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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12
4 NEGRO ~EEECTRIFIED.

Especial to The Mes -

lSpeclal 70 ne MES .enrer.0
Florence, s. G., Aug ,e. -z.,,ia
Gregg, the negro port ~ emnIoyad by
Mr.. ]. w. Farmer t. da,ivar &C.. vas
eiFO'iIi4u III l"S Z armers market on
Evans street mere last night.
iheIt WAS d terrible storm raging
ana '!eSS va sent 10 get a piece of
ice ior a @ 4stomer. The negro at
ternpl.i 10 turn on the ~incandescent
ii6h' a. % der to see wha' he was do
,hS- % he touched the globe of the
iiSht ~ was seen to sway and fall and
Ite ; IN from his han was found
sur .ng TO the lamp which was evil
o." = that he mad received q full
CT drge Of the current.
lie was dead in a second's time, for
physicians were quickly called in, but
( 70 no avail Coroner Cooper held an
lng1est over the body today and the
verdict was in accordance with the
facts as stated.
The state campaign party will reach
mere this evening and tomorrow viii
lAik TO the Dear People" in the cout a
mouse FOR aboUs five I1ng hJurs. The
speaking beginning II 1879 O'clock in
The morning.
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\ terrible disaster happened Wednes-
day night about 9 O'Clock or a few
minutes afterwards at Carolina Beach,
fourteen miles down the coast from
Wilmington, and it is a miracle that
eighteen lives were not lost.
About the same time the clouds OF
inky biackness, surcharged with the
most intense lightning and heavy rain,
swept over the city, accompanied u
wind that wrenChed limbs from trees
through 4 portion Of the city, a cyclone
Of gre, severely struck Carolina
Beach and completely wrecked the
large frame building formerly known
as the Hotel Oceanic and which a
lately been used as a pavilion and res
taurant. Eighteen people occupied the
building and all Of them except three
children were more or less severely in
jured. 1t is a miracle that all were not
instantly killed by the immense amount
OF falling timber, as the building fell
in a heap, the ruins not standing over
four feet high after the structure was
down.
FRIGHTFUL ROAR.
The track of the cyclone was about
$50 feet wide, and il came from the
southwest with a roar that was fright
full. y heavy cloud hung over the
beach, and there was terrific lightning
and rain, when all Of d sudden came
The roar and destruction that followed.
Those who experienced it say that the
havoc was done in a few seconds, GER
tainly before one could count ten.
Some of the occupants of the build
ing had gone up stairs and retired, but
most of them We're down stairs in the
pavilion or or the broad piazza facing
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the ocean. The young people were
singing, dancing n making merry
while Mr.. Sebastin Winnie was play
ing a guitar. In an instant all stared
at each other in turn, for the timbers
crashed, and the building came down
in a heap. falling towards the ocean
with some of its timbers reaching the
surf.
\ few minutes before the building
was struck by the cyclone, there were
nineteen people IN il, but Mrs. Louis
Freimuth, by a wonderful providence
escaped the crash that came down upon
the heads of the other eighteen. Mr..
Freimuth had been sick and had left
the beach that morning for the city to
consult DR.. \. H. Harriss. Before the
rain began to fall, she went to Mr..
Marion l.. Winners store sbout fifty
yards away to telephone to her hus-
band TO find out how he was. Her
mother. Mrs. Rebecca Eilers. accom-
panied her to the store. but when they
got to the door, IL began to rain. Mrs.
Eilers. who conducted the house, told
her daughter that she would run back
and shut down the windows, as the rain
might blow in and wet up things. She
went in a run to the building, while
Mrs. FreimUth stepped into the store.
The cyclone then swept down upon
them. II the sand was flying in such
i NItub lllsti MI inner Slammed lnS
store door The noise was so great tia
neither Mrs. Fri-muth or Mr.. Wilmer
heard the other building fall. In the
midst of the dir someone knocked wild
ly at the door. When il was opened
one of the servants, a C,lored girl,
drenched with ain. exclaimed: My God
Miss Kate, the hotel has blown down
and all the white folks are killed.
Mrs. Freimuth dashed ou in the rain and
ran to the building. 1t was all 1T a
heap She says there vas an aW ii
silence, except for the noise of The
storm, the crashes of thunder, the pcur
that was dashed into furry. Vicious
lightning lit up the horrible scene, and
in a moment of despair she thought all
were lost. She had a little boy and q
mother in the wreck, and in agony she
daShed back to Mr.. Winners store. She
implored him to go with her and told
him that the building had blown down
and everybody was under 1t.
SCREAMING WOMEN AND MEN.
Mr.. Winner ran over with her and
they could hear the screams OF women
and the cries of men. In her great
agony Mrs. Friemuth had screamed at
the top OF her voice, and other people
on the beach, though not hearing the
crash, had come to the scene. Among
the were Messrs. Marion l..
Winner, Captain ]. c. Smith, r. s. Col
Inns, D. ID. Hankins, Henry Stolter,
Captain Tom MCGEE, Captain VIM. F.
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Appointed by the GovernOr-Neyy
Lodge of Masons-Tents for the
Confederate Veterans.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Special TO The MeSSenger.)
Raleigh, n. C, August Application
was received today by Grand Secre-
tary John c. Drewry for a Lodge of Ma
sons on Roanoke Island.
The special committee of Sic Grand
Lodge of MasOns to select a site for the
Masonic temple is called to meet at
Goldsboro, August 18th.
Tents TO accommodate a thousand
confederate veterans in e"ncampmeni
at Greensboro was today ordered ship
ped from the state arsenal.
Governor AycOck appoints the follow
ing delegates to the National Press As
ISOLATION meeting at Philadelphia on
September 18th TO 18th: Rev. j. w.
Holt, ]. r. Wilson, a. NJ. Scales. L. V.
Morrill,. Rev. r. Z. Johnston, j. F.
Buchanan, ]. G. Siler, ]. G.. Carr, O.. H.
Simmons, A 5. Heilig. A. NJ. Craxton,
NJ. j. White. H. W. Lockwood, ]. H.
Mcclellan, Rev. J. B Boone, j. a. An
thony, j. s Mann, j.. T. Pullen, L D.
Swain, G.. II. Riggs, r. H. Milton, c.
3. benson
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mond- injury to chest ard left arm. and
fracture OF rib.
Tobe Howard lacerated scalp, contu-
sion OF jaw, both shoulders. back and
hips injured.
Mrs. Tobe Howard. decoration OF fore
head.
Hampton Smith. Fayetteville, confused
wound on scalp and side of head. cor
fusion OF left shoulder. chest and arm,
with conclusion OF the brain. He was
taken to the hospital and has somewhat
improved.
Captain John Barry. mashed feet and
ankles.
near ankle. injury to hip and arm. Con-
siderable shock.
Sebastian Winner. slightly injured
about the legs.
Mr.. John O'Brfen. injured about the
shoulder.
HAIR BREADTH ESCAPE.
II is Il miracle that all in the build
ing We're not instantly killed, but as II
were. ali except three children were in
jured. Rebecca Haywood, tie two and
n half year old daughter OF Mr.. j. r.
Haywood, of McColl, s. c., John c.
Freimuth. the seven year cid son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Frcimuth. and the
three months old infant OF Mrs. Owen
Martindale escaped without a scratch.
They had gone 10 bed in he second
story and When the building fell the
roof came down owe them n they
were not so much as wet. Mrs. Martin
dale's infant had fallen between W
mattresses hat providentially turned
up on both sides of il as if 10 shield II
from harm. When it was picked up II
gave a sigh as if it realized that 1t was
safe after a terrible experience. Mr..
Haywood's little girl was found sitting
on a mattress n was as cool as II
nothing had happened. Mrs. Freimuth's
little boy could be heard under the
ruins. following TO the rescuers to hurry
up, it was dark under there
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Nh. NJ. II. Kelly said yesterday eve
ming that he ard others were on the
piazza next to the water cooler when
the cyclone struck the building. In an
instant the sand came flying all over
them, and they ran Inside the lunch
room, as the benches on the piazza
were whirled over and over by the
wind. BY the time they got inside, a
crash was heard and down came the
building. Then there We're screams and
groans. He was on his side and was
so pinned by timbers that he could not
move. He stated that after realizing
that his life had been spared in the
wreck. his greatest horror would be
that the ruins would catch fire and all
who were alive would be creamated.
Lamps were burning in every room on
the first and second floors and he felt
sure that the would set fire TO the
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THE CoNFEDERATE REUNION.


