The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-12
NORTH CAROLINA

Concord Special to Charlotte Chroni-
Gle: A case Of more than ordinary i'm
pertance consumed q good part or the
oourt's time this week. Mrs W. N.
Patt bought q ticket in PhhadeIpnia
for Concord, and was told that said
ticket would carry her to her destinA-
ioa without having to change cars
But at Salisbury she was put off No. 81
and required TO wait q minutes there
for the next train, hen she was
brought here. She had a young child
with her. For this inconvenience and
violation of contract she brought suit
against the Southern Railway Company
for $1,975. The jury awarded her $50.
The judge In his charge to the jury
said il must not allow anything for
punitive damages. yet IL Drought In a
verdict for punitive damages contrary
to his ruling. and it is probable. so an
attorney informs us that he viii set the
verdict aside. and grant a new trial.
Charlotte News: While the city will
be glad to e that a contract has
been awarded the Catawba Power Com
pany for lighting the city at a reduction
OF the cost per arc light from $50. to
$54 q year. with corresponding reduc-
ton in the cost OF electric lIgntlng Tor
the business houses and the homes. ii
should b emembere that the posi-
biIity OF the reduction is the difference
z = hINSA ~ 0AN
er, the latter involving the consump-
ton Of coaI The former price of street
lighting was not exorbitant for steam
power. 1t will be a great thing for the
city, the reduction of this power for
lighting and fuel purposes. and for the
industrial plants that now have to use
coai-made electricity. gas or steam.
The Southern Pines correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says: w
haxa Hann fttvriChQ6 q combined r6nOrt
OF the superintendent n manager and
mining engineer of the P. H. Lawfman
Gold Mining Company, situate at
Ollie, Moore county. The report is
neatly gotten up and condensed so that
we find in sight on what is known as
the Jackson property alone. O,SOO, 900
cukic feet OF gold mining earth, wind
Tag down 60 feet. Is feet wide. loo
feet iong and in which is found S3,075
tons. assaying $50 per ton, thus yield
ing a revenue OF 81, 661 500. If richness
increases with depths, as the miners
say, what may we expect IL this mine
is explored to a depth of 500 or 1000
feet? There is also an additional prop
erty known as the Shields property be-
longing to this company which contains
a gold vein of value. This vein contains
a body of soft ore 800 feet long. 80 feet
across and 20 feet deep, averaging about
SIS per ton, which is represented thus,
y w ~ OO 1U"1rOCtsOSV SuO4S 1CNIp Nj
Uded by 20 cubic feet in a ton gives
$4,000"
Ashevilie Citizen: Yesterday morning
at the home OF Mrs. J.. A. Blakely.
Miss S. Marie Lance, Of Brevard, was
married 20 Mr.. John II. Carter, of
Barnardsviile. A feature of the mar
rage is the difference in ages Of bride
and groom. The bride is q and the
groom "A. He has eight grown chill
dren.
Washington Gazette-Messenger: Cur
rituck sound has been frozen over twice
this winter with the ice hard enough to
walk across il. That is something that
does not often occur. During a freeze
like those the game. such as duck, geese
and swan get quite poor. but 1t does
not a long for them TO get back to
their normal condition. This a
for game has been rather a poor one.
but the fishermen, as a rule nave done
exceedingly Well.
Scottish Chef: Mr.. Frank N. Wooten,
president of the Bank of Maxton, left
Sunday evening for Titusville. Fla.
where he will be united in marriage on
the 18th instant, to Miss Ilene Brady of
that place. We extend congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wooten will not arrive in
Maxton. until after a southern tour of
ten days.
Warrenton Record: We a a let
ter this week from a man at North
Springfield. Pa. inquiring about this
section and wanting TO know il there
were any small farms for sale. We
hope there will be some concert of &C
ton whereby it can be made easy for
this man to come down here and settle
in our midst. There is no doubt about
there being plenty of land here and it
can be bought at a reasonably low fig
ure, bat there must be some movement
on the part of our people to induce set
tiers to come
Charlotte News: The movement
among the cotton mill men Cor q par
tai shut down as a curtailment Of out
put ON account of present stringent
conditions is growing more pronounced
and it seems probable that in a short
time ANY more of the mills will begin
to drop OF one or two days each week.
Captain r. Delling Of Kings Mountain.
has recently began running his mills
on shert time. One mill is now run
ming five days in the week and in the
other a part OF the machinery is idle.