The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-30
NORTH CAROLINA.

Tarboro ~Southerner: With the tenn.
perature at 50 yesterday, and a low
state prevalent, il is nc
wonder that General Humidity routed
without a fan.
Kingston Free Press: Though 10
morrow "wednesday is the last day
according TO the regulations of the
primaries, when candidates can pa,
the amount and thereby enter the
race, there are several who have not
Eighteen have posted the
entrance Zee, however, and the coun
try will be saved.
Greensboro Patriot: Mr.. J. w. Bar
ker, OF Brunswick, who was in the
city yesterday told the Patriot he had
made 624 bushels of wheat and 23S
bushels OF oats this year, besides car
rying on his other operations. He has
one field of corn that his neighbors as
sure him will yield him at least 800
bushels. And he doesn't pretend TO be
much of a farmer. either.
Chatham Record: The four-year
old daughter of William Harris, a
very respectable colOred man living
here, died last Monday from being
choked by a watermelon seed that
had lodged in its windpipe on Wedna
day of last week. He carried her to
Raleigh Monday morning to be oper-
ated on there, but the child died half
an hour after reaching Raleifh and
before a doctor could get to 1t.
Reliable information comes to US that
two certain young men are operating
an open barrooom just one mile from
Dunn, Just over in the Cumberland line.
Tt is reported that they sell cider, whis-
key and beer, and keep it in large guam
titles. 1t seems that their biggest sale
day is on Sunday. 1t is reported that
upwards of one hundred spent the day
at his hell-shop last Sunday; some re-
turning home drunk and some not beinS
able to return at album Guide.
Statesville Landmark: In Watauga
superior court last week Clarence Pot
ter. charged with murder vas acquit-
ted, Amos Rowland, a special Officer
and a posse attempted to arrest Boone
and Clarence Potter, cousins. A
battle ensued and Howell was killed.
Clarence was arrested, convicted of
murder and sentenced to death. He
was awarded a new trial by the Su-
preme court and this resulted in his
acquittal. Boone Potter was killed
some months ago by officers who
were trying to arrest him.. At the
same term of court Jasper Watson
charged with killing Henry Rimer,
submitted to a verdict of manslaugn-
ter and was sentenced to seven years
in the penetentiary.
Durham Sun: The police court Off
Gals and the mayor made quick work
of trimming the claws of a real blind
tiger this morning. His tigership was
caught in the net Of the police yester>
day. He sold whiskey by the pints and
the half pints. Just because he did it
and could not prove that he did it not,
he was bound over to court in the SUN.
of 500. He could not raise the amount
and was turned over to Keeper Har>
ward, who has quite a collection of the
same breed OF animals in his keeping.
Some of those that have been in the
menagerie for some time. are looking
as fat and slick as are to be found in
any collection in the country. When
Judge bryan comes on his round Of in
spection next week, he will find the
Durham collection one of the largest
and one % the best kept, that he has
found in some time.
Noun Airy Leader: Richard Simp-
son, the 2~0-year-old son of Scott Simpson
who resides nine miles from this CITY
met with a peculiar accident last
Thursday morning, which resulted in
his death. and came near ending the
life of the man who rescued him
from the bottom Of the we'll where he
fell. The we'll at the Simpson home
had become dry this summer and the
bottom being solid rock, it was neces-
sary to do some blasting in order to
dig it deeper. On Wednesday after
noon the workmen made a blast with
dynamite, and on Thursday morning
young Simpson was let down in a
bucket for the purpose of gathering
Up the loose stones, but it seems that
natural gas a collected in the we'll
and he soon called out to those at Tne
top to draw him UP. The bucket was
hauled UP immediately, but when
within about ten feet of the top. the
young man tainted from the effects
of the gas, and fell about seventy
feet to the bottom. He lived per
haps half an hour after being drawn
out, but his skull was terribly
crushed and many bones in his body
were broken. Columbus Fulk, wnC
went down in the we'll to recoveI
Simpsons body, was overcome by the
gas and remained unconscious for
two hours.