The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-10
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W~iIkesboro Chronicle: Hon. r. a.
DoughtOn has been nominated for the
Legislature in Allegheny county by the
democrats The democrats are putting
out their best men and val win.
Elizabeth City Economist: Work on
the new railroad that Is to be built
by the Suffolk & Carolina Co. enter
ing this city will be commenced in q
few days. A letter was rece'V ed here
this week from the Company stating
that work would be commenced as soon
as certain papers were properly signed
and sent in. The. ape have been
signed and sent in.
Gastonia Gazette: The wOrn of lay
ing the standard guage rails on the
Carolina and North Western south OF
GastOnia was begun Wednesday and
is being pusheI right forward There
are twenty men on the rail guage, and,
as q gentleman prominently connected
with the road informed thn reporter
yesterday. they ought 20 place q mile
of rail per day. At his rate the line
will be completed to Chester inside OF
two months.
Webster's WY: Fay Thomas,
colored, who lives d mile or so 10 the
south OF Reide.iIIe went out hunting
LAST THURSDAY. Not finding any game,
he soon returned and IN putting his
gun on the stairs the trigger came IN
contact with the steps and IN some
way was fired. the load hitting his
belt, which was filed WIN smells
which We're sOOr shooting in every di-
rccti0n. Thomas was hit a dozen or
more times, dyiTg at once
There IS a socialist party in Forsyth
county and they met The othe~ day and
nominated candidates for the legisla-
fure and the county offices. The Win
stOn Journal s. IS they adopted a plat
form reaffirming the Declaration of In
dependence, demanding free access to
the o. nature, insisting that
the tremendous machinery Of prOduc-
ton belongs to those VINO create it.
hailing the trusts as educators OF the
people, demanding Il reduction: IN OIL
GERS salaries n demanding that the
exemption from be raised 10
$1,000.
Asheyille Gazette: A general impress
sion seems to prevail outside the state
that North Carolina has passed 4 cog
law. There has been enough noise
made abut the AshevIiie ordinance to
give ground for this supposition. The
Knoxville Sentinel pathCticatly says
North Carolina has a dog law. Ten
neSse had one once Or the hundredI
members of the tennessee legislature
which passed this law, only two ever
succeeded in getting elected again. All
politicians are acquainted with the
incident. and this explains the we'll
known eagerness OF officials everywhere
to enforce dog laws
Gastonia News: Gastonia las n of
the longest streets in North Carolina.
If you don't believe il start at the
town limits at the Ozark mill and walk
through the business portion of the
city via the MOdena mills, Avon mills,
Trenton mills and Loray n take a
look at the Arlington and maybe If
you listen you can hear the Dig slrenl
whistle of the Ozark in the distance.
Parks Huffstetler exteEded h street.
from the town limits at the Loray IN
the direction of the Arlington mill
Wednesday. 1t is q distance close on
to Jour miles. At soma time not be-
yonu reasonable expectations We will
see a street car making trips along|
this long street.
Sanford Express: y mad dog ere
ated no little excitement in lower
Chatham and in Pocket township, this
county, last week. He was first seen
in Chatham on last Thursday, n I'M
his rounds he bit several dogs. He
came over to this county on Friday
and bit every dog he met. While on
his way to Sanford Saturday morning
Mr.. Neill Buie met the dog at Wood
ards bridge and had Il narrow escape.
A lady not knowing the dog was
1ldu, caught LII dIIu pAI " OAAo ODI
his neck. He was latec shot and killed
by Mr.. Zeb Mcpherson. Some of the
logs that were bitten Lave been killed,
but it thought hat some of them are
still at large
Durham Herald: 1t is learned that
Mr.. Leonard Charles Van Noppen, al
former Durham boy and now poet.
author and lecturer, was married last
week in Jamestown, New York. Miss
Adah Becker. q prominent II accom-
plished social and literary young LADY,
of that town is the bride. Mr.. Van
Noppen expects to take his bride on|
a trip to Holland sometime during the
winter, after he has irishe.: several
courses Of lectures for which he isl
booked. 1t my be OF interest to his
Durham friend to know that Mr.. NanI
Noppen will soon publish two more
volumes of translatiNns from the
Dutch and also an original lyrical dra-l
ma entitled "Beltshazzar," which he
hopes to have staged.
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