The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-23
NORTH CAROLINA.

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heal that his health. which has been
| bal for two years. is improving. l. II
| learned that he will probably take
| charge Of the Odd Fellows organ in
this state, published at Goldsboro.
Chatham Record: About two weeks
| ago a negro named Henry Douglas got
| into a difficulty with Mr.. John Robert
| Burns at Cumnock, and severely hit
1 the forefinger OF Mr.. Burns right hano
| crushing The bone. So severe was the
bite that the negro was arrested TOR
MAYHEM and Is In jail to be tried At
| our next court. II he is a ''blue-gum"
negro the bite may be quitepsyeta.,
negro the bite may be very serious IL
| not fatal.
| Fender Chronicle: We are glad TO
| see Atkinson is following in the wake
of Burgaw in establishing a nigh
l school. On last Saturday a large num-
| Der of public spirited citizens met to
arrange a stock company for the pur-
| pose OF erecting a suitable building.
| Mr.. E. A Halves was made chairman.
| r. p. Paddison secretary, n E. A.
| HAYES, Jr. treasurer. Books of sub
| scription Were opened and in a short
| time nearly one thousand dollars was
| subscribed.
Laurinburg Exchange: The took
| holders of the Scotland County CoHi-
| merciai and Savings bank held their
| first meeting last Friday in the First
National bank building, and elected tie
following directors: Messrs. Mark
| Morgan, John Blue. L. d. McKinnor,
| J.. T. Gill and A. l. James. The d!reC-
| tors then met and elected Mr. A. J..
| James. president. and Mr.. Mark Nor
gan as vice president. The matter OF
| eiecting d cashier was left open until
| another meeting. 1t is the expectation
of the directors to begin business, Sep
tember 18th.
Special to Charlotte Observer:
Mooresville, Aug. 1S.-Barron. the 10
year-old son of Mr.. Tom Kerr. of Row
an county, sustained injuries on the
head when six years old by failing
| from a horse and for some
time past has been under special treat
ment for depression on the BRAIN Last
Friday, however, the young boy be-
came %fretful, and from that stage he
developed a strong case of denenta-
ton. The boy was taken by his father
to DR.. Whitehead at Salisbury this
morning, n application will be made
to place the boy in the hospital at
Morganton.
Morehead City special to News and
Observer: President James A. Bryan.
of the Atlantic and North Carolina,
is to be the head of a railroad whether
there is a lease of the Atlantic and
North Carolina or not. He is going
to build a new road, in fact has al
ready begun it, for men are at work
and the iron draws over the Neuse
are partly in place. The road is to OK
tend from New Bern to Goose Creek
in Pamlico county and will be fifty TO
sixty miles long. 1t will be laid with
sixty pound rails and five hundred
italians are to arrive in a few days TO
work on it, Mr.. Bryan having made ev-
ery arrangement for them. The road
will be of the standard guage and it
will extend through a garden spot IF
the virgin timber.
Fayetteville Observer: Our former
countyman Mr.. Alex NJ. Fairly, son
of Rev. David Farley, who has been
superintendent of the Tarboro cotton
mills, has been elected anage OF the
Washington cotton mills at Fries, Va,
one of the largest mill plants in tn
SOUTH which was built at a cost OF two
and a half million dollars.-The supe-
I rior court, for the trial of criminal
cases, meets Monday, August 10th.
There are at present twenty1one men
in Jail. three of whom will be tried for
their lives. There are thirty men OF
the chain gang, many of whom hav"
been bound over to this court for trim,
and there are numbers out on bond for
their appearance at trial. The docket
promises to be a very heavy one.
Monroe Enquirer: We thought thai
there were some very large families
in this county, but MI. William Rich
ardson of Johnston county, who was
| here last Tuesday, told US of a iona.
ston county family which makes Inc
largest Union county family look like
an old bachelor. Mr.. Richardson says
that MI. Applewhite Richardson, a dis
| tant relative of his, who lived in John
| ston county and died a few years ago,
| was married three times and was the
| father of "a children and at his deotn
| had 80 living children, $50 grand chill
| dren, 100 great grand children and over
80 great-great grand children. Mr.. W.
B. Hatcher, the Well nown Masonic
/ lecturer, who was present when Mr..
l Richardson made the statement about
| the remarkable family of his kinsmar.
says that he knows the family and that
the figures given are correct.
Durham Her/d: Some of the men,
hers of the Trinity law faculty, the
new department of Trinity colles-
work, have been selected and nave az
| cepted the positions. There viii be six
members of the law f1~cuIty-four prac-
ticing lawyers and two members of the
academic faculty. Four of these are
known and the other two Will be an
| nounced in a few days. Mr.. Samuel
F. Mordecai, of Raleigh, has baaI
! chosen dean of the law department AMI
has accepted the position. He is one
of the states leading lawyers and for
some time has been lecturer in the
Wake Forest law school, where he made
a brilliant record. In addition to this
work he taught a class Of young law
yers in Raleigh n was Junior mem
Der of the law firm of Battle & Nor
decai. his associate being Hon Rich
ard H. Battle. He viii take up his
work here this fall, as soon as the coll
lege opens and will give up his Office
work entirely.