The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-21
DECISION.
OF Our Courts as 10 Liability OF Rail-
roads for Delay In transportation OF
vegerables-City Maeeers-Rumors or
Work Suspended on the Great East
ern Railroad.
Correspondence Of the Messenge-.D
- sfar

Goldsboro. N. c., May Il.
The supreme court on Tuesday hand
ed down an opinion in the case OF r e
Pipkin. OF this city. against the VII
mington and Weldon Railroad, which
viii be OF great interest to the truck-
ers OF this section. In July 1899. MIR.
Pipkin shipped several carloads OF
w~atermelons to New York. They were
delayed about one week and when they
reached New York were practically un-
'saleable. The delay occurred or the
Pennsylvania railroad. Mr.. Pipkin
brought action against the Wilmington
and Weldon railroad to recover dam
ages. alleging that the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad was a partner with
the Pennsylvania railroad and that
there was no reasonable excuse for the
delay in shipment. He recovered judg-
ment in the superior court for the value
OF the melons, and the supreme court
has affirmed the judgment
In this connection it may be said
shippers this season are receiving a less
price for their shipments due to the
fact that schedule time is not made. or
rather that arrivals in northern mar
hSNo CIV AH1N anu LAS -
destination when the market is practi-
cally over.
AT the adjourned session of the board
of aldermen. held last night the bond OF
city clerk, tax collector n treasurer
was presented and approved. The
management of streets for the time be-
ing was placed under the direction OF
the mayor and chief Of police. The
chairman of the street committee was
told to place order for the numbering
of the houses. An application for a
wooden building within the fire limits
was rejected. The police force was in
creased by the election of two addition
al men. E. j. Tew and G. o. Hursh.
1t is learned this morning that the
six policemen will each have a district
and be required to render q daily report
to the chief of police. Besides usual
duties they will examine and report the
sanitary conditions in their respective
districts.
Grantham township Sunday school
convention will be held at Union acad-
envy Saturday.
The Sunday school of Ebenezer
church. this county. will spend Sunday
in children's day exercises.
Mrs. F. A. Daniel gave a delightful
tea to a number of friends at her home
last evening.
1t is rumored on the streets today
that the Great Eastern railway is
financially defunct Contractors are
here en- route to Virginia with a hun
dred head of mules. 1 presume these
contractors are responsible for the re-
port. Certain of them say they were
offered a payment of 81, 800 the other
day which they refused. The next day
they decided they ould accept the
payment but in the meantime a hail
storm a visited the community and
when they called for the 81, 500 only SIS
was rendered them. 1t is hoped no
such state of affairs exist, as the road
once in operation would no doubt pay
handsomely as it would open up a a
nificent country quite resourceful.
Helen Creech is very much better. I
am glad to report
Paul Stanley. who has been with the
Goldsboro Drug Company since its Or
ganization. n who has represented
them on the road the past two years.
has resigned to travel for The VIM. S.
Merrell Chemical Company of Cincin-
natl.
The two 3-gallon chemical fire extin-
guisherS ordered by the city for the fire
department have arrived and will be
placed on the hook and ladder truck.
superintendent Balm of the department
is yet battling with grounded wires,
but is getting the fire alarm system in
shape again. The system was left in
pretty IA condition by the recent
storms.
Yesterdays shipment of berries were
only sixty car loads. gathered between
Wilmington and and this city. Berries
are selling in northern markets s to
Is cents per quart, cabbage $1.25 Der
crate. peas 75c to S1.0O per basket.
There has been quite a liberal ship
ment of turnips the past few days.
After the Allen minstrel show at New
Bern last night two negro men fired
some half dozen shots at another negro
without regard for the crowd on the
grounds. with the result that two negro
women. Martha Caps and her daugh-
ter. Pearl Caps were shot. the mother
fatally the daughter receiving only a
flesh wound. The shooting was the re-
suit Of a quarrel begun in the tent be-
tween a negro by the name OF Sparrow
and two others. William Hadley and
Chas. Jones. When outside the tent
Sparrow began to throw bricks, Had
ley n Jones meeting the assault with
piStO1 shots with the above results