The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-18
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Meeting OF GoItsboro Military Conn
pany-To Take City Census-No
Fireworks for ChristEaaa-Death or
Captain s. VI. Bobeits-A Boys Mr.
row Escape From Death.
| (Correspondence OF The N~essenrer.)
Goldsboco. December Il.
Company ID. Second regiment. Cao-
tain c. J. Grisxoad- held q delightful
meeting at their sxmory as. night.
Captain Grzswold mead his In. OF an
poancive officers which are as follows:
H. Ward, frst argeans: Jas Casey.
h b. Parker. IT.. A. Staffors. Daytd
Matthews. duty s~ergeansz: J. w. Rob.
erts. ouartermaster sergeant. Sam
Pate. nrst corporal: A. ]. Fughum.
M Schwab. Joe Jacobs. Ben Da5e. o.
car Bee-enser. c~orporaLs. The Company
Was gwen q barbecue feast by Lieu
tenant LIppman kieve. and the bow
were not slow IN making the beautiful
~ Drowned n seasoned pig fly.
1~oaoSooro 10 the Creates town on
earth fo~ and nearly every
body eats it-that 10 IL shey can get It.
Several families = supported here
" "a o4i@ tlQIS&IN 3&uFke. RE-
ouenuy travelling men en- route home
visit QUIZ barbecue staIls and purchase
a supply To a home.
St auI Sunday school has decided
insoad Of a Christmas tree to have a
reception at the armory building.
Superintendent II. b. Parker, Jr.. OF
! the First Baptist Sunday school. says
Ii was decided at a meeting held last
night for the To give that school
the Christmas tree on tie night OF
Christmas eve. at the church. On which
ccasion nder the leadership OF Miss
Minnie Grant some t~hirty-six children
VIII render an interesting service In
song and recitation.
Elder j. w. Gardner and Mrs. Gard
ner to LATHE Creek this afternoon.
Mayor Peterson tells me he will
recommend to the board OF aldermen
at their next meeting that a census OF
the city be taken. not with q view Of
having the government change its ig-
ures. but for the satisfaction OF our
W people and. incidentally. the read
ing pubic. This will not be a police
census. but suitable citizens wall be
employed and a very careful census
taken. Many Of u people are firmly
of the opinion that. We have q popula-
ton of 5000. and think a correct cen
sus Will show the fact. Dixie Grafton
| says the published population Is a
efSAA k"S AAl oAkl
in the enumeration ard IL the matter
is not corrected. and hat o there Is
going to be a wailing n gnashing Of
teeth
AS the law stands. there Will be no
fire works sold here or fired in the city
limits during the holidays. Hundreds
of our cpuizens are delighted that such
restrictions II on the statute books
Of the city and trust the backbone OF
the city officials Is sufficiently strong
to stand right to the rack in this mat
ter.
The following Atlantic and North
| Carolina directors are at this writing
in session at the Kennan: Jas. A. Bry-
an. w. NJ. Webb. Jas. A. Westbrook.
L. G Daniels. Chas. l.. Alternately. NJ.
| Manly. j. A. Meadows, l.. Harvey.
Dempsey Wood. Henry Well. c. E.
| Foy.
The damp, Indictment weather caused
immense breaks" at our tobacco ware
houses today. The weed sold as hig
as $35 per 100.
Mr. ana MIS-. w. A. Bobbdtt. of
Kinston. passd through for Wilson
n Oxford on a a mission today.
Mr.. Sid. NJ. Robbitt. captain of the
Wilson military company and a promi-
nent tobacco warehouseman OF hat
point, a brother of Mr.. w. A. Bobbi:t.
died there his morning. From what
/ could gather. the death was
ed and possibly due to heart trouble.
The remains Will be taken to Oxford,
Captain Bobbitt's old home. for inter-
ment.
Justice Hugh Humphrey had before
his court today Bunyan Murray and
Paul Murray. colored. charged with OBJ
taing goods under false pretense. The
action was brought by Mr.. j. A.
Scott OF Pikeville. Bunyan Murray
was discharged and Paul Murray was
which time a decision in his case will
be rendered. The evidence summed
up was this: Mr.. Scott made ad-
vance TO Paul Murray. renting him
ten acres Of and which he promised to
cultivate and from the crop to be
grown. pay for he supplies Furnished
The advances were made and charged
to Bunyan Murray by Paul Murray.
Paul Murray did not cultivate h land
The agreement was a verbal one.
Hal. Smith. the 12-year-od son oil
Mrs. Needham J. Smith. had a narrow
escape this evening. IN as the sev
eral hundred children at the graded
by Henry Scott on William street. be.
came unmanagatie. RUNNING away and
1eaping to the side wall ran into tn
!, little boy. Knocking him down. bru4s
ing his head and arms. causing Sigh
conclusion OF the brain and some IN
ternal injury: but DIR. w. n. Cobb
; Jr.. the physician called In. ays h,
hopes there is no serious injury. whei
, he left the little fellow he was complain
ing Of pain in b stomach. Partie
!, who saw the accident say his escap
from death was miraculous.
{ Charlotte Observer: Bishop Charlie
Calvin Petty, d. D.. one OF the bishop
OF the African Methodist Epfscopa
Zion church. died at at Clio. 8. c., a
{ 1880 O'Clock Saturday night from cure
mic poison. He arrived at Clio Tues