The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-05
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that a urnb Of farmers IN the Ash
pole section who could Tot settle their
accounts last fall have already settled
both last years and this years debts
and have money in the bank Tobacco
Is the cause.
Troy Examiner: There are several
cases of smallpox at Mt Gilead chiefly
confined TO negroes The situation Is
under good control-A Mr.. Deaton
wife and two children Of Montgomery
county, were bitten by a maddog last
week. They nave made arrangements
10 take the Pasteur treatment at Ba1ti-
more
Whiteville Press: The Teachers In
stitue has been in progress this week,
with about so teachers in attendance.
Mr.. w. Catlett of Wilmington is con-
Quoting it with great effectiveness. Prof.
Holloway OF Maryland gave the teach
ers interesting lectures on electricity
and Rev. j. A. Smith lccturcd on psy-
choIOgy.
Durham Herald: With stoiid indifer-
ence. no show of emotion or feeling save
the shifting of his position in mis- seat
and continual hopping OF his brow with
a handkerchief, which betrayed un-
eaSine5s, John Parker the raFist, heard
the evidence, argument Of counsel and
finally a verdict that means he must
die.
Dunn Democrat: We understand
the Atlantic Coast Line is going to give
Dunn a shifting engine some time in
September. That Dunn IS beginning to
be of Importance is being recognized by
the railroad authorities. With the sew
eral spur tracks that are put in at our
different mills and factories it requires
a great deal of shifting and consequent
~ delays the local freights at this point.
Lumberton RobesOnian: A movement
is on foot to call an election in the town
to vote on the question of issuing bonds
for the purpose of raising funds neces-
sary for installing electric light plant.
Efforts are being made to get def
G1te information as to the cost of instai
latiOn and maintenance of such a plant
and the revenue which will be derived
1herefrom. These will in due time be
given out.
Wilson News: a freight train was
wrecked Tuesday evening between
Rocky Mount ana Elm City, caused by
a drawhead pulling out and falling
across the track. Eight box cars load
ed with furniture and lumber were COM
pletely demolished. No lives were lost,
but three tramps who were on the train
were injured but not seriously. They
were carried to the Atlantic Coast Line
hospital at Rocy Dun fer treatment.
Windsor Ledger: Mr.. c.. W. Spruill,
chairman of board of county commits
Sioners, has twenty-five acres of tObacco
(and this is his first year) and has
been offered $4,000 for it i'll the field
refused 1t. He wants more, and in all
probability will get more. On this
amount of tobacco hauled to Windsor,
the trouble and expense of packing and
the freight saved would amount to no
little. This is only one instance.
Fayetteville Observer: We have dis
covered the name of the man who saved
the Atlantic Coast Line Vestibuled pas
Senger train No. 80 from a terrible
wreck early Wednesday morning. He
is not a cotton mill hand, but is d car
penter, and is at work on Mr.. H. Rays
new store on Hay street. His name is
j. l. Stewart. He. naturally asks no
reward, but, if nothing more, he should
be presented with a medal.
Concord Times: A meeting was held
at the st. Cloud hotel last Monday night
to talk over the matter OF
for exchange day September 16. 1t
seems that it has been arranged to
have here a carnival from
Cincinnati which will be here the whole
third week in September. The contract
for the coming of this company has
been signed by the town authorities.
There will be various attractions, several
free ones. 1t is guaranteed that every
thing will be clean and unobjectiona-
bic.
WadesbOrO Messenger Intellige1cer:
The result of the second primary held
Tuesday shows cOnclusively that a very
strong rotation spirit prevails il the
county. In the first primary Captain
MCLAUGHLIN, who has been clerk for
twenty-eight years, was defeated, and
Tuesday Mr.. Benton, who has held the
Office of register of deeds for ten years,
and Sheriff Grady, who has been sheriff
for three terms, met the same fate.
Mr.. job A. McRae also defeated Cap
tain Frank Bennett for the legislature.
are now two cases of small
pox in Richmond and Montgomery
counties. All the cases have been NOV
ed into Montgomery county, and q rigid
qu@rantine established. 1t is believed
that the situation is now we'll in hand
AMI that there will not be n more
cases.
Einford Express: The Sanford Indus
trl-l Association has decided to issue a
sn,1l book setting for the advantages
of Sanford as a manufacturing
tbs is a good way to advertise a
town and make it's advantages known
TO the world. The tow of Dunn issued
a book of this kind and it is said that
it was the means of bringing several
manufacturing enterprises to the place.
THE store of the Sanford Hardware
Company and the jewelry store of Mr..
j. T. Webster were robbed Wednesday
night. The THE for thieves enter
ed Mr.. WebSter's store by a window
and carried off money to the amount of
SO and about $50 or $40 worth of jewel
~. They effected an entrance to the
Hardware store by breaking a glass out
OF the front DOR and carried off about
$16 or $40 worth of razors and knives,
Search has been made for the robbers
but they are yet at large.-Mr. r.. N.
Page the democratic candidate for con-
gress from this district. has recovered
from his recent spell of sickness and
will open his campaign at Rockingham
on the md of September.
Iaurtnburg Exchange: This has been
a week of accidents among the cotton
gins of Scotland county. At Captain J.
II IChn'S gin near Tobn Stattion last