Captain James /. Merits, commander
Of Cape Fear camp has received the fol-
lowing;
Commander Cape Fear Camp No. 254,
Wilmington, n. c.:
My Dear Sir:-It is my desire that the
reunion at Greensboro shall prove a big
success. l ask yOur aid and co-opera-
ton. 1t is the finest opportunity We
ave had in a good many years, TO col
lect together the old confederate veter-
ans OF North Carolina, and perhaps the
finest one we will have for some time to
come. The people of Greensboro
promise to be very o sDitable. Green's
boro is so situated hat it can be reach
ed most conveniently from AL points in
the states The railroads have been
very liberal in the rates they propose
to give us. AS there is some business OF
considerable Importance to come before
the meeting, / trust you VIII interest
yourself in having as many veterans at
tend from your section as possible. We
want to make the parade OF the Veter-
ans quite a feature at this reunion The
more veterans we al nave In line, the
better fitted we will be to stir the hearts
of those who remember the lays from
81 to 50, and the greater the impress
sion we will make.
1 am writing TO ask your further IN
terest in the matter. Mention 1t TO the
veterans in your community. Talk to
them about it. and insist upon their
presence at Greensboro. Tents Will be
prepared for all who will come, and ra-
tons will be furnished free 10 all who
will ask il. Every veteran is expected
to bring his own blanke or other ma
terial for covering. Bring these matters
to. the attention of our camp, and Try
and get rs a good crowd.
Yours very truly,
/ :. ARR.
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TRUST AND BANKING
COMPANY CHARTERED
The authorized Capital q. 100000
and the Stakeholder. Are Among
influential CitiKcns-The Operating
apftaI Over SubxcrEbed-The New
Bank 20 Begin Business September
LIST. and VIII Occupy the Old stand

