The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-10
NORTH CAROLINA.

Kinston Free Press: A case of small
pox was located at S04 east Casw4ll
street last evening by the superinte1-
dent of heath and the house was
Quarantined. Mr.. Woodland is b un-
fortunate victim and the disease was n
the eruptive stage when seen by Dr..
Prigden. It is not a malignant case.
Kinston Free Press: The Kinston
~dispensary profits for last year were
$17.176.72 clear of all stumps and run
ners. The 8 per cen;. state tax on gross
sales was S1,717.44, which d to me
net profits make nearly $4,000 profit
made by the d~isLensary. The gross
gales were $57, A7.S7.
Gastonia News w. r. Grouse, of
Grouse. was in town Saturday. Mr..
Grouse reports the killing of a mule be-
longing to Miles Rudisill recently. The
mule and a horse were left hitched to a
wagon and became frightened n ran
the togue into a tree. The mule fell
to the ground and died though there
was no visible sign Of any injury.
Monroe Journal: The barn of Mrs.
s. E Baucom, of Longs Store Was
burned just after sunrise Sunday morn
ing. All the roughness, ETC., contained
in the barn was destroyed and a near
by crib of corn was saved only by tear
ing down the crib and removing the
corn. The loss is about $50. a spin
ter that had been used to start the ire
was found near the barn.
Chatham Record: Few farmers have
any idea how much cotton is left on the
seed after the cotton is ginned. All
this is saved at the oil mill here and 1T
amounts to nearly a bale a day, which
is quite an important item. On an av-
erage OF thirty pounds Of cotton are
saved from every ton Tor 66 % buShels)
of seed. This is a practical Illustration
of the Importance of saving in little
things.
Wilson Times: Squire Wood will in
the court next Friday at 2 O'Clock try
Rev. p. P. Johnson, for alternating the
affections and ~abducting Addie Carroll,
The wife Of NJ. Carroll. All the parties
are colored. The cause of he complaint
dates from last fall. when johnson. who
was pastor of a church at Boyett's be-
came enamored of Addie, who was one
of his flock. The defendant has engaged
the services of Messr Grady, Herring
and Ward, attorneys of Warsaw, where
he now resides. to defend him, and
quite an array of witnesses, includlpg
many preachers. will be on hand to
testify.
Greensboro Record: They put steam
heat in the rooms at the county u
house a year ago. A rather queer GUS
tom has prevailed in Guilford. Every
county officer has furnished his own
furniture-desks, chairs, safes, etc
emitting the vaults, which are an inno-
walton of recent date, so that when al
officer quits or is defeated he moves
out mis- belongings and the room is bare.
And the different officers have been
furnishing their own fuel, wood being
used. Yesterday the county commits
sioners in session sent the officers WORD
that they must pay so much for heat
furnished them during the past year.
There was a caucus of officers at once
and they sent back word hat they had
been buying wood and running the Gs-
ual wood fires in their fire places, and
If the commissioners would pay for this
wood they would pay for the heat, o.
if this was not satisfactory they might
remove the radiators from their rooms,
as they did not need them. And the
matter stands where it die.