The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-30
a CAROLINA.

lnasion OF the Presidency Inc COI&Ee
has beer essive and prosperous
Under his management His successor
has not Vet been chosen.
WaynssviIle Courier: Cade & Boone.
real estate agents. have sold a farm
lnear Balsam. containing sS5 L. acres
Ito a gentleman in the Niagara section
here next month to take possession OF
lais purchase. He intends to plant an
apple orchard and raise other fruits.
The consideration was $500
Alamance Gieanor. tn Cooleemes
mills will give he operatives the bene-
Iit Of a graded school. A modern schcoi
building will he erected within the
next few months and all arrangements
perfected for the opening OF the school
by September Ist II Ia probable that
several public schools viii be con-
Isolidated and tat the Cooleemee dis
trict will number nearly 1000 school
children.
Durham Herald. At a late hour last
night Will Hudgins "a white man who
,laims Danvills as his home. was ar
lrested by Constable r T. Lea upos
the charge of passing counterfeit
money. He MAS locked up and will b.
given n hearing before Justice Avcnt
today. Hudgir.s passed an old ten dol
ar MecklenbuTv bill on Mrs. r. 3.
lynn in East Durham and IL was for
this that he was arrested.
Franklin Times: The old liners
lwho met in the court house. last Sat
urday. and elected Jas. l. Moore. chair
man. say. by their action. that they
do not the right of Senator
Pritchard or any one else 10 thrust
aside the plan Of organization OF the
republican party. and put 4 chairman
ov|T them who they do not want. and
who, they say has never voted the
Ticket" 1t is said that some regular
tea table" chat took place last SAT-
urdav " some OF the old lin
lers' and the "newies.' and that lnvi-
tations were extended TO the old I'm
lers' TO go to a hotter place than
this" For tho present the invitation
was respectfully declined. and the
"newies" were given to understand by
the "old Liners" that they would be
~"seeing them FL along"
Webster's Weekly: Mr.. Levin Moore
had an excellent horse killed by light
ming one day last week. The man who
was blowing II At tn time was shock
ed by the bolt, but soon recovered. Mr..
Moore a owned the horse only n
snort time. paying a good price for IT
= n sale o. ~cabbages has fallen OF
as n result OF the scare about cab-
bage snakes. We hav never seen one
of the reptiles. but there are plenty Of
people who believe the reports as to
I'm" danger OF going up against one.
= The bantam hen of our Heb-ew
friend. Simon Roman. to which refer
fence was made In our last issue. made
lfhe following record after the item ap-
peared; Thursday. one egg; Friday
Two eggs: Saturday, three eggs. Her
ordinary product Is two n dag.
Greensboro Record: Just as No. %
~northbound train was pulling out from
the station at noon today a white wo-
man whose name could not be learned
Tell under n OF the cars while at
tempting to board the train by one OF
me V~estibuled platforms. Mr.. p. u
l'Ilod, Jr, was standing near and
Icaught her anu pulled her from under
the wheels in time to save her from in
l2ury; = TIL. Seventh cavalry OF
IChcie SANS army passed through
greensboro about 9 o'clock this morn
ing en- route from Cuba to Chfcka-
manga park, Georgia. 1t required two
trains to transport the regiment. A
magnificent band ompanyfn the
soldiers rendered several selections ON
iIne STATION platform here to the de-
lhght OF q large number OF our citf-
lZens who CHANGED to b. In that vicin-
lity..
observer: 6ahinR
Iparty or young ladies and gentlemen
ION Billiards. pond in Cedar creek sat
luruay came very near ermInating fin n
Tragedy. The boat containing Miss Ber-
ltle Geddie. daughter OF Mr.. J. d. Ged-
lole, q young man, turned over and
both went down in fifteen feet Of water.
our young attorney, Mr John w. RoI-
lton, who was in a nearby boat. fump-
ed overheard and caught Mss Geddie
I1ust as she sank for the third time.
he swan ashore with her, where she
was soon resuscitated. The young man
was able to swim and took care of him.
self. - Work on two now mills for
the Hope Mills Manufacturing Compa-
ny will begin in a week or two. one
VIII be a finishing mill and the other a
weaving shed. This means a big addf-
ltion to the population Of Hope Mills
Nos. ! and 2. A number OF new looms
were placed In the mill at No. I Satur-
day.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Merry Graf
ton Springs died last evening at 7:zs
o'clock at his loom In the Central no.
tel He had been in declining health
Tor a year or more and. suffering from
"a severe attack Of grippe. had been
Ic~onfned to his room since last Jam
Iuary. Until a fortnight z his friends.
KNOWING his wonderful vitality, had
hoped that he you'd rally and recover
NdiIh- nOt N'IHIllCdllODS set In thai
toretold speedy dissolution. For the
last three days he had been In dying
lconoition and for some hours before
MS death was unconscious. - Here's
a bullet that was fired from a 1s-cau-
lbre Smith and Wesson pistol" said
Mr.. +. o. Landis. as he held M a
twisted piece OF lead. I'm cAuiey
lstore at Mt. GIlsad, Montgomery coun-
), a deputy sheriff fired on a negro
llOI Ten Ieet Instant and THE h.rt.s
STRUCK the negro square In the back
OF the head and knocked him down
he arose, plucked out the bullet from
Iunhurt." '
L~nariotte Observer: Mamie White.
Goiored' the ll-year-oid daughter of
william White, Of Providence tor
Snip, was criminally assaulted ana So
lnously injured yesterday morning by
hi!en Bass' a young white man. who
mas a Dad character I'm police circles
"A warrant has been fssrad o. De-.