Mr.. Matt ]. Hover. one OF the inier-
Raleigh yesterday stating that the
state issued a charter yesterday for
the Atlantic Trust and Banking Com
pany, OF Wilmington.
The c~orporators are Messrs. Matt J.
Heyer, \. B. Lynch, George r. French.
Samuel Bear. Jr.. and L. McEachern.
The authorized capital IS $780, 600 di-
vided into 1000 shares OF the par value
OF S100. The company is authorized TO
begin business when $4,000 shall have
been subscribed.
The operating capital has been over
subscribed, and the stockholders are
among Wilmington's most successful
and influential b.. ness men. Mr.. Matt
]. Heyer, one OF Wilmiagton's most
successful wholesale grocers, is TO be
president of the company. The stock
holders are to meet in q few days and
elect the officers.
The new bank will begin business
September LIST and will occupy the
anking house on Princess street. for
merly occupied by the Atlantic Nation
al Bank. The company will do a gen.
eral and savings banking and trust bus
mess, will pay four per cent. interest
on deposits, will bond officers, and act
as trustee, receiver, administrator
execute and act in every fiduciary
capacity. The charter runs for sixty
years.
Able financiers will manage the new
bank, and the standing and success OF
the stockholders will make il one OF
the strongest concerns in the state,
The prospects for the company are very
bright, and The Messenger is gratified
to note that its establishment IS an
| evidence of Wilmlngton's prosperity.
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him till 4:45 a. m, to reach the city
and get 10 Captain Harper.
Captain Harper was awfully dis
tressed over the news, and acted at
once. He summoned DR.. A. H. Harriss
and would have taken other physicians
but through some mistake, Freeman
had told him only one person was in
jured. He had mis- men called up and
at Sis the steamer Wilmington left
for the beach. In 80 minutes after he
got the news the steamer was on her
way to the beach, and it only took her
forty minutes to run to the beach pier.
THE INJURED.
When DR.. Harriss got to the beach
he had a L-culiar task before him.. He
had the wounds of fourteen people to
dress, but he bent to the work with
great heroism and faithfulness. In an
hour and a half he had bandaged
broken limbs and wounds, the injured
were placed on cots and laid on a plat
car and run acros the beach to the
steamer. The steamer got back to the
city about S:45 a. m. and a big crowd
was at the dock, some anxious about
relatives and others to hear about the
disaster. Delivery wagons had teen
pressed into service as ambulances, and
in them and some carriages the wound
ed were taken to the hospital or 10
their homes.
When DR.. Harris reached the in-
jured, their clothing was drerched with
rain, and he first had them stripped
dry clothes put on and blankets wrapped
around them. They were brought up te
the city in the forward cabin of the
steamer and when she reached here
they were carried out to the vehicles OF
Stretchers.
All the injured praised the doctor and
n rescuers, to whom they feel very
grateful. All the white men did their
duty n they say the tGo coiorel men
worked nobly.
The injured were as follows:
Mrs. Rebecca Eilers, inclsed wound on
right side of head about six inches long.
exposing the skull. Confusion Of left
shoulder, back and left ankle, shock and
loss of blood.
Miss Nettie Eilers, fracture of small
bone nea right ankle. broken nose.
Miss Alice Phillips, fracture of left
ankle and V confusion OF knee and
left ankle joint. :
j. NJ. Rumley, of Beaufort, n. c., Sc
we're confusion of spine. left hip and
leg.
J. E. Haywood, OF McColl, :. c.. frac-
ture Of the eft leg above ankle and dis
location of left ankle, with severe con-
fusion OF the spine.
Mrs. Owen Martindale. Injured about
the head, face, Jack and limbs.
NJ. H. Kelly, l~aceration of forehead,
a wound about three inches long to the
bone.
Captain John N. Fitzgerald. Of Rich
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DIR. ThOs IL. Little Resigns.

