The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-22
NORTH CAROLINA.

Winston Sentinel: 1t is reported that
a driver after working three months
for a Winston physician came out in
the doctors debt to the tune If three
dollars. The medicine man made out
a bill for broken harness. ETC.. which
amounted to more than the drivers
salary.
from Colonel j. S. Carr yesterday that
the report that a coffin factory would
be started in the buildings in which
the Carolina Furniture Company did
business is not true. 1t is learned
that a coffin factory is to be started in
Durham at an early date, or at least
that this is now the plans.
New Bern Journal: General Berry
and Colonel Stearns. the two war vet
Grams from the north. who have been
visiting the scenes of their early mil
itary exploits, will resume their tour
through the south, this morning. The
two gentlemen, as well as Miss Stearn5
also of the party, declared that they
were delighted at the cordial reception
and kind treatment they a received
while in New Bern.
Wilson News: Yesterday evening
Sheriff Sharp went to Saratoga n
arrested Falcon Ellis and his sons
John and Elisha who were in the
dIIEdS al " hlCu OSAl IySOlA o. oAHON
Monday last. They gave themselves
up without any trouble and were taken
before Magistrates w. J. Eason and
T. r.. Eagles, who held them under
$1,000 bond each, for a preliminary
hearing in Saratoga which will be held
next Friday at 10 o'clock.
Clinton Democrat: Spring has come
n the vicious chicken hawk along
with it. A few days ago a hawk, of
the blue darter variety, bounced down
upon a young chick at the home of
Mr.. j. S. Simmons Of Herrings town
shin. and the old mother hen with
blood in her eye, and grit in her craw,
seized the hawk and entertained him
till Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons came from
about 100 yards away and relieved the
good old hen of her burden and pro-
ceeded to ever the hawks head from
his body.
Charlotte Dispatch: A most surpriS-
ing event in medical circles occurred
here Tuesday afternoon when w. T.
Wallace, a young white man. a brake
man on the Seaboard, died without
sufficient nervous reaction taking place
TO admit of an operation. Wallace was
run over by a train Monday night hav-
ing his right leg cut off. Physicians
waited in vain for the expected and
customary reaction so that they might
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ever. most of the time. The case is
exciting much interest among physic-
ians here.
Durham Herald: a petition in vol
untary bankruptcy was filed in the
federal court before Judge Purnell,
yesterday by Mr.. B. w. Matthews, this
city. The papers in the case were
tool down to Raleigh on the morning
train by MI. w. 3. Guthrie. He re-
turned in the afternoon and on the
same train came the papers the mat
ter being referred by Judge Purnell
to Referee w. X. Yates of this divis-
ion. In the petition Mr.. Matthews
sets out that his liabilities amoun to
$56,776.O6 and that his assets, after
dedueting his exemptions, amount to
$4,000.
Asheville Gazette-News: Yesterday
afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock Wal
ter Johnson. a 10 year old colored boy,
foreibly entered the postoffice at En-
ma, two miles from ASheville, and
now lies in Buncombe county jail
awaiting trial, charged with the same
offense, committed at the same place,
for which two years ago Dudley john
son and Ben Foster were hanged and
Russ Gates and Harry Mills given life
sentences. -- The raiding force I'M
der Collector Harkins has been hot On
III tIdlI VI HlOOIlSIllIleTS Ile pas
few days and as a result of this &C
tivity four m~oonshine outfits were cap
tured and destroyed and over 5000
gallons of beer poured out on the
ground.
Monroe Journal: At 1 o'clock last
Thursday Constable III. J. Bivens,
backed up by Policeman Williams,
walked UP to a tranger on the court
house square informed him that he
was wanted. and took a pistol out of
his pocket. The stranger, a medium
size young man, apparently of age be-
tween 25 and 80 years, was Birch
Morgan, a deSDerado of Montgomery
county, wanted there for murder, and
one of a family Of murderers. Inc
arrest was the result of a long al
patient Shadowing Of the man, n
reflects great credit upon Mr.. B1Vens
enterprise. perseverance and discre-
ton as an officer. Morgan is one of
several brothers, all desperate char
acters, of Montgomery n Moore
counties. In May, 1902, he and one
of his brothers murdered a man named
William Reager in Montgomery coun-
ty. Birch Morgan made his escape.
His brother was arrested, tried, and
sent to the penitentiary, from which
he has escaped. About this time two
others of the brothers killed their
brother-in-law and escaped arrest 1t
seems that when Birch escaped he
located in Chesterfield county, and
was there joined by his two brothers
who had done the last killing. All
three of these men were located, and
last May were arrested. But Blrch
fought his way to freedom. n again
dropped out of sight.
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