The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-12
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Mount Airy News: The Jail at Dob
son will soon be full il there are many
more difficulties before our neu court.
The criminal docket promises to be a
long one. Crime is costing the xpa
ers a great deal and the rub is it gets
worse as the days go by.
Lumberton Argus: We regret 10
learn OF the burning last Tuesday of
Mr.. II. a. McWhite's house near Bar
kers; occupied by Mr.. Pink McWhite.
The presence Of Mr.. D. J.. Humphrey
and later of Mr.. Vance Kinlaw alone
preented the loss Of all Mr.. McWhite's
goods, as all the family were away
from home. ~ it was, only the fur
7iture in the two front rooms was saw
ed.
Kings Weekly: Last week Turner
Trip cutting timber FOR J. H. Cobb, in
Contentnea creek, cU Town a tall cy-
press. Ell had cut off seventy-two
feet Of the tree when he discovered a
coon's den as he thought near the top
of the tree. With e stick he began an
investigation, when out came a sting
ing snake, about nin feet long. Mr..
Trip gave his Snakeship the right OF
way and both escaped. Now how did
that snake get up into that high place?
LII
and three bales Of new cotton were re-
ceived in Laurinourg during the month
of august. against one bale for the
same month last year. This bale vas
marketed on the last day of August.
Mr.. E w. McKinnon carried sew
eral h~ogsheads of fine tobacco to the
LumbertOn warehouse last Saturday.
He planted abOut 20 acres in tobacco,
and We hear he will clear between $50
and 800 per acre This is far better
than any cotton crop in the county.
Farmers are rushing their tobacco TO
market in ar ungraded state, which
neceSstiateS an extra amount of labor
tic handle II, and the consequence is
shat the buyers are crowded for star
g room and are not enthusiastic
about buying. These conditions, how
ever, are only temporary aid do not af-
feet the market permanently But the
advice of all concerned is that the
farmers hold their tobacco for the time
being. and in the meantime they can
get il in better shape for market,
which will inure greatly to. their BEN
eft.
Fender Chronicle: Mr.. W.. X. White
recently had a novel encounter with a
RATHER. while Oh North East river, car
; rying d raft of logs. He saw a large
snake swimming IN his direction, with
his tail lifted out of the water. AS he
Crawled on the land. mis- slake-ship
prepared for battle, crawling on board
the raft and made for Mr.. White. The
snake was captred and measured five
feet in length, and had eleven rattles
end the conventiC Ia button. Billie is
a good, straight boy ard says this is
nc snake yarn.-The Lyon Swamp
Drainage Company held a very enthu-
sIastic meeting at lyon bridge Satur-
1@r ~,r-% OENH TT .~ n S-
completed to that point and all the
land owners have felt if it was ever
completed that ter up. its fina compile
ton was almost L certainty. They de-
cided to push the good work still far
Their up during n dry season. The
canal has already cache a depth sui
ficient to drain all the lanG through
which 1t Iasses
WadesboFo Observation-Disclosures:
SomUe. Stewart -LCer LJr-auI-H.
Esq. lied at his home ir. Monroe Sun
day night, aged - years Mr.. Mccall
leg was 4 native CT range COUNTY but
had been living IT, Mrnroe foE many
years. lie had been d justice of the
reace almost continuously since the
war n was SpTeral times mayor OF
Nonroa.--We have several times re-
Gently referred to the case Of the ne
$40 who was arrested some time aSo
at georgetown, -. -, Us DGi 1OuiC-
the condemned murderer of William
CARPENTER. IL win ne remembered thai
the murder was committed about 1SS2
and that Gould was tCIed at Troy III
1854. we believe, and convicted and
sentenced to be hanged h case was
appealed to the supreme court, and
that court sustained the verdict of the
lower court. Gould. however, escaped
from Jail before the day set Tor his eX-
eCutiOn arrived. The negro
" denies being Gould &nd says that his
1fame is Thomas Madray. and that his
home is Berkeley, Va As upholdlnS
in some degree the negro'S contention
that he is Thom-s MadTey II is of in
the jail Tuesday night by tWo gentle
men, Messrs. " L. Sears, Seneral
of the Angola Lumber COM
RAINY, of Wilmington, Ard III. j.. Am
brose, of Berklay, Va Mr. Sears Tor
merly lived in RCrkley n he says
that he has known Tom MaIIey for Il
or IA years. lie positively identified
The man in Jail as being Tom Madrey-
Mr.. Ambrose is q young man. He says
that he AMI tom Mairey were boys
-cgetrer il PerQuimanS ouGty y. -
That Tom mOvea to Berkeley, Va. when
a boy and tina he afterwards
to the same place. That NJ mas
known Tom we'll oil the time, probably
seeing him AT least once a yeir and or
tener. He also positively Identified thH
reCro as being Tom Maorey-
The Renewal N Strain.