DR.. Thomas H. Little. owing to his
sickness, has rendered his resignation
g superintendent Of the James Walker
Memorial hospital. He has been here
a year and has made many friends who
will regret to see him leave We are
glad 10 learn hat he is improving.
The board of managers has elected
DIR. Joseph Alderman, of Cartersville,
Ga, to succeed DR.. Little. He is mere
now n will assume his duties Au-
gust goth. He comes from the Pres
byterian hospital at Philadelphia,
where he has been resident physician.
He graduated from the Georgia uni
yersity. and finished his medical edu-
cation at the Johns Hopkins university
Baltimore. He has had services in sew
eral hospitals and comes we'll recon-
mended.
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THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
RrEuIaT MOn1hly Meeting Yesterday
Afferri Body Decided to
Eo.e TO the Rooms Vow Occupied
by fbc Southern Express Company.
They Will be Nicely Fitted ap.

The Chamber Of Commerce held its
regular monthly meeting yesterday at
$50 p. m. at the { commercial headquar-
fers on Water antI Princess streets.
Vice President II. W NaIIoy. in the
absence OF Preside at lanes II. Chad
bourn, presided. The members in at
tendance were Mes. srs- s. p. McNair, L.
B. Rogers, |. ~ d ar, G.. J. Boney. L.
" Sweet H. {. SIC queen. John F. Nc
Nair. c. c. Brown. w. H Brown. Col.
VIM l. DeRosset, Captain John T.
Rankin, T. D. Love-. Peter Mcqueen,
Jr-, J. H. BoatwriGhL VIM. <. Worth
and A H. Zoeller.
Standing and special commit -es were
called upon to report 'brt none had re-
ports 10 a k
The executive cor nrnittee reported
through Mr.. L. 3. Rog ers that they had
approved the seIectio n Of new quar-
tiers made by the speci al committee ap-
pointed for that pun, nose. The place
selected are the rooms IN the former At
1antic National Bank building. on
Princess street. oon to bs by
the Southern Express Company. The
report of the executive committee was
approved.
The commercial room OF the chamber
and its headquarters will be removed
to the new rooms october Ist. The
large Is TO be subdiv15ed into
two rooms and they viii be handsomely
fitted up The first room will be 20 by
30 feet In size, and Will be used as a
reading and reception Don II viii be
furnished with chairs. desks n writ
ing material 81 visitors a do their |
writing when in the city.
The rear room will be q by 81 feet and |
viii be the commercial department of |
the chamber. At the rear OF the building |
is an uncovered platform. This is 70 |
be covered by an awning and will be a
loafing place where the members of the
will rest from labor and set
tie the championship in checkers and
backgammon.
The new headquarters will be ready
by October list
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Furpless, Hans a Kure. Hans A. Kere,
Jr., and Moses Evans ard John Evans.
two colored men When they gathese ed
around the ruins inky darkness pre-
Vailed. the rain was pouring down, nd
he scene was only lit up by vi rs
flashes Of lightning. a few Ian rs
were secured ana as they would ate
the imprisoned people by their ,ries
they would go TO their rescue. sir
tools were two railroad lack sore rs,
two axes, two saws and a pinch Tar.
The first to be taken out was Mr.. Sc
bastian Winner, and as he was only
slightly hurt. he also turned rescuer.
Then others were reached and taken
from the ruins. Mr.. NJ H. Kelly. who
was rescued, and though severely in
juTed, also Joined in the rescue. He
was covered with blood from a severe
cash in his head. When some of the
people were taken out they appeared
daZed. would run a short distance on
the beach and then fall in a faint. Those
who witnessed II says ii was a scene
that would strike horror TO the bravest
hearts. They felt that many OF the
people had been crushed to death All
worked heroically and It was after mid
night when they had taken the last
person from the wreck. Il was after u
o'clock when Mr.. Wade Hampton
SihilH NdS cut Oul IIOII dIiOlS the
timbers. He was severely hurt. He
was fastened between timbers and q
heavy ice box. and he had ben I'M
prisoned for more than three hours.
All the injured. as fast as they were
rescued, were Immediately taken TO
Nd. Winners store and Mr. Towards
bar where they were made as comfort
able as possible and received the kind
administration OF friends. Mrs. Tobe
Howard, who was taken from the
wreck and was bleeding from wounds,
Mrs. Louis Freimuth. and Miss Fur
pless were angels of mercy. They tore
up their clothing to make bandages for
the wounded, and their heroism was
marvellous,
NO DOCTOR on THE BEACH.
There was not a physician and sur
geon on the beach, and after the in
jured a been recued from the ruins,
Robert Freeman, colored, was dis
patched to the city on horse back to
he could go down with the steamer
phone communication a been severed
Il the only way TO inform the city Of
the disaster a to send a man on
horse back. Freeman left the beach at
II o'clock midnight. and found it so
awfully dark that he could not see the
read. The road was strewn with up
rooted trees, and his horse was badly
skinned by running into trees that had
fallen across the road. He had to lead
his horse nearly half way, and it took
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Cruise of Rear-AdmiraI Eve.

