The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-24
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
hUkTH CAROLINA.

Fayetteville Observer: lobe Jones. a
negro tramp, had his leg crushed off at
the knee while : attempting to pump
from q moving freight On the cut
skirts of Wilson yesterday. He was
carried to the hospital, and the ldil-
road authorities had surgical aid
medical aid sent to him.
WINSTON Sentinel: The trial of san
dy Stevenson. charged with the r!ur-
der of John Miller on December list
last, was called in the uperiOr crdrt
at $50 this morning. The work of Sc
curing the jury from the special ,n5re
of n hundred men was immediately
taken up and twelve good men w"re
secured by noon.
New Bern Journal, February 18th:
The Monday night storm vas especi-
ally severe on the truckers around This
city, the vino blowing over beds and
stripping the lettuce covers of, expos
ing tn plants 10 the weather.. Most of
the truckers were busy recover ing
their beds yesterday, preparatory to
last nights cold a
News and Observer: Mr.. John T.
Patrick is nothing if not LrograsalVe.
He has drawn a bill. which has Cen
introduced in the legislature. to per-
init the town Of Pine Bluff. Moore
county 10 levy a special tax for the
purpose of advertising their town is a
winter resort. The investment of
northern money in Moore county has
been much greater than anybody out
side of that county imagines-
Monroe Journal: Tom Lee, a I:Cuor
dealer on the Bowery in New FORK
spent last Friday in Monroe on par
pose to see the supposed safe era, k
ers. ciaiming to be their friend. He
was granted an interview WITH RC-rS
and Lang 1t the city hall and deposit
ed $500 for the prisoners counsel, say
ing ne was willing to spend 1000 mare
if necessary. He also spoke Of ETiGg-
ing ]. w. Osborne. of New York. to
assist in defending them when the
trial comes off.
Asheville Citizen: When Mr., John
D. Rockefeller. Jr., and party arrive
in Asheville this week on their extend
ed trip south Mr.. Rockefeller : will
probably receive a call from a COM
mittee from the Ashevillo board Of
trade, who will endeavor to inter est
Mr.. Rockefeller in educational work in
this section. Mr.. RoCkefelIer's trip is
said to be principally for the purpose
of Investigating the education SItua-
ton in the southern states, q question
in which he is deeply interested.
Special to Charlotte Observer:
Raidsville. February 17.-An astOnish-
nag find was made by Mr.. L. NJ. 2cdd
yesterday. He was passing a barn On
the premises of Mrs. DR.. j. H. Reid
VIXEN he was arrested by the sounds
OF 4 crying infant in the barn. He
went in and there found in valisa an
infant child. The child was white and
was thought to be about a day or two
old. There is no clue whatever to the
at5IH'c norontS hI1t ay-arx fort vii
be made to find out who the c~uliIits
are tina could do such an inhumaE
thing.
Durham Herald: All that was NOR
tai of the late a. N. Dorset, who dice
as u result of an accident on board ne
hattieship Massachusetts,, was in.
tered in the city cemetery yesterday
afternoon. A short funeral services
was conducted from the saddereC
home of the parents. The in%terTn"n
took place in the soldier rlot at the
cemetery, which was purchased since
the war with Spain. The deceased wa!
hurt on January 10th and died six Lay:
later in a military hospital in Poi t
Rico. The pail bearers We're selected
from the two military companies and
he was given a soldier s burial.
Special TO Charlotte Observer: Abe
marie. February 1.-THE wind blew &
regular gale mere last night, gong a
the rate of sixty miles an hour. !
number of OuthOuses were overturned
roofs uplifted and trees blown up. The
telephone line was badly crippled Ind
communication with the outside WOriC
is cut off completely today as a r.SuIt
OF last nights storm. The weather
continues bitter old. - There a-I {
number of cases of smallpox at Nor.
wood. eleven miles from here. altl1:lg;
the disease is confined exclusively tC
the negroes. The town authorities
took summary measures Saturday tC
prevent the spread of the disease anC
v~aCcinated the entire negro popula.
ton.
Charlotte Observer. February 18th,
The effects Of the wind storm Of Non.
day night were not fully Known init
yesterday morning. y message iron
Davidson College yesterday stated chat
a large portion Of the tin roof Of the
main building was blown OFF and rain.
ed. &fr. N s. Alexander. E Crab Or
chard township. was in the city yes.
terday INT said that the storm was
Of especial violence in his ,CmmUlity
On his plantation hundreds OF ..ards
of fencing was blown down and trees
ali over the farm were uproOt6d. Other
farmers in the neighhOrhoOG suffered
equally. Farmers in other parts II the
county brought in the same reDO; Is.
: Weak Stomach.