The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-13
NORTH CAROLINA.

Durham Sun Mrs. Thomas r. Will
burn the lady who was bruIully knock
ed On the head with an axe, by the he
gro brute, Alex Spencer, Lied at her
home in Halifax count, Virginia,
Thursday night.
Wilson News: About ~seventy-tlre
thousand pounds of tobacco were sold
On the warehouse floors today. Tie
prices remain about the same. 1t IS
expected that a million pourjs WIZ ie
sold during February if tie weather
conditions remain favorable.
Marion News: The smallpox situation
las not materially changed. Seve:al
who have had the disease have been
released from quarantine. There has
BEES no death and no n seriously SICK.
The disease is indeed in a mild form.
The people OF Marion have been all
v~accinated-
Special to Charlotte Observer: Ruth
kordtOn February 7.-Deputy Marshal
Ecoggin and Agent Patterson Destroy
ed two large Illicit distilleries near
Duncan. his county, yesterday. This
Is the fourth distillery which has len
destroyed in that neghborhood during
the past month.
Greensboro Patriot: The employees of
Gone cotton mills here have formed d
mutual benefit association that pays
$500 d week in case of sickness and
$40 Ia case Of death. The monthly dues
are only % cents When the reserve
reaches $500 the monthly dues will be
discontinued and assessment made 20
furnish funds. Mr.. Caesar Cone do
mated S1ee to the organization when II
started
in1nTA rms GrO1NnI &c hnf-1
cleared near the Seaboard depot fer
building a cotton mill. This enterp, iee
Is being promoted by Mr.. J. a. Alter
sethy, one of the former owners OF the
lincoln cotton mills. and a mill man
Of experience. This mill will operate
about 1000 spindles. and will turn ut
q fine grade OF yarn. The promoters
of this mill will apply for a charter,
n a corporation will be organized.
The prObab bly, cost Of his mill will be
about 5000. 009
Sanford Express: With good streets
and electric lights there is nothing to
prevent Sanford from becoming the
Grst town in Central North Carolina.
1t iF only a question of a short time
WIN we will have bOth-Sanford has
among her citizens quite a number of
northern people, the most of whom
moved to the place during the past two
Of three years. They stand among our
best peOple-prOgressiVe. public spirit
ed and have done much to make The
town what she Is today. We need more
like them.
Charlotte Observer: At Il special
meeting, last night, t. e board of alder
men endorsed a pro; ositiOn which en-
powers the board o" comnli3s.O neTS to
mortgage the mum pal plant for s2C0,-
600. The bono iss- becomes necessary
IN view of the fact hat within 8 months
the water comm. -sioners must vacate
their present Ttter shed on Sugar
creek and local their plant on either
Briar creek or IrWin's creek: and IN
making the NJ ve and after making it
the commission rs desire to raise money
90 great thy inc ease the size and useful-
Ress of the ant, SO that 1t will be ad-
eGuate for tt needs Of Charlotte for so
years to COR,
Henderson Gold Leaf: Four rev
eases of smallpox have developed since
the case reported last week. -Four of
these are at the pest house, Including
the original patient, and the other IS
at her home, outside of town, all cO,G--
ed. The three new cases at the pest
house belong to the family of the ne
gro man who was first discovered to
have the disease.-ReDresentative
Danies, OF Vance, has introduced n bill
to prohibit persons from picking black
berries on the lands of another with
cut permission of the owner. AS the
Gold Leaf sees it that is 100 small a
piece of legislation to be put upon the
statute books of North Carolina.
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Mr.. Ed
ward G. Denmark, of GoldsDOro, N c.,
IS getting along as we'll as could be ex-
pected at st. Luke's Hospital, Rich
mOnd, Va, where he was taken a few
days ago for treatment. A very Grs-
tressing accident occurred to Mr.. Den
mark at the plant of the Southern cot
ton-Oil Mill, of that city, recently.
While at work on the macnine he GOT
his right arm caught by the saws and
SHREDDED off flesh. Medical aid was
promptly rendered, but as cOmplICa-
tons were unprecedented the young man
was taken to st. I.uke's hospital, where
an operation vas successfully perform
ed, the arm being amputated above the
elbow. Mr.. Denmark is a most excel
tent young man, only twenty-one years
old l.