Washington. August Rear dmir
al Evans has Informed the nayv de-
partment that he has started froT che
Foo. China, for a visit to chemuIno'
oorea: with the Kentucky, New Orleans.
vicksourg and Helena. 1t Is said at
ne uepartment that this is merely an
Significance.
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RALEIGH STREET CAR LINE.

RumOr that a Northern Syndicate
Has fought Out the Company.
Iished-Another Lumber Company
Observation-Disclosures i'm the Fall.
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Charlotte, n. c., August THE dem
ocrats Of the Tenth district nominated
j. NJ. Gardner, Jr. for congress N the
third ballot.
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GREAT DISASTER
PAVILION IT CAROLINA 5EACH
WRECKED Ey STORM

People More or Less Ser
iousIy Enjured-SeveraI Had Limbs
and B~ruiscG-It Was u Miracle that
all Were Not K~iIled-The Calamity
Took Place III Night and II Was
After Midnight Before all Were
Safeiy Rescued.
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DELEGATES TO PRESS AsSOCIA-
TION.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
A Depressing Prospect.

Oh, where is the use of a rollicking song
When coal is 50 a ton.
For your heart isn't light and your muse
isn't strong
When coal is 50 a ton.
You'd fain sing song of the birds and the
bees
And the flowers that flourish in elegant
ease;
But it's hard to be tuneful on topics like
these
When coal is 50 a ton.
In spite Of the sunshine you're struck with
When coal is 80 ton.
You think of the snow that will sweep Ger
the hill
When coal is 50 a ton.
And man once so proud fears the fierce
winter air.
And wishes he'd turn to plump polar
bear
Who is dressed for the weather and doesn't
much care
If coal is 50 ton.
Evening star., 1902-08-14

mately realized. 1t Is asserted by some
psychologists that If a community will
compel all it's members to garb themselves
alike they will in season all think and act
alike. Witness as a possible proof the or
ganizations of a socio-religious character
which require the wearing Of uniform
clothes. Whether the placidity and lack
of what other communities call indivd-
uality are due to the clothes or to the doc
trfnes entertained may be left for discus
sion. But it is a fair assumption that the
wearing of similar clothes by an entire
body of people would check the qualification
and expression of personal tastes, and in
the course of time would somewhat affect
the character. So If this western mans
hypothesis should later be proved and some
single color be found to repeI the mosqui-
toes. will those regions which are afflicted
by the insects lose their personalities for
the entire year or for only the mosquito
season? 1t is plain that this latest theorist
has opened up possibilities Of change
greater than the reduction in the number
of mosquito bites
Evening star., 1902-08-14
MOSQUITOES and Color.

A western scientist is investigating the
influence Of colors upon mosquitoes. be-
feving that the insects prefer certain
shades. and that persons who dress in GER
tain other tones will be comparatively II
not entirely free from molestation. Thus
far he has not discovered affirmatively the
special aversion of the mosquito, whether
1t be blue or green or yellow. or what not.
He has learned, it Is reported. that black
and red attract the bugs, and 1t may be
assumed that his recommendations, when
complete, will strike a blow at those popu-
lar pigments in the composition of human
Clothing Presumably the artistic soul will
sigh at the prospect of an unbecoming
color being proclaimed as mosquito proof
Imagine all humanity. within the anopheles
oeit, dressing in a sickly mauve, or a
ghastly green! Dreams of the reformers
who would reduce humanity to one dull
level OF uniformity Of dress as we'll as
actions would seem then to be approx