The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
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New Bern Journal: The Atlantic aid
North Carolina road ~receivership was
the leading topic OF conversation In
this city, yesterday. The general opln-
ion expressed is that it is a put up JOB
OF some kind to force h governor TO
act in the lease matter. Judge Pur-
nelI's part in h matter was de-
nounced as being hasty. and tending
towards favoritism Of certain parties
interested.
The Danbury Reporter says hat .
Stokes teacher received the following
note from the mother Of n OF her
pupils: Dear Miss: You write me
about whipping Sammy. L hereby
give you permission to beet him up
-eny time ii is necessary to learn him
tesens. He is Just like his fathe-
YOU have to learn him with a clubb
Pound noledge into him. L want him
to git 1t, and don't pay no attenshun
to what his father SEE. I'll hanile
him
John S. Andrews keeper Of the dis
pensary at Warrenton, is missing and
is said to have skipped the country.
Andrews had been asked to resign al
ter he had gotten mixed up in a scan
dial at the county jail. The dispensdiy
commissioners begun an
and soon found a shortage. this being
in the neighborhood of $500.
The Cumnock correspondent of the
Chatham Record: The coal mine at
this place is producing more than for
some time, and a superior article OF
fuel. There recently came here sew
eraI italian miners from Pennsylvania.
and they are we'll pleased with this
work. More are expected TO follow
Charlotte Chronicle: Charlotte peo-
ple. along with folks in other sections
of the country, have looked upon the
presidential aspirations Of William
Randolph Hearst in the light of a joke.
but they are beginning to realize that
the famous newspaper man Is In dead
From time to time have come
reports OF the presence in various
places of persons who were booming
his candidacy. and at last one OF these
boomers has visited Charlotte. The
gentleman in question is Mr.. w. Il.
". Lanning, of New York, who was
registered at the Buford last night.
He left this morning for Columbia, and
after interviewing democrats in South
Cardinals capital, will visit other
places in the south. Mr. tanning was
very cautious in his talk I'm Charlotte.
He began by inquiring the names OF
the leading and most influential demo-
Gratis. 1t was evident that he had
posted himself along this line, for the
most of his questions seemed to be
put with a view to having previously
formed opinions verified.
Greensboro Telegram: Judge Cooke
appears to make 1t a rule not to allow
"a term of court pass without doing
something to set the people talking.
Last time he was here he started a
grand jury investigation Of fires. This
time he has created a sensation by
c~ondemning in unmeaSured terms the
filthy condition of the court house. The
judge yesterday morning submitted a
few remarks on the filthy condition of
the court house. especially the cour
room the approaches thereto and thu
corridors.
Rei6sville Review: Miss Mary Bate
man was attacked by the fine bird dog
belonging TO Sergeant J. A. Haidtn
yesterday and painfully injured. Mr.
.Haldin was near by and lOosed the
animal after it had inflicted ugly
wounds on the neck and arms of the
young lady. There is nothing appar-
= emily wrong with the dog and 1t is
e. ordinarily very kind. 1t has been
: highly valued by the sergeant and hc
has refused prices for it. Miss Bate
ImaR was walking along the street
Mdgsn the dog made the vicious attack
upon her.
Kinston Free Press: Yesterday af-
Ternoon Mr.. Geo. Webb's two daugh-
ters were %alighting from their buggy
in front of the residence. n of then
had gotten out and was about to &C
into the house. when the other one was
about to follow her. but as n was
in the act of rising from her seat, the
horse. hearing a cracking sound over.
head. Jumped forward and stopped
Just at that instant, a large limb. load
ed with ice. fell crashing to thu
ground, in the precise spot where tn
buggy had stood.
Tarboro ~Southerner: C. l.. Allen, o
Raleigh, who has been seriously I'LL a
Spencer for the past week. Is afflicted
with a disease not common to Amer
Ca, but Is usually found among shee
in Europe. and sometimes develop
among the wool pickers of that coun
try. The physicians of this section ar
much interested in the disease Wh1c
is known as anthrax. The patient wa
first afflicted with something k car
buncles which later developed in tn
throat and spread over the entire fact
the parts being greatly swollen. On
popularity of the disease is that 1T az
parently counteracts the effects Of cal
-balic acid. The affected parts are ais
entirely ~insensible to pain. The RI
oovery of Mr.. Allen Is regarded 6
doubtful
If it's a bilious attack. take Chan
berlain's Stomach and Liver Table
and a quick recovery is certain. ID
- A-rroiofo