The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-14
Correspondence of The Messenger
Goidshnrn December IL

Goidsboro. December III.
The entertainment by the Little
Cake Walkers" given at h Arlington
armory last night was a brilliant suc-
cess. netting about $110. The proceeds
viii be divided equally between the
orphans home and b synagogue. The
little ones introduced several new fea-
lures in the cake walk. an of which
were highly appreciated by the large
number present. After these exercise.
were concluded some of the larger ones
spent awhile in dance.
On Thursday night the Little Cake
opera house for the benefit of the
emergency hospital when 1T is thought
a large number Will attend.
Tomorrrow. Wednesday afternoon.
Ruffin Lodge. Knights of Pythias. go
in a body. by special train to Kinston.
where h Pythian district conference
conyeneS. AT night a banquet will be
given and numerous .short speeches
will be made. Colonel A c.. Dav-s
and Mr.. Geo. l.. Hood. OF this city.
are each booked for a speech.
Rev. j. NJ. Lumley turns manufac-
AS IL NhA" oAAAA
has been meeting with success selling
h 'pinlesS clothes line" So encour-
aged by the success attained he has
ordered the necessary machinery and
Will manufacture the pinleSS clothes
line at this point.
Methodist preachers In great num-
berS returning from conference pass
ed through en- route to their homes.
Soon the breaking of ties. On the part
Of many begins-an go to their appoint
mertS. YET some to their diSappoint-
mentS. but to these they bravely go.
every man TO his work. ST. Paurs
church loses DR.. Swindell as it's as
tor. but Goldsboro holds the beloved
doctor as a citizen and the district gets
him as it's presiding elder. St Johns
church loSes its Moyle. a good one.
too. but we TRUST he will find a good
home at Roanoke island.
Among those passing through to be
warmly clasped by the hand was none
other than that big hearted, jolly.
jovial soul, the Rev. B. r.. Hall. whom
the bishop a mercy ON and returned
to the Fayetteville district. Mr.. Hall
served St Paul's church here foul
years n his friends are not confined
to the Methodist congregation. but eX-
end throughout the city.
The burial of MIR. ThoS. Grant, who
died at his home in Newtown, this
city. ast evening. took place in Will
low Dale this afternoon. Mr.. Grant
was about 60 years of age. He had re-
covered from an attack of fever. but
suffered a relapse. resulting in death.
Rev. MIR FAIRIES officiated at the
grave.
Mr.. E. S. Parker. of Graham, after
an absence of thirty-one or more
years. pays the city a visit and talk:
with friends of long by-gone days
His memory. i'm walking over the city
serves him a good rpO and makes
him a most interesting companion.
Though the changes wrought have been
many, he recalled with accuracy many
residences and toll who lived in this
or that building forty a ago.
Jno. T. Switzerland has just pur-
chased of Jno. r. Smith a 106-acre
tract of woodland for $3.50.
J. w. Bizzell & Co. become the own
ers of the John Ivey farm near Seven
Springs, having purchased the same
of DR.. Jno. S. BiZzell, h consideration
being 300.
1t is rumored here today that Mr.
Ivey. who the past eason managed
the hotel at Ninth Spring. has leased
the Seven Springs property.
The Mormons will hold a conference
here on December 18th and 10th
Thirty elders will be in attendance
| besides the president, Ben E. Rich, OF
| Chattanooga. This will be a feast oc-
| caSiOn for these people The session
on the 18th will be private. but thai
of the 18th public. ito which everyon&
is invited. The conference will be hel6
in Law-building. These folks II not
making great inroads. but they seem
content if they but be given an au'
dience. They claim if they can only
preach they have accomplished much
in their mission. The bulk of these
elders are talking machines; once
wound UP i'm Salt Lake they can tall
almost indefinitely. In fact, in thi'
one respect they ave quite near reach
ed perpetual motion.