The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-22
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LumbertOn Argus: We regret to
chronicle the Heath of the aged Robt
7McNair, of Alma, which occurred sud
denly Monday morning, while he was
putting on his shoes.
Washington Progress: On Monday
the 4th inst, Mr.. ]. ]. Laughinghouse,
OF Pitt county, sustained much damage
from a hal storm. He mad lis acres of
tobacco insured in the Park Region In
surance Company, of Michigan, which
Is doing business in this state. The
hail ruined so acres and damaged more
slightly. The damage was adjusted
Friday, the Sth, giving nIm $500 dam
ages.
AshebOro Courier: DR.. Wooden and
Mr.. Bowden were caught out" in the
storm on Wednesday Of last week.
shaw's barn, hitching their horse in
centre of the barn: Fearing the barn
might fall they went cut. Soon the
barn fell and for an hour and q half
they and others worked getting the tim
bers away to find to their surprise at
last the hOurse uninjured.
Charlotte Special TO Raleigh POST
Charlotte, n. c., Aug. I.-News from
all over this county today is that the
heavy storm of last night and early
this morning has badly damaged the
OOA-- NAAN NONACA4 AOIyDs IN sN0N = IA
occurred at daybreak and was accom-
panied by wind and hail IN some sec
tions and terrific lightning. Trees were
blown down in the country, buildings
~unrOOfed and cotton stripped Of it's
fruit. The storm appears to have been
pretty general throughout the county.
Salisbury Truth: Jonas Sheppard was
in the city Wednesday showing a lot
OF we'll made Indian spear heads. Mr..
Sheppard was doing some work near a
branch on the place of Calvin Kesler in
this county, when he ran across forty
five of them. They were nicely placed
and buried probably by an Indian war
rior Of the long ago. We secured two
from Mr.. Sheppard, the larger one
measuring 81 inches in length and 3k
inches wide at the shoulder, and weigh
ed one pound and eight ounces.
Statesville Landmark: Luke Russell,
OF Institute, Lenoir county, committed
suicide last week by shooting himself
in the head with a pistol. He had been
in a low state of mind for some time,
due to the fact that he had lost two
valuable mules, which caused him to
get behind with his CROP. Mr.. Russell
had made several unsuccessful attempts
TO kill himself Observation-Disclosures
DOughtOn is seriously Ill with typhoid
Governor DOughton is seriously i'll with
typhoid fever at his nome at Sparta.
Reidsville Review: At 1880 o'clock
Thursday night the home o. Mr.. New
ton Coke at Spray caught fire and was
burned to the ground. Mr.. Coke and
his family work in one OF the cotton
mile and were on night duty. At home
were left two little girls aged 10 and
u years. They were asleep at the
time of the fire and would have been
burned to death but for the fact that
some one in passing discovered the
blaze, broke open the door and rescued
the children, who were of their
great danger. a large crowd soon gath
cred and saved most Of the furniture.
Greensboro Telegram: We are re-
Quested by Mr.. w. 7. Sergeant. chair
man of the water and light commission.
10 notify all persons who are using the
city water for sprinklinS lawns. ETC., to
stop at once. The water supply, Mr..
Sergeant says, is lower than was ever
known. There is just this about it,"
Mr.. Sergeant said today. The people
have got to stop using the water for
sprinkling. If they won stop on this
request we will send 1roun and cut
off the water ourselves. The use of wa
ter except for absolutely necessary pur-
poses must stop until We get in better
shape"
Rockingham Anglo-Saxon: We are
glad to learn that DR.. Thomas r.. Little,
of the James Walker Memorial Hospi-
tai, after having been very i'll with ty-
phOid fever. in Wilmington, has passed
the crisis, and is speedily IMPROVING
One case of smallpox was reported to
the county authorities last Saturday
by DR.. Brown, of C~Ovingtor. The pa
tient is Il young colored boy named
Walter Kendall. He was in h upper
edge Of the county neal Montgomery
line. There are six cases Just across
the line in Montgomery and they have
all been placed together in Il pest hous
in Montgomery. 1t was carried there
from High Point.
Harmony Correspondent of StaTesvilIe
Landmark: There have been most de-
structive hail storms in this section
during this season ever known in the
memory o. the oldest citizens. There
is a belt extending from Eagle Mills
eastward to near the county line, three
or fou miles wide, that has been swept
by several of these storms. the first
n in May. OF course they are very
local in their nature ard, as & rule,
any one place in this belt was not visit
ed more than once, but the hail wrought
a great destruction wherever it Went.
In the early spring 1t beat off the fruit
and in some places entirely destroyed
wheat. Later it cut up ;he young corn
and almost entirely destroyed some cot
tom Still later in July !: very badly in
jured tobacco and corn folder.
Wadesboro Messenger Inteiligencer:
Lightning struck a stable which be-
longed to Mr.. CT. A. Martin, of Nor cn,
Sunday afternoon, and killed two mules.
The building was only slightly damag-
ed. The same afternoon lightning
struck Mr.. James DAVIS stable, which
is located in the same n1ighborhood.
No stock was injured in this stable, but
the building was considerably damaged.
THE Deep Creek ne~iSnborhCni was
visited by a severe hail AMI wind storm
Sunday afternoon.--Th2 people OF
Union county will vote or the dispen-
sary question on the first Monday IN
September. There has been 4 dispsn-
sary at Monroe for several years, and
the last legislature passed an act allow
ing the people to say oy their votes
whether they preferred TO continue that
system of supplying h thirsty with
booze to the open bar room-