The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-09
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and Gospel Tent"
Lumberton R~obesonian: Walter AL
len, a colored tra in hand had his right
arm broken While loading cross ties on
the Carolina Central road. near here
Saturday.
The town OF Roanoke Rapids. IN Hal
flax county. X not ye1 ten years cid.
but has a population of 800. 1t is :
strictly white town with E"f Il negro
living inside the corporation.
GastonIa Gazette: Sam Hayes, a
negro man about 20 years Cd and a
switchman on the Southern, had the
misfortune to lose a leg Friday even
ing. - Sunday evening and Monday
morning four cases of smallpox were
disc, cred by the authorities.
Ms and Observer: The sixty j
nez.~D men and women who failed to
get Stalt fol the north on Thursday
!ef. n a special car, which will take
thr..I through 10 points in New York,
where the MN go to work in brick
| yards and the omen as chambermaids
7 cooks
Charlotte Observer: \ dispatch from
Panther Creek, Tcdkin county, says:
Ter cases of smallpox are reported
among the negroes in Yadkin township.
Negroes who had the disease attended
a camp meeting when the smallpox a
reached it's eruptive stage and an cpl
demic is expected to follow. - Char
lOtte mas q man who takes keen delight
in catching sa6kes and -neWing them
to death.
Durham Herald: C. w. Johnston, a
prominent farmer and well known bus
;,o-- f Nrnnon nntInfu u-oC in
the city yesterday. From him it was
learned that his daughter, Miss Eliza
beth, was seriously hurt in Virginia
last week. Miss Johnston has been
teaching school, at Millbank, Prince
Edward county n vas out driving
with a young gentleman last week. She
| dropped her handkerchief n when
the young nan got out of the buggy to
get it the horse ran off. She was
thrown out and hurt quite seriously.
Raleigh Times: The scarcity of farm
labor has brought about a serious condi-
ton of affairs IN this section. Farmers
from various parts of Wake county de-
| clare that the negroes are leaving and
|! soma farmers are without the one
| for the necessities of life much less to
hire hands. - The State Agricultural
department has issued, under the title
"A sketch of North Carolina" a BOOK
which is a condensation Of h larger
work, North Carolina and it's Resour-
ces," which is Icing distributed. There
is a great demand for these books.
from all parts of this country and from
abroad.
Mount Airy News: It seems that lie
| state of Washington is getting large
numbers of young men from Surry,
Yadkin. Wilkes and other counties in
the western part of The state. They
are going to Washington n otner
Western states to build UP for them
selves homes, they say. - The papers
got things badly mixed up last week III
regard t. w. l.. Harvey, a tobacco
manufacturer of Winston. He took
morphine by mistake while sick at
McHresviile. He says he had no idea
of committing suicide. He thought thu
medicine was q%uinire. - The pros
poet for an abundant fruit crop this
year is certairiy very promising at this
time.
Nashville G-a2n:-: Sheriff Sharp Of
Wilson has arrested Buck EaSon 70.
the killing OF Jas. c. Ellis last Febru'
airy. For some time after the deed nc
clue could be found as TO who com
mitted the crime. Ellis friends tool
the matter IN hand with the above re-
4 Soil. ~ 49, o-S I'M A@~tN-
while circunStantial. is strong. The
sceHn of the crIu:e was at Saratoga
near Wilson. - Frank Farmer. o.
Onslow county, fell from the roof of hi:
house Friddy. and broke his neck. -
The gcvel nment has just had I2S.0o'
oJc shad place. in Muse ever. neal
New Bern. Rev. DR.. ". H. Leith. chs
Of the most prominent members ri tn
Western North Carolina Conference
died Frida! nCrE:ng at Salisbury.
Raleigh News and Observer: Ale1
Tate, a son of ,he late Col S. Med
Tate. was killed by a freight train OF
the Southern Railway, between Con
nelly Springs anG Valdese. at 10 o'clocl
Saturday morning. On Thursda.
morning the LIST. the prisoners, JOIN
Bellield, James Bishop and Jane
Stephenson, were arraigned before tn
superior court of this county, charge,
with being accessories in the murder o
young Thomas Stephenson, Of Roxobel
who lost his life in April from the ef
facts of bullets fired by Melton Bell
field. who was afterwards shot an
killed by an officer in Weldon in an at
tempt TO arrest the criminal. At /
o'clock the jurors o the case and a
1880 returned 6 verdict of guilty. Tn
defense was ably represented and it
the universal opinion of all that the re
suit would not have been otherwise i