The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26

: AaFing TOT It's county seat High Point,
In being agitated. II is proposed to
including part OF Guilford, of course, To
form the new county.
Winston Sentinel: One of the head
officials OF the Southern railway gave IL
cut his week that the plans for the
new freight depot for High Point had
been accepted n that the structure
will cost 81. 600. 1t is understood hat
the work on the building will commence
at once Winston-Salem's passenger
station, they say. is coming. in the
sweet bye and bye"
News and Observer: Captain J. A.
Dodeon has been appointed general
yard master of the Seaboard Air Line
railway at Portsmouth. Captain Dod-
son was formerly a conductor on the
Norfolk division of the Norfolk and
Western and has been running local on
the Seaboard Air Line for the past eight
months. All his friends wish him sue
cess in his promotion
Newton Enterprise: Mr.. ]. u. Long
was the purchaser Of the F. A. Yount
plantation on the Catawba river, which
was sold at auction in Newton last
Saturday. 1t brought SIT an acre
The Silas Wike farm lear Claremont
was recently sold at auction by Mr.. w.
c. Feimster, commissioner. 1t brought
$1s.55 an acre. In all probability the
bid will be raised and another sale ~
dered.
- Reidsville Review: Unless all s.ens
tail there is undoubtedly oil in the re-
gions of Madison and Mayodan. You
may draw q bucket Of water from al
most any we'll ana let it set for awhile
and.a skim of pure oil will form to a
considerable thiokness. 1t is said that
@ prospector came to this county at one
time and satisfied himself as to its pres
snce. but his hackers went back on him
and he plugged the vein n left.
Franklin Times: A correspondent
from Washington says that Congress
man Pou. of this district. has secured
twelve new free rural delivery routes
for his district to go into effect Febru-
airy list. This increases the number of
routes in his district to forty. He has
renewed his energy in working for ru-
raj deliveries. as he regards this work
as of probably more Importance to the
people of his district than anything ne
could accomplish here while congress
is republican. No district ever had a
more faithful representative thor the
Fourth now has.
Washington Special in Raleigh Post:
Speaker Henderson was given today the
petition signed by a majority of men,
bers Of congress of both parties, re-
questing that the Appalachian park bill
be made a special order in the house al
an early date. Representative Kluttz
secured 100 signatures for the demo-
cratic side. surprising the effort Of
Aessrs. and Moody on the
republican side, who secured a similar
number of signatures, but who had u
larger field in which to work. Mr.. Hem
derson said he would take the petitions
under consideration. He gave no intl-
nation as to what course he would pur-
sue. Nothing can be accomplished now
until after the holidays.
Asheville Gazette. December 19--Tw
wOmeg. supposed by the police to know
something OF the abandonment OF the
child found near Deake'S greenhouse,
were apprehended Thursday. The off -
Ger who has been conducting the search
had descriptions of the women. Two
women came here from Hendersonville
and registered at the hotel,
giving their names as Mrs. Ida B. Hen
dersOn and Miss Briggs. but not stating
their place of residence. They were
Swallowed from Hendersonville by an
officer and were watched here. 1t is
alleged that late in the afternoon they
entered q store on Patton avenue, wnere
they did some shop lifting. This gave
the officers the opportunity for which
= they wished. For they believed that
b Miss Briggs was not the one implicit
ed in the abandonment, but her sister, a
Miss Briggs, of Tryon, and they also
knew that if not arrested the one in
Asheville would warn her sister.
Therefore both women were arrested
on the charge of shop lifting. Annie
Greenlee, a waitress at the depot, At
firms that the one registered as Mrs.
Henderson is one of those seen at the
depot with a baby in a basket; and
further that she inquired which car she
should take in order to reach CHte
street. Wien showed the baby cap
the basket found near the greenhouse.
she Said they were similar to the ones
the women had at the depot. AS soon
as the arrests were made here. Captain
Jordan telephOned to the police at Try
on requesting the arrest of Miss Katie
Briggs, the other alleged party to the
abandonment. Within two hour word
VI received here that she had been
argested. and Captain Jordan leaves
this morning in order to bring her here
At 1:So o'clock this morning it was
learned that Mrs. Henderson made d
confession to an officer, Patrolman
Bartlett. The officer warned the w0-
man that she need not say anything.
n that whatever she said would be
taken as evidence before a court. She
commenced by aSking that even if she
had accompanied the woman who had
abandoned the child, what crime would
she fhaVe committed. Sno was again
warned and then occurred a sensational
scene. She completely broke down., and
etwee sobs told her story, which was
substantially the same as that related
below. She told Of how she and Katie
Briggs had gone to Tennessee; of how
some one had taken the child and then
returned 1t; of how they had brought
the child to Asheville and abandoned it
But what could I do? 1 was only try
Ing to shield a relative" she sobbed
Yesterday Captain Jordan returned
with Miss Katie Briggs, the alleged
mother of the infant abandoned here.
Che WAS arrested at Tryon Thursday
night under the Instructions of the
AsheviiIe officers. Upon the arrest Of
the TWO in Asheville the Tryon officials
were Immediately wired to and arrested
Katie Briggs without much difficulty.
Captain Jordan stated that she had
made no statement to him, as he had
forbidden her. She vas at once taken
to the city hall, where the others were.
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