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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Stylish, Up-to. Date Millinery.

Lower prices than any other house
in Staunton. Have made this depart
ment success this season.
Ladies' trimmed walking hats, in all
colors, sale price 4Sc.
Ladies' 50 90 trimmed chiffon hats,
in all colors, trimmed in the latest
styles sale price 81 SO.
Ladies' $4.00 fancy trimmed hats,
made of folds of chiffon, trimmed in
the latest styles. sale price 81 SO.
Ladies' bleached gauZe vests at &C.
Light shifting prints, special. sc.
sc. Unbleached domestic at SC.
Sc. yard-wide bleached domestic at
&c.
John Clarks machine cotton, two
spOols for sc.
Ladies' linen color wash skirts,
special, Csc.
Mems balbriggan summer under
vests, special, at zoe.
81 90 taffeta silk, in black and all col
ors, at 75c.
Gents silk bosom negligee shirts at
48c.
Mosquito net at SC.
Best linen opaque window shades,
with spring rollers, at 100.
Ladies' lace gloves, in white and
black, at 1870.
10c. sheer white India linen at 6ac
81 rs fnll-size heavy white bed
spreads, ready for use, 800.
Silkoline, for drapery, at &c.
Large punches of roses, with the
foliage. 10c,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
New Train on the N. & ".

Commencing May 18th new train
will be operated daily over the Shenan-
doah Division, Norfolk & Western Ry.
Leave Hagerst0wn 1.20 a. M, arrive
Roanoke 9.05 q. M, arrive Winston
Salem. N. c., 2p. m. Returning leave
Winston. Salem 2.55 p, M, leave Roam
oke 8 p. M, arrive Hagerstown Ais p.
m. Connecting with Southern Ry. at
Atlanta. Charleston, Savannah, etc.
Connecting at Roanoke with train for
Bristol, Norton and Welch. Pullman
buffet sleeping cars between Philadel-
phia and WEIGH via Harrisburg. Solid
train between Roanoke and Charlotte,
n. q. may 30 st
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, July III, 1902.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, July III, 1902.
William Glenn,
VS..
Jennie BraxtOn, ct ais.
All parties interested in the above en-
titled cause take notice, that pursuant to q
decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta
county there entered, of date June 20, 1902,
1 shall at my office in Staunton, Va, on
AUGUST 20, 1902,
proceed to ascertain and report: The real
estate owned by the defendant, R. M. Brax-
ton, its annual rental and fee simple value,
the liens binding the same In the order Of
their legal priority and the unpaid taxes
thereon, together with any other matters
deemed pertinent, etc.
HENRY W. