The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-20
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levening.
Alamance Cleaner: The prosecution
lof the survey Of the Graham, Burling-
ton and River Falls Street railways
has been interrupted for the past ten
days on account OF Chief Engineer z.
w. Meyers being called to Greensboro
as a witness in the Cone dam case
Charlotte Observer: As the work on
the Carnegie library progresses talk is
rife as to the selection OF a librarian.
Thus far Nh. r y. Tidy is the only
candidate for the office that has been
manned. Members of several of the local
book clubs have taken his candidacy
vigorously in hand.
Fayetteville Observer: Mary Fisher, a
negro woman was brought up from
Rockish Saturday and placed in jail.
She had a negro named John H. Nc
Neil indicted before Squire John Ros-
lin Smith, charging him with a The
magistrate decided that the prosecution
was malicious and taxed the woman
with the costs. She failed to pay the
lsame and was committcd to Jail.
Washington Gazette: A postal from
Aurora says: Good rains here. Crops
were never better. Shipments of pota-
toes very heavy. Monday we shipped
over four thousand barrels, and they
were potatoes, not culis. The crop will
all be about gone forward by the. last
tof this or next week. There Is no better
l~section to be found anywhere for truck
ling than this. All thai we need to make
this the garden spot of the state. is a
railroad hat will give us quick trans
lportation, n a railroai we must have.
Goldsboro Argus: Mrs. mo-. Ed. Epps,
who lives at 405 John street, North,
found a chicken in a strawberry baskeZ
on top of her kitchen safe Monday
morning. Her attention was attracted
by the chirping of the young chicken,
which had just freed itself from the old
egg shell. About three weeks 6 Mrs.
Epps put two eggs in the basket which
she placed on top of the safe and forgot
them. The other egg in the basket is
dipped. The reader will hav to draw
his or her own conclusion as to how the
change came about.
Kinston Free Press. Mr.. Clarence
Bond, a young white hoy, severely cut
christopher Columbus Gray, a colored
man, Saturday afternoon. Gray priced
some sausage at the market of Mr.. w.
r. Bond, father of Clarence. The latter
says Gray made a remark in a very in
ISOlent manner and m if he
would give that" and that he, Clarence,
told him he didn't have to buy them.
IClarence says Gray then applied a vile
Iepithet to him and that he cut him.
IuSlilS d uulClCI hllIS. 0loS "oS Sot
several gashes in the back, and one on
the left hand.
Mt. Airy News: When engaged in the
tan bark business in the mountains
near Dan river. Mr.. W. H. Cody shot
the largest American or bald eagle ever
lseen in this part of The country. 1t
measured sever feet and five inches
from tip to tip of wing, and weighed
22k pounds. Mr.. Cody shot the man.
H. NJ @ min urhI1n r yv0 G
carrying off a fat, two monthS-old
lamb. 1t is thought by some that this
eagle was 200 or more years old. as a
small Indian arrow point was found i'm
Ibedded in his breast. This incident
may throw some light on the g at
tanned by the American eagle.
Charlotte Observer: NIr. E. d. Latta,
Jr. is expected to arrive from Princeton
to-day or tomorrow. In being first hon.
or man in a class of 3SJ graduating stu
dents he made the highest record that
has been made at Princeton in six year.
THE record of this Charlotte man should
be a source of pride. not only to his
relative and friends, but to the munich
pality.-Sentence against Rev. T.
bright, DR.. Frank Blight and c. D.
Wilkie will be pronounced today. The
case against Mr.. NJ. McRrayer and Mr..
b. A. Justice will not be tried until the
next term of the district court.
Chapel Hill Special to the Charlotte
iObserver: The ninth session Of the uni
versity summer school for teachers
lopened this morning. Besides those
who will make up the teaching force of
the school, there are about fifty persons
already to attend it's sessions, n this
is a greater number of students than
ARE usually present in h morning at
the opening day. The faculty will be
composed largely of graded school men,
and most of the students now arrived
come from the city schools Of the state.
The indications are favorable for a
pheasant term Of the summer school.
Lumberton R~obesonian: An attempt
Twas made to burglarIle the residence
of Mr.. w. J. Prevatt Sunday morning
iabout 8 o'clock. Mrs. PreVatt was
awake at the time the attempt was
made and hearing some noise like the
iopening of a shutter locked out of the
window and saw a man screening him
self behind a half opened blind of a
window which reached TO the floor of
the portico. Selling his pistol Mr.. Pre-
watt ran to the window but the burglar
had disappeared. On the same night
the Stats in one of the blinds on the
residence of Sheriff IcLeod were cut
and the window opened but it is not
known whether an entrance was made
or not.
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philadelphia, one of the incorporators
and leading financiers of the proposed
electric railroad to connect High Point,
Winston, Greensboro, Guilford College
and Kernersville, Archdale, Jamestown
and Thomasville, has been making a
personal inspection of the territory on
foot for several days and tells the
Greensboro correspondent of the Char
llotte Observer that he is we'll pleased
with conditions. His company Will hold
an organization meeting at High Point
"wednesday, at which time definite
lplans will be settled and if the enter
prise is to be, officers will be elected and
the thing put right through.
Raleigh Post: A bulletin issued by the
theological survey states hat barytes is
mined in quantities in Madison county
near Marshall and Hot Springs, n IT
has also been found near Hillsboro. 1t
lis employed in the manufacture OF pa
lper, paints and rubber, n also In the
preparation of a material used to coat
lcanvas sacks in which hams are put up
flor sale. Experiments ere being made