The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-07

of Examination to be Held.
Accident on the Fayetteville "Short
Cut"-Through Coast Line Trains
Pass By Way of Goldsboro.
Correspondence of the Messenger.)
Goldsboro. February 4.

Correspondence OF the Messenger.)
Goldsboro. February f.
The following taken from The Army
and Navy Register will be Of interest to
the youth of this congressional district
who may aspire to be a Schley. a Dew
ely, a Hobson or a Sampson:
There will be an examination held in
Raleigh or Wilmington on Tuesday,
April 18th, 1902, OF all candidates in this
district for the vacant naval cadetship
at Annapolis. Maryland.
.rhe successful candidate will be ap-
pointed to the naval academy and Will
he examined there only physically.
"A subsequent examination Will De
held on August 18th, but ii is advisable
hat all candidates be prepared for the
earlier examination, as the cadetship
will then very probably be awarded
and the opportunity postponed for the
ensuing -four or six years..
Those OF our citizens who failed to
rise early this morning missed the At
iantic Coast Lines Florida Special,
which arrived here about 1880 o'clock
n took the side track in front OF the
Hotel Kennon until all the morning
trains. had departed in each direction.
The seldom appearance Of such a
handsome visitor in the shape of a train
in our midst led this correspondent to
make some inquiry, from which it was
learned that al accident had occurred
on the Coast Lines short Cut" n
the Florida Special had been turned
around this way, the old route, to save
time. A number Of our citizens remem-
Der the time when this tram, as well as
the regular fast train" as 1t is called,
had to travel through Goldsboro all the
time before the Short Cut" was opened
I'D. This train, which is made up oil
one baggage n five v~estibuled Pull
mans and runs from New York to
Florida between the 18th OF January
and the 18th Of April. used to pass
through Goldsboro going south about l
o'clock in the morning. 1t had been
some time since this train had passed
through Goldsboro n those who saw
it were reminded of former days.
As to the accident on the Short Cut
very little could be learned. 1t is un-
derstood however, that a burst tire
on the driving Wheel Of an engine caus-
ed the trouble. The engine was badly
demolished and the engineer severely
wounded. but outside of this there was
very little damage. 1t is said that the
accident occurred near kenly.
4 new whole glass was put in the
front of the store Of Mr.. w. N. Yelver-
ton today. This was the third trial
tb"t'the workman, whose name is Fish
~. had made. He had already broken
twa glass worth SIS each. He is at
work for F. X. Ganter, of Baltimore,
and says hat the glass broken here
were the first that he had broken in
years.
Mr.. Geo. Rountree, of Wilmington, is
in the city on professional business to-
day, as is Col. w. B.. Rodman, of Wash
ington, N. c., and Mr.. G. M. Busbee, of
Raleigh.
The many friends Of Mr.. 1. B. Fon-
vile, will be panied to learn that he Is
critically ill with pneumonia at his
home in this city.
The Southern passenger train from
Raleigh today at noon surprised every
body and themselves by getting ahead
nf the Atlantic Coast Line from Will
mington. This happens so seldom as to
he a novelty. The regular schedule is
1910, which is ten minutes ahead of
the Coast Line. In making Goldsborol
ahead of the Coast Line today the
Southern was twenty-five m1nutes late
and would never AVE made it had the
Coast Line been on time |