The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-11

h Man Smith Still Unidentified.
Jews Of Him from Whitevflle,
where as q Stranger he Married q
Respectable Young Woman.

Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
GoIdsboro, March s.
The man OF mystery now quietly
resting behind the bars at city head
quarters in almost as much Of a puzzle
to the police tooay as he was when he
was arrested Oh Thursday. OF last
week. Stray bits OF information have
come in from time to time which have
served to keep him locked up. but
nothing has been learned which will
convict him OF any crime.
The latest intelligence concerning the
gentleman came in a letter from Mr..
j. z. Williams, of Whiteville, where
the stranger came from, but where il
seems he is as much a stranger as he
is here in Goldsboro.
The letter states hat a man an
swering to the same description came
to Whiteville some weeks ago and
married a poor, but respectable young
woman and left h county. The man
gave his name there as Jim Pearce
and he is thought to be the same man
whom the police have and who gave
his name here as John Smith. The
letter also states that at that time the
mand had neither horse or vehicle.
1t seems that there is no crime
SbdISCu dSdlLSI HlH1 III IOluInDuS
county, but Mr.. Williams in his letter
saws that a man of the same descrip-
ton is wanted in Charlotte and tha
there is a reward Of $500 offered for
him. The writer is not positive about
the Charlotte matter. but promises TO
investigate the question and let Chief
Freeman know at once
All along as the man told so many
different tales as to where he came
from tho nnliPn h0yra haan nnnG6nnt
n a they have a prisoner in their pos
session. who is guilty of some grave
offense M he will be held until he
car establish his innocence or until 1t
is found out whore he is wanted.
Application has been made to the
secretary Of state for a charter for the
Alex Newton Company at Wallace,
n. c., with a capital of 1000 and hav-
ing the privilege to increase to SO, 900.
The purpose Of the company is to
manufacture rough and dressed lum-
Der, berry crates and cypress shingles.
The incorDorators are ]. T. Souther-
land, Alex Newton, E. F. Newton and
D. H. Harriss. three of whom are
Goldsboro people.
1t is not generally known here in
Goldsboro, and it will not be amiSs to
state that Major Jenkins, who has re-
Gently come into prominence through
the telegraph columns of the news
papers on account of the Tillman-
Roosevelt sword presentation incident
is none otner than the brother of u
townsman, Mr., w. E. Jenkins, a well
known travelling man who is as pupa-
lar with the trade as he is with his
friends here.
MIR. j. K. Davis, superintendent of
the Wayne cotton mill and of the Bor-
den cotton mill of this city-two of the
best equipped cotton mills in the coun-
try, north or south, returned yester-
day afternoon from Charlotte, where
he had been to attend a meeting Tues
day of mill men held for the purpose of
organizing a mutual insurance COM
pany for the benefit Of the manufac-
turing interests of the state.
A fire last night did some damage to
several bales of cotton on the platform
at the Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad depot.
The ice ma~nufac ttrers of the state
are holding a meeting here this az
noon at the Hotel kennon.