The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-16

Il OLllCL 4C IA Nh6& SSNO
! along with their sons, are now in the
| republican camp.-During the year
ending Jun Goth, 1902, there were built
in Charlotte 416 dwelling houses, ~
stores. 6 factories, 1 school house, 8
churches, 1 seven story office building
and a theatre, and five factories were
! enlarged. This, in brief. Is The record
Of one years building operations IN
| Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer: An incident that
| tried the nerves Of a number OF women
| occurred in the store OF h. a. London,
| Jr., e. Co, Saturday morning. a clos
ing-out sale had brought many custo-
mers, and there was 4 low buzz or con-
tent all over the shop until one or the
young lady clerks, in removing q roll
Of cloth dislodged a large rat, which
at once proceeded TO 10 trapeze acts
all oyer the store. The rat was given
the right of way while everybody in
the store developed surprising agility
| and climbed on the counters. The en-
tire assemblage was on the point OF
| collapse, when Mr.. j. r. Van Ness ap-
peared leading his fine, brave cat by
the hand and the rat met the tragic
| death that is duly described by the
mouser code
News and Observer: One OF the no.
blest charities instituted in this city
of recent years is what IS known as
the Ice Mission Band. The young Ia
/ dies who compose this organization have
lone a great work during the past sum-
NOR. Ice has been distributed to about
go families, and in all 1850 pounds have
been given away, during the month OF
August through the pastors and ply
sicianS Of the city. The band a been
mItiring In it's efforts to secure funds
for this object, and it is gratifying to
know that their efforts have been rich
ly rewarded. They have now in the
treasury something like $40 in cash
which will be used in distributing ice
to those INDECENT persons VINO will
need it during the winter.
Winston Sentinel: The September
term of Forsyth superior court opened
this moring, Judge Shaw, Of Green's
boro presiding. The frsa case called
| for trial was Nick Whitfield against
his three sons, Robert, edward and
| Edwine. The suit is over a will. The
| father claims that he is entitled to al
interest in the property which was
Willed to the three boys, by their moth
er. before the latter's dcath,two or three
years ago. The plaintiff says that
after his wife's death the boys made it
so unpleasant for him that he was COM
PEELED to his home, which is To-
Gated two miles east Of the city. When
court reconvened this afternoon, the
counsel for the plaintiff took a non
SuIl- AIlOlIlSI SuiI " uCClCc IL LIS
Whitfield was in her right mind when
she wrote the will. will be called on
Thursday.
err shot and killed Dennis Graham at
Proctorville Saturday. Both parties are
colored. The facts as We learn them
are that Graham some time since sold
Cooper a lot at Proctor Vile promising
to give him a deed later on. Cooper
in the meantime had erected a house
on the lot which he was using as a
store. He had several times been to
Graham for his deed but vas often put
off which resulted in some hard feeling.
Saturday, while Cooper was absent
Graham nailed up the house. When
Cooper returned he broke open the door
and entered the house w~hereupon Ora
ham appeared on the scere with his
double-barrelled o gun and advanc-
ed toward Cooper Cooper seized q
Winchester rifle standing beside the de-
pot he'd and fired two 3nots at Graham,
both of which took effect in the leg
from which he bled to death.
The state department OF agriculture
has just issued a bulletin on cattle
raising in North Carolina, which dis
cuSseS the possibilities in thai industry
and gives some useful information to
those ngaged in or who may engage
in it. In the issue of this week of the
Baltimore Manufacturers Record Mr..
G. j. Haden, of Atlanta, has 4 commu-
nication giving the results of his obser-
Va;tons in a trip through the cattle
raising ranges of the west, which con-
vir ced him that the pine regions of
Georgia are better adapted 20 success
full and profitable cattle raising than
the western plains are, for the reasons
thu there is more grass, more water,
ana that the cattle are not exposed to
the vicfssitudes Of storms that some
times come suddenly with disastrous
results pom the ranges, nor the depre-
d&tionS of the numerous packs of hun-
CRY coyotes that infest those plains,
prey upon the herds and reduce the
dividends of the Observation-Disclosures
News.
Durham Herald Sept. 7th: The great
gala week will begin tomorrow morn
ing and hold until Saturday night. 1t
will be a week of fnt and the town
will be filled with visitors. coming from
this entire section. The most interest
ing part of the carnival at this
stage Of the game is the contest for the
selection Of the queen. There has been
great interest in the contest since it
began and yesterday it reached a point
where there is considerable excitement.
For sometime the contest between Miss
Carlton. Miss Burroughs, Miss Roney
and Miss Taylor has been close but
yesterday the name of Miss Blanche
Blake, of Raleigh, who is on a visit
to Mrs. J. H. Mailer, came out as a
dark horse" is it were, and she is
now in the lead. During yesterday her
friends cast six hundred and fifty votes
for her, putting her nearly an hundred
votes ahead Of the nearest opponent.
News and Observer: The one hun
dred and eighth term Of the University
of North Carolina opened Monday Under
the most favorable conditions with over
two hundred students registering, but
this is by no means a proper indication
Of the number of students present. as
many Of them postponed registration
until the last day. Today ana Wednes-
day. many think will swell the number
to six hundred, making the year 1902 a
record breaker in attenda ce.-The
opening OF st . Mary's school on Thurs
day, the 18th, promises to be a record
breaker. DIR. Bratton, the rector says
that more applications have come in
J since the first Of August than could be
/ ndle The boarding canacity of