The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-23
a CAROLINA.

strangers, for we have them nightly
las bad as and as numerous as eEa
grew.
= Fee Press: DI- - 1 Par
lrott and MI. Frank Quineriy Ie.t
saturday nigh for London, England.
lD-. PARROT will take a course IN the
kings College hospital in that citS.
He will make n special study OF tn
diseases Of children, which n VIII
make a speciality in his practice
Kings Weekly. The Rural Free De
livery business is growinoS and de
veloping. Saturday Mr.. A L Potter
l~carrier Of route No. /. found a youns
rabbit in one Of the boxes on nS
route. rhe rabbit was properly tag-
ged with Instructions TO Mr.. Potter
and was safely and promptly deliver
ed
Kinston Free Press Mr.. Alex AverH
land several others. while building L
wire fence in the woods about nv
imiles from kinston. found the skull
and bones OF a person. and judging
from the form. outlined by the posi-
ton OF the bones. the person mus.
have been a giant. No one in that
neighborhood could remember that
anybody had ever been buried there
Greensboro Record. The hot weather
has not decreased the interest in or
tcity library. Th- average numbeT o.
visitors is still 125 persnos daily. Thc
number OF adult readers is Increasing
The ice water and fans are appre-
ICiated and the rooms are pleasant De-
cause there Is almost always . breeze.
Visitors often comment upon the com
PORTABLE temperature Of the rooms IN
very warm DAYS
Asheville Citizen: Water S~uperintcn
dent Francis says that nearly one
third of those using the city water
would not pay their rents until the
supply had been cut of, when the last
luuarterly collections We're made. -
At the last meeting of the Masonic
Fraternity in the auditorium 5. j..
Cain was appointed to ascertain tn
feasibility Of erecting the proposed
new building. \ report will be mace
by Mr.. Cain June 9Th.
Monroe Journal: AS Mr.. James BeiK
was on his way from Monroe to his
home near Dudley Wednesday evening
he was struck by lightning and killed
"a We're the mules he was driving; and
his younger brother who was with
him was knocked unconscious and one
OF his shoes torn from his foot. Mr.
Tom Griffin OF Buford township was
badly hurt Saturday night. Return
ing home from work, his mule threw
him and his left foot caught in tn
chains of the Gear. He was dragged
for 800 yards. the mule going at full
speed.
Gastonia Gazette: We learned over
1.-THE phone late yesterday afternoon
that up to that nour 700 people had been
lvaccinated at McAdenville, and that
the mill was running all right with
vaccinated people only. The authorl-
ties took the matter in hand vigorous
lily and have just cause to hope that
they have the situation under con
troll. HI mill people a no trouble.
submitted themselves freely to tn
vaccination ordinance. II have ceI-
tainly set a fine example for the other
IcOmmunities-an example worthy OF
themselves and of their town.
New Bern Journal: Bill Lewis, col
ored, a switchman in the employment
of the a. & n. c. railroad met with An
accident while in discharge of MS
duties which ended fatally The DoJ
was attending the switch for Il logSinS
train and his foot became caught in /,
frog and the unfortunate boy was
run down and his right leg crushed By
the engine. He was taken to his home
Inear Primrose street. DR.. Primrose
was called and ~amputated the injured
leg. The boy died soon after The opera
ton yesterday afternoon. He was "a
years old and lived with his widowed
mother
Gastonia Gazette: Speaking OF
Wade Hampton's capture Of Grants
beeves year Petersburg" and Mr.. Ed.
Carson. the other day, Il remember 1T
we'll for | was right there and helped
to butcher them. We lived high. too,
II 81 fl t-11r ,a+iA-c 1actnI haN-.
a blowing horn at home now that
Icame from the head OF one Of the bls
steers" - a hamper basket with Il
piece of burlap tied over it attracted
some attention at h depot yesterday
morning. 1t contained a beautiful lit
tie soft-eyed jersey calf. The pack
age came up on the Narrow Gauge
and was expressed by the Southern 20
Greenville, s. G.
Charlotte News: Just before the eX.
i~erCises at the monument were conclud-
led. Colonel Thomas read the following
Telegram from a comrade of the Tenth
.Iravalry. Lieutenant Ships regiment:
West Point. May 20.-The Ten~h
~cavalry throughout the United States,
ICuba and the Philippines send EXPIRES
sions Of sympathy on the occasion Of
the %unvening Of the monument to
Lieutenant Shipp." - The morning $
train brought Rev. Sam Jones from
ITrinity-near High Point-where 800
people were last night royalty enter
Itained. The reporter found Mr.. Jones
resting at the Buford ana in good
spirits, still in the ring
Winston Sentinel: President Jas. -.
McNeill, Of the North Carolina Fir
mems Association, has been cOnterrln$
with the Asheville Fire Department al
regard to this years state tournament.
There seems uncertainty about Ashe
vi1le's getting the 1t Is
lsaid that under a recent act Of the
Legislature all Incorporated towns are
required 10 havr an organized fire
company. and lat AsheviIe not beIES
centrally located, a large Per cent. OF
the towns in eastern Carolina could
not be able to be represented, and for
this reason the president is inclined -
the opinion that a larger and better
representation might be had in SOM
more centrally located point in The
state
New Bern journal: The Journal ga
at Kenansville last week d copy OF the
Sarecta Journal Of Commerce whit!.