The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-28
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NORTH CAROLINA.

GastOnia-News: spencer y. e. mas a
-roDuIation of. :. 800 and is said TO nave
e~niOynd the distinction Of being with
out an undertaken, q cemetery, dl olu
maid or a cOlored faIhily- Now Prltch-
ard : Carlton Of Warsaw mas located
eba-n for the practice of law n may
So the other essentials OF moderh ne
will come by and by.
Eireton Free Press: Mr.. 3. T. Wig
.vins. who lives in the Neck township,
2bo,,t five miles from KinstOn. stuck
> small splinter in his foot a few days
-, which threatened serious results.
Complication have arisen that makes
n at first unnOticed wound very pain
ruL. 1t is feared that blood poisoning
may set in and prove fatal.
Monroe Journal: The officers have
Oeem active for several days against
zIIIcit whiskey sellers, not so much for
present offences but for past ones Inc
simpson places and the Price place
north of the court house nave peeH
raided. beside a lot OF negro places III
some the officers were successful III
finding liquor. and in others not.
Rocky Mount Motor: Mrs. j. W
Hines lost a vaIuable gold watch. Win
diamond settings. more than tWeIE"
month ago. a few days ago the tune
y,i &c was located in the home OF Jonh
Vhorp colored. ThOrp had given the
watch to his wife. A search Warrant
was issued, and NJ Hines property
returned to her. ThOrp SAYS ne Iouilu
the watch on the street about twelve
months ago.
Rocky Mount Motor: Ex-POlice Pete
Nichols of Wilson, was arrested mere
Yesterday mOrnfnr bv Officer Davis.
Nichols was wanted in Wilson as a
witness in a case there. As he did not
.Cfesire to appear in same he ran away
Chief Kicks was telephOned TO look out
Tor him. and officer Davis picked him
UT. The Wilson chief came for him on
che mOrninp train lie will answer the
urge Of contempt court.
CIarkton Express: Mr.. John A. Ar
SIugdaIe. general manager of the Cape
Fear Lumber Company, came up Mon
day afternoon to look after his bust
ness here. We see from the Whining
son papers that Mr.. Arringdale wants
~ get n paper mill started in that city,
the pape to be made from waste mate
rial around the saw mills there. This
would be another great industry for
Wilmington, and We hope it Will sue
G1eed.
CIarkton Express: Hon. J. NJ. Ship
rnau. Columbus COunty's representative
IN the last legislature, was here Mon
day. Mr.. Shipman is one of he most
G[AlSlLSANC al Z III MS NONA-N| -
tells us he has about 10 acres in corn,
about 80 acres in cotton. Is in tobacco
and potatoes. peas cane. etc. IN pro-
portion. He says his crop IS fine. III
>viII be remembered that Mr. Shipman
received IL medal and diploma at the
worlds fair in Chicago Il few years age
Tor beating the world on rice
Special to Charlotte Observer: Ashe-
VILE. July 21.-The Washington dis
patches. which indicate hat the presi-
dent has declined to interfere in the
case of Laurence Pulliam, charged with
having embezzled 81. 900 from the Ma
fional bank of Asheyille. were in a
large measure confirmed by attorneys
for Mr.. Pulliam today. 1t was added,
however, that the attorneys and friends
Of Mr.. Pulliam had been advised OF
the presidents attitude several days
ago, but that no statement a been
given to the public because it was hop
ed that both the president n the
attorney general could be prevailed
upon to review the case In short, the
present attitude of h chief executive
is not regarded as final. as strong petit
lions, signed by the district attorney,
the jurors who convicted Pulltam,
Judge Boyd. who tried the case. and
Others are on file in the denartment'
MI. Pulliam's sentence is five years.
Special to Charlotte Observer: Ashe-
willie, Jul 21.-MrS. NJ. j. Burrell and
Eaer daughter. have arrived here from
Henderson county. and are visiting at
The home of her sister. Mrs. SWfnk. 1t
was Mrs. Burrell and her daughter who
were fired upon by the famous Geo.
Rurrell father-in-law of Mrs. Burrell,
and now a prisoner in the Jail at Hen
Jacksonville. 1t has been necessary TO
aamputate Martha Burrelps right arm,
ms a result of the murderOus attack
Tnade on her and her mother. To a re
y1orter Mrs. Burrell talked freely about
71er trouble with her fa~ther-in-law. tel
Eng in detail how she met him In the
woods near their home, n OF her ef-
FORTS to get possession Of the gun after
E1er had been Mr..
Burrelrs real motive for the crime was
60 get her out Of the way so she could
not tell Of his having made blockade
vHhiskey- The woman certainly had a
terrifying experience. She was walk
ting through a lonely wood when she
gleard a slight rustling of the leaves,
and the next moment she stood rams
liked from sheer fright for Burrell had
his gun leveled upon her. She had only
taken a few steps when the desperate
fired, the shot striking the woman IN
She back and the girls right arm. TIE
old man only lowered his gun when the
girl. only II years of age. cried: Look
mere. grand-daddv. o have shot my
fKrm Off"