The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01
NORTH CAROLINA.

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Raeford Chronicle: For the season
of 1901 and 1902. there were one thou
sand bales of cotton marketed here,
two thousand bales for the season 1907
n 1908. three Thousand for the season
1903 n 1904. With a good crop sea.
son this e the next season will see
five thousand bales sold on this mar
ket
Statesville Landmark: Yves. Pool and
Will Sharpe, the two white men who
were arrested near SNOW Creek Thurs
day by officers Scroggs and Gilbert,
were taken to Claremont Saturday by
AIR. Scroggs for d preliminary hearing
before a magistrate on the charge OF
assaulting Harry Clark. colored, near
Catawba. They were required to give
$500 justified bond each.
Elizabeth City Economist: Mr.. 3. F.
Whedbee a been with the fisheries
of Mr.. r. w. Smith on Roanoke Is
LAND for the past two months. he says
the fishing season with the gill meters
has been DOOR, but fairly good with the
pound net fishermen. The best catch
OF the season was last Monday, one
firm having caught 1900 shad in pound
nets on Roanoke Island This catch
means 1890 clear profit for n days
business.
Charlotte. Observer: The whistle OF
the Charlotte cotton mills was blown
half an hour Yesterday morning begin
ming at 3 o'clock. There is a city ordi-
nance against the blowing of a whistle
longer than ten seconds and Sergeant
Pitts was sent to investigate the case
of the Charlotte cotton mills. He learn
ed that the whistle had run away
Something was wrong and without n
Tho rvhTCrl6 "a OnnP mn
n kept up the noise for thirty min
uteS.
umberto August: Lumberton and
vicinity had plenty Of whiskey Sunday.
A gentleman who came down on the
Corn Licker Express says he is con-
fident that from Laurinburg TO Lum-
berton. inclusive. there was at least 81
gallons distributed. The train stopped
beyond the river al Corn Licker sta
ton and let off a lone passenger with
five jugs, but there were three friends
waiting TO assist him with his load.
This gentleman says he is satified
there were at least twenty-five gallons
brought to Lumberton.
Durham Herald: Master Willie An
derson son of Captain S. c. Anderson,
is suffering from a bad eye the result
OF an attack upon him by a rooster.
The chicken attacked the boy in a very
vicious manner and one of his spurs
cut a bad place in one of the eye balls.
Had the wound been a small fraction
of an inch nearer the center of his eye,
sight would have been destroyed. Sun
day Captain Anderson carried his son
to Raleigh for an operation by DR..
Lewis. The specialist said that ne
thought the eyesight could be saved.
Wilson Times: The executive COM
mittee of this congressional district met
at II O'Clock in the law offices of Con-
nor & Common. The motion was made
by Mr.. Travis that the convention be
held in Wilson June the 21st at 8 o'clock
d. m. which was unanimously carried.
There was a general expression OF
opinion as there seemed no opposition
to the present incumbent, Mr.. Claude
Kitchin, that it would only be neces-
sary to meet, appoint delegates to the
state convention, two delegates and two
alternates to the national and one
eiector.
Greensboro Telegram: Secret service
men are on the track of several expert
counterfeiters who have been operating
successfully in this state for some time.
The men who are wanted are known to
be exconvicts n their method OF coun-
terfeting is a new one and exceedingly
hard to detect by the majority or peo-
pie. A one-dollar bill, resembling very
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note is raised by placing a cipher after
the unit, one. and this makes it look
like the new ten dollar issue. what
leads to the discovery of the counterfeit
now and then is the fact that on the
81 bill. which is used by these coun-
terfeitcrs. there is an eagle, while on
the ten there is none.
Asheville Citizen: Elisha Ray, color
ed, a man who has been wanted IN
Asheville for more than two years, was
captured on Poplar street by Sheriff
Reed and his deputies last night. Ray
shot another colored man in m
street about two and a half years ago,
and escaped the police. Sheriff Lee was
then in charge of the office. and sent
descriptions of Ray all over the coun-
try. When Sheriff Reed took the Office
he kept UP inquiry and search for Kay
with the reward of his capture last
night. Ray killed a walking boss on a
Tennessee railroad before coming t
Asheville, and there is now a standing
reward of 5000 by the state of Tennes-
see. He will be tried, however. proba-
bly, at the special term of the superior
court on the charge Of shooting the
Asheville man.