The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
NORTH CAROLINA.

washington Gazette-heSSenger: since
TIE purchase OF the Washington and
plymouth railroad by the Norfolk and
Southern road the latter road has COM
menced grading from Plymouth TO
Mackey's Ferry for the wide guage.
4ffer this is completed the road will
he widened from Plymouth to Wash
hnEbDn.
Hiddenite correspondence of States
vf4Ie Landmark: While 1 write sleet
is falling and the ground is nearly COW
cred. The weather is cold but snakes
are seen occasionally. A large copper
head snake was killed Christmas. some
boys say a black snake crawling over
our recent snow and Mr.. Grant Sloop
Killed a black snake three feet long last
Friday We think this must be ground
hog weather.
Durham Herald: The tobacco fac
tories are doing a rushing business here
now and as "A result large quantities OF
internal revenue stamps are being used.
Yesterday Collector Cheek received
ifty-ssVen pouches OF stamps from
Washington. These stamps alone rep
resented a considerable fortune. In the
dfty-seEen pouches it is represented
that there were sufficient stamps 10
bring into the treasury Of the govern
meht at least $4,000, or one thousand
dollars for every pouch. The stamps
for the Durham office come about once
a week and the shipment is regulated
to the amount of stamps sold to the
various factories here.
Asheville Citizen: The greatest whis-
key seizure ever known in western Car
alma was made yesterday morning by
Revenue Agent A. c. Patterson. Twen-
ty-four barrels. each containing from 10
to 81 gallons of whiskey. total OF about
!, 1,1e0 gallons. were seized by direction
of Mr.. Patterson and the property is
now held by the United States. The
whiskey was seized in the Southern
railway yards. 1t was in a box car and
had been placed there shortly before
by men whose names could not be
learned The seizure is notable not
only by reason of the quantity. but also
because it is hight grade stuff Nothing
could be learned from Mr.. Patte- son
Concerning the seizure 1t is known.
however. that the packages were COW
cred by internal revenue stamps issued
to q man named c. F. Sheek, whiskey
deaier who does business at Hamlet
Warrenton Record: A severe wind
storm passed over this section last Sun
dag evening. We have heard Of no
serious damage. though a good many
chimney tops were blown OF. window
lights broken. blinds torn off and num-
bers OF large trees uprooted and broken
to pieces.
from Davie and Davidson of the un-
lawful sIaughtering of robins. THESE
birds gather in cane brakes in vast
numbers and the hunters go into the
brakes at night carrying torch lghts.
rhe robins fly to the lights and are
beaten to death with brushes dozens
at q time. Single hunters Kill hundreds
-oq the birds in one night and the crowds
,H men come back from each trip loaded
with all they can carry.
New Bern Journal: There were $500
regard offered for the arrest or the
person who burned the tobacco ware
houses at KinstOn last fall. for which
crime the negro Wallace was arrested
here wednesday night.-The directors
ef the Atlantic and North Carolina
road made their regular inspection trip
-ETer the line yesterday. A careful 90
o. SerVatien was made at all points a-onS
!t1he line, as to the needs of improve
nents or repairs. The weather was not
pleasant but as the date had been made
some days ago the trip could not be
postponed.
Greensboro Telegram: There walked
into a store on South Elm street yes
9 terdg. an old negro woman who had
SssifticuIt and grewsome problem TO dis
pose of. She said that few days ago
a colored man sick and unable to work,
dame to f1er door and asked for shelter
Not having the heart to dismiss him,
she took him in. He grew worse and
died. She had no means with which
tn bury him. SO she was on a round
of calls to city officials and others to
make arrangements to bury the man.
She said the man had been dead since
Tuesday and she wanted some DISPOSE
ton made of his body and that gu -chly-
She was tired of gong home. she said, ,
and finding a dead niger there every
a 1nRnRd her door.
Concord Times: Almost nightly
tt,4eves break open cars standing al
the depot and steal goods therefrom.
Last Tuesday night five cars were en-
tered and a lot of canned goo0s. etc,
&oIea Last Monday a small wnite boy
found q sack of new bicycle hxtures
near Erwin & Brumley's coal bin al
the depot. The police were notified
end took charge of the goods. No clue
has been obtained as to their owner
ship bait it is evident that they were
stolen from d freight car.
Monroe Enquirer Captain 5. W.
Parham. agent for the Seaboard. says
that the receipts at the depot here Tor
the month of January. 1904, is far ahead
or any other January in the history OF
the road. January, 1903. was good
rr,ont TIA. the freight receipts being ST.
uTf3 aad receipts from sale OF tickets
81 as6. 50. The receipts for January, lso4,
were fer freight $11.9O5.45, and for tick
As 81 s44sF. Or in other words a gain
az s.. 1854 in January, 1904. over Janu-