The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-02
Messenger Bureau,

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In the superior court here today, a
special venire of $50 men was sum-
moned at the request Of Acting Solici-
to Walter Daniels in the case of At
T Earnest Haywood charged with
the murder of Ludlow skinner. The
case will be called for trial next Thurs
day morning.
4 great many persons from the cOun-
trv were in the city today having been
summoned as a special venire in the
Haywood murder case. All the attor-
neys on both sides are here. An at
Iorney for the defense said today that
it looked like there would be trial. That
there were 100 witnesses on each side
and that one of these might be sick.
An attorney for the prosecution said
that side was ready and had always
been so. The public has not known
whether there would or would not De a
trial. The case is set for Thursday OF
this week.
State superintendent JOyner left to-
day on a tour in the interest of edu-
cation and will speak tomorrow at
Danbury. on Wednesday in Randolph
county and Thursday at High Point
The supreme court is deVoting his
week to the hearing of appeals from
the Fifth district, the docket being a
light One.
AT the various churcnes, meetings IN
the interest of the ~dispensary at Raj
eigh are being held and well attended.
The women are manifesting interest in
the ~dispensary and are showing this in
all sorts of ways. At the same time it
is very difficult to make a prediction as
to which side will win. 1t is claimed
by the anti-diSpensary side that a ma
jOrity of the business men oppose a
~diSpensary.
The picking of cotton is being rushed,
but the drop in prices has stopped the
eagerneSs of the farmers to put It on
the market. as they do not like to sell
for less than 10 cents.
Secretary POgue of the State Fair
said he never saw anything to equal
the number of applications for space
of exhibit. So numerous are the appli-
cations that they make it plain that
next year all the buildings will have to
be greatly enlarged. Work is being
very actively pushed for a notable show
of farm products and machinery.
On the 18th and 18th of October there
will be Il celebration here of the 10th
anniversary of the conservation of
Bishop Cheshire of this Protestant
Episcopal diocese. On the 14th there
will be especial services at the Church
of the Good Shepherd with addresses
both by the clergy and the laity. On
the morning of the 18th there Will be
n celebration of the Holy Communion
at Christ church
Miss Belle Bennett. of Kentucky. who
built n school in the Kentucky Noun
tainS which now has 321 pupils, is now
in this state in the interest Of another
school. at Brevard She will deliver an
address in the interest of this work
at kdentOn Street NJ. f. church. This
will be 4 union service. Miss Bennett
is the president of the WOman's Board
OF Missions of the NJ. z. church. south,
and is devoting herself very particular
" to the raising of funds for his pur.
pose 1t is the plan to make the school
at Brevard a large one.
Archibald Hatchett. Tor many years
a newspaper editor in this state died
yesterday at the Soldiers Home here
of which he had not long been an in
mate. He was sick when he went there
His age was IS years and he served ir
Company G. Ninth Virginia Cavalry
His body was today sent to Durham fol
burial. His sister is the wife of Editor
AL. FairbTOther of Greensboro.
There was about a dozen arrests to-
day for vagranCy. these being the frs
ever made here. The police had made
good cases against the men. but Il
the general surprise of the police the
mayor discharged all. saying the evi.
denCe was Insufficient.