The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NORTH CAROLINA.

wilson Times: Among the gunners
present at the shoot here today are
Aessrs. w. p. Whitaker, of the News
n Observer. and r. VI. Philips, OF
the Morning Post. "A fellow feeling
makes US wondrous kind n we
trust the newspaper men will bag some
Of the prizes.
Clarkton Express: The new train on
n Seaboard Air Line is a great con-
~yenience. It made the first trip out OF
Wilmington Monday. The train going
west passes Clarkton at 6:3S a m and
going east passes here at 9:52 p. m.
Anyone can now go to Charlotte or
Raleigh and return the same day
CIarkton Express: The health author
titles report new smallpox cases at Dub
lin and Buffers cross roads. or MI.
John Shaw's family, all are well ex-
cept Mrs. Shaw and Miss Maude, the
latter being critically i'll with 1t. Mr..
Bruton. of Bladenboro. IS
and will be released within a few days
OF the two cases at a Arcadia, one
recovered and the other died.
Kinston Free Press: The reports
from the farmers in this section. both
In Lenoir and surrounding counties are
very gratifying as to the condition OF
the crops. The section of the county
near Jones and in Jones county has had
a pretty heavy precipitation OF ram.
but not enough to seriously a1ect the
crops, and in most parts OF the Vlcinl-
ty the seasons have been such as to
bring out the growing stuff splendidly.
Kings Daily: J. NJ. C. Nelson, Of
C%ontentena, has added another curios-
fty to our exhibit. 1t appears to be a
petrifed wooden pin, about ten inches
IOno md fura inches in 6ia meter. being
a fraction smaller at one end. 1t was
found by Mr.. Nelson in his field. 1t
was upright in the ground the top be-
ing about four inches beneath the sur
face. 1t might have been a division
corner Of lands, or a key to buried
treasure.
Greensboro Record: Rev. Johnson,
general secretary of the Baptist board
OF state missions. starts this week on
his rounds of the Baptist associations
in the state. They will be held be-
tween July 18th and December 1st. The
first one will be Flat River association
which commences with a church near
Roxboro today, Tuesday. There are 81
associations in the state. Mr.. Johnston
says the Baptists of the state have
5000 more money to raise for missions
the work this year requiring $4,000
instead Of $25, 900. The work is on that
much larger basis. The churches are
in excellent condition, and Mr.. John
son says he expects all the money
called for wilt be raised.
Special to Charlotte Observer:
Laurinburgs July 12.-The annua
meeting OF the stockholders of the
Scotland Mill was held at the court
hous yesterday morning. The present
officers and directors were reelected
The earnings of the mill for the pas
year was 50 per cent. on capital in.
vested. OF his amount 10 per cent
was declared as dividend to the stock
holders and % per cent. was reserved
for the uryOs of paying off the in.
d~ebtedneSS on the mill. This amour
with the proceeds of the 'quick as
SETS" will meet all this indebtedness!
and the mill is declared out of debt
This means that in four years the mil
has run it has paid about 6 per cent. OF
znoy1ey invested. besides doubling it
capacity for the debt was incurred il
adding five thousand spindles to thu
five thousand first put in. The actua
cost Of building and equipping this
mill was Dol eight thousand dol
lars. and it is thought hat it can b.
sold today for one hundred and fifty
Thousand dollars, thus making thu
stock worth about a dollar and a half
Durham Sun: The smoonshiners
EbIuS4fIIy uO IIOl DcIIcSe III IOuS uduiS
ThSy ave moved their plants in nearer
the city, and intended, had it not beer
for revenue officers, to do a retail busi
ness They had on hand a supply o
bottles, and eight stands of beer. Th'
latter would have been converted int
"Ianglefoot' in a few hours had it no
been that the sleuths of Uncle San
pounced down on the plant -yesterda.
and destroyed all The paraphernalia
Having gotten wind that there wa!
something doing near the city, Officer
Starkey Hare, w. K. Merritt and Ed
Lea went out on the still hunt yester
day morning. and about noon they rul
UP on a full outfit. two miles from tn,
city. The officers found that the still
was warm. n had been in use earle
in the day. There were also eigh
stands Of beer, which were cut down
The people are getting pretty bold il
this section in the illicit business, an
were it not for the watchful eyes o
the revenue men. they would ventur
in even closer han the one which wa
detected yesterday.