The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-22
TOBACCO SEASON soox oPES.
GoIdsboro Warehouses WIN Open I'm
August-A Hobby Horse CAmpaign-
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Goldsboro. y. c.. July 1s--The
tobacco warehouses OF this city will
open their doors for the sale OF leaf
tobacco on the first day Of August
There will De n full corps OF compe-
lent and hus;llng buyers on hand to
take of all the weed that may come
this way. The men who are In the
obacco business on this market are
satisfied that the crop will fall far
short OF what IL was last season. owing
10 the low price OF the weed AT that
time. but a fairly good crop has been
planted. and IL is claimed by the plant
ers that the quality will be much better
this year than last Those who s9e
in position 10 know say that the price
viii be much better this year than
last. The Goldsboro market enjoys
the reputation OF paying h highest
price OF any in the eastern part OF the
state. and IL is expected that this yea.
will be no exception to the rule.
Goldsboro Is in the throes of a hob
by horse campaign. A few days g
some e~nterprising people pitched their
tent en- a vacant lot near the centre
of the city and the music. together
with the large crowds who congregaf-
ed around such places, has proved
very undesirable for the people who
reside in that neighborhood- The
hobby horse arrangement furnishes
considerable amusement for the large
number of people who take pleasure
in ~patroniZing such things. and while
the affair Is so popular, 1t Is useless
to talk about suppressing the enter
prise. There are numbers of people
on both sides of the question. and the
local paper has contained articles for
and against such an innocent muse
ment from those VINO are taking an
active part in the campaign. Up to
this time the hobby horse people seem
to be in the lead.
Mr.. George NJ. West, of Fremont,
was married to Miss Victoria Murphy.
Of Green county, last Sunday morning.
The happy event took place at the
home of Mr.. J. w. Johnson at Faro.
The bride is the daughter of Nh.
Richard Murphy and the groom Is d
prosperous young merchant of Ere
mont. where the happy couple will
make their home.
Judge w. r. Allen ~telegraphed to
Sheriff Stevens this morning to hold
the negro William Merritt for the
next term of the Superior court Mer-
rift now stands ccuse of selling
| whiskey to a white man by the name
of Price. He was first indicted on the
| charge of going to Pikeville and pur-
chasing whiskey for a m named
Mary Pulley, by whom he was then
employed. His counsel applied for ha-
| beas corpus proceedings before Judge
Allen. The judge heard the case last
week and reserved his decision. h
| judge now asks the sheriff to hold the
| negro Oh account of evidence which
! was introduced during the hearing
and not On account of the first charge
| for which he was sent to Jail.
Sheriff Stevens this morning arrest
ed and placed in Jail a negro named
Dave Hines. who Is charged with
| breaking the arm of another negro On
the hobby horse grounds last Satur-
| day night. Hines fed as soon as he
/ committed the offeDse. and when he
/ showed up in town this morning, he
\ was arrested and given a hearing be-
| fore Mayor Peterson this morning.
Especial to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, N. c., July 20.-His faith
er, Mr.. John r. Smith, has been mott
fed by telegram of the death Of DR..
Luby Smith at his home in Arcadia,
Fla. He had been a sufferer from
BIight's disease for a number of years.
and while his death was not unexpect-
ed, it vii! cause his many friends con-
siderable regret. He moved to Florida
some years ago, where he married and
located for the practise Of his profess
sion. He was forty years old and
leaves a wife, five children, two broth
ers. 4 sister and his aged father.
/, MI. George c. Kornegay. the popula-
cashier of the National Bank of this
city, has just returned from Wrights~
vile, where he and his family have
been some time. While on the sea-
shore, Mr.. Kornegay had a very excit-
ing experience with a shark, which
he caught with a hook and line. 1t
required several minutes to land the
fish, and after it was landed it showed
fight, and the boatman had to come
to the rescue with a paddle, with
which he finally killed the fish. After
his experience with the shark, Mr..
Kornegay says he asked to be carried
to the shore and did not fish any more.
Goldsboro Fire Company No. /.
which will spend some time at
Shackelford's bank, below Morehead
City, instead Of going TO the state fire.
mems tournament at Salisbury, have
decided to make the trip next week
on the 25th. The whole company will
go into camp and spend a week fishing
and sailing. The fire department of
Goidsboro will be represented at Sails
bury by The Eclipse Hose Reel Com
ANY, which will contest for the prize
in the hose reel race, which will be
one of the most exciting and important
contests of the tournament.
An alarm of fire was turned I'm al
IL o'clock today from o 81. and was
caused by a small fire In the home
of a colored woman I'm Webtown. III
fire department responded with their
usual promptness and subdued the
flames before any great damage had
been done.
Weekly Crop Report.
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