The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
Judge Allen Reduces Byaum's Sen
<tenee Three Years.
GOV. SHOCKED By LIGHTNING
State Sells $50 Bales Of Cotton. Get.
ting. $4,000 Mere Than Mas Ex-
pccted Last January-Fireir.cn !
Convention Enthusiastic and Order
N-Eneines. Men and Horses I'm
Fine ShaDe-Ashes of Former Ra-
leigh Lady Arrive for Burial.
Especial to The Messenger

Raleigh, y. C., July 19.-James III.
Pou, of counsel for Raymond D. By
mum, of Raleigh, who Monday was
sentenced to fifteen years in the peni-
| tentiary for numbering his venerable
partner, James II. Afford, in their
| and said:
Il hope these exceedingly hot days
and sitting nights have suggested to
You what fifteen years of" imprison-
| ment means for this man, and l ask
you to reduce his sentence"
Judge Allen replied: Last night
this very thought came to me. | re-
| duce the sentence by taking off three
years.
A charter is granted the Bucks Greek
and Catawba River railway, with
headquarter at Durham, stockholders
and directors c. Boyce Abendor, Vir-
ginia: George w. Edwards, Winston
Salem; J. Crawford Biggs, Durham; !;
Leo D. Heartt, William Z. Jones and
Samuel J. Hinsdale, Raleigh. capital
stock S5OOOOO, of which Edwards
holds a fifth. The road is to begin in
Mcdowell COUNTY, eight miles from the
mouth of Bucks Greek down its valley
10 the Catawba river, along the latter
tc it's north fork, up that valley to the
North Toe river, thence along the lat
Ter to the point where it crosses the
state line with Tennessee, thus pass
ing through Mcdowell, Mitchell and
nancey counties. Total length 100
miles.
Governor Glenn, upon his return this
afternoon from the Firemen's COnven-
ton and tournament at Winston-Salem,
said:
'It was the best and most enthusias-
tic and orderly 1 ever attended. 1t re-
guired an hour for the procession to
pass given point. The firemen and
apparatuses were credit to any state,
engines, men and horses all showing
up in exceedingly fine shape. The peo-
pie of Winston are delighted. never
felt such heat in my life as that yes
terday and today. | was specially in
yited yesterday afternoon to go out
and see a baseball game by colored
teams for the championship Of Georgia
and North Carolina. 1t was one of the
very best games l ever saw. There
was a dreadful thunderstorm. Light
ming struck three times very near the
grand stand in fifteen minutes. A ne
gro was knocked senseless and may
die. I was shocked. In my hand was
an umbrella and the shock made me
drop it. A gentleman with me was
hurt in the side"
The governor said he was followed
to Winston-by appeals to commute the
death sentence of Dan Teachey, the
Duplin county murderer, but ,nat he
positively declines to interfere ana ap-
peals are simply wasted. Ieachey
must be hanged.
The governor was asked what he
would do regarding application for re-
spite for Will Adams, negro murderer,
to be hanged at Raleigh, July 9th, ana
said he would not respite, as there
would be plenty of time after he re-
turns from Wrightsville to hear this
matter. and if it was decided to COM
mute that step could be taken, Or IL
not execution could take place without
any delay.
The ashes of Miss Matte Oettinger,
formerly of Raleigh. has arrived mere
for burial. Her body was cremated at
New York. She was daughter or the
late Isaac Oettinger.
Penitentiary superintendent Mann
today sold for eleven cents $50 baies OF
cotton, being the last of the crop or
last year Three hundred bales had
heen sold at 1-2, 800 at 10 IL cents,
and 31S at 10 IS cents, making total
of 1,19S. Total proceeds are so',UoO,
which is $4,000 more than was ex-
peeled last January, when the estimate
of price TO he obtained was 6 IL cents.