The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-09
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Greensboro Record: The people OF
jamestown ask that a double track be
put Gown on the proposed electric road
bet cen that place and High Point 70
properly handle the traffic Of that en-
terprising burg. and they say il has
seeH promised
Troy Examiner: Mr.. H. T. Vickers in
forms us that he can show a 81 pound
cabbage. a 9 pound, II ounce sweet DO
tatO. and 81 lot of ! IL pound turnips.
He says he has a lot OF ~cab5aSes w5iga-
Ing 30 pounds each Mr.. NickeTs lives in
the MOTatOck section, and ~evl4e3t.y has
some fine vegetables
Wilson Times: The Atlantic Coast
Line ) charging the freight depot TO
handle increasing business at this point,
and promise further Improvements IN
the near future--Mr. jim OiIoru, lne
umbrella member brought US in ytst=c-
day a water melon. 1t is a little out OF
season but appears to be SOLD and all
right
Gastonia Gazette: At sunrise yester-
day morning Colonel R. l.. Abernetny
fIIet tie papers with the clerk OF tie
court at Dallas in a suit he has instI-
tuted against Colonel Julian s Carr for
alleged breach Of CONTRACT. The suit
WOW several hundred Olla claim
ed by Colonel A~Dernethy to be due him
and grows out Of differences bstWeen
him and Colonel Carr in connection
with the O~ccOneechee farm, of wnich
Colonel AbeTnethy was manager.
Concord Times: Mr.. Holland Thomp-
son, VINO belongs to States vile. ana
who has for some time been an inStruc-
tor in the college OF the CITY OF New
York and lecturer for the board OF ed
acatIon. has recently been appointed to
the staff of the New International En-
cyClOpedia in the department Of Ameri-
can History of Biography. He has par
ticu!ar charge of titles in Southern his
tory and biography. Mr.. THOMPSON is
= scholarly man and is we'll fitted fOE
his work.
Charlotte Observer: The Observer
reporter who heard Mr.. Moses II. Cone
gay that he expected 20 nah his apple
orchard bring him in an income OF
about $50, 600 4 year was on the point or
writing that raising OF apples s more
profitable than digging for gold, WAen
he happened to remember that MI. NJ
l.. Jones. the principal owner OF the
lola Mime, in Montgomery county
brought to this city yesterday morning
$1,000 in crude gold. which he had got
ten out of his mine by working on!y
half time for five weeks
Fayetteville Observer: Mr. Charles
r. Flint. = mIIti-miIl.Onaire OF New
Yorh organizer Of the rubber and about
Z. dozen other great trusts. and also OF
the lumber company at Georgetown, ,.
c. the largest plant Of the kind In the
world. arrived in the city THURSDAY
night and registered at the LaFayetle.
Early in the morning he WAS driven Olt
to thu pine product plant of the Austria
Dis Manufacturing Company. III when
Ae i Interested He brought his dtS
and hunting equipment long. knowing
that this WAS a famous quail shooting
ReCt.On-
New Bern Journal: \ feeling of sad
aeSS was cast over the community yes
terday morning Wh'n it was known
that MIR sam S. d hal passed
away. He va a v ing man who had
the quality of wi" ing friends OF Al
who knew him. Mt one of his assocl-
ate, but speak in the highest terms u
him. They loved him because OF MS
sterling iutegritg his faithfulness 10
duty. and his e. ;ial cOmpanlonaoie ma
lure. He was . quiet, straight forward
yorug man. no addicted 10 any bad
habits and was a fine specimen or
obysicaI strer. Lh.-A very beautl1uI
wreath comp, Sed of roses, lilies ana NY
acinths was -eceived last night from
wilmington for the late sam Blddle:
1t was a tribute from the employees u
the postofI,ce.-A boat load OF trout
brought to his market yesterday. wnlch
was said 20 be a single catch, DC tor
rwo hundred dollars in the local market.
News and Observer: Several mem
bers elect of the legislature arrived III
Raleigh yesterday ana during the after
noon and evening the lobby of the var
borough house, was fairly we'll hlled
with members OF the advance guard
Early in the day Hon. Lee ,. pVermdii,
Of Salisbury. candidate for the CAlted
States senate. arrived n took charge
of his formerly engaged suite OF rooms
ct the Marlborough. He was accOmpa-
nie,! by Mr.. Walter Murphy, one OF the
mcu. berS-elect Of Rowan county atu III
A little Will the OVerman men, the
Crsic men md the Watson men We're
freely mingling together. each WafchiA$
cut for any new arrival. During the
afternoon y. essrs. Watson. over man
aud Craig were all sitting together IN
the lobby in what seemed 70 be most
nIeasant and agreeable cOnfab and IN
onlooker who did not know the tacI
would hardly have supposed that tn7y
were so vigorously opposing each other
for the highest office in the gift OF the
state