The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-17
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NORTH CAROLINA.

Greensboro Record: In opposing the
legislation to restrict child labor IN cot
ton mills. Mr.. Moses H. Cone cannot be
accused Of s~elishness. for the mills with
which he is connected do not WORK chill
dren. Besides. Proximity works less
hours per week than anv mill in the
state
Durham Herald: The Durham sup
porters of the anti-saloon measures now
pending before the legislature are not
favorable to the many substitutes 70
the London bill and amendments offer
ed. This was expressed at a meeting
of representative members Of some SIX
or eight Of the leading churches in the
city which was held in the First Bao-
fist curch Tuesday night
Charlotte Observer: In the spring
there will be built a $3.50. 900 addition
to the Chadwick Mill which is located
two miles west of this city. This mill
has been in operation only a year and
has had wonderful success. 1t makes
only tine sheetings and in the addition
to the mill fine goods. also. will be
manufactured. The Chadwick mill was
quilt at q cost Of $500. 900. The improve
nents Will make it more than a half
million dollar plant and one Of he best
in the country.
Monroe Journal Last week Chief Of
Police II. e. Irwin, Chief of Fire De-
partment w. w. Irvine and Mr.. w. c..
Shoemaker, all Of Charlotte, came down
to see the men who are charged with
safe rObbing. MIR. Shoemaker, whose
store was robbed the night before the
robbery occurred at Matthews, identi-
fed ss his property a marked nickel
and a marked penny found on the per-
son Of one of the men, and is sure that
the ma was in his store the afternoon
before the robbery vas committed.
Goldsboro Argus: Rev. Hight c..
Moore. pastor of the First Baptist
church at New Bern, and a ~son-in-law
of Captain J. E. Peterson. of his city.
has resigned as pastor Of that church
to accept a call to Chapel Hill. He will
leave for his new home about March
1xt. Rev. Mr.. Moore has been a resident
of New Bern five years and the people
there are reluctant to give him up. He
Is editor of The Atlantic Messenger. an
organ of the Baptist church in eastern
Carolina
Charlotte Observer: Arthur l.. Bish-
op, of Petersburg, Va, who killed Thos.
J. Wilson, of this city, was arraigned
before Judge Walter H Neal in the
superior court yesterdy at noon on the
charge of murder. He pleaded mot
guilty" to the charge. Judge Neal
named Friday as the day for the be-
ginning of the trial. This date was
agreeable to the counsel on both sides.
Judge Neal then ordered that d special
~anEra &c Inn man hn 1rn mn md hn
summoned to appear at court Friday
morning in order that d jury may be Sc
lscted for the case.
Gastonia News: The Carolina and
Northwestern since the work of chang
Eng the gauge has begun has had more
to do than il could do. The road tried
to keep it's Cars so distributed as to
keep the people in good heart. One
night recently. however. a train Of
eighteen empties pulled into n late
n the conductor thought he would
mo- distribute the cars till the next
morning and left them on the track at
the lumber company switch. The next
morning early when the crew came to
do its switching every car was loaded
with lumber What could the railroad
do but haul the lumber away.
Fayetteville Observer: The people OF
Sanford and JonesbOrO and the sur
rounding section are moving for a new
county. to be called Leo. y commit
tee. composed OF Messrs. DR.. w \.
EonrOe. a. l.. McNeill. 4. y. T. e
well and VIM. Campbell. reached Ra-
leigh yesterday to present the matter
The bill will be introduced in the house
today The proposed county. with
Sanford as the county seat, includes
about 600 square niies. made up as fol-
lows: From Harnett q square mills.
from Chatham 30 square miles. from
Monroe IA square miles. The aggre-
gate value of taxable property is ST.
As, 557-
New Bern Journal: What might
have been n serious train wreck, on
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
o "a was prevented Monday morning
by the presence of mind and prompt
action OF 4 man whose name could not
be learned yesterday. The man was
passing along the road on his way to
Newport and when about 4 mile east
OF that town he discovered 4 broken
rail N the rack and knowing that the
west bound freight was nearly due he
ran baCk TO Wildwood and Tagged the
approaching train in time TO avert an
accident The broken rail was at the
same place where the wreck oCcurret
q few weeks ago. and was supposed to
have been broken by the mail train
which passed along earlier in the morn
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