The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-10
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Receipts-News Notes.

Greensboro, y. c.. Octcbe- e.
United States court for tie trial OF
criminal cases opened here his morn
ing, the attendance being very smaiI.
Judge Boyd gave a very comprehen-
sive charge to the grand jury. dwell
ing particularly upon The offensa Of
c~onviving with distillers by officers to
defraud the government, ard declared
that of the two the officer deserved the
greater punishment. Today being Ran
dolph, Alamance and Davidson day.
and there being very few Violations of
the revenue law in those coluties. there
Will be little for the court TO do. To-
morrow will be Forsyth and Stokes
day, when the crowd will thicken and
Wednesday being Wilkes and Yadkin
day, the town will be in Il work with
witnesses, defendants, lawyers, etc.
The cases on the docket. Solicitor Hol-
ton informed me, are trivial, the only
matter of great public interest being
the famous Amos Owens Cherry Tree
cases. Owing to reported sickness of
some of the defendants, these cases
will not be taken UP until Wednesday.
Mr.. j. c. Ballentine, who is indicted
in the federal court for unlawful use
Oh the mails in connection with the
Amos Owens Cherry Tree case. arrived
from his home in Georgia last night.
Mr.. Ballentine is not expecting the in
dictment against him TO be pushed.
From what he states he is to be COM
Serated along with many others. He
SlmDlV purchased hn cau- hlo,1,
stock an the Cherry Tree corporation.
expecting to get large legitimate divi-
lends, n he has not only failed to
get a cent, but is already out of pocket
500 in the way of travelling, court and
expenses, to keep himself out
of the penitentiary. He has also lost
nearly three months solid sleep study
ing about it. There is great interest in
the outcome of the refunding arrange
ment, and receiver Cowles is expected
TO have a big mount on hand to be
distributed among those who were
buncoed.
Chief of Police Scott arrived last
night from Pocahontas, Va, where he
went Friday to bring back the wife
murderer, Green McAdoo. He didn't
bring him. Tho man arrested ard held,
though remarkably like McAdoo in
size, complexion and general appear
ance, was not he. Out of the 80 peo-
pie here who were shown the photo
graph taken of the suspect ana sent
here to Chief Scott before he left, 81
declared as soon as they saw it
That's Green" One negro, however,
said, "Them's not Green's legs. Green
was shorely bowlegged.' And so it
proved.
Captain d. E. Savage, chief inspector
Of the southern railway with head
quarters here, died yesterday after
noon at Johns Hopkins hospitaI. Balti-
more, where he had ~nne SeverrI days
ago for an operation. His remains were
carried to Rocky Mount last night and
he will be buried with Knights of
Pythias honors, he being an al daru AMI
influential member of that order. Cap
tain Savage was highly esteemed here
and the news of his death has been re-
ceived with great regret.
Last night at s o'clock. Miss ESteIle
May Perigo, of Poswell, Ind. was mar
ried at the Allen House, this city. to
Mr.. E. ]. Marvin, formerly of Indiana,
but more recently representative OF the
Dehring Harvesting and Machinery
Company with headquarters at Green's
boro. The bride came all the way from
Indiana alone. They had been lovers
since childhood and the long trip was
taken by the plucky little lady to save
the useless double trip there ana back
by the groom. Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
left this morning for Asheville to make
their home there, Mr.. Marvin having
been assigned that territory by his
house.
The receipts at the Greensboro post
office for the six months ending Sep
TENDER 80. 1902, aggregated SIS, 297 .6S, as
against SIG, 10S.SS for the same period
last year This is a gain of 81, 1894
over the six months of last year and
at this rate of increase in the receipts
h office will be made a first class
postoffice next year. The p~ostoffice de-
partment requires that the annual re-
ceipts of an office to be first class shall
be SAC, 900. This is gratifying news ana
is only another evidence of the fact
that the city is growing wonderfully
fast.
Capt. J. w. Fry. the president says
that the annual meeting of the Indus
trial Association will be held the latter
part of this month at which time Off
GERS will be elected. new committees
appointed and the work of another
year mapped out.
Architect J. H. Hopkins of this city,
has prepared plans for a three story
brick store building for McCrary- Red
ding Hardware Company, OF Asheboro.
The front will be of handsome design
in two shades press brick granite
trimmings IN galvanized iron cor
nices. The building is designed for q
general hardware business and car
riage repository and Will be a modern.