfortune
to fall from a wagon and dislocate or
fracture mis- shoulder. He lost the use
of one of mis- hands several years ago
and this latest misfortune renders him
almost heipless.-lt is said that Gull
ford county mas a citizen who prides
himself on the fact that he mas been
marrier six times and is the father
of 5S children. IN the lot are fou pairs
of twins and one set of triplets. One
wife was the mother of q Of the chill
dren. The Greensboro Patriot, which
gives the information, Jays that the
man is 5Syears old and was TO have
married his seventh wife last week.
Greensboro Record: Justice Eckel
had a novel case before him yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, being by reason
of the act hat the defendant is a
preacher. He is a colored individual
and il is said has been pastor of Shiloh
Baptist church. There were three
charges against him. one for the larce-
ny of a coupon book and $3.50 in money
from Mr.. NJ. Murphy, at Proximity, an
other for carrying a pistol, and another
for resisting an officer.-Greensporo
ought not to feel stuck up, but she
has some reason. Some of her real
estate was sold Monday on the block
for $24 a front foot, it's depth being las
feet, a figure never before reached in
this place and seldom equaled in this
part of the country.
Webster's CReidsville) Weekly: They
may be ever so respectable, but they
did % voice Durham sentiment. A
representative citizen of that place in
terviewed forty-three prominent Dur
hamites after the trouble and found
only four hat did not approve Of Mr..
Crawford's course. DR.. Kilgo's unpop-
ularity in Greensboro is exaggerated
only in the statement that there is
more opposition to him there han in
any town in the state. This is not cor
rect. Reidsville Methodism has for
several years been practically a unit
against DR.. Kilgo and his policy and
it's sentiment has found expression in
official form. we seriously doubt
&L0-o -,o. hole n Io1a~ ATntIal;crc
in Rockingham county who approve of
DR.. Kilgo's policy-his senseless war
fare against the states time-honored
educational plan and his subserviency
to the Dukes.
Oxford Ledger: While. a trial for
murder was in progress last week an
other shooting took place at a colored
association in Oak Hill township, about
three miles from Virginia, Friday af-
%ternoon A negro named Smith shot
another negro named Register, his half
brother. infiicting a wound in his stom-
ach which will probably prove fatal,
because he was walking with his girl.
At Belltown, Fishing Creek township,
Saturday night another row occurred
l. between two negroes, Hulie Cozart and
Alex Stovall. Cozart dealt Stovall a
blow on the head with a heavy stick
rendering him unconscious for a day
AND night.-One day last week Dull
old friend. r. r. Clayton, of Fishing
Creek, was in town and called to see
US. He is in his S5th year, hail and
hearty, and has a splendid crop grow
ing. He said he had done all his plow-
ing and could turn over as nan fur
rows in a day as any young man.
Raleigh News and Observer: Bur
lington. n. c., August Lee Webster
died at Carolina Mills, about three
miles from here, this morning as the re-
suit of a friendly scuffle between him.
self and Joe Simpson. Both boys were
about IA years of age.-Now there is
talk of q suit to test the ruling of the
state tax commission in regard TO the
taxation of bank s~tock-holding that
owners of such stock cannot deduct
from it their debts but must pay tax
on it's full value.-Weldon special TO
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