The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-15

Close Of the mi Exposition Of the
Car0linas-Hon. n. W. Ransom In the
City-A Fine Game Of Base BaIl-Compli.
ments to the Messenger.


Caroiinas-Hon. n. W. Hanson In the
City-A Fine Game Of Base ~BaII-Compli.
ments to ths Messenger.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
Charlotte. n. c., June IL
The Women's Exposition Of the Caro-
linas closes its doors to the public TO-
morrow. and it is a matter OF general
regret that this Is TO be lone 50 soon.
The exposition has bee, a great sue
cess, and it is believed hat il could b.
kept open another month on a paying
basis. The women OF Mecklenburg GER
tainly deserve the greatest possible
| praise for the complete and successful
way in which they have managed the
whole affair and they can now rest
| from their arduOus labors of the past
month secure in the knowledge that
their work has been highly appreciated
by the general public, and that the
exposition has been a great source of
| delight and qualification to the people
Of Charlotte. Several special features
have been given at the exposition dur
ing the past week, the most novel and
interesting of which We're two DID fash
Toned spelling bees, given by The Ev-
ening News, of this city. Webster's
old blue back speller was used, and the
fun was something worth seeing. The
building was packed on both nights,
and the spoilers were legion. 1t was
truly amusing to watch the match
going On. Some of the best spoilers
would go down on the smallest words,
and some OF the poorer ones would
come out by guess" The line would
| soon dwindle down, however, to a very
| few, and then the interest would be-
come intense. The prizes On the first
night were won by Mr.. Jenkins, Of The
Evening News, and Mr.. Hunter and
those of the second night were won by
Miss Mclean and Mr.. Dosher.
Hon. NJ. w. Ransom passed through
Charlotte this week on his way to Da-
wilson college, where he delivered the
commencement address. General Ran
som stopped at the Buford hotel while
in the city, where he was seen by your
correspondent. He is looking remark
ably we'll. far better than when he was
here two years ago.; in fact he is ap-
parently in better health than in years.
He seems as strong and robust as many
a young man of half his years, and
looks as if he would live to honor his
state for many years. The general is
the same gracious, polished gentleman
as he has always been, and as he will
always be unto the end. 1t is said
that General Ransom has always been
CAihN>N ~ "o " AACNOA III . L
and gentlemanly consideration, and
there is no question but that he de
serves to be hOnOred with these terms.
He said he was out of politics and did
not care to discuss the subject, but
would leave the field to the younger
men.
The greatest event of the week has
been the base ball game which took
place this afternoon between the Char
lOtte and the University of Virginia
teams. This game was one of the pref
test ever seen in Charlotte. Both sides
played BALI from the start and the
game was intensely interesting from
the beginning to the end. The game
closed with the score 10 to Z in favor
of the university team. Charlotte lost
the game in the third, fourth and fifth
innings, in which the university team
scored nine runs. The feature of the
game was Charlotte's good playing
from the sixth to the ninth innings in
which the university team was shut
out. The university boys are certain
ly a fine looking set of young men, and
they clearly demonstrated their ability
to play a good, firSt-clasS game of ball.
Charlotte fell in love with them, and
trusts that they will come again. They
will always be given a rOuSing recep-
ton.
About IS to 100 people will leave hare
1Ol NIlIlIlIlSL OH. It S-.UO
rate is becoming more and more oru
lar as it becomes better understood,
and no other feature has ever been in
a~ugurated that will please the people
better during the summer than will
this. 1t gives every one, be his means
ever so limited, the opportunity of
spending three days by the old Allan
tic, and there is probably nothing that
will do a person, tired out with the
heat and dust pf an inland town, so
much real good as the bracing and re
freshing breeZes to be found at
Wrightsville and Carolina beaches, to
say nothing of the health giving prop
critics of surf bathing.
In closing it would certainly not be
amiss to say a few words in praise of
last Sundays Messenger. It was in
deed a wonder in North Carolina Jour-
nalism, and was a paper that would
do credit to a city four times as large
as Wilmington. If the people Of Will
mington new how highly The Messen-
ger has been spoken Of by outsiders
during the past two months they would
hasten to show to a greater extent than
ever before their appreciation of such
c~ommendable enterprise. The last
Sundays Messenger was, truly, a lit
erary feast, and a person who could
not find something therein to please
his fancy much, indeed, be hard to
suit. A prominent newspaper man O1
Charlotte, who knows whereof he
speaks, said to your correspondent, in
speaking of The Messenger Of last
Sunday, that it was he best paper that
had EVER been issued in North Caro-.
lima
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