The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-09
GOLDSBoRo GOSSIP.
Tke season for ReyivaIs and Evan
geIists' Meetings-A Popular Pas
tor-The Special Strawberry Train.
sale of the Great Eastern Rail-

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Ssfrespondeuce of The Messenger.)
G~oldshoro, May 5.
: The season for revival meetings and
evangeIists is at hand, and Go,dsboro
will not be at the ear end of the pro-
cession. Seth c. Reesy. who has at
tracted attention elsewhere in the state
by preaching sa~nctification. is sched-
uled to begin a series OF meetings III
the Holiness tabernacle this evening.
He ome to a section of the state
where b doctrine of sanctiication OF
not new by any a
The Rev. A. 3. Crumpler, the leading
apostle Of that doctrine in this section
created quite a sensation some years
ago when he Arst anne to G~oldsbora
and held a meeting in n OF the to-
bacco WAREHOUSES At that time great
crowds locked to hear him and see
tibet great sights which occurred every
day and night. During the excitment
of h meetings people would seeming
iy go into a trance n lie for hours or
the floor. lis was when Mr.. Crumpler
first came to Goldsboro. He has since
moved here ara is now pastor OF the
Holiness tabernacle congregation and
no such enc are witnessed.
The coming Of his new apostle has
not created as much attention as did
Mr.. Crimpler.
Rabbi ]. i. Myerberg, who has 50
successfully administered to the spirit
welfare of Oheb Sholem congrega-
o in this cIcy for the past twelve
years, was unanimously reelected for
another year a. Il meeting Of that con
gregation yesterday afternoon. which
is evidence that he is no less popular
today than when he first came to
Goidsboro.
The special strawberry express train
passed through the city today loaded
down with the fruit. The train reach
ed here about . o'clock. where a large
shipment of green peas was taken on.
After leaving G~oldsboro this train goes
through without stopping at the small
Ter stations. There is very little truck
shipped from north of Goldsboro.
A railroad was sold in Goldsboro to-
day for s., 900. 1t was the Great East
-ern, which was sold at public auction
at the court house door by Mr.. w. T.
Dortch, who had been appointed com-
missioner for that purpose. There was
only one bid made and that was for
$1,000 by Mr.. F. a. Daniels, for the first
lien creditors, who wished to get pos
session of the property so they could
dispose of it AID get the money they
nave invested. III IS very prODaDlS tna-
the first lien creditors will now sell the
property to some one who will COM
plete the road. The sale today was
simply to comply with a form of law
and the bid of 81, 900 did not even rep
resent the value of the franchise, much
less the value Of the material and the
amount of labor that had been expend-
ed. The road-Ded has been graded from
Fremont to Stow Hill, a distance Of
something like twenty-five miles and
the trestle work over waterways has
been put down 1t was stated by the
commissioner IN giving notice of the
sale that the right-of-way had not
been secured from the property owners
yin every instance and there were those
present who gave notice that such
right-of-Way had not been acquired
The charter OF the Great Eastern rail-
way calls for a railroad to be built
from Raleigh to Hyde county, and it is
said that it was the intention of the
promoters of the scheme to build a rail
road of that length.