The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-11
NORTH CAROLINA.

III 2
Of the Carnegie Library movement
didn'ts suspend their activities yesterday
although they We're certain they had
among the signers of the petitions more
tina a majority of the registered voters
of the city. They wanted to show as
C~OncIusiveIy as possible how strong the
feeling is in favor of accepting the IL
brary and they realized hat the best
way to DO this was to get names. So
they repeated the tactics OF the pre-
ceeding days and when nightfall came
the list had been substantially augment.
Charlotte News. The Baptist COnven-
ton which meets in this city Wednes-
day represents the largest constituent
cy of any religious body in the State.
They now have $ District Associations
with a membership reported by the
churches last year of 1T1.S3J. The basis
of representation is financial. eccept as
TO the associations. Each association
IS entitled to three delegate while the
churches may send one for every ten
dollars contributed TO the objects of the
convention. provided no church shall
send more than ten.
The Tar Heel: We notice that sew
eral parties have passed through town
recently going to the lower sounds for
cunning. Notable among the parties
IS one of four persons from Worcester
Mass, n another of three from New
York City. Northern spOrtsmen come
Town South more and more every year
and It seems that the Sound counties
Of our state are the most popular re-
sorts.
Winston Sentinel: Rufus Robert
son., accused of the murder of Hubbard
Hasten, near KernersvilIe on Wednes-
day evening. November 18th. is in jail.
Robertson was brought here about
$50 O'Clock this morning by his brother
in-law, Deputy Sheriff S. Gray Brown
of Salem Chapel township. The defen-
dant went to the home of the office,
near Dennis. last night and surren-
dered. He did not know that Hasten
was dead until informed by his brother
.n-Iaw.
KinstOn Free Press: Mr.. Jarman. a
young man who lives near Tuils
Mill, brought a load of fresh pork to
the city and one going out about dusk
was set upon by f~oOtpads. he says, on
the outskirts Of town and robbed of sew
eraI dollars that he had lose in his
pocket. He returned to the city yes
terddy and reported the matter to thG
police. The robbers did not get Mr..
Jarman'S 'wad" as it was pinned IN
Ids inside vest pocket. There were
three negroes and Mr.. Jarman says
he would recognize them though he
doesn't know their names. One. .
mulattO, answered TO the name of Ed
with this clew TIE police are working
while the rObbing was going on and
mp the case.
Henderson Geld Leaf: The Metho-
dist church at the Ha-ri1t Cotton Nils
was burned betWc-H 4 i'd 5 O'clock
Monday MOI nirg. cure of the fire
is unknown. Sund y-schCCI was lid
there in n afternoon but no p1Cach-
ing at night, and it is said that very
little fire was left in the stove. When
first discovered the building was afire
on top. The house was not finished
but was being used. There was about
$500 insurance.
Salisbury Truth-Index: The Brown
Furniture Company has already found
1t necessary to increase its capital,
owing to it's rapidly increasing bust
ness. The directors ave ordered that
che stock books he again opened for
the sale of 500 shares of stock at SIG
a share, and something over 200 of these
have already been old Arrangements
have recently been made with a concern
In NeW York by which the Grown f ur-
nfture Company is guaranteed a sale
Of an output of at least 100000 an
Wually.
Ashevine Citizen: The application
of A. B. Morrison, CT Martinsville, Va,
who is interested i'll wells o thirty
miles from this city asking for a fran
chise embodying the privilege Of open
ing streets and furnishing natural gas
was presented by Police Justice Thomas
a. Jones at the regular weekly meeting
of the board of aldermen last night. All
the members were present Both Judge
Jones and the applicant. A. B. Morri-
son made short addresses asking that
the request be complied with. judge
Jones stated thai the firm of Sliddell
& Stewart had transferred its interests
in the wells to this pplicant- On mo-
ton the franchise passed its first 1eaG-
ing. Section 6. which is n of the most
important sections reads: "N1tura.
gas shall be furnished by the said 4. &
Morrison. his heirs, executors. admin
istrators nd assigns TO the inhabitants
and consumers of aid city upon con-
hract TO he made by and between him
and the said Inhabitants and consumers
provided that the late t which gas
shall be furnished shall net exceed
seventy-five cents per thousand cubir
feet, subject TO u discount OF twenty
percent, if paid 5y loon upon the fiftf
of the succeeding month The fran
chise is TO run for a term of thirty
years