The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-25
NORTH CAROLINA.

~,arcbants' Association has declined
70 cooperate with other association!
~ the proposed OycOt against tn
american Tobacco Company. Ihey say
pr the time for action has not ar
-ved- If it is not time when the price
Il tohacco with il short crop. is forced
20 two and three cents a pound. ther
IT Will never be.
Kinston Free Press: The warehouse
-nen report a slight Improvement II
he price of tobacco for the past IL"
days. Whether the market IS beIIei
ar the quality of tobacco we don
know. nor whether the adyanc De
permanent. but there is said 10 De
some Improvement in the price. 10
30acco is still low.
New Bern Journa: Professor L. l.
E1argrave who was prlnclpai ol
Dover High school last year has Deeii
elected by the trustees Of St PauI >
at Beaufort principal OF that schooi'
and has accepted. Craven county re-
.rrets the loss Of Professor HargraFe'
FOR he has been a poNet =,
xaer school system. but WlSheS Ior itIii
in his new field the success Ihdl he
will doubtless deserve.
Fender Chronicle: The huckleperry
business Omis to be a great anu
r3roftabIa industry for Fender coun-
r., IN +ba course of q very few years.
" III LIIt COUl
rThey are plentiful and are OF a very
~7na nualitv. and those VINO nave snip
ped anv of the fruit hnd that LheS
F1ring good prices in the northern mar
kets. We hear that Mr.. }. ii: Mur-
av's children. of South washington.
-ITcLad and sold about $500 worth of
E,uckeIbcrrfes his season. which gives
only an idea of what can be done
AsheviIle News: News has been re-
-.efyad of the illness of Mr.. and Mrs.
- w. Shaefer. formerly of AsheYllle,
IN FI Paso, Texas. Mr.. Schaeter mas
had charge of the bindery of the Hack
ucy & Moale CO.. during the past year
md left recently to spend his vacation
IN Texas. While there his wife was
. +rfcken with typhoid fever and u few
laws later Mr.. Schaefer himself was
rakeu with the same malady- Botn
are now in the Province HOspltal anu
Mrs. Schaefer is reported as being IN
very serious condition
Charlotte Observer: Whether truth
ar fiction. tina is a pretty good STORY
lament the defaIcatiOn of Cashler Dew
ey. of New Bern. by our GREENSBORO
CORRESPONDENT in yesterday paper
The directors being Informed that the
s1auk's supply of cash was likely 10
grove below the legal requirement, the
sum of $25, 600. so the story goes. was
BORROWED. The next thing the dlrec-
tors know Cashier Dewey and TINS Dol
,-owed money were missing. along WIN
T-he banks assets. save the furniture
md fixtures and S1.3UO.
Concord Times: The body of a man
was found in the Yadkin river near
August 9Th. and from pa
-rzerS found thereon there seems 10 pe
z.yg doubt that it was Mr. Ed brewer.
Concord. He left concord three
ago for COOleemee. and his Wl1e
I--,l ,,nrhinO from MN.
Is2 seems that he was foully deaiI Will
a here WAS a cash on his head, and ms
Jackets had been rifed. From ms
He was 80 years old and leaves u Wlie
: nd three children here. HIS Wl1e Is
= daughter of Mr.. Perkins OF toreSC
Hill Brewers body when Ioullu w
Sadly decomposed. n On one hhe"
VINO he was.
WASHINGTON On. CO Gazette: The
local weather office is in receipt OF a
chart from the photographic ONCE at
Norfolk, This chart shows the course
a9f the famous OcracOke STORM u
Few years ago. 1S99 to be precise. Inc
.zsr2rm started at the Cape Verde Is
F-7nd on August 3rd. 1899, and until
IS. 9Th if was completely lost track OF
4F came I'D the Atlantic cOnet and the
ty-{ncipal damage was done AT Ocrd-
s@oke. All storms are named AFTER the
where the elements DO the IloSl
= damage. Henc the maine OCIdGoh0
WAS tagged onto storm. On Septern-
tEsar the eth the storm came to an END
IF Brest, France. having lasted one
Yr1onth and four days. and during that
yIme it crossed the Atlantic ocean
twice. The chart is sent o. at this
crime because of the coast storm that
Yyas been dOgin damage in the west
gB,7dies for several days during the past
week
Charlotte Chronicle: a gentleman
who has travelled over a large portion
of the country recently finds that along
9-he macadam "a and the rural Tree
& delivery routes the people of the cOun-
t-y are greatly improving the appear
ance of their homes by ainting their
houses and O~uthOuseS II by Guilt
grass plats and lawns and
around their houses. and other
wise beautifying them with lowers
A.: md shrubbery. So much for good
roads and rural free delivery So long
Ms people live an isolated. shut-ln life.
II is natural that they should often
sse careless as to the utward appear
4nce of their homes. but good roads
4. md rural free delivery bring them
: Closer together and work marvellous
in many ways. People who
ave given thought to the subject are
IF the opinion that good roads n
I -ural free delivery can be depended
4 Ipon to check the influx of rural popu- |
alton into the towns and cities. and
-hus save the country people TO them
.elves.