The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-02
NORTH CAROLINA.

Greensboro Record: The Atlanta
News of September 23rd, contains a col
umn story about the grand reunion of
native nonresident North C~arolinians
in October 18th and 18th.
and says Of the 80 Tar Heels who re-
side i'll Atlanta it is probable that sixty
will attend.
Tarbor SOuthrner: More n $1,000
will be paid out for cotton in this place
this month. Nearly this much has al
ready been paid. For the cotton year
the paymaster will exceed q half mil
o of dollars. This is Independent OF
cotton shipped from other stations, but
paid for here. If the latter ne added
the payments wOuId approximate a mil
lion.
Newton Enterprise: In the yard at
the Summerrow house can be seen
blooming the water hyacinth, which
groves so Iuxuriantly in the rivers OF
Florida that several years g traffic
was almost stopped and the govern
menf spent large sums of money trying
to remove the plants entirely. Their
matted roots prevented vessels of any
kind from travelling
Kinston Free Press: Mrs j. c. Hay
and son yesterday afternoon on going
10 the pasture near their home IN east
KinstOn discovered hat some one had
roped one Of their COWS preparatory to
taking her off. The wOuld-be THIEF
sealing them hid in the ditch. Mrs. Hay
sent for an officer, and when the officer
came the man ran off. He was chased
some distance down the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad but was not
caught, though it was discovered that
he was a white man.
Special to News and Observer: WASH
ington, \. c., September 2S.-A murder
occurred at Belle Haven, this county,
sunday night betWeen S and 8 O'CLOCK.
James White. cOlOred, shot and killed
Susan Dixon, also cOlOred, at her nome
IN that town with a gun. White went
to her house, called her out and n
warning shot her dead. The cause OF
the homicide is said to have been Jeal-
,ousy. After the shooting White sur
rendered himself to the police authori-
ties and Will be brought to this city to-
morrow. Both parties were sober at
the time.
Wilson News: The elm roots are
GSdll SGlI1Il5 II IN WIN
son sewerage system. Superintendent
Granthum has taken up almost four
blocks of sewer on Vance street and
took out over two bushels of elm roots
Other sewers in the city are most prob
ably in the same condition. Mr.. Gran
thum states III as long as elm trees
are allowed to grow along the sewers
that the health of the Wilson people
will always be jeOpardized as these
are liable TO cause an cpl
Jennie of fever.
Charlotte Observer: Conductor JACOB
BARRON was severely. but not danger
slusIy, injured Saturday night at il
O'Clock by jumping from a car nea.
Byndhurst venue in DilwOrth- A troll
ley wire fell in front of the track, drag
gins down with it one of the trolle!
-1oIes. Motorman w. D. Rogers becam'
frightened and ran back into the car
Seeing this Barron lost his head an'
jumped from the car, trlklng IN
ground violently. His right knee ca
was fractured and he was 1nJure
about the head. being unconscious TO
over an hour. He was taken to HI
boarding house, and will recover.
Greensboro Record: A few month
ago the editor of The High Point Enter
prise went to New York in the interes
of the extension of the Raleigh an
Western railroad from Cumnock Yves
via High Point. Editor Farriss say
the plans at the time had not matureo
but Mr.. HenzSey, the president, spOk
e~ncouragingly of the scheme and wa
almost positive that the road would b
built. He did not know, however
whether the line would go to Greens
bore or High Point first. Both point
would ultimately be reached if the eX
tension were made. The surveys haV
been quietly going on for some time un
der the direction of Mr.. MacGrefOr.
Henderson Gold Leaf: We are gla'
10 see our farmers turning their al
tention more to advanced methods a
shown in the adoption of improved Ia
hor-saving machinery. Last season IN
first corn ~shredders were introduced Il
this section. Now the corn harVeste
has come and the problem of foras
making and saving has been stIl NOR
simplified. The scOrn harvester Is a mn
piece of mechanism and does It's Wor.
as though endowed with a certain de
gree of intelligence of its own 1t cut
the corn and ties it in bundles an
punches il like 4 reaper does WheaI
1t is drawn by two horses and VIII mar
vest several acres of corn III 4 day
The corn harvester IS a great feed saw
er. especially if it's work is follOWe
later by that of a shredder tarmet
are of the opinion that many Of thes
matchiues will sOOn come into gener'
use in this section as they are now /
other parts of the country
Fearful odds Against Him.