The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-28
NORTH CAROLINA.

Kings Daily: The candidates were
at Gum Swamp yesterday. There
We're eight candidates and twelve 10
hear them.
: Sanford Express: The first heavy
frost OF the season came on b 15tn-
Cotton was damaged very little as IL
had about all matured and opened.
[ The Asheboro Courier says Mr.. Men
denhall, who was nominated oy the
republicans for congress in that dls-
hrict, is from Randolph county ana .
D stmaster at Randleman-
Red Springs Citizen: Mrs. Irene
Thornton left Thursday evening -oF
Baltimore. She will enter the
Medical College of that city and take
a thorough course in medicine.
Fayetteville Observer: We do no'
hear so much talk now from the re-
publicans about "disaffected demo
Gratis throughout the county. That iva
not prove a winning card, n tney
are now principally expanding tneff
energies on all kinds Of wild charges
which are straightway refuted-
Greensboro Telegram: The fourta
annual state conference of the NatloI-
al Society of the Daughters OF Ihe
American Revolution in North CaEo-
lima will be held in Greensboro Narih
Carolina November 1st, 2nd, ana @ro.
This romise to be one of the pest
conferances ever held in the state. An
elaborate program has been prepared
nv the members of the Guilford Bat
tie chapter.
Peuder Chronicle: superintendent
Murphy informs us that there seems
TO be an awakening in nde OF
matters educational especially In tue
matter of securing rural hbrarles-
TopsaiI district, No. 3. was the hrst
to secure one, Columbia next. ROCK!
Point Nos. /, 2, 3. Caswell N bur
gaw have almost made up enough
funds, While Union and Rocky POINT
No. 3 are getting ready to put IN APP
plications for libraries.
Greensboro Telegram: From lhe
amount OF express received at the le-
publican headquarters it seems tndl
the campaign will loose some or It's
seeming d%ullness. Every rev Day
large boxes, cOntaining-welI, Hteth-
ture it is supposed-and from the post
office at Greensboro the United States
mail carriers out a large amount or
republican literature. Chairman Roll
Inns may yet inject a little life ana
spirit into the campaign.
GreenvilIe Reflector: 1t is astonish-
ing how much eXaggeration has gone
ont about the smallpox in GreenvilIe.
n fact is there have been only Two
cases to develop in the town and ~
other causes come here from elsewhere.
These were properly taken in charge
and isolated. All but one of the cases
are well. The people of the town gen
orally have been V~accinated and there
is no apprehension or alarm.
Waxhaw Enterprise: The Spring
stein Mills of Chester are erecting a
new building two stories, so by lie
feet, to contain 6,04S spindles and
other necessary machinery, and have
installed three 160-horse power boilers.
renewed engines and cylinders, and
will add dyeing apparatus, all OF
which will cost some 100000. Pres
ent equipment is 1854 spindles and 992
looms, and the output ginghams.
Greensboro Telegram: Work on the
new Catholic hospital is progressing
very well and il will be completed IN
"a few months and ready for use. 1t
is a fine building and will contain a
large number of rooms. 1t is three
stories with the exception of the CEN
tire OF the building which is four sto-
sries high. 1t is being built by the
Sisters of Charity, a Catholic order Of
women at a cost of about $125,OO0 in
,cluding the furnishing and everything
will be of the very best.
Greensboro Telegram: Mrs. B. A
Cunningham received a telegram .as:
might announcing the death of her soa,
Augustus l.. Cunningham, which &C
CURED in Sacramento, Cal, yesterday
from electric shock. No particulars
were given. Col. Osborn wired the may
or of Sacramento to have the body en-
Ebahned and shipped to Greensboro FOL
interment. Mr.. Cunningham vas a ma
tive of Greensboro, a brother of Mrs
w. H. Osborn, Milton. Charlie, ana
Harry Cunningham of his city. He
was a bright, popular and industriou
young man.
Wadesboro Observation-Disclosures
The home of Mr.. Vance Dees, wnt
aives in Stanley county, was DESTROY
ed last Friday night by a fire tina
was started in a most peculiar man
ner. MI. Dees and his family wec
ready to retire for the night when h
noticed a cat. that had been lying ii
front of the fire, dart out of the rCon
with its fur in a light blaze. The ca:
in this condition, ran over a pile o
seed cotton in n back room and Sc
1t on nre, ana as the cOlCOn was Yer.
dry the blaze ran all over it almos
instantly. Mr.. Dees and his family di
their utmost to put the fire out, Blu
despite their efforts the wood Voc
of the room soon caught from III
burning cotton and in a little Will
h fire was entirely beyond thei
control.-The election at Peachlan
Saturday, on the proposition to levy
special school tax for Peachland dis
trrict, resulted in a victory for the %
ponents Of the tax. The vote stoo
s35 for the tax to- 80 against it.