The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-19
NORTH CAROLINA.

Greensboro Telegram: Deputy Cor
iectors Vincent and Sheek seized two
large illicit distiIleries Friday night
Both Of them were distiIleries OF \
large capacity and had evidently been
run Tor some time. They were In Al
amance county.
side strawberry farm has the thanks
Graham, one of Durham'S prominent
attorneys. and son Of Major John W.
Graham. Of Hillsboro. has been ex-
tremly Ill with typhoid fever and Is
still very sick At last ne
was able to AXE nourishment and his
physicians are reported as being more
hopeful.
Greensboro Telegram: Mr.. john
Horn, who is a machinist by trad',
has secured a patent on a COMBINATION
car door of which he is the paaentee.
He claims for il, that time is saved IN
opening and closing cars, makes the
door more secure and eliminates the
danger OF accidents caused by car
doors falling on the track.
Fremont Enterprise: The wife OF
Richard Radford. who lived about I'VE
miles west of Fremont was killed py
lightning Tuesday afternoon Troy
EaIes was severely shocked at the
same time. : dozen or more n
were putting in a barn OF tobacco l0r
Mr.. Radford when the rain came uf
and they all went into the house
lightning struck the house.
MocksviTle Times: Mr.. Sam Smith, Il
we'll known citizen of Sheffield, went
to farming a few years ago. When he
started he had nothing but a DUKE
pIOW and a goose neck hoe. After OPP
Grating successfully for several years
he is well fixed. He now has a farm
paid fora buIlcalf n a double pIo~.
He has averaged 600 squirrels a. year,
and during the time has killed 200 Wild
turkeys. Who can beat this record:
Louisburg Times: TCr good friend
Cglas. Macon, proprietor OF the lngle-
sid strawberry farm, a the thanks
of the editor for some nice
ries sent in this week They are some
of his second crop and are very nne.-
Mad logs have been playing havo
with cows in this county, according
to what Mr.. K. p. Hill says. He had
two or three cows bitten a few days
ago. and has already lost several head
and has a number of others which he
thinks will die.
Red Springs Citizen: VIM. X
Brown, Esq, a prominent m OF
the Birmingham, Ala, bar, is visiting
his mother and other near relatives Iii
this section. Mr.. Brown Is one or ROBE
son s OlSDGESeu duIOdN WIN IA"o NV
gotten his old home friends, and they
all welcome his return.-Sam Maxwell
ayoung white man 10 years old, IS IN
Jail at Salisbury, charged with shoot
ing Bessie Klepnic, a fourteen year old
white girl of southern Rowan. BEHIND
the charge and Maxwelrs imprison-
ment are ugly charges and counter
CHARGES all unfit for publication.
Sanford Express: The democrats or
Harnett county met at Lill1ngton MOL
day and nominated the following tick
ct: For house of representatives, w.
"A. stuart: sheriff, w. F-Pearson; reg
lister of deeds. H. C. Stuart; county
commissioners. George E. Prince, T. A.
Harrington and j. E. Elliott;
treasurer, ]. H. Williams; coroner
j. z. Caviness. This ticket is composed
of new men. The fight was holly con-
tested etwee the "ins' and outs
and resulted in a complete victory for
the latter. y correspondent Of the ks
leigh Post says the excitement ran SO
hig thai it became necessary 10 ap-
point a sergeant-at-arms to
order, The convention was largely at
tended and remained in session the en-
tire afternoon.
Charlotte observer: BERTHE Leak,
n. Young colored woman was
by q white man Friday night as she
we coming along Brevard street. pc
tween Second and Third streets. The
woman was accompanied by n nine
year-old child, who screamed for help
THE man drew a revoeSer. u the Wo-
man got possession of 1t. Inc nlill
fled. leaving the weapon, but the wo-
man saws she can recognize him.
Prof. Jerome Dowd, of the University
of Wisconsin, who is spending some
time here with relatives, will leave
for a. stay ait Jackson Springs:
After a few weeks there, Prof. Do"o
Iii on TO st. Louis to do some spec
ial work. Prof. Dowd is at present en-
ga eed on an exhaustive work on So
His career is watched with
and pride by his many frlends
IN his. his native State.