The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-29
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NORTH CAROLINA.

Raleigh Post: Rev. Father Price. of
this city left yesterday for Charlotte
where he viii attend the funeral of his
brother, Mr.. John Price, who died Fri
day in Pueblo. Colorado. Rev. Father
OBrian and Rev. Father Frances VIII
attend the funeral.
New Bern Journal: It is noticed that
lots of colored women are going north
TO seek positions as servants This
for the scarcity and unrelia-
bility of domestic help in New Bern.
All the industrious ones go elsewhere
to work. leaving the old ones and chill
dren along with the lazy mes here to
get along the best they can.
Raleigh Post: Republican politicians
are taking a lively interest in the Sc
lection of the successor of Mr.. Oscar J..
Spears assistant United States district
attorney. However. it is not expected
that there will be any developments
until the return of District Attorney
Skinner from G~reenville next week.
The general opinion seems to be that
Chairman Rollins will recommend and
the department of justice will appoint
whoever Mr.. Skinner endorses for his
assistant.
Wilson Times: 1t seems tina barn
burners are trying to burn out the peO-
pie of the Woodland and Whitehead
section. about six miles from Wilson
on the Saratoga road. This paper a
few days ago contained an account of
the burning Of Mr.. Lee Woodlands barn
n the unsuccessful trailing by Cap
tain Massey's hounds, and last night
between 10 and II o'clock a barn locat-
ed about one and a half miles from
Mr.. Woodard's was also discovered
to be on fire and was burned before its
contents could be sayeC-
Greensboro Record: Two negroes in
GibsonVille became engaged in a row
yesterday n with disastrous effect
in one instance at least. one man had
a gun and the other grabbed a rock;
the man with the gun fired and the
other caught the load in hls head, but
of course this did not put aim out of
business. for hitting him ON the head
was what he expected, so he fired away
with his rock, hit his antagonist on the
shin bone and it is said he is abou to
die. Squire Berry Davidson heard the
case and both men gave bond for their
appearance at the next term of court.
Gastonia News: The Catawba Pow
er Company is gag in putting up
poles between the power house and
Rock Hill, Fort Mills. and Charlotte.
h work wou have probably been
completed some time g but shortly
after it was commenced it developed
h a some of the Ian owners were dis
posed to object and the company had no
power to resort to condemnation pro-
ceedings. The right to condemn rights
of way was conferred on all power COM
panies at the last session of the general
assembly and there will be no further
trouble on this account.
Duplin Journal: One day last week
two little boys of Mr.. Frank Pollock.
living near Warsaw, were in a branch
near the house at play. One Of the lit
tie fellows handed his brother a flower
which he at once began to chew. In
a short while the child became very
ill and DR.. J. NJ. Williams was sent for.
After vomiting the boy grew better
and his life. which was so much in
danger, was soon restored. DIR. Will
Hams sent a piece of the same herb to
the state biologist. who pronounced it
poison ~cow-graSS or Zigadine. He also
says that the plant is common in this
section Of the state. Biologist G
thy also states that this specimen from
DIR. Williams is of very great impor.
lance. as it establishes the true char
acter of the plant.
Greensboro Telegram: Mr.. Wallace
L. watson. a fireman on the southern
railway, made a trip last Tuesday
night to Winston on a freight train.
Returning his train left Winston short
iy after midnight n was making
tolerab1y fast speed when it entered a
cut just beyond Kernersville. AS the
train was entering this cut Watson.
who was on the tender shoveling coal
into the furnace was hit by a stone
thrown by some unknown person stand
ing on the embankment. The fireman
was hit squarely in the forehead and
knocked from the tender to the ground.
The engineer saw Watson's body drop
out of sight and hurriedly reversed the
fever and brought the train to a stand
still. Several of the crew went back
found Watson's body lying beside
the rails at the end of the crossties-
There vas an ugly wound on the fore
head n the body was badly bruised.
When they searched his pockets it was
found his watch worth SAT with a ten
dollar bill was missing. The railroad
people have no clue as to who the as
saiiant was