The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-28
n CAROLINA.

j. Nipper shot and killed Quincy
dams. who attacked him. at the Falls
or the Neuse river in Wake county. A
case OF self-defense.
Hon. Benjamin Franklin Grady. az
Clinton. Is 20 deliver The Memorial adj
dress at Goldsboro on the 10th OF May.
He viii make a good one. He "a nm old
Confederate and knows whereof he
speaks.
Monroe Journal: The body of Mr..
Frank Turner. an account Of whose
drowning in Florida was given last
week. was found last Wednesday morn
ing. having been IN the water since the
preceding Thursday night.
Tarboro Southerner: Captain William
III. W died at his lone near Battle
o Monday morning ct 90, O'Clock.
He was born August 3lst, isss. He
was a man generally brave and true.
respected and esteemed by all who
knew him.
Raleigh News and Observer: Clay
ton. N C. March 22.-Foster Barnes.
son OF Mr.. W. A. Barnes. broke his arm
while swinging one day the past week
While the physician was dressing and
splintering IT. WILDER. a young son.
came in with one OF his broken In the
same way.
Durham Herald: II Is now probable
that there may be street car connec-
tons between Durham and Chapel Hin
At an early date. II Is certain that
this will be done IL the peopre OF Chapel
Hin are really in earnest about want
ing the connections and will give sup
port to the move.
Tarboro Southerner: Jim Boston
who POISONED DR.. Tayloe's family I'm
washington has ~nnsaSSaj hfe -,,us IL
SAYS that his purpose was to kill the
old colored woman. That DIR. Tayloe
had come out to the stable for his
horse and this act led him to believe
that the family had breakfasted so he
put rough on rats IN the coffee and
hash. Boston gives as his reason for
attempting 10 kill the old woman a fear
that she would coniure him
Cleveland Star: Miss Clevie Wealth
ers. who fell and fractured her knee
cap and sustained other serious lnjur-
les last fall. is now up n out again
She had not walked any for several
months until Mr.. Sam II. Harris. who
is here on business from Charlotte.
h~ypnotiZed her. and since then she has
been constantly improving. She has
completely regained the use OF her
limbs and was up street last week for
the first time In several weeks.
Greensboro Telegram: Last night Mr..
Bob Skean who lives on East Washing
ton street this side OF the railroad.
heard some one trying to get in at his
front door. Mr.. Skean cot up. took his
gun. and went to the door. Mr.. Skean
shot hroug the door. IN "A Iew ll.o-
ments he went outside. There vas no
trace of his visitor. Later in the night
a party OF colored men brought a
rounded negro to Fariss' drug store
i 49, - ss-a - t.
the house on Washington street. The
thumb OF his right hand was shot to
pieces and the second finger OF the
same ham was less the first Joint. In
his stomach were fifteen or twenty
squirrel shot.
Hendersonville Times: Rev. Richard
Wainwright died Monday 1T Fillmore
He had been very i'll for some time: an
operation was performed last week. but
is was of nc avail. The funeral SER
vices were conducted Wednesday after
noon at All Souls church by the rec
ton. Rev. r. r. Swipe. Mr.. Wainwright
was well known in tbs count and
could count n number of our prominent
CitiZe~s among his personal friends
Nearly eighteen years ago he came
here and settled at Rowman's BLUM.
where he resided until last year. He
then decided TO leave that place and
! ms IA'FSA - hANA~
as an unconditional gift to the Episco-
PAL church. He was 4 man Of exteTEive
travel and wide experience. lie was
corn in England and served as a mis-
siOnary In Labrador and afterwards In
the Hawaiian islands. He was seventy
two years of age at the time of hi
death.
Charlotte Observer: Mr. w. w. f.
rough. OF the Oslesby Dewitt Company.
r.
city from a trip through western North
Carolina. Mr.. Burroughs said that the
reports conserving the heavy floods and
the rapid erosion of the land on the
mountain sides are not at all
ated. He said that the washing away
Of the mountain sides where the forests
had been destroyed was something
and that some OF the lands
which are now being cultivated will i'm
a few years be barren wastes.-The
accidental discharge of Il shotgun yes
terday morning so badly decorated the
leg OF Minnie Allen. a white woman.
ivirg at 421 West Fill street that am
putation. above the knee, was neces-
sary.-A telegram received here yes
terTay stated that Mr.. Hugh Stewart,
Of Montgomery. Ala. a native OF this
county. had died yesterday at noon. in
Notwithstanding from five knife
wounds on his left side and declaring
that he had been cut by the noted Gus
Abernethy. the negro who gently es-
capped from the chain gang. James STAN
ri'. a drunken white man. was taken TO
the police station last night at $50
O'Clock TO have his wounds dressed
Stancirs condition excited no sympathy.
By his own admission he was In the
house Of Grace Miller. coIored. when he
was attacked by two men. one OF whom
he ~~ers is Abernethy.