The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-29
NORTH CAROLINA.

Mrs T. j. killough last Wednesday
morning.
Greeneville Ref1ectOr: The LOuisburg
dispensary sold over $3.50 900 worth OF Il
QuOr from January TO June Of this year.
Three Der cent of the gross receipts.
amounting TO about $500, was paid into
the state treasury.
CIarkton Express: The people of
RaefOrd are made of the right stuff.
On the night Of the 18th instant the
main buildings of Raeford Institute
were destroyed by fire, but in less than
two days ? 800 had been raised TO
erect new buildings even better than
the ones burned. The buildings will
be completed in six weeks and the
school goes on without interruption.
Durham Herald. The strike at the
lumber mill of Young & Stone, in East
Durham, is now practically off. Eight
of the fifteen strikers have returned to
their work and by 50 doing forfeited
their membership in the union. 1t VIII
be remembered that a short while ago
some fifteen WOrkmen, most of them
being the best WOrkmen in the shop, laid
dOwn their jobs and refused to work
because there We're some nOn-uniOn men
employed. They first demanded that
the Objectionable wOrkmen b. removed.
This was refused and the strike of the
fifteen followed. One of the strikers
went back Immediately after the strike.
Wilson Times: The special term Of
court which was ordered for the first
of October has been recalled. as many
of the lawyers Will be occupied in the
HayWOOd-Skinner case at hat time in
Raleigh. Hon. JOIN f. Woodland, of
Wilson. is one of the counsel for the
prOsecutiOn.-A miner from Colorado.
prospecting for Il Chicago rock finn,
Y a at C~Ontentnea Creek this morning.
He thinks the rock aIuabIe for differ
ent purposes, and is thinking of pur-
chasing the quarry at the railroad
bridge.-The pupils of the graded
school number 59S. 1t opened with 564,
and now has more than it had at the
beginning of the spring session last
January. The prospects are good for
$50 before the close of the school year.
Charlotte News: When the Catawba
Light and Power Company bought the
site for its mammoth dam on the Ca
taWba river it was obliged to buy up
about 10000 acres of land above the
dam on account of back water. 1t is
proposed now to convert this immense
VI IlCIu anu lOI0Sl lilo u uulIlQS
park, with lodges and a gamekeeper
who will look after the estate and pro-
Dagate large and small game, birds and
fish, Mr.. w. j. ROddey, of Rock Hill.
is the moving spirit in this projected
undertaking. Mr.. John Y. Wylie and
Mr.. Robert WyIie and one or two choice
spirits from Charlotte Will be share
holders. 1t is proposed to make it one
Of the SWEETEST hunting parks in the
southland and 4 veritable sportsman's
paradise.
Charlotte Observer: Some of the
soldiers composing the two local COM
Ianies, the Charlotte artillery and the
Hornets Nest riflemen, are learning
hat the national government is not so
lax as the officials in the state guard
4rere before the passage of the Dick
dill in congress last year by which the
state militia was made a national
guard At the armOrieS of the two
companies last night the men who had
attended Camp Armfield. at AsheviIle,
received pay for the time they were in
service and the very few who were alb
sent without leave were startled to learn
nat they wOul be contaminated for
The OffenSe. There are two courses for
the court; to acQuit the men or CIV
them u d~ishOnOrable discharge. This
time and place for the cOurt-martial
have not been fixed
Asheville Citizen: An unfaithful wife.
an erring postmaster. II 4 WrOnged
husband furnished much food for the
gOSsips of SmithfieId. II is the old
tale of Delilah. To satisfy u greed for
gold a married woman who lately ar
rived at Smithfield with her husband
sold her honor. The purchaser was
Postmaster Massey and when he was
discovered in his sin, he did not, like
David, lament n repent. Net he. He
had recourse to the first means Of per-
suasion and actually bribed the alleged
husband to hold his peace. Then the
inward greed of the woman was again
apparent, for her soul rebelled against
the distribution of the purchase money
made by her husband. Her cunning
was equal to her aVarice and while her
better half was sound asleep, she crept
like a tigreSS to his bed and SlaShed
MS throat with a knife. This was the
woman who had previously publicly
announced her shame at a saNctiflcatiOn
meeting. She had looked for sanctifca-
ton. she declared, but had not fOund
it. 1t should be added that the hus-
band. with the aid of physicians recov-
cred from the blood-thirsty attack Of
his unfaithful wife.
Special 10 News and Observer: Dur
nam, \. c. September 23.-Harry Kelly,
a white man siXty-seVen years of age,
died in the police station tonight at 7:40
o'clock rs a result of injuries he receiv-
ed at the hands of G.. ]. Armstrong. Il
young white man. Both of these men
were locked up yesterday afternoon on
the. charge OF drunkenness on the
streets. soon afterwards Armstrong.
who is a vicious character, attacked
Kelly and knocked him down several
times. In the fail his head came in con-
tact with the steel bars OF the cell and
of the brain is supposed to
have caused his death. The coroner
has AXE charge of the body and an in
quest is now on and will be completed
tomorrow morning. The murderer 81
Kelly has boan IN Durham but a short