The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
CAROLINA.


attend to his duties "a
utor and was at court
suffering from an acute
Etney trouble and expe-
III pain.
I'm Journal: Mayor Ellis
Fers to the police to bring
I'm loafers into court, il they
visible e of support he
heavor to- find something for
do. He Is waging relentless
ali who are voluntarily idle.
Point Enterprise: T. Gilbert
4 was at Geo. Gould's Kennel
sffay to ask his opinion as a nom
dent on the Audubon law. He ex-
ssed himself as pleased with the
/. Mr.. Samuel Spencer and other
pitalist-Nimrods who have been
Retrieved by Mr.. Pearson-are like
Wise pleased with the provisions OF
the law.
Greensboro Record There has been
another reduction in the force OF the
Southern railway shops. the men laid
including fifteen machinists, two
Her makers and three blacksmiths.
reason given for this reduction is
the appropriation for the shops
Yearly exhausted for the present but
IS thought hat the men will be re-
stated on the first OF the new year.
Chorlotte Chronicle: A woman. in
ne from physical suffering, caused
murmur of pity in the Southern de-
this morning. With but thoughts
her religion and her absent chill
che 10 10
husband supported and tried to
ne her. The woman has been in a
pSital here for a month. recovering
o an operation. Her mind had
y fed before she came.
Concord Tribune: The incident here
related but shows that the average
lady knows how to compromise in her
opinion as a true diplomat. The COM
mittee of ladies' to select a color
scheme for the painting of the new
First Presbyterian church was divided.
Some wanted white. others oak. They
finally agreed on the white by COM
promising in name a bit and using
the term white-oak. SO the white
paint there used will be white-oak and
both sides won a diplomatic victory.
Charlotte Chronicles: A gentleman
who sells supplies to the cotton mills
said. in the cOurS of a talk with 4
Chronicle reporter today, that he was
finding business in much better shape
han = few months ago. He spen,
the greater Fart of the present week
in the mill district of South Carolina
n says the manufacturers are in
much better spirits han when he Wis
tied them before. During the summer
many of the mills were either closed
or rurning IN short time. but now
practically all of them are running.
with prospects of good business.
= sStatesville Special to News and OBJ
server: Miss Mamie Elliott, until last
- Friday a waitress at Statesville InE.
and DR.. John Hendricks. a practiciEa
physician of Gramin, Ark, were mar
ried at the above place last Sunday
morning at ten o'clock. The marriage
was the result of an advertisement
for a wife by DR.. Hendricks. Miss Ell
lott answered the ad and after CORE
spondence and an exchange of photo
graphs, DR.. Hendricks sent Il check
for transportation and Miss Elliott left
here last Friday night. Once before
Miss Elliott went on a similar mission
to st. Louis, but finding the Lothari;
at that end of the line not to her lik'
ing, she returned to S~tatesvi1ie.
New Bern formal: Some time dur
ing the repairs on the opera nous;
a thief broke into the Masonic lodg
and stole the contents of the nit.
FoT which were intended for the or
at Oxford . When tn
to- va done is not known as thu
itr- had not been opened for some tim,
l-It the loss was discovered this week
- exact amount OF money taken i
believed to he about $40 or So. TIL,
tt.cf left two dollars in the box. Tn
raason for doing so is believed, +
I5slead the members int thirkin:
That the money had not been disturb
SE- and was evidently done to thrcS
ti.-m off TIE scent should it be discor
cred soon.
kinston Free Press: Jim Milei
coIored, for whom a capias had bee
issued or his failure to appear in cour
TO answer to u charge Of gambling
was trough into court by Deput
Sheriff Sutton. who in the court toll
Miller to take that pistol out of hi
pocket" Miller responded unhesitatiEe
~, producing a 'weepin." Ills homo
told the deputy IN take that thin
out and break IL 10 l..cceS," Thic
Deputy Sutton SIC t, the queens tast
and all that wns ;ef- of~fhe "peI
suader' was 4 few fragments of "pC
metal" a warrant was then chta;ne
against Miller FIR earning g pistol an
upon conviction lie W.is fined !!5 an
costs.