The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-22
NORTH CAROLINA.

Sunday afternoon on Nash street DE
three negrOes-Plummer Clayton, Lucy
Dawson and Beebe Taylor. Little Nolia
was pushed down by one Of the party,
while Miss Winstead was hit in the
back by a rock.
Durham Herald: Colonel ]. s. Carr
has just returned home from an eN-
tended trip north and since his return
to Durham the deal has been cOnsum-
mated by Colonel Carr and Mr.. Julian
S. Carr, Jr,. for the purchase of 400 I'M
proved Mayo knitting machines. Inc
delivery Of the machines is to begin
at once it is hoped to have them IN
operation by November 1st. The ne"
machines cost $175 each or at total Of
$4,000 put into these machines.
Monroe Journal: The Journal was
told this morning by a farmer that
there were boil weevil, the nest that
does so much damage to cotton in
Texas, in Union county this year.
Farmers in Mecklenberg have com
planned at their presence. Mr.. 0. P.
WimberIy of Lanes Creek township,
who lived in Texas a long time, says
the weevil has anneared in his cotton
this year. Mr.. Jas. Mann. another
farmer who has lived in Texas, says
the same thing
A special from Greensboro says Mr..
J. L. CIemmons. it has always been
claimed by his friends, was the dis
cOverer of t~elegraphy, and cOmmuni-
Gated his discovery to Morse. who per-
fected the principle and claimed II as
his own. Mr.. ClemmOns was reared
in Lexington. Davidson county, and it
was generally supposed that he was
dead long ago. Yesterday Mr.. W. a.
Watson, Of this city. received q long
and interesting letter from Mr.. Glenn
mons. saying that he was in excellent
49, - N ion
OF nonresident North C~arOlinians, to
be held here October 1913.
Salisbury sun: An aged farmer from
near Concord. who was here yester-
dav said the apple crop in his section
was the best for many years. But
what are we to do" he asked with
some degree of feeling. They must
lie upon the ground and rot for we
cannot distill brandy out of them, but
must pay for the brandy for family
use more than the average one of us
can afford. To say the least. the people
- my section are not by any means
saG~fed with the operations of the
watts law. but If changes be neces-
Sary We wish to bring them about
through lhe agencies Of our party
Greensboro telegram: officers Jordan
and Nhlte last n1Sat arrested a man by
the name of Clifton. Brim. The man
Adu Oh ClOlucS Ol Il OnIte6 States SOL
der when arrested n he admitted
being a deserter, saying no deserted
from the Marine barracks at Washing
ton, .. c, during August. The mar
claimed to be on his way to Washing
ton last night. He was arrested or
train No. SO where he was trying Il
beat a ride. Another man was caught
off OF the same train. Both men were
locked up. A reward was offered fol
the arrest Of Brim, but the policeman
who made the arrest did not know
what the amount offered was.
Wilson Times: Mr.. Joe Lamm has
been furnishing Leonard Swami with
money. goods. etc, and Swami has
been living high, while Lamm has beer
building high hopes on the money he
would receive when he had caShed a
$3.50 check on a New Jersey bank tina
Swan left with Lamm for the pay
nent Of all these good things The
certain moneys that would be shortly
@f Swann's account Thinking possibly
to do was to wait a little while unit
certain moneys that would beShOrtIy
paid in would prevent an OVerGraWa
of Swami account Thinking possibly
tsere might be some mistake. Mr.
Lamm investigated and found nc
money in that New Jersey bank. In
the mean time Swami has left and
Lamm is looking for him with q war
q rant.
Clarkton Express: CIarkton was the
scene Of a right lively encounter Fri
day afternoon, in which the greatest
nuisance that has ever invested Oul
town was made to leave. About two
months g Luther Monroe. a negro,
late from the chain gang. opened a res
taurant here and has been giving trou'
BILE continually ince. Evidently ht
had been drinking Friday and was
+,IIr;n~ IN n hoiSfarOIS manner on thk
streets where there were ladies' He
was ordered to hush. but this only
mad him worse. He showed fight, bu
the boys began TO crowd in on him 81
close that he took to his heels, and
after a chase of several hundred yard!
he was caught and taken before tht
mayor and fined ten dollars and cost
or to leave town in twelve hours. H.
left that night. and he may thank hi
stars that he got out alive. He wa
the most impudent, contemplate scoul
1rel We ever saw
Durham Herald: It is learned tina
the American Tobacco Company ha
purchased about two acres II grOunt
on West Main street and that tw,
immense tobacco STORAGE
will be erected ut m early date tn
property was the vacant lot just Yves
of Main Street Methodist church. be
longing to Mr. 3. L. Duke The paper
coveriD~ the transfer have not bee
recorded as vet. but Il IS learned tina
the rumOred deal is a fact and tina
the price paid for the property was /
the n~eIghborhoOd Of $4,000. On tn
property will be located two very lars
houses in Durham. There are no
buildings will BE- as large or large
than any Of the immense stOrae
housese In Durham. There are no
two tremendous storage houses undo
course Of erection one or them cover
ing an acre and One-eighth and TIVE
stories 1t IS said that when the:
houses are completed and filed wit
tobacco that the" Will Zach add SOM
thing like $500. 900 to the taxable pro-
erty of the county or about $4,000
for the four houses.
4 Remarkable Record.