The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-26
NORTH CAROLINA.

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rororr.5 rha same. with fever still un-
n,-ot-an. but she is doing as well as
could be expected
,-bav=rIa News: Thieves entered the
Hotel Berkeley wine room last night,
their entrance being effected hrouGh
q rear window. The thieves were eVl-
IDENTIFY not addicted 10 the wine cup
for no part of the stock vas missing
Two pennies had been left in thee cash
drawer. and this was the only booty
secured.
Greensboro Record: A private letter
from New York states there IS no I'M
movement in the condition OF Mr. J. ..
Whitaker. former editor and manage
of the Winstan Sentinel The letter
states that the attending physicians 90
not give the family much encourage
ment. In fact one is of the opinion
that he will not 0
Kinston Free Press: The trucking
season is at it's height in this section
now and every day sees heavy snip
ments from here and sections below on
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
road. Twenty-nine solid cars left mere
yesterday on the truck train. This in
cIuded the shipments below kinston, on
the Atlantic and North Carolina, alone.
The coast Lin carries out heavy ship
ments every day also. Hundreds of
packages are shipped by Express besides
these.
News and Observer June 21.-The Va
riOus regiments composing the state
guard Will go into encarmpment this
~. r--s1-I -, ,r---1pla--
As yet the dates and places Of en-
campment have not been ascertained.
This much has been done. Each regi-
ment will go into encampment for not
less than five days somewhere in the
district in which ii is The
first regiment which will go into en-
campment will be the Second regiment,
which will encamp either at Morehead
City or Wrightsville.
Charlotte Observer Special: Win
StOn-Salem, June 19.-Three white men,
suspicious looking characters, were
committed to Jail here about ; o'clock
this morning. They were arrested about
2:30 o'clock a.. m. in a frame building
near the county home. The men were
asleep when the officers called. It is
believed by the officers that the men
are the Ones who attempted to break
into the safe at Forsyth Roller Mills,
early yesterday morning. though the
evidence against them, so far as OBJ
-rained, is merely circumstantial.
Charlotte Observer: "Eighty-seven
North Carolina bankers have accepted
invitations to be present at the conven-
ton of the State Bankers Association
at Wrightsville," said Mr.. Charles n.
Evay.s last night. Mr.. Evan is secre-
IT, of the association. He continued:
-rsIhe attendance at the convention will
ELa three times larger than at any pre-
wious meeting of bankers ever held in
This state. The association now has a
recognized standing everywhere, n is
accomplishing a great deal OF good in
an official and social way
Lenoir News: We understand hat a
hard working farmer in Caldwell coun-
" recently paid out $50 in cash for a
mineral rod" Now a mineral rod
as we understand it is an instrument
for locating deposits of gold and silver
ore. The instrument is a combination
of wires and chemicals, and if the oper-
ator has magnetism enough in him, ii
IS Cldlllleu liz IOu II ANN"H
che .dolix." If the manufacturers car
ind suckers enough to buy the things
II will not take an expert to locate q
considerable deposit of money. The
thing looks like it might cost as much
rs fifteen cents to make it.
Wadesboro Messenger and Intelli'
=encer: Vester. the 15-year-Old son O1
Mr.. w. A. Hancock, of this place, anC
Mrs. Lou Williams, a widow of % years
OF age, of South WadesbOrO, were mar
Cied last Friday night at the home o.
Mrs. Turner. in South WadesbOrO
Esq George w. Rogers p~rOpounded thu
uupfial VOWS, and just as he pronounc'
I'D the couple man and wife the father
<Rf the boy appeared on the scene anC
2onmanded the youthful groom to fol
TOW him. Vester obeyed his father
and they, together with a number o
interested spectators, proceeded VI
Gown, leaving the bride behind. Or
reaching a point opposite the nom
Of Mr.. Hancock, who lives in the Har
graves old house, on the Camden road
:. consultation was held and the faith.
- finally took the advice OF Hon. Jas
Il. Lockhart. who had been sent for
Ind allowed his son 10 return to hi;
EHife-
Charlotte Chronicle: Ever hear Of {
oarroOm being run in a graveyard
That is just what a citizen of Cabar
Gus county did over in Concord. only
Evas a blind tiger" which, some folk
Say, is worse than a barroom- Now
Ibis man would carry a load Of new
<corn liquor TO the graveyard. and i
Y d a negro graveyard mind you. an
Eetail the stuff out during the dea,
hours of the night. II will probabl
strike the average person that the illici
retailer would have encountered
mighty poor run of trade but il is sal
Ia did not suffer for the lac
II patronage. from which ii IS to b
inferred that a man with d thirst wi
throw superstition to the wine when