The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-28
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Gen Toon was in his -sixty-seccnd
year.. having been born In Columbus
county. June 10. 1s46.
Raleigh Post: Gdeenboro. y. c.. Feb.
"a murder committed in Green
township Friday night was not re-
ported to the sheriff until yesterday,
and then the report came in an in
direct way.
The murdered man was Seymour
Shoffner a young white man. He lost
his life as the result OF q row at the
home OF John Hubbard, a negro, where
several white men and negroes had
c~ongregated to drink whiskey and car
uuse-
Fayetteville observer: h machinery
for the Holt-Morgan shirt waist fac
tory arrived on the steamer Halves
from Wilmington yesterday. We learn
that the factory will put in a temper
airy steam plant to De used until the
coming Of the electric power.
Sprinfield, Ohio. February "a
Pink" Long. colored. accused OF muir
dering a negro in Caswell county.
North Carolina, was arrested at the
Little Run Baptist church. a short
distance from this city, today. Long
boosted hat he would not be taken
back. The governor Of North Caro-
lima has sent reQuisition papers for
the a
DR.. Alderman, along withPreSidcnt
Dabney, Of the University Of Tennessee.
was honored with the degree of LII. d.
They were the only two southerners
thus honored on this occasion.-An-
drew Jackson will not hang until
NJ rrh O0th C0yarnnr kyaarE yacfar-
day granted him a respite until that
time. This was one at the request OF
Judge Hoke, who tried the case.
Durham, n. c.. Feb. 24.-Iohn Park
er, charged with rape, was given a
preliminary hearing before Justice d.
c.. Gunter this morning at IL o'clock.
After the hearing he was committed
to Jail without bail to await the action
of the grand jury. The charge against
him was that ne criminaliy
Lilly Lyon, a negro girl " nine
and ten ears of age. The girl made
Il positive statement and could not be
shaken.
Charlotte Observer: Statesville, Feb
ruary 24.-The remains of Hon. Jas
ION A. Robbins, who lost his life last
Saturday in the lark Avenue Hotel
fire, will arrive here tomorrow CTues-
Ody) morning at = CLOCK he was
born in Goldsboro shortly before the
breaking out of the civil war. His ia
Their was Captain julius A. Robbins and
his wife Amanda Afford. oon after
his birth his parents moved to Selma,
Ala, where his father began the prac-
tice Of 1&W. E,s father raised a COM
pany and became its captain, served
N the Confederate army, in Morgan's
cavalry, and was killed at Mt. Sterling.
KY, June, 1864. CASTOR A. Robbins
was educated at Trinity college n at
the University of North Carolina. He
graduated at the university in the
class of Governor Aycock. Judge AL
bert L. Cobb and others.
Charlotte Observer: Col Walter r.
who has recently returned from Eliza
beth City, discussed the Cropsey cas-
yesterday.
They have new evidence and I
wouldn't be a bit surprised If they
hang James Wilcox" he said.
Some startling developments,
them"
he was arrested Wilcox drove through
the streets Of Elizabeth City holding a
big, live moccasin snake in his mouth"
"Well?"
well. don you think the ordinary
jury will believe that a man who trav-
els around with a live snake between
his teeth ought to be hanged on gen
eral principleS?r