The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-06

Salisbury World: A eat lady whose
son left home yesterday ID enlist In the
army was 80 overcome with grief tina
she swoon<>d away at the The
mother followed her son 70 tie train,
and, although he MD IN the CIR. she
found him and pleaded with him 10 stay
at nome. He was obdurate. however. and
the mothers words fell OF deaf ears. she
had TO Eaye the train as & was pulling
out and tainted away OF the platform.
Raleigh Press: Tins afternoon the d.
rectors OF the North Ca-oana railroad
met IN room No. / in the Marlborough
principal work of the board was 10 sue
coed the late E. 8. Walton. Of Morgan
ton This place pays 500 a year and
furnished $50 for a clerk OF assistant.
lucky man. He Is a republican. The
directors elected him today.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: Last night al
the Atlantic Coast Line yards Walter
NOVEL; met with an accident that cost
him his life. He had been sent to take the
numbers Of a lot OF cars recently arriy-
ed at the yards. and after doing 50 stood
on the ladder leading 20 the top of one
OF the cars 50 as 10 save walking UP to
the Office While ne was III this posi-
ton a train backed down on the one he
was on and smashed the lower part Of
his body into a pulp. He lived about
two hours after the accident and then
death came TO end his sufTerings.
Raleigh News n Observer: From
Weldon-Confederate veterans were here
today from all parts Of the county and
a big dinner was served. Eloquent ad-
dresses We're delivered by General II. w.
Ransom, Colonel F. VI. Parker and 9TH
ers. Many OF the battle SCARED vets sig
nified their Willingness to In
the war between the United States and
SPAN and TO follow the stars and stripes
wherever they may wave.-Colonel Will
liam I. Gray. of the photographic office.
Washington, d. c., has been appointed
Gray Is a graduate of Annapolis, and at
one time served as a colonel of one OF
the regiments Of the North Carolina
State Guard. He is a brother of r. T.
Gray, Esq, of this city. and is Well
known throughout the state.
Charlotte Observer: Hargrave. a son of
Professor Frierson. of Biddle university,
met with a painful accident yesterday.
He and his younger brother We're playing
in a garden, when the latter uninten-
tionally ran a potato fork through his
Hargrove's) foot. A physician was
'phoned for at once. Lockjaw was fear
ed, but the boy was doing Well last night.
Mayor Harrill, of Statesville, today
telegraphed Governor Russell offering
him a colored company Of eighty-four
men to go anywhere they might be need
- North Carolina Medical Asso-
citation of colored physicians and sur
geons will convene in this city May Sd
and go on TO the 5th. DIR. N. B. Houser,
of this city, is president and DR.. j. Lat
Bullock, of Greensboro, is secretary. A
grand banquet will be given at the Sec
ond Baptist church in honor of the doc
tors and other distinguished representa-
tives. The address of welcome will be
delivered by Rev. J. w. Davis, pastor
of the M. E. church, this city, respond
ed to by DR.. S. P. Wright. of Salisbury.
Charlotte Observer: A serious cutting
scrape took place in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Dallas c. Berryhill, of Crab Orchard,
was stabbed AND seriously wounde by
Mr.. Houston Taylor, also Of Crab Or
chard. According to Mr.. Berryhius
statement, obtained from his father, Mr..
p. Berryhill, Taylor cursed him Cd. c.
BerryhilD and said: Il would kill you if
you were not SO low down" Berryhill
jumped off the wagon toward Taylor, in
tending to strike him. Taylor stabbed
him just at tina time, and then the two
men clinched. They were up and down
several times before the policemen could
reach the Scene.-It was stated III our
Raleigh correspondence yesterday that
Adjutant General COwles, after organic
ing the North Carolina quota of volun-
teers, will resign and take d position as
captain of a battery of heavy artillery
called for by the president, it being added
that he will, in this way, show that he
does not desire to send men into danger
which he will not himself face We take
occasion ito say that this is quite like
him. He is no tin soldier. He has the
true soldierly instinct and as nue. cour-
age as anybody. He will go as far to
the front as anybody and stay there as
long.