The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
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NORTH CAROLINA.

WiIkesboro Special 70 Raleigh Post:
he biggest mineral suit ever tried IN
North Carolina Is now in progress at
Jefferson. Ashe county. This is the
eighth day Of the trial and the pros
poets are that it viii take another day.
1t is the case Of BaIlOu VS.. BaIl0u. IN
yoIvfng tn title to IL million dollars
worth OF iron ore in the famous RaIlOu
ore field in that county The array of
legal talent is great on both sides.
Winston Journal: The election l n
Salem was a very quiet affair despite
the fact there We're nine tickets in the
field. They were all headed by good
citizens and accompanied by response
bic and we'll qualified men for commits
-iOners. One of the tickets lead by
Commissioner s. E. Butner, was elect
ct in its entirety. Very few tickets
were voted without some scattering.
Mr.. Butner won with n majority Of 10.
There were four candidates iii the field
IN opposition to Mr.. Butner. but his vic
tory was overwhelming.
Rocky Mount Motor: The board of
county commissioners yesterday award
cd the contract for the erection Of three
new steel bridges 10 cross Tar river.
one each at the Falls, at the places
known as Lemons and COckrelI5. The
contract goes to the Virginia BrIdg
and Iron Company. Of Roanoke, Va,
the prices being S12,650 for the three
and to be completed within six months
The bridge at the Falls, which is so
important to Rocky Mount AMI as to
that matter the whole county, will be
&c feet wide all told, IS feet being for
driveway and two sides walks Of rour
feet.
Durham Herald: It was a genuine
landslide. Every CsiUa ~. re-
form ticket was elected yesterday by
large majOrities-even larger thar the
hopes of the most sanguine supporters
# the ~ticket-and such rs to be 4 COM
pIete surprise to the supporters Of The
other ticket. Mayor NJ. +. MCGOWAN
vas defeated by Captain J. r. Freeland
with 2 majority of 900 against hin
while the majOrities of the commission
aTS ranged from 153 to $40. the average
being 2T3. 1t was Il clean, clear cut
Eictory for the reform ticket and the
like of it has not been seen here III n
lon~ time.
Glstonia News: y book of reference
that : sent out to the business enter
pri=es all over the world by II Of the
largest advertising agencies in this
country fell into our hands the other
day What DO you suppose il said
about Castor county, 1t gave its CCr-
rect population as Il county and gave
the leading town in the county to have
u population of 800. But thai town
was not GastOnia. The industries were
given as agriculture and manufacturing
whisky These people don't seem to
have fOund put that cotton goods is our
chief manufactured product and that
CASTOR county has Il town of 1000 m
habitantS and hat the manufacture
OF whiskey is prohibited by law.
Greensboro Record: Judge Allen has
an eye to business. Yesterday after
noon when the case against J. =. Wat
son. charged with seduction under
promise of marriage, was called. it was
stated by the solicitor that there we're
grave doubts bout conviction ana that
as a matter Of fact the defendant had
settled the matter to the entire salts
faction Of the prosecuting witness and
her father and that the said witness
would not come into court and testify.
so that with the courts permission he
would take 4 mol pros, whereupon
Judge Allen remarked that he did rot
like his docket to show that Il case of
such import had been allowed to go off
in such way and suggested that the
defendant withdraw his plea of guilty
and that it be tried. The charge in the
bill was then changed to bastardy and
it will probably so off in this way.
Judge Allen was right. Had he ac-
uuiesced MS action might I'VE came up
in after Years to haunt him, for the
court will last forever. while the facts
in the case are o o lost sight OF. 1t is
we'll enough to look ahead.
Monroe Journal: one of the most re-
markabIe Incidents of which We haVe
heard occurred on Mr.. j. c. Skies place
near town last Wednesday. at the home
of MIR. D. \. Cook. Mr.. Cook has n
grand child two years and three months
old. On the place is an unfinished we'll.
covered over with boards as the work.
men left it. The we'll is just Il feet
dep by actual measurement and just
after the rains of last week water stood
IN it about i feet deep. In to this we'll
the little child fell and though emain
ing in these = considerable time. WAS
brought out alive and ~uninjured. The
child was missed by its mOther and n
search was begun. resulting in thu dis
cOVery that the little one had fallen in
the well. It's body could b. seen float.
ing. face upward. and on seeing the
family looking down at it, the child
began 10 call EACH by name. Not HAY
ing Il rope. Mr.. Cook had to send to ,
neighbOr's house several hundred yards
avail. to get one. He got it. and TO-
gether with with it and a pair of buggy
lines. managed to get down into the
we'll ana get the little girl. She Was
floating. with only the face out. That
she was not drowned is next to I mir
aClc- She was perfectly we'll mex day.
and came with the family - see
Sparks show. which was here Thurs
day