The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05
NORTH CAROLINA.

Express: A representative
of the h. 1. HIM Company will be
here all day Saturday to see the farm
ers about planting cucumbers- We
would hate to see the Heinz Company
leave here, but so far they haven't
an acreage sufficient to justify them in
staying. We hope the farmers will be
here Saturday n talk the matter over
with the representative
Charlotte Chronicle: Phillip White,
a negro who is better known as Bob
Tail Devil, was arrested his morning
by Officer Hargett on the charge OF
attempting to sever his wife's head
from her shoulders with g razor. The
officers. since arresting the negro, have
found q well-grounded suspicion
against him as being a murderer who
killed another negro. in South Carolina,
several months ago. The negro is lock-
ed up at the police station pending an
investigation.
Winston Sentinel: A business man re-
siding in thai section states that a con-
sentative estimate has been made of
the population of Winston-Saiem's
manufacturing suburbs south of the
bridge. and it is, figured that at least
five thousand persons dwell in Centre
vile, Southside and Waughtown. With
our other uburb north, east and west
we have here a community OF not less
than $4,000 souls. Moreover we are
growing right along. There is a great
demand for houses of all kinds This
year will witness the building of sew
eral hundred, contracts for a good
number having already been let.
New Bern Journal: Mr.. John An
drews, a young man, employed in the
GoIdsboro Lumber Company's timber
woods died Monday on hat company's
train while on the way to Dover. Mr..
Andrews was taken i'll while at work at
the timber camps and was making his
way 10 Dover to get medical attention.
A greedy cat whose habitation is
in the environs of Craven street, south
of Pollock, demonstrated the folly OF
going after unattainable things yes
terday. 1t got it's head into an empty
condensed milk can and was unable to
get it out. 1t took the combined efforts
of six men to remove the can from the
animals head and one of the rescuing
party was, badly scratched by the I'M
grateful grimalkin.
Reidsville Review: Mr.. Fred De-
CROFT will not engage in the occupation
of selling peanuts at the st. Louis fair
this year. He was quite anxious to
go. but upon inquiry was informed that
the exclusive right for selling that pro-
duct in the grounds would cost him
the enormous sun of 800. 900. Before
IGCClblUS lQlS IcIlSI VII. DCSIO Udu
written to the manufacturer of the
largest peanut parchers in the world,
and the concern wrote him that they
would furnish the machines free of
cost in order to advertise. them, and
would also furnish him one fourth of
the money for the privilege provided it
did not cost over $50, 000. Mr.. Degrott
had made arrangements to raise that
amount, but the letter stating that 1t
wou cost 500, 900 completely knocked
the breath out of him.
Greensboro Telegram: The Southern
railway is becoming infested with
tramps who take the liberty of doing
almost as they please. Reports are
coming in from all over the country
telling about the doings OF these tres
passers who break open the seals on the
doors and rob the cars of their contents
even in some case threatening to wreck
trains and stone the crews. These des-
peradoes generally travel in numbers
and are we'll armed. They occasionally
threaten to shoot a u for re-
fusing to let them ride. The authorities
of the Southern have rigidly enforced
the rule to ap%prehend every trespaSser
and will instruct every employee on all
trains to be on the lookout for them.
Monday night Station Officer White re-
ceived a telegram from Spencer inform
ing him to keep a sharp watch for "
negro hoboeS on number 12,-Who had
stoned one of the crew on the train
when told to get off. Both of them
were on the roof On the first mail coach
and though a sharp lookout was kept
they somehow got away.