The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-01
A RUNAWAY COUPLE.
Married in GreensborO-GrOom is 30
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CORRESPONDENCE Of The Messenger.)
Greensboro. n. c., July 90.
The ohnso and Watson Shoe fac
tory was broker into last night and a
lot of shoes stolen. Four pairs were
found in a nearby field today. but no
clue of thief.
Attorney A. b KimbaII. who return
ed from his trip to New York last night
to see Harding, says he did not intend
TO convey the Impression hat Harding
deceived him acout coming home. He
simply declined 10 take the trip back
and there was no effort to escape at
ALL Mr.. KimbalI feels assured that the
young man will make as honorable ar
engagements as possible under the cir
cumstances.
There is a prominent contractor here,
bir. ". c. Balm, who is liberal as well.
Ee has just pledged 50, 10000 for the
building of the new Methodist PrOtes-
tant college, IL thereby greatly en-
cOuraged the promoters of the move
ment.
The Methodist conference for this
district to be ncid at Randleman this
week, will be largely attended from
here.
A runaway couple came to Green's
bOro yesterday from Alamance county,
driving twenty-five miles in a buggy.
They a run Gway from the brides
mother, who seriously objected to the
daughter having the o They were
married here without untOward sensa
ton The groom was Mr. Andy Apple.
aged s~eventy-ThIee, the bride being
Miss Lizzie Kernodle, aged twenty.
a negro man on a colored excursion
train from WInston to Reidsville fell
off the platform near Kernersville to-
day. was run over and instantly killed,
his head being rushe out of all shape
and his body terribly mangled. There
were six coaches, all crowded, and no
way has ever yet been discovered to
keep excursion negroes off the plat
form. Even after this fatality, before
the train reached Kernersville with the
dead body, two other negroes got into
fight on the platform and fell off,
without serious injury, as the train
kept on and they never let up in the
fracas. when they suddenly stopped
fighting and began to run after the
train. getting On before it left Kerners-
Vile
The librarian Of the Texas Univer-
sity. Mr.. Benjamin Wyche, is spending
his vacation with relatives here,
among whom is DR.. ]. E. Wyche.
Inc greensboro AthleLlc Association
is getting restless about that money in
the pot" at state headquarters in
Raleigh. Seeing that the Raleigh Club
has declared a dividend of fifty per
cent, the stockholders here who are
badly left, naturally desire to get at
least their small share of the deposited
general fund. Local Secretary and
Treasurer Brandt here. says he has
been patiently waiting to hear about
thu surplus from President Busbee, but
not doing so has just written a respect
full inquiry about it. Mr.. Bob Hanes
declares that his Mikado Minstrel next
week will pull the boys out of the
financial base Dali hole they are in.
The Daughters of the C~onfederacy
Will give a lawn party on the grounds
of Mr.. J. A. Gilmer Thursday night.
Late yesterday afternoon Miss Hart
sell, ear the Normal college, became
frightened at a pair of mules which
were cutting, UP didoS at a passing
street car. The car was neal the side,
walk, going very slow. Miss Hartsel1
in her excitement from fear of the
%plunging mules, forgot the car and rar
from the sidewalk right into it. She
was knocked down and considerably
bruised, but sustained no other injury,
II was a very narrow escape.