The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-30
NORTH CAROLINA.

in which many Wadesboro people are
interested will occur in New York
ties are Miss Margaret brady, of New
York City, n Mr.. o. X. Crowson. Of
Wadesboro. Miss Brady is a most
charming and cultivated lady n al
ready has many friends here. h hav-
ing spent the spring n a part of the
summe in WadesborQ. Mr.. Crowson
is one Of the best known young bust
ness men of the town.
Kinston Free Press: Being unable
to secure n keep at work sufficient
labor on the sewer line, the West Com
Struction company sent to New York
for 80 Italian laborers who will arrive
this evening. The importation of Ital-
ians to the southern states and espe-
cialy North Carolina, to relieve the
scarcity of the labor situation is an
experiment that will be watched with
interest. They are said to be of eXcep-
tional value for farm labor and there
are quite a number who believe they
will eventually replace the negro who
shows a tendency to migrate to the
towns and cities.
Fayetteville Observer: The demo-
cratic senatorial convention of the
Twelfth. district has been called to
meet at Clarkton September 1st. The
district is composed of Baden and Co
lumbue.
once az
Concord Times: Mr.. Robert Hall. of
Atwell township, Rowan county, was
in to see us a few days ago. He says
the farmers in his section will no.
make as much cotton as last year.. The
wet weather has caused the squares
to drop off in large quantities. H.
| says there will be no August crop of
| cotton, but that his crn crpoetai shr
cotton, but that his corn crop will be
fine.
Raeford Chronicle: Raeford Insti.
tute opened yesterday with the largesr
enrolment they ever had on the first
day, many NOR are expected in and
the prospect is for the best term yet.
All the teachers were present as fol-
lows: Prof. Jno. A. Mcleod. Princi-
pal; Prof. Edward D. Pearce. Misses
Lizzie McDuffie. Sallie McBryde, Hat
tie Scarborough and Zula Tomlinson.
WaXhaw Enterprises: Miss Minnie
Stinson, daughter of Mr.. James Stin-
son, of the Pleasant Valley section,
aged about 20 years, was killed by
lightning last Monday evening at the
home Of her brother-in-law, Mr.. Ed
ward Perry, near Fort Mill. where she
had gone only two days before on a
visit to his family. The family were
at the supper table when the bolt de-
SSSAloCNy ISilOS tllClll dill uIlCCll-
scious, Miss Stinson being the only enc
not recovering from the shock.
Statesville Landmark: Mr.. and Mrs.
X. +. Henry own a pet alligator. winch
they keep in a large trough at their
home on depot hill. The reptile was
brought to them one Saturday night
about two months ago from Charlotte
by their son, Mr.. Otto Henry. The
alligator escaped from a galvanized
sheet iron tub of water the night OF
its arrival, was seen the following day
but escaped under a storeroom near
by. The alligator was not seen and
his whereabouts were unknown 10 his
owners until Monday afternoon of h
week. He a lived under the store
room from the overflow of the refrig-
orator for two months Operation OF tn
refrigerator was suspended a week ago
and the ~alligator's home dried UP. He
crawled out and while hunting new
quarters was captured and put in a
trough. The alligator is in his third
year and is about thirty inches long.
Durham Herald: Last night about
II o'clock the dead body of a negro.
who proved to be Tom Lyon, was
found on the Southern railway near
East Durham depot. lie had been
killed, being decapitated by the wheels
Of the train. Lyon was drunk last
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track. He was up street early in the
evening n eat his way to East
Durham on a freight at 9 o'clock. At
ter that he ven with his brother to
a cider joint and from there the two
men went down the railroad His
brother says that when lee the East
Durham passenger station, Tom Lyon
stopped and said he was coming VI
street to his room He lived up town.
At that time he was pretty drunk. A
little later h this he was seen sit
ting on the track and then a Hebrew
saw him lying down.. He went to the
negro and tried to get him to move.
Leaving the main track the Jew says
he went over on the side track and
said he guessed the train would not
get him there. This was the last seen
| of him alive. 1t is evident that a short
while after the Jew left him he went
7 back on the main line and laid his neck
across the rail-.