The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-19
Only a Small Amount Contributed So
Far
Winter Starts I'm EarIy-Negro
Hanged i'm Martin County for MUIR
der-An Immense Lemon-New
Methodist Pastor Arrives-Justices
Homes.
Messenger Buresu,
Raleigh, \. c., December I6.

Roller skating appears to come in
periods, 80 to speak. Forty years
ago the rage for it began in the north
but it was about five Or six years later
when it came south. Twenty years
ago there was a great skating club here
with nearly three hundred gentlemen
members. Now there is to be a skat-
ing rink which is soon to be opened, it
being the old armOry of one of the Ra-
leigh companies which have moved
into new quarters. The only trouble
about the rink is that it is not quite
large enough. Skating is very popu
lar this winter everywhere, but tho
young generation here Will have to be
taught how to manage the deceptive
rollers
Winter has started in early and last
night sleet began to form and his
morning everything was covered with
it, today being the third of severe
weather, without a sign of the sun.
Associated Charities have IL great
many calls for aid and is filling them
instantly, having been very provident
IN the matter of a big supply of wood.
Preston Daniels, cOlored, was hang
ed at WILLIAMSON, Martin county to-
day. His case went before the SUI
preme court which said the sentence
of death was fully merited. This ne
gro, equipped with mean whiskey and
a gun shot another negro on a crowded
excursion train on the Atlantic Coast
Line la ct SIImmnT hnaaTSa tho nfhor
negro sat beside the dusky sweetheart
of the murderer, for a few minutes,
Daniels having left the train at some
station and finding the other negro in
his seat when he returned. He shot.
the man just as if lie were a beast.
Two trappers were here today who
would have delighted the eyes of thu
average small boy. They were Z. X.
Williams and ". H. Gordon, of Chat
han county, and have been trapping
mink and cOons i'll Franklin county.
They said they had taken sixteen
mink skins and had bought ten, and
that the price of these was 81 a piece;
only one cOOn was secured, his skin
being worth 80 cents. They caught
one otter but he got away to their
great grief, as they said his skin was
worth SIG. Directly after the holidays
they will start out again and then will
probably trap all the way to the coast
and De in the field as long as the furs
are in prime condition. 1t seems odd
to think in this day and time of fut
trappers in this part of North Carolina
Mr.. Thomas X. Bruner, the secretary
of the state board Of agriculture who
had a very prominent position III the
agricultural section of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at st. Louis last
year, has received a very unique bronze
medal given as a token of his very val
liable services. On one side Is Column
bia. holding in her arms a figure typify-
ing the great section or the country,
the other side of the Mississippi which
Thomas Jefferson bought from France.
and which has in the century become
such a wonderful region.
Secretary Bruner also received today
from Mr.. NJ. S. McCombs Of Murphy
an immense lemon, thirteen inches in
circumference and Weighing a pound
and a quarter II also some sweet
oranges all grown in a hot house i'll
far away Cherokee county.
Rev. c.. w. Robinson, the new pas
tor of Central Methodist church, sue
ceeding Rev. Mr.. Bishop has arrived.
Rev. Mr.. Bateman, the pastor of the
Fayetteville street Baptist church
goes to Norfolk February 1st. Rev,
r. s. Stevenson has been reelected
pastor of the West Raleigh Baptist
church, which is located very near he
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
He is the city missionary of h First
Baptist church and also the superln-
tendent of the Associated Charities. =
Major Hiram L. Grant, the clerk of
the u. s. District court here is delight
ed at the interview which Congressman
Spencer Blackburn. himself and others
had with President Roosevelt at the
White House Wednesday. The Presi-
dent seemed Il be mighty we'll pleased
about North Carolina politics and had
very few questions to ask o any
thing. He did the talking and others
di dthe listening. and when the inter
view ended the North Carolina dele
CATION took its leave, another outfit,
some 200 strong were standing at
the door covered With badges and
wanting to see Mr.. President.
Justices Walker, Conner, Hoke and
Brown of the Supreme Court left for
home today. to meet again on the inst
Monday in February. Only four cases
90 over until the next term. 1t is said
thai there will then be Il petition for
a ~re-heariug in the notable case Of
Gattis VS.. KilgO.
1t is learned from Prof. p. d. w.
Conner, of the Department of Educa-
ton. that so far about $50 has come
in for the monument to Calvin 81.
Wiley, the father of the North Caro-
lima public schools. II. L. Strong, of
Bladen county. SEN in 1915 for the
fund today. The memorial will prob
ably be in Raleigh. but the character
of it has not yet been decided upon.
State superintendent Joyner, speak
ing about the work of the state con-
ventiOn Of county superintendent
which ended last night, said it was e
cellent. Not all the superintendent
present, but those who were here
found the work done very helpful