The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-01
NORTH CAROLINA.

Charlotte Observer: 1t is always
gratifying TO note the success of a
North Carolina boy abroad The OBJ
server is glad to see that Mr.. E G..
McIver. a son of Mr.. ]. NJ. McIver.
of Gulf, led his class in the Phila-
deiphia Textile School last year and
won the scholarship for 1909 and
1904. He a been elected editor
ia-chief of the second year class boo
receipts at the city cotton
platform yesterday were IL bales and
the highest price was IA cents For
the corresponding date Of last year
h receipts were $50 bales and the
best price was 9.95 cents. At this
time one year ago the were
much gratified to see that the price OF
the staple was reaching 10 cents per
pound.
Monroe Journal: At their recent
election, the voters of school district
No. Z, College Hill, in ackso town
ship decided to have a specia! local
tax district, not a vote being cast
against the measure. This makes
sever local tax districts in the county,
including the graded school in Mon
roe. Old Buford leads with three.
THE executors of the estate of the
late II. Graf Springs, Of Charlotte, are
preparing to pay off the requests OF
his will. His estate to
SoOU.OUU, DiOIC lIldi hdlL VI ~ III
In gilt edge stocks and bonds that
were sold at a great premium. There
yet remains some Of the best real eS-
tate in The city to be sold. This big
money goes to the old mans
and nieces-he was unmarried-and
IL Of them will get lea $500 0 each.
One young kinsman who was a soldier
In the Philippines b~ethought himself
to send the old gentleman a pair of
fancy slippers. The old man had
never seen the youngster in the Phil
ippines, and he lever wore the slip
pers, but in his will he put down
$4,000 for the boy.
Raleigh Post: The supreme court
OF the United States by a unanimous
decision. o~verruled the supreme court
of this state in the opinion handed
down yesterday in the James and
Howard cases against the Western
North Carolina railroad. This is the
sixth time that our state court of last
resort has been overruled by the SUI
preme court at Washington within a
recent period. and sustained in only
one, the gold-brick cas- from Green's
boro.
AshevilIe Citizen: A fire which
threatened to burn up the town of
Black Mountain Sunday morning was
caused in a peculiar way and one
VAAASAA lGANA
its serious aspect. The man who set
q small and unused clubhouse of the
Mason Lumber Company on fire is a
negro tramp named Pickens. He was
brought TO Jail yesterday afternoon
b. Deputy Sheriff D. S. Green, OF
Black Mountain. He admits he burn
ed the house, but says he did not
mean to destroy it and the story he
tells is believed by the officers. Pick
ems said he arrived at Black Noun
tain Saturday evening n seeing n
zEnall house empty, took possession OF
It I'm order to get a nights shelter.
He procured some wood and built a
ere I'm the middle of the wooden floor
and then went to sleep. Early Sun
day morning he walked up to find his
clothing on fire and the house burn
fng around him. He ran from the
house and hid under the depot, where
he was captured When k if he
that the floor would burn. Pickens
said he supposed he did not.
Wilson Times: Mr.. R.. G.. Briggs
Hays that if the supreme court of the
state decides against him in the con-
tempt proceedings. or in other words
that he should answer the questions
RRapounded at the last court which
he feels he Is not compelled to an
swer, he will appeal to the supreme
court of the United States.
Statesville Landmark: Mr.. Lee
Wood, son of DR.. D. B. Wood, OF near
Cleveland, accidentally fell in a not
vat at the veneering mill of Messrs.
4. J.. Kincaid & Co., at Cleveland Sat
urday morning and his limbs from
the top of his shoes to his waist were
badly burned. The burn was not
deep, but very painful. much of the
skin peeling off. Mr.. Wood was near
the vat when his feet slipped throw
nag him in.