The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-14
uNDERwRIrERs ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting VIII he Held I'm
Greensbero-Arresf Of a Thief-Per
sonaI and Social Notes.

Correspondence of The Messenger
Greensboro, October ..
Mr. J. Van b. Meets, OF Wilmington,
has notified Mr.. G. d. Benbow that the
North Carolina Fire Underwriters
Association would hold its annual ses-
sion N Benbow Hall on h night OF
October 21st, and would make his hoteI
headquarters
\ negro too weak and emaciated to
talk, except TO say he came from Rich
mond. was found in the porch OF ST.
Benedict's rectory last night. He had
high fever evidently in last stage of
typhoid fever. n was carried as care
July as possible to the colored hospita,.
where he is still living.
A very important arrest of d peripa-
title, perambulating professional pilfer
er was made here last night. The wife
OF Jerre, Judge Boyd's popular colored
messenger, was coming from the Win
ston fair, having u large satchel on the
seat or the car next the platform.
When he car stopped for a few min
utes at the coal schultz, a big burl,
white man stepped on the Orm.
entered the door. seized the valise ano
jumped out in the darkness. The wp-
man made a terrible lamentation, and
soon many citizens and officers were Ia
pursuit of the thief. He was captured
and is a great big strapping white man.
n cell in jail where he was confined
being scarcely long enough for him TO
stretch out IN. He gave his name az
VIII CurleW, saying he came from In
llama. Chief Scott was giving him =.
close examination. he being tatooed all
over. TO see if he was not an escaped
tatooed convict from Rockingham,
named John Ware, for whom a reward
of fifty dollars is offered. Watching
him a few minutes, Weary Willie,
sneered and said, You are trying to see
If L IN not that fellow Ware. Wen.
L am not, but l gave him his tatooes
and a good job ii was, u he paid me
only half he owed me for the job"
Misses Kate Bradshaw, Mabel Glenn
and Pearl Long went to Chapel Hill
today to attend the October german and
will remain over until Saturday to wit
ness the foot ball game between the
L. N. c. and Furman on Saturday,
coming home Saturday night.
Mr.. j. T.. Saint Sing, who has been
with Farriss the druggist for some tim.
has accepted the position of of
the West Durham Branch of Black
wells Durham Pharmacy. and will
. " llldl DIdCe.
j. Sloan Kuyendall, a young lawyer
from West Virginia, who recently 10
Gated in Greensboro, left his morning
on a business trip to Nashville, Tenn.
w. F. Guthrie accompanied him.
There was a large congregation at
West Market, NJ. E. church last nigh,
to hear the address of Rev. DIR. w. w.
Roall, of M~artinsville, DR.. RoaI was
introduced by the pastor, DR.. Turren-
tine, and delivered a most interesting
lecture, taking for his subject China"
and was listened to with marked at
tention.
Rev. w. c. Newton, who recently re-
signed the p~astorate of West Wash
ington Street Baptist church Of this
city, has received his appointment as a
missionary to hin and will leave with
his family for the foreign field about
January LIST.
Deputy Sheriff Christian, of Stokes
county, passed through here today hav-
ing in charge a white woman. who
was convicted of infanticide last week
in Stokes superior court, and sentenced
to nine months in the state peniten-
tiary.