The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-16
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Danbury Reporter: An immense me-
teor vas seen 10 fall near Danbury last
Saturday night by a number OF cItizens:
Its size IS said TO nave been as that OF
a nail keg, though some whose Tears
possibly lent eX~aggeration to tnelr per
spective, say is was tremendously large
ard win a tail half a mile long No
report has been received OF the me'
since.
Express: An old darkey IN
Gui.ford county has probably struck a
h1cky streak. He owns a farm
az "a acres. on which tradition mas
always said there was gold Inc on
darkey concluded q few days a6O HS
would 20 prospecting, and the sScoLI
day ne struck a rich vein Oh Eold o. -
copper. Parties have offered TO '1Ae
an option OF $500 on me PFOPH"
the negro mas refused IL
Raleigh Times: The Atlanta JouLnal
sunday contained a picture Vi
Holm II WInder. The Journal SdS7-
.ua Wfnder Is pre-i4ent Of the D4usI-
,ar- - the COufederaCy or CO4uilOue'
ShIo ard has been visiting her SISTERS
~ 10 and Mrs. Fellows In Macon
Ca Mrs. Winder is just from C ~
leans where she won the nSdI's %
by her charming. maSnetc, spu'iH
impulse. Before her marriage -
Hi.z Tucker, OF Raleigh, North LAR"
Lima
Greensboro Record: A local tax elec-
fion was held in Deep RIVER chCIch
Jts+rict High Point township, last sat
u-Tsv and carried by d vote OF 10 To l.
ri. being the number of votes In the
IisTrirt An election was also held N
Crooua district, Sumner township, and
carried by a handsome majority rms
makes a total of nine districts In Gull
ford county that have voted a local tax
FOR school purposes. OF all the elections
held there has never been a failure to
vote the special tax
Charlotte Observer: A white woman.
who gave her name az Mrs. Saran
PAYNE Of Roanoke, Va, was robbed OF
500 i'm money and some clothes on West
Trade street last night at II o'clock, by
a coIOTed porter. Mrs. Payne said that
her husband had deserted her at Roam
axe and that she with her three chill
dren, a small boy and twins only TWO
years old. were going to Jacksonville
Fla. were she has an uncle ana Whefe
her mother lives. She came IN on the
local. No. IS. from the north, n IN
tended to spend the night here
Durham Herald December 10.-The
advance guard OF Baptists who VIII
make UD the seventy SCLOAAO oAhiN
state convention reached here yesterday
and last night. A gOodly number came
in this advance movement and by today
the city will be ~thrOnged- The conNeu-
ton proper will convene this evening :
which time the Introductory sermon Will
be preached at the First Baptist church
by DR.. Calvin S. Blackwell, OF VII
mington, who is one of the leading
Baptist divines in the state. n con
-z-+s-, mill also hn nTU1 nIZe1 OnlSR
and will get dow to regular busine 81
tomorrow morning.
Fort Mills, Is. c. Special to Char
Iotte Observer: Dodgers printed In ap-
propriate red. addressed to the sporting
public, were circulated here today, an
nouncing hat there would be a pull
fight, cOck-fighting, q dog hSht ana Il
fox chase at Il point near ROCK HIN OH
the 18th instant. 1t is further stated
that there will be a double enclosure
and the admission fee will be one dol
lar, and that the two bulls Will be regis
tered Jersey, each four years old, anu
weighing about u thousand pounds
zach. The place designated has Tor
some years been a rendezvous lot ne
voices of the cock fight. but the Dull
fight is a new feature.
Monroe Journal: Captain S. w Par
ham has turned over checks to the
PRESBYTERIAN and Methodist churches D.
this city for S4S1.26. and S6O6. respec-
lively. from the SeabOard Air Line ram
road. When the materials for the new
buildings al these churches were pelhS
hauled Captain Parham made appLca-
tion to the road to give a half rate on
freight. The company told him to keep
ALI the vouchers of freight paid by them
and the matter would be considered. w."
checks above were a return OF half the
amount paid by each. h very Noeral
treatment nf the Is very niuch
appreciated by the two
News and Observer A New YORK
dispatch says: THE atlantic Coast
Line Company has made a rather pet
ter showing than other southern line
this year. This is indicated by lncreaS.
ed gross earnings in four months OF
1906 600, of which S52S,OCO appears as net
EARNINGS. The following was said 3D.
on behalf of the company: 'Both OF the
Iast two statements of the Atlantic
Coast Line have shown a good, healthy
expansion in gross earnings, a fa'' 80
Dortjon of whic nave been devoted 10
Increased The s"tockholders
should be satisfied with the progress
making, and the directors seem Justllen
in the recent increase in the dividend.