The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-15
EoRTH CAROLINA.

New Bern Journal: 1t has been the
Eaus OF much severe that
" persons who on their own admis-
sion a been in d house where small
pOX existed should be allowed To 90
= about our streets unmoleste6.
Special to Charlotte Observe-Morven.
Arson county, N. c., Aug. 9-The first
new bale OF cotton for this state was
sold at Moryen, at s o'clock his morn
ing. 1t was sold to J.. L. Little & Co,
for ten cents. The Dale weighed COZ
POUNDS and was raised by Mr.. P. E.
Ratliff.
AsheVille Citizen: D. S. Watson has
Twelve tomato plants that average
eight feet high, and have produced
over one pounds of ripe fruit
the first Of which We're picked April IL
Nj Watson says he will get over 30
ponds more from those plants. They
Wi! bear until frost kills the vines. He
does not know how much higher they
VIII grow.
Winston Sentinel: The Republican
judicial convention of the fifteenth dis
Jrltt has broken the unique record Of
the democratic convention for this dis
trict, which, it will De remembered,
for Judge a candidate for
SOIcItor. The republican convention re-
ferred to nominated for judge a candi-
date for solicitor and. also, nominated
for solicitor a candidate for judge.
Elm City Elevator: The figures re-
Gently issued for the past year show
that North Carolina leads in the num-
! Der of licensed whiskey distiIleries.
/ Of the 1858 establishments Of this Kind
in the United States, 516 are in North
Carolina, this being about 80 per cent.
of the total number. 1t is also a fact
that TEpra "a rl a- N nv Illicit -.
les in this state as in any other state
OF the union.
Durham Herald: Sergeant w. G.
Crabtree has returned from Boston and
BrOcktOn, Mass. and for the second
time he came empty handed. He did
not get Monroe Rogers but a hearing of
the case will be a later and the ser
geant IS of the opinion that Rogers will
finally be brought to Durham for trial.
Rogers does not make any denial of
his identity or the fact that he fired
the home of Mr.. Whitaker but he and
his friends are saying that if he is
brought back here he will be lynched
n not given a fair trial. This is their
only plea.
Wilson Times: There was a severe
hail and wind storm In Wilson county
Wednesday afternoon. The wind storm
was general, but more severe in some
sections tina others. In SpringhilI,
. Cross Roads and part of Taylors town.
ships the wind was very severe indeed,
blowing down fences, trees, and injur-
ing crops. In Cross Roads township
Mr.. Martin Raper's pack-house was
blown down, injuring his entire crop of
tobacco: His loss will be considerable.
over in Mr.. Tude Williams section,
near Elm City, the hail was very heavy,
the hail did considerable damage in that
section.
Sanford Express: Messrs. Fits &
Crabtree are now converting their plant
into a furniture factory and expect to
put II in operation in abOut ten days.
Our merchants expect 10 haV q
good trade the coming fall. From pres
EAprospects there will be good crops
mVIe in this section, n that means
that all will be benefitad.--Mr. G. G.
RiVenbark, of Wilmington, has accept
ed a position in the office of the South
ern and Atlantic Coast Line at this
place.-A. and c.. Wright, of Rich
mOnd, Va, are the contractors who are
at work on the extension Of the Cape
Fear and Northern railroad.
from Fauquier to Smiiey's Falls and
thence to Fayetteville. This is the road
the Dukes own.
News and Observer: There has been
a mighty exodus from the republican
party Slice the COIlSLIIullOIIdI dI'I6Ilu-
= ment went into effect SAID Mr.. K. L..
LeatherwOod, of Swain, to the Asheville
Citizen. Our judiciary will be redeem
ed and we will have ten democratic con-
gressrlen from North Carolina. We will
also nave Il democratic senator and
all western North Carolina knows who
he will be and hat is Locke Craig. The
west is for him and unless l am very
much mistaken, judging from the eX-
pressions heard at the state democrat
&c convention by leading men all over
North Carolina. the entire people of the
state are for him."
New Bern Journal: An attempt TO
import Italian laborers int the i'm
mense lumber tracts of Beaufort andCar
teret ountieS has met with i storm of
opposition from the laborerS there and
they say they will not tolerate foreign
eTs working with them.-Another mad
dog was killed by Policeman a. l.. Bry-
Il Yesterday. The animal was on Att
more street and had a bad attack of the
rabies and was reported as a terrible
object TO see. So far as known there
were no other dogs bitten--Mr. @. n.
Emmett exhibited yesterday at mis- store
an interesting relic, a block cut Of the
historic Charter Oak" The date mark
ed on the block is 1857 but it stood until
1852. 1t has been in the possession of Mr..
Ennett's father for MANY years.
ACharlotte Observer: Mr.. j. ]. Shu-
who lives at 6S1 South Church
Street, was telling yesterday OF a rather
strange occurrence which happened at
his house a few nights agNl Shortly
after he IA retired and before the fam
lily had gone to bed his cat, with her
three half-grown kittens rushed in at
the back door and began 20 run and
romp all over the house. At first he
thought that the animals were merely
playing, but when they increased their
antics he decided that they were mad.
At last all the felines went to the
dining room. NJ. Shuman followed, and
shutting the door, Il a light. He
discovered that a young 'possum. not
much larger than a rat was clinging to
the throat of one of the kittens. In
their energetic movements the cats had
been trying to get rid of the self-impos-