The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-07-22
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NORTH CAROLINA.


AsheDore Courier: Joseph Spencer, of
s0ienofa, killed crane last Saturday
"on wing With a rifle. The crane meas
ured 8 feet and 3 inches from tip to
tip and five feet from bill to toe.
Wilson Times: Mr. Ben Howard
mas some cotton bolIs ruined by insects
taken from one OF his farms. Quite a
good deal of cotton is damaged. so he
tninks- 1t is not certain whether the
insect is the boil weevil as the pest is
not in the boll.s
Monroe Enquirer: Twenty-Five
Shousand dollars have been subscribed
Tor the Grow Hosiery Mill Co." to be
located in Monroe, just north of the
Monroe cotton mill.-A gentleman who
has been over the county recently says
that there is a lot Of cotton in the
county, but he added, TT is not lying
out in the yard like it was when it was
16 cents per pound. The man who has
held his cottonIs not advertising the
fact he has lost money. but has put his
cotton out of sight"
Reidsville Review: Mr.. 5. c. Ad
ANS, president of the Interstate To-
-bacco Growers Association, has writ
ten letter to the farmers of Virginia
and North Carolina, in which he states,
after dealing with other important
matters, that d mammoth meeting or
the representatives OF farmers clubs
will be held in Danville, Va, on Au-
gust 18th. The meeting will be strict
iy a business meeting and the cO-ope-
O. ration and assistance of warehouse
men, bankers and tobacco men who
have been forced out of business by
the trust is desired.
New Bern Journal: If any one
doubts that the servant question will
be one of the most serious problems
that New Bern people will have to
solve in the near future, a visit to the
dock at the time of the steamer
Neuse's departure will dispel the doubt
Dozens of colored women leave on
nearly every trip going North to &C
cept situations and the worst of it is
that they are those VINO are willing to
work. Those that remain here are too
old and disabled to work, or if they are
young they are unwilling to become
domestics.
Raleigh Post: Governor Aycock has
issued an order for the holding Of a
special term of Granville superior
court for the purpose of trying Jesse
Allen, the negro youth who was COM
mitted to Jail there Tuesday for crim-
inal assault on Jennie Oakley, a nine
year old white girl. The order was is
sued yesterday and the court is to con-
yene August the 18th. Judge Justice
presiding. AS stated in a special from
Oxford to the Pos t yesterday, the
crime was committed on May 20th, the
girl having not reported it before be-
cause of threats made against her BY
the negro.
Eharlotte News: A conserya tive es-
timate was secured from the tax list
ers today who say that the increase in
all property values in the township
for the past year is over 81 900 600
The total returns for the year preced-
ing the present were S10,624, ,643, and of
this mount all was real property ex-
cept $3,0Sl sis, giving over $1,000, 900 of
real estate in Charlotte township. The
estimate of the increase is from ten to
fifteen per cent. so that 81 ,000, 600 would
be a conservative estimate of the in
crease in the total value of property
in Charlotte township for the past II
nzJonths. This estimate is based upon
the returns so far made by the taxpay-
= ars of the township.
Charlotte Chronicle: The story
= comes from Gaffney that the tin mine
near there and about which we have
l1eard more or less is in continuous op-
Grafton at handsome profit. A gen.
deman connected with the freight de-
partment OF the Southern railway
made a trip TO this tin mine and he
says: The owner of this mine is
Captain T. I. Ross. He was clearing
some land and one of his workmen
tried to remove what appeared to be a
large stone away from the foot of d
small tree, which he wished to cut. He
remarked about the extraordinary
Fxeight of the stone. Mr.. Ross tried it
sarfd was also astonished. He sent
samples of it to the chemical depart
-ment of Clemson college. The chem
lists replied that it was nearly pure
tin
Charlotte Chronicle: 1t had been ex-
pected that the prosecution would fin
iSh with its evidence in the Breese case
with today's session of court, but the
indications now are that the last wit
mess for the government will not be ex-
-~amined before Monday or Tuesday.
The district attorney today introduced
further evidence as to the fraudule
notes and concerning forged sigma
lures. There was also evidence tending
to show that depositors had lost mon
,ey in the First National bank, after
sthey had been assured bv President
-Breese that it was perfectly safe. One
of the dramatic incidents of the trial
occurred when Mrs. Harry Vance Reid
a widow, of Farnville, Va, told of los
ing every dollar she possessed by the
failure of the bank. A few weeks be-
fore the failure she withdrew her mon
.ey from the bank. but soon deposited
1T again, Maj. Breese assuring her thai
1t was as safe in his bank as it was
possible to be anywhere.
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