The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
NEWS rTEns FROM sAMrsoN
No Clue to Whereabouts Of Default
ing ex.SheriG-Hail Storm Does
Considerable Damage - Crops
Poorest on Record
Especial to Tee MCssenger.)

Clinton, n. c.. July 11.-Although
there has been a reward Of $3.50 ot.t-
standing for the arrest of A. ". ATnau.
defaulting ex-sherif of Sampson
county he has not been Appreciated
and there 10 now no clue to his where
abouts. At one time he was located
in Florida and an effort was made 10
secure his arrest, but he had moved on
before this could be accomplished. II
, is now estimated that the net shortage
/ of Aman with the county will approx
innate $4,000. OF this amount his
bondsmen have made good all that
| has been demanded OF them. and from
his personal estate something like
Sc, 900 has been paid over. On ac-
count of some false entries upon the
books which Aman is charged with
making, which We're NOT discovered
when the first demand upon the bond
was made, a second demand will be
necessary, but the amount to be called
for has not get been determined. Il is
TO the credit of the bondsI7en THAI
that when demand was made rhe3
came up like men without execution
an dmade good what was required of
them.
A severe hail storm passed. Ove
the Keener section of this c0anEy
Tuesday afternoon. Among the Suf-
ferers was Mr.. NJ. p. Bradshaw, who
lost all his growing crop, i~ncluCfng
thirty acres of fine cotton. He eHl-
mates the damage on his farm alone at
one thousand dollars. A number Of
neighbors also suffered considerable
damage, although the area affected wss
comparatively small.
Sampson county is making pl progress
along the line of good roads. Under
an act Of the legislature it has Issued
bonds and viii next week begin the
construction of modern highways.
Road machinery has been purchased
and Mr.. TomIInson, a road building e,z-
pert, has been temporarily emlrOyed
as superintendent of the work. MI.
Evander Howard, of SaleMberg, this
county, has been employed rs i:er-.
manent foreman OF the work which
is regarded as a fine selection. The
roads will be built after the order
Of those of Meckklenburg County
which are regarded as models.
DR.. Houston B. Hiatt who recently |
graduated in medicine from the Uni- |
versity Of Maryland. n a few days |
since received his license from the
North Carolina board. arrived here
yesterday from Baltimore with his
bride, who was before marriage Miss |
Sadler. DR.. and Mrs. Hi |
att will spend several days here at the
home of DR.. HATS father, Mr.. J. |
f. Hiatt. a well known business nan |
of Clinton. The doctor has not yet |
definitely decided where he will locate |
for the practice OF his profession, but
his many friends here predict a blight |
future for him. |
The Rev. Jake King, a Holiness di-
vine. lost the index finger of his right
hand yesterday at Powelrs saw mill
near town. He was engaged in moving
ONE crates near a buzz saw and I'M
Willingly touched the 1ast revolving |
disc which instantly severed his fiji
ger.
John BOykin. a young negro man,
celebrated the 4th of July with fire.
works. Like all negroes for reasons
unknown, he took great interest in de
fothe'. the great sweating day of the
year, and felt called upon to celebrate
with a loud noise, and laid in a supply
of large cannon crackers. One OF hese
exploded "unbeknoWnst' to him while
he held it in his hand and when the
smoke had cleared away he had very |
little hand to speak of left. His lIurt
was a serious one and will badly Ian
dicap him as a laborer.
Crops in this section are regarded as
the poorest on record so far. The pros
The cold spring and summer have been
followed by a hot wave which sappy
young corn and cotton do not know
what to make of. The intense heat
seems to have given them a sunstroke
and now rain is needed.
The Snow Lumber Company which
operates a saw mill three miles east
of here on the Clinton & Warsaw rail-
road, has brought suit against the A
c. L. railroad for $4,000 damages ior
loss Of lumber burned at its mill some
months ago. The fire occurred some
time after the Clinton train had pass
ed and it will be undertaken to show.
tina ia spark from tie train caused the
fire which destroyed quite a lot OF
lumber. The claim will lie stroGciy