The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
NORTH CAROLINA.

-niSSlOEdry Alliance or New YORK
which contains a picture Of Rev
Richard J. Parker, of Porto Rico. and
also an interesting article from his
pen, "Romanism as it Impresses Me-
Mr. Parker is a Bladen boy, raised
In Bethel township and is now a mis-
1sionary in Porto Rico, n is doing
an excellent work.-Clarkton Express
This morning there was another
large shipment of revenue stamps re-
ceived at this office. There were some
thing like fifty pouches put off the east
bound train at this place. Every day
or two there is a shipment received
here. This will not be the case when
we get h federal building, as the
government will ship enough stamps
for a months supply at a time, as soon
as the vault room can be furnishe1
for them.-Durham Sur.
The movement of truck from the
local station continues heavy, the
shipment Of the A. & y. c., by freight,
amounting today to about 1850 pack
ages. besides 800 by express. Potatoes
are the main shipments, though quite
q number of baskets of beans were
included in the shipment. Cabbage are
about marketed, only a very few for
local trade being forwarded now. The
shipment today required about ten
cars to handle them, from this sta
tion.-Kinston Free Press.
Mrs. Baker, the Cecil Rhodes heir
-ess. who was discovered at Asheville
engaged in missionary work, has given
evidence that her heart is in her cause.
At the time she was discovered and
notified that she was entitled to a por-
ton Of Cecil Rhodes estate, she was
engaged in raising funds for a mission
school at Waycross, Ga. h promptly
announced her decision to devote her
share OF the Rhodes estate to the
cause of missions and Industrial
schools. Mrs. Baker is the sort Of
woman the country delights in honor
dng.-Charlotte Chronicle.
The New York Age, the negro paper
edited by T. ThOma Fortune, is jump
ing on John c.. Dancy, the colored
recorder of the District Of Columbia.
Tor the reason that he did not control
the republican convention in the sixth
district and bring about the election
of two negro delegates to the repub-
l1can national convention. This report
er was present at the convention above
spoken OF, which was held in this city,
and we are quite sure there was not
a negro present, so how could Dancy
control it?-Fayetteville Observer.
]. H. Lewey, living four miles north
east OF the city. was in town this
morning looking for a stolen horse.
He arrived at home at IL o'clock last
night and put the animal in the stable.
AT n this morning his dog woke him
up by incesSant barking, and when
he went out he discovered his horse
was gone. He tracked him to Prox-
unity. but when the thief got into the
big road he lost the trail. Sheriff Jor-
~ took the matter III hand and by
pioning around to different places.
hopes to overtake the horse or thief.
2C both.-Greensboro Record.
fl5ter&ay at noon the Southern rail-
Way had 500 refrigerator and box cars
~ rtwo negro delegates to the repub-
moved south and loaded with peaches
and melons. All empty, they were put
int0 trains of seventy cars each, and
curing the afternoon three of those
T-Iins came into Charlotte. South of
shis place the side-tracks and other
Ghings will not admit of SO long trains,
and the number OF cars was cut to fifty
TO n train. This ave one some idea
of h OF hauling there is
ahead of the railroads TO move the
crop of peaches this year.-Charlotte |
Chronicle.
The Wilson Light Infantry has re-
turned from st. louis greatly bene-
nted by their outing, to say nothing Of
viewing of the greatest aggregation
OF the worlds wonders ever before
accumulated in one spot. While there
they drilled several times, and on
liberty bell day they composed a part
of the 1000 troops that marched be-
hind the great changer of the dawn
of liberty and the birth of a nation.
Only one accident marred the trip
and that was the enforced return of
MI. A. d. Massey, who at a most in
~opportune time was taken with a case
of mumps and had to leave his COM
ILT;Icnn Tir1aS
The last chapter in an interesting
case, that of the Travellers insurance
VS.. the board of commission
ers of Henderson county. wa written
by Judge Boyd, in the United States
district court, il chambers yesterday.
1T was the obtaining by the plaintiffs,
the bondholderS, of the judgment car
rying out the mandate of the United
States circuit court of appeals. Tor
$4,000, with accrued interest, mount
ing to about $4,000. The suit was
brought in July, 1902. by the insur-
ance company, to establish the valid
ity of bonds of Henderson county, Is
sued in 1875, n upon which Interest
had been paid up to a few years ago..
The commissioners OF the county re-
fused to pay the interest on the ground
that they had been illegally issue1--
Charlotte Observer.
This morning about 3 o'clock a we'll
dressed, but much-beiraggled strang
er. giving his name as Norman Chal-
ley, hustled into the office Of the chief
OF police, and said lie had just been
waylaid and robbed by a couple OF
negroes in Deans alley. He had blood
on his head and several contuSionS.
He said that as he was coming through
the alley two negroes accosted him,
asking for a match; that in getting
the match some silver in his x
jfngle1, and before he knew it one of
the negroes struck him on the head
with brass knuckS. but he managed to
get his knife and began slashing on
them to such an extent they both
fed. The police accompanied Challey
to The scene OF action n there found
a bloody battle ground. and scattered
over the ground they picked up 1915
m silver and Challey's po~cket-book,
containing several notes and other
valuable papers. His statement OF
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