The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-27

Reidsville Review: Building new
houses. ~renovating and repairing old
mes and charging and improving 9TH
ers is the order Of the day in Reidsvflle.
Verify, the town Is getting forward at
a good pace.
Rockingham A~ngio-Saxon: Rev. and
Mrs. S~harnburger went tn Laurinburg
Sunday morning. where Mr. S~hamburg-
er was called on the sad mission OF
preaching the funeral! Of Alex Lytch.
the young man who committed suicide,
and who left a letter requesting that
MT Shaneurger perform this service
for him.
Scotland Neck special to News and
observer: Halifax jail was well re-
cruited this week by a dozen coiored
men In one company. SATURDAY. night
they wayla!d and caught \ white man
named Hardy and a colored man named
Davis and whipped them severely. The
grievance was concerning a eolored NO.
man of il-repute
Tarboro Southerner: An G n OF ia.
scarcity OF last fab has lust
reached this sanctum. No earlier than
this week n farTr picked out OF his
field cotton which had withstood all
the storms Of winter. He has sold one
bale for SA cents n pound. This cotton
was not picked before because the farm
er could not OBTAIN LABOR.
Lumber Bridge co~rrespondenee ot
Robesonian: That in one instance.
twenty-five hundred dollars was made
nea Fayetteville by the sale OF lettuce.
OF one acre % land mis- season. Is n
marvellous statement. Yet We heard a
man say-a man OF high character
that he cleared three hundred and (orty
dollars on o~ne-fourth acre by the saie
~ lettuce.
Clarkton Express: MIR. G.. -. Bald in
turned the water of OF his mill Toad
last Thursday and a very large catch
OF fish was made. Some very fine one
too. The largest trout weighed Sk
pounds.-Mr. II. r. Tatun. OF Daw-
son Landing. tells Us that rs he was
going to Wilmington or a raft last
week he came across Il mule and n one
horse wagon in the river. near Avaut's
ferry. The mule was dead and Mr..
Tatum took the WACO to g landing
near by and left IT. He doesn't knew
who thy belonged TO.
Charlotte Observer: Smallpox police
man Winchester got word yesterday
that Young, the white man who has
smallpox and who has been Guiding ar
rest. was at n house on North Caldwell
street. Mr.. Winchester hurried to the
house indicated. but found that Young
had skipped out and is again AT arge.
A negro living on East Third street
was yesterday arrested ana sent to the
pest house. with a full blown case OF
smallpox.
Fayetteville Observer: Major \. 4
Mcclellan held an inquiry his morn
ing into the sanity of Mr.. John d.
Smith, who was arrested recently.
charged with defrauding n umb OF
people, principally attorneys of this
city. out of considerable sums 0f money
amounting to several thousand dollars.
DIR. r. 3. Ferebee. an insanity expert of
Raleigh, who was summoned here to
examine Mr.. Smith. testified that the
prisoner was a paranoiac. On this evil
dence the clerk will probably have him
committed to the insane asylum and
will appoint a guardian for him.
Sampson Democrat: The tobacco
warehouse stock Is about made Up and
the building of ii is an absolute certain
ty. The contract has been let tn
Flowers & McPhail. and they have
given o to have IL completed - the
lst of August. 1t will be located on Nc
Koy street.-The strawberry crop was
cut short considerably by the excessive
ly dry weather. and 1t is probable that
| not more than two-thirds Of an average
crop was gathered, though the ROVER
may have realized about as much from
the crop, If not more, than tney would
have If the crop had been a full one.