The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-29
NORTH CAROLINA

Washington Gazette-Messenger De-
partment Collector James 8. mitchell.
accompanied by Deputy Marshal J. A
Potter and Postmaster 7. @. Stiiiey,
On yesterday made a raid on a moon
shine still in the neighborhood Cf
Iatham's Cross Roads. on Transfer
creek When the party arrived on the
spot they found the still in full blast
with four persons present. The ofncers
succeeded in capturing lobe Wilians,
coFored. one OF the operators, together
with the entire outfit OF a I'D gallon
blockade whiskey still; also $50 gallons
OF beer; % gallons OF low wine The
officers destroyed all the beer and low
wine. They then cut the still up and
brought Tobe Williams. the man cap
tured. % this CITY.
AshevilIe Citizen: The remarkable
rescue OF $50 girls from the State Nor
mai college at Greensboro Demon
strates in an i~ndisputable manner the
value Of teaching Our students TO retain
their presence OF mind and seir-con-
troi in times of unusual excitement.
Dispatches at hand state that all OF
the young ladies made their way from
the building in excellent order, with
the result that not a single casualty
ATTENDED h destruction of the SCHOOL.
We are told that the authorities of the
college have always recognized IRE
drills as q part of the young ladies'
college training n the fruits or their
efforts are now apparent
Wilson special to Greenvilie Retlec-
tor: The dispensary here though open
only about three weeks has wrought a
very great change in matters moral.
Only a very few people have been seen
on our streets intoxicated and he
.mavor's court is almost a thing OF the
past
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. J. L Orr.
farmer and small merchant. OF Indian
Trail. Union county, walked out or the
office Of Heath Bros, with a check for
81. 244se in his hands. and he v
paused until he had deposited the
money in the Charlotte National DanR.
Tben he breathed a sigh of gladness
and relief. The sum represented Inc
sale of 268 bales of cotton at IA cents.
All the cotton belonged to Mr.. Orr.
He lives in a small place. and there
has never been a ~Superf1uity OF wealth.
shout, but since he was a boy, and 4
very poor boy. he has made the most
OF his opportunities. As a farmer he
is : hard worker. Last ear he plant
ed cotton as thick as was lawful on
all his land. He bought cotton
saimped and saved and kept on buy
Ing COIIOl. Tie DOuSH II
Every cent he made in the store and
all the money he could make by out
side trading. he used to buy cottos.
He didn't keen up with what the big
spectators were doing. When cotton
jumped to 9 cents n beyond, h
didn't get palpitation Of the neart
like the big mill men. He merely sold
goods for cotton. n stored every
bale that he got in the Merchants,
TNorr,oar1S W. r0-
house in this city. When cotton was
at a little over II cents he offered to
sell at Is cents. and could find no pur-
chaser. but when cotton went to IL
cents he shook his head when the mar
ket price was rendered him. Saturday
Heath Brothers of this city offered
Mr. Orr IA cents for all his cotton,
he at once closed with the offer
and was given the check.
S~tatesville Landmark: There has
much talk of the prevalence ct
snsRoonia throughout the country |
generally for the past month. Strange |
10 say. there is very little in this COM
munity. less than ever before. An |
Alexander physician stated the othe- |
day that there was pneumonia
his county than he had ever known.
Gastonia Gazette: Messrs. M. q.
O. ~ VI AAA
the tin mine located on the
arm Of MIR. John E Jones near Besse-
aer City. 1t is the purpose of this
company to make a thorough test as
% whether tin can be mined at this
IN paying quantities. A carload
. ore from the mine was raisei,
and shipped to England for
melting last September by Messrs.
& Co. The shipment to Eng
and was rendered necessary by reason
IF the fact that there are no tin
smelling works in the United states.
GettyS & Co. it as
heir intention to work the mine per-
nanently provided the ore deposits are
sufficient to make it a paying prop
They have also been success
'ul in locating tin ore deposits at Gaf-
lev. Grover, Kings Mountain and
CHESTNUT Ridge.