The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-08
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NORTH CAROLINA.

Concord Times: Wood choppers nave
been IN demand for several weeks,
and unless there is Oon a surplus G
this sort of labor to be picked up.
many a man (and some wOmen) viii
have TO resort to the axe and thiEK
of those happy days when wood-chop-
ping was next thing TO taking a dose
OF GuinIne.
Greensboro Record: The graded
school building AT Leaksville was de-
stroyed by fire shortly before noon To-
day. and by a close shave all the
children escaped injury. The fire vas
caused by a defective fue. The schoo!
will be rebuilt an Once.-They have
'cOtched' Green McAdoO again This
time he was found at EmpOria, Va, a
town about half w between DanVtIe
and Norfolk, on the Atlantic and
DanviIle division Of the Southern.
Samuel Robertson is the chief of po-
lice of that town and yesterday NOM
ing early he arrested a negro OF the
name of George Copeland, who, he
says. fills the description Of Green Nc
AdOO as sent out with MS photograph.
printed Herewith.
Durham sun: Roscoe Mitchell, who
is rel known in Durham, passed
through the city yesterday going east
Mr.. Mitchell is now managing editor
of the new republican paper started
at Roanoke. Va, n ne IS Il hot SUI
porter of Hanna for president. Some
time ago it Will be remembered th7-
MIR. Mitchell started he Fairbanks
boom in this state and at that time
edited a PAPER at Elizabeth City. Soon
after he started in business his plant
was burned. In this venture Mitchell
gained national reputation.
New Bern Journal: But very little
blow IS made of it, but it's a fact that
New Bern is the finest market for wild
game there IS in the state. Every
species native to this section is repre-
scented. Every day one can be sup
Piled with deer. raccOOn OpOSSuin,
rabbits. squirrels. turkeys. wild geese.
ducks, quail and other wild fOwl by
DIE different markets around town
An oyster dealer Informed the reporter
Yesterday that while the supply of
oysters on the market is rather small
for this season they are OF the finest
quality that he has ever handled, II
he has been in the business several
years
Greensboro Telegram: The banking
system in GreeensbOro now boasts q
clearing house feature. This puts
Greensboro in line with large cities ::
the country which have fOund from e2
perience all the best things abou
banking. That's the sort Of company
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GreensbOrO's clearing house was use
yesterday at 11:3O a. m. for the first
time. The Greensboro National bank
IS the place. 1t is centrally located
and accessible for all the other banks.
At the hour named. representatives
of the several banks assembled, *
changed checks. and settled up in
full all differences. The same thing
will be lone every day at the same
hour. Heretofore the practice has
been each bank to send a messenger
to each of the banks and to do this
twice a day. This was found to be
b~urdensOme. Hence the new move.
Wilson News: Last night two white
men paid at Fremont their fair to Will
sOn to trainmen OF freight No. 2, for
privilege OF riding in a box car, that
freight dOes no carry passengers, and
the trainmen, or rather three negroes
of the train crew., entered the train at
Black Creek for the purpose of rob-
birg them and beat the two white men
severely. beating one into unconscious
ness and robbed them both. When the
train arrived at Wilson n of the
men notified the police here, but IL
the mean time the train left. Mayor
Herring hen 'phOned to Elm City 20
nave the negro trainmen arrested, but
We learn hat the agent of the Coast
Line there lnterfered with the arrest
and the negroes were allOwd to go on.
The unconscious man was k to the
a. c. L. hospital at Rocky Mount for
treatment. Mayor Herring learning
that the arrest was not made at Elm
City, wired Mr.. Ed Wooten at South
Rocky Mount a description of the nc-
groes, and asked that they be arrest-
ed. This was done when the freight
reached there and officer Mumfort
went up today and brought them to
Wilson to stand trial.