The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-04
THREE MURDERS IN CHATHAM
ALL But ONE OF THE CRIMINALS
ARE AT LARGE
Efforts to Have the State to Offer q
Reward for Their CaDture-Inscriu-
ton on Memorial at Appon,attox
Does Not Please Auditor Dixon.
Establishing New Rural Delivery
ROuts.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., March 20.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., March -.
State Auditor Dixon is not exactly
pleased with the inscription on the me-
which is to be dedicated at Appomat-
tox April 10th; Il do not like the in
scription." said he. while | think it
entirely proper to place upon a memo
rial everything done by North CAROLYN.
ians at ~AppOmattoX, yet | would Lot
wish. SO far as | am Individually on
cerned, to do anything which would
hurt h feelings of any officer who
carried a sword and of any man Tho
carried a gun and fought under Lee,
no matter from what state he came"
Governor Glenn and Secretary Of State
Grimes will attend the dedication GER
emonies, out Auditor Dixon will be I'M
able to do so.
Special Agent H. c.. Haynes OF the
%posto6ice department is here looking
over Wake and Chatham counties to
see what new rural free delivery routes
can be established. He says Wake is
extremely we'll covered, perhaps better
than any other county in the state ex-
cept Mecklenburg. The latter county
has the advantage of far better roads
n Wake there are 27 routes. Mr..
Haynes next goes to Ashe ana Alieghe-
ny counties, to lay Off outes- There
are now some ove 900 Of these in
North Carolina.
Captain E. w. Kerr, of Clinton, is
here. He was asked about matters in
that section and said: Frost is what
our people are thinking about and fear
ing row. It always m on the full
noon in April, and a vast deal depends
on whether it Is, light Or not. It it
is light then our huckleberry n
strawberry crops are safe. [ tell you
the huckleberry crop when it hits in
Sampson, is a big thing, and is worth
a hundred thousand dollars to us.
When huckteberlies hit, u people are
| so flushed chat they don't notice coIn-
mon people You know we turn the
children loose in the ~hucklebeEry
swamps when they are five years old.
You can count the rings on the lngS
of a boy, if he has sixteen Of these.
that shows that he is q years old and
is alright to vote. We don't talk about
the girls. Strawberries are growing
| finely, and when that crop hits, it is
| certainly a bonanza 20 u people
bringing in a great deal of money, s1D9,
to $50 to the acre"
State Treasurer Lacy says the imam
| cial affairs OF the state are in very
good plight and he is well pleased at
| the outlook.
Some very admirable work is being
done by Curator Brimly in the state
museum. One of the new features is
an arch made of the enormous bones
| Of the head of a whale, across the up
per part of the arch being fastened i'm
plements used in killing whales all
forming a very novel display.
Among today's arrivals were jacob
Battle, Rocky Mount, E. w. Wick, Sell
ma; A. w. Mclean, Lumherton.
Among the arrivals here today was
R. H. Hayes, Esq, Of Pfttsboro, VINO
says matters are rather lively in CHAT
ham county. He came to- induce the
governor to offer a reward for four
white men, who committed a horrible
murder, these men being Lem Will
liams, Elisha Gunter, Sandy Guater,
and David Gunter. They went to the
home of w. w. Frazier, called hira out
and shot him down, and as he crawIed
into a rear room of his house they
yer in and killed him as he lay m
the floor, his wife being present. The
sheriff has not been able to catch these
men 1t is reported that they are I'M
dertaking to enlist in III army They
are moOnshiners and the reason hey
murdered Frazier was that they
thought he was going to inform on
them. Day before yesterday Ed How
ard shot and instantly killed, Bob
Clark at Bynum. The murderer was
caught on a bridge at night but got
away, though a deputy shot at nun.
1t is said this man will be arrested. A
third murder has occurred in Chat
ham in which one negro went into Il
railway cut and shot down another ne
gro. This man has been captured. Mr.
Hayes was accompanied on his visit
here by his little nephew, j. ". Barber,
of North Wilkesboro, who was taken
in 10 see the governor, the youngster
being what Mr.. Hayes vailed an orig
inal Glenn man.
A charter is granted to the Cannon
and Fetzer Company, High Point
branch, incorporated The capital stock
l $3.50, 600, the incorporates being the
Cannon & Fetzer Company OF Concord
and A. r. Hoover and A. r. Freeze OF
: High Point. The business of the com.
. and selling of the output of cotton fac
tories.