The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-27
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Gastonia Gazette: r H. Trollingers
family have been finding pieces OF glass
In their -four bought from n stores.
Such careiessntss on the part OF man
ufacturers Is dangerous and due care
should be exercised by the
OF -four.
Rocky Mount Motor: Edgecombe and
Nash county armsr report good rains
everywhere and not a hill OF a
Ia missing. - Robert White. coiorsd-
was sent to tins Edgecombe Tor
two months from the mayors court
on Monday. for entering an unoccu-
pied dwelling AT night
Monroe Enquirer: II any one mas
lost n medium sized. brown shepherd
dog we wish 10 inform them that said
dog is dead. but whether by accident
or otherwise We are unable TO say.
Mrs. Adams Helms informs US that a
dog OF the shepherd variety. brown OF
color. was seen making its blinded
way, with a coffee pot stuck over Its
head. out In the High Hill
two miles north of here. n few days
ago. The dog ran itself TO death with
the coffee pot on its head.
Concord Time. The Sock Social given
at Central Methodist church last Mon
day night by Miss Mayfield Coles
Sunday-school class was a delightful
affair. Each pen son was provided with
a small pink sock. in which he or n
placed as nan pennies as was equal
to double the number of stockings
worn. The sum Of $3.50 was realized.
Henry smith got the prize for the best
work in hemmln6 an apron
Charlotte News: ]. B. Ayers. a de-
serter from the United States navy,
was captured IN Charlotte yesterday
Ayers joined the navy about the first
of April and says the reason he de-
serted was because they required him
10 eat next 10 a negro. He viii be
taken to Portsmouth tonight by officer
Johnson. - W. H. Skinner, father of
Mr.. Frank Skinner was kicked by a
horse, the evening of the Goth. At the
time, nothing serious was thought OF
the accident. An examination yeSter-
day revealed the fact that the knee
cap was broken. Yesterday, a very
delicate operation. that OF removing
the knee-cap was performed. 1t is
feared now that amputation may be-
come necessary Mr.. Skinner has suf-
fered very much.
Tarboro Southerner: Charley Bur
roughs, Of Norfolk, has been here look
ing over the grounds and seeing brick
and lumber dealers with a view OF
placing orders for material to build the
oil mills which the F. S. Register Guano
Company purpose to erect here. Mr..
Burroughs, says that work on the
minis will probably begin in the early
part Of the next month. The best and
most modern machinery will be in
stalled and the capacity will be forty
tons a day. Leaving out OF considera-
ton the mills at Rocky Mount and Bat
tleboro, though this county will o
tribute a very fair proportion of seed
to them. there Will be in the county
five mills with a daily capacity of not
less han $50 tons, which will grind up
the seed of 275 10 500 bales Of cotton.
New Bern Journal: There are several
demented. hall-craZy old women h a
hat are oftimcs annoying in their ad-
vances and familiarity to strangers
who are less easy going and patient
han the average New Bernian. An
illustration Of the nuisance was seen
yesterday at the A. e N. G. station.
An old habiture of that locality is an
old woman, whose familiarity chal-
lenges repulse, and whose powers Of
speech are something wonderful. This
creature accosted n gentleman who
was carrying a bunch of fish. and by
her gestures and wild language suffic-
iently alarmed the man to cause him
to draw his knife in defense. The
poor old crazy soul is probably perfect
ly harmless as far as doing any one
bodily harm, but her wild looks and
hold speech are calculated to provoke
and excite strangers who, ~resenting as
they might think, an attack, are likely
to do the old creature harm.