The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

The City Purchases the waterworks
Plant Great Demand for City
Bonds-A Death From Smallpox.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
CoIdsboro ~ T-

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
G~oldsboro. n. c., January Is.
The offer of $50. 600 in cash made by
he city TO the owners of the plant OF
the Goldsboro Water Company has been
accepted and the board of aldermen met
last night in special session and con-
hrmed the purchase. The necessary
papers and the money viii change
hands as soon as the city can dispose
OF the bonds which were recently voted
To be issued for the purchase or con-
Structiol OF a system of waterworkS.
the city has already advertised the
bonds for sale II tomorrow is the day
named for the opening OF the BIDS.
Mr. Robey Robinson. Of Atlanta, vice
president and general manage OK ine
Atlanta Constitution. who Is a bond
broker as well. is in the city for the
purpose of buying the bonds. He took
the whole issue or graded school bo.ds
which were sold some months ago
MIR. F. N. Stafford, of the firm of T.
NJ. Stafford & Co., of Chattanooga,
Tenn. is also mere to bid for the bonds.
He has purchased several thousand dol
lars in in eastern North Carolina
and would be glad to get control of the
whole amount OF s110. 600. which the city
viii! sell Tor public improvements.
Goldsboro Fire Company No. l, re-
Gently held their annual election OF OFF,
GERS with the following result: IJrs-
man. Lionel We'll; assistant foreman.
Herbert We'll; secretary and treasurer,
F. *. Broadhurst; captain Of hose
wagon. Edwin Guliey; captain of hook
and ladder truck. w. j. Gibson.
This now numbers twenty
three members. who. to retain their
membership must have an annual at
tendance of 40 per cent. at all fires.
A death from smallpox. the first one
to occur in this county, has been re-
ported from Grantham township. MIR.
David j. Hood is the first to fall d VIC
tim to the loathsome disease. 1t is
said that his wife hired a negro woman,
who had the disease at the time, TO 40
some washing for the family. In n Re"
days afterward the whole household,
including Mr.. and Mrs. Hood and sew
eral children had smallpox, which re-
suited in the death of Mr.. Hood asst
hight.
The deceased was we'll known heie
and had friends and relatives mere,
among the latter Mayor George +.
Hood.
The incident will serve to make PED
pie take a more serious view of the re-
ported smallpox cases and Will cause
the doctors to keep busy vaccinating
people for a few days.
a negro employe Of the Southern Cot
ton Oil mill in his city named Zeke
Graham had his left foot and leg BABY
lacerated and some of the bones broken
by carelessly stepping into a screw
cotton seed conveyor. He was taken to
the Emergency hospital and physicians
will try to save the foot and leg, which
is in a bad condition at this time.
The alarm of fire from box No. 81
this morning was caused by a small
fire in a tenant house belonging TO
MI. Giles Hinson on Boundary street
and occupied by Mr.. John A. Parker.
The quick response of the fire depart
ment saved the pro2-rty, with but sight
damage
The papers for the transfer of the
property on east Center street, recently
negotiated for by the city on which to
build a city hall and market, were CIV
en- today by Mr.. S. w. Isler and record
ell in the office of the register of deeds.
The consideration named in the contract
was $4,000. The wooden buildings on
the property were sold to Mr.. j. F.
Switzerland for 5000. The buildings
will be removed at once.