The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-17
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND There.

The Washington Post says it would
nave more faith in the Salvation
ArmyS plan to redeem Breathitt coun-
ty If Hell-roarin' Jake Smith could be
induced to lead the crusade.
In renovating the capitol at Raleigh
it will be necessary to put IN new
wires, as the old ones were pulled to
pieces during the last session Of the
legislature.-Greenvile Reflector.
A city hall to be forty-fve stories
high and to cost $780, 900, 900 is being
planned for New York city. The
building is to contain the terminals for
street railways and the bridges, as we'll
as offices for city officials and the
courts. The heights of the building
from the side walk is to be $50 feet,
making it the tallest building If the
world. There is but one cost for room
for such a building-the foundation.
bow that costs nothing, and it is
cheaper to go up than to spread out
Exchange.
Several thrilling escapes of passen-
gers who We're in the wreck Of No.
30 at Rockflsh, Va, ave been report
ed. Mr.. Harris A. Sharpe, Of Knox
Vile, Tenn, wa o with his
young wife. They were returning from
a bridal trip north. Mr.. Harris went
from the parlor to the smoker and
had just lighted his cigar when the
mail train crashed into the local
freight. When rescued Mr.. Sharpe was
under four dead men; n victims
body had been severed and Sharpe's
head had been forced into he cut por-
ton. When recovered, a rib of the
dead man was found protrudins
through Sharpe's right jaw. Mr..
Sharpe's neck was badly sprained, his
head bruised and his arms and legs
badly bruised. The News man learned
today that the operators message
which was misread by Conductor Bur-
beck, was yesterday found IN the
pocket Of Engineer Hale, who is at the
University hospital in Charlottesville.
In speaking of the wreck yesterday
morning, Engineer Hale admitted that
he had failed to read the order him.
self. taking Conductor Burbeck's word
that No. 50 was one hour and twenty
minutes late instead of twenty minutes
as the message clearly reads.-Charlotte
News.
So great has beer the demand for
harvest hands in Kansas the services
of 10 negroes for the mex 80 lays were
sold at auction in Russell county to-
day. Bidding was spirited and was
participated in by all Of the wheat
growers in the surrounding country.
The bidding started at $3.50 a day.
The price was quickly advanced to
$4.25, at which the services of two ne
groes were purchased by ]. I. Stencil.
The other eight were assigned 20 a
wheat grower named Patterson. His
highest bid was IS a day for h SER
vices of Joseph Hoover, the leader Of
the party. By the terms Of the con-
tract the negroes hired themselves to
| work at any labor their purchasers
have for them until the expiration of
80 days; to obey all orders and to re-
! main with the men who purchase them
for one month. The view is expressed
that this is a form Of peonage. More
than 5000 men are yet needed in the
Kansas harvest fields to saw the great
wheat crop. State Employment Agent
Gerow has exhausted every effort to
obtain men from outside the state, tu.
! announced tonight that enough could
not be had.-Topeka Dispatch to Balti-
more Sun,