The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
HIGH pRICEOF- COTTON
ias had Good Effect i'm the State,
fhe Outlook i'm the Eighth Districx
"A Croatan Kf1Ied-O,h.,
Notes. 7
NJ messenger Bureau

Raleigh, \. c., November u
Mention has been made Of +b
u d oroatan Indian and the wo,,na;,,er
u aiiother by the manager of a dfs+i1-
iefS on the South Carolina line NOR
1afalet- After the shooting tho ,.,
SCI came to Raleigh. but has now gone
II IS learned that thirteen men
nave peen killed in. that section With,
III comparatively recent ner4od os
YET none Of the slayers have bear n.y.,
ished. peei. pun
E&-Aeutenant Governor, Do,,ab+
as yet declines to say whether y. -
o1 aii dsplrant for the Democratic 49,,
lnauon for governor. A'01A'~
1here are scores of applicants for .,,.
poaillDh OF manager of a disnansarr
aeie' several of these being well knop~.
loi''AeHs. Inc new board of dfsnensa-
ton. sdtisIae-
iedolng Republicans here ridicuIa
enI STATEMENTS made by some other Re-
foD.iIdAS mat that party will have a
e1hiS paper here, and say that even
liiere Is paper it will not s;mount To
muah. ID
Nnatles Wau1n,- for twenty-five vf>ars
IN charge of the blacksmith sbon a. 49,.
pehltentlary here, and for ten years in
charse Of the city granite quarry died
ILLS morning Of peritonitous. He was
past master Of William G.. Hill Lodge of
Niasohs and was very highly esteemed
nalelsh Will send large delegation
| OF ladies and gentlemen to Rich1nond
Oh special train Thursday to see tho
loot ball game between the University
OF Virginia and the University of North
Carolina.
! Inc inventory Of the property in the
Hafk Hotel here has been couapleted
lor Mr.. H II. Page, the owne2, Mr.
Howell Cobb will conduct the Park Ho-
/ tel as a rooning house, and Us an an
mex Of the Marlborough.
| Among today's arrivals We're J. w.
keerans, Charlotte, Thomas +. Huff
man.. Hickory; W. A. Self. Hickory:
herbert MeClammy, and f. K Bryan
wilmington; " \. z. Stedman, Tillery
Wnen State Auditor Dixon was asked
| the question as to what he thought was
Tue greatest thing of the year for the
benefit Of North Carolina. he REPLIED:
The educational awakening is the
greatest thing which has occurred. 1t
very far exceeds anything ever known
previously"
/ Auditor DiXOn who travels all over
the state says t9ze high price of cotton
has had wonderfully 6ne effect. He
referred TO the fact that a ma gistrate
IN Cleveland county told him a few days
Iago that whfEeas he used 10 sign A
Idozen chatteE mortgages a day lse had
this year 81 5Ired only one and that one
was for a very lazy man and Nas for
Ia small artonnt.
| Ex-ConSressman r Z. Linney of the
Eighth district, who is here says the
Republican outlook IS splendid and that
the pasty can safely rely upon an in
icrease OF 10 per cent. to its strength,
this coming from the Democratic ranks
because of diSsatisfa ction With the state
| adRtnfst ton. On the other hand.
ex-Congressma W. H. Bower from the
same district says that everything Is
all right there and that he does not
think the Republicans stand a ghost Oh
a chance. There are five Republican
aspirants in the Eighth district for the
nomina ton by that party for Congress
Speaking of the Watts bill Mr.. Bowe,
said that some persons in Wilkes coun
ty had declared the bill would revolu
Itionize that county. and il wi. great.
,injure the Democratic party. He say
It will not tniure the party at all IN tina
county. OF in the district