The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-12
NORTH CAROLINA.

we hope to see active operations begin
at an early day.
GactOnia Gazette: Hickory wants the
freight depot in that town novel out
of town. Probably if the depOt was
ont Of town they would want it back.
The depot in G~astOnia is IN the business
part OF town, but We are not kicking.
Smithf1eld Herald: Tobacco growers
are complaining Of the plant buttCninS
out, which is, it is said. caused Oy the
cool weather Immediately after plant
9I.g- The crop is looking bad and II IS
LOW predicted that nothing like ar
average crop can be made. and such
is is made Will be Of an inferior grade.
Marion News: ]. s. Grant, Of Curfew,
brought to our office yesterday u hog
tush eight and Il half inches III L=ngtn.
The hog was the property OF Mr. j.
POrker. The hog went wild at > years
and was u years old when recaptureG.
He evidently was i dangerous looking
''critter."
Rocky Mount Motor: Mr.. 5. X. Foun-
tain is q genius. He has but. and
equipped a motor car for the railroad.
1t resembles q hand car but S equiD-
ped with q gasoline engine. Mr.. Foun-
tain has made q few short trips With il
during the past few days, and has at
traCted no little attention.. 1t makes
GOOD time
The RobesOnian: Mr.. Alphonso How
II, OF Grady, caught u black fish,
measured 30 inches in length, aud :
inches across, and weighed IA pounds.
He was caught in a net in Lumber
riyer.-The artesian well which Mr..
l.. II. Caldwell is having put dOwn at
his new residence furnishes the largest
flow of any Of the wells which have
been sunk in town.
Webster's Weekly: Mr.. j. W. Wat
k.ns. Of Oregon, who helped to cap-
turc JOIN BrOadnaX. the murderey.
and was the first to lay hands Oh MIN,
puts no faith in the boys dying state
ment that he had no accOmplice. He
thinks the murderer told the trutn IN
the first instance when he Implicated
Mt Fuller, and the fact that Fuller
Immediately disappeared shovel that
tL-re was something i'll the story
charlotte Chronicle: Mr.. Earl Holt,
thu star f~irst-baseman of the univer-
sity ball team, passed through here last
night on his way to Augusta. Ca, to
take the position of captain OF the
ugust team. MeSSrs. JOhn DOnneIIy,
d. F.. Giles and Jack Curran, three more
of Cardinals players have signed up
with Augusta for the summer. Two
others of the champions of the south,
Mr.. b. NJ. Hart and Mr.. John Cheshire.
will soon go to Alabama to play with
the TalledegO team.
Rocky Mount Motor: Nj. NJ. C. Bras
well. of BattlebOrO, was in the city yes
terday. He informed US that crops IN
his section were in a sorry condition..
That cotton was at least fifteen lays
behind, and corn and tobacco had q
bad stand. The outlook is not at all
Encouraging. The weather, however, is
now very favorable, and hopes are en-
tertained that conditions may change
T@r the better. Crops cannot be so good
though as those of last year. We think
his state of affairs prevails through
& out Eastern Carolina.
Newton Enterprise: The object Of
Mr.. F. E. ShUDer's visit to North Car
Dina seems to have been to find cu
how the democrats look upon the cam
. iidacy of Mr.. William r. Hearst for
the presidency. Mr.. ShOber has Il posi-
ion on the editorial staff of Mr..
E-drst's paper, the New York Journal.
(. I'D has just been elected TO congress
from one of the city districts While
in North Carolina he visited Salisbury,
AsheviIIe and Charlotte. He is u son
of Francis Z. Shober. who once repre-
scented this district in congress.
News and Observer: Maxton, y c.,
June 6-(Special.)-On Thursday after
noon Ine elolelltll III lis b4b
Weatherly. the beautiful and accom-
pIished daughter of MIR. and Mrs. j. b
WeatheTly. pTOprietOrS of the popular
Maple Shade Inn. of his place. with
Mr.. ROSingal, Il travelling Sa.esmal
of Savannah. Ga. caused quite = sen
station here when the event became
known. About 1 o'clock in the after
noon the couple started out supposedly
for a short drive. but crossed the county
border into Scotland and proceeded to
L.auriuburg. u distance of eight miles.
where they were married in the court
house.
Winston Journal Special: High Point.
June "a habea corpus case Will be
heard on next Tuesday before
w. r. Allen at Greensboro that wall
involve the Friends O~rphanaSe near
this place. 1t seems that Mrs. Doyle.
of Raleigh. has several children at the
O~rphanage and has recently made de-
mandS upon the Orphanage tor the
children. For some reason the man
agemen refused to give up the chill
dren. and Mrs. Doyle sued out a writ
of habeas corpus. The case was be
fore Judge Allen at Burlington one day
last week. and was postponed until
next Tuesday. when Judge Allen VIII
hear It at Greensboro.
Wilson News: Chief MarshburH last
night secured additional evidence
against the negro. Charles Taylor,
charged with breaking into The resi-
denCe OF Mrs. Warren WoOdar1 night
before last. who is now in Jail He was
frightened away from her home be-
tween l and = o'clock and 4 negro
woman. his n~eighbor. says that she
heard him come in about , o'clock as
near as she could guess. Charles told
different tales about it. He said that
he went home all the way from l. to l
O'Clock. while his wife says that he
came in at 3 o'clock. Mr.. J. :. Leach
also found in his garden TRACES that
fitted the negro's shoe as he 5Imped
from a windOw one OF his shoes had a
hole On one side and this also fits the
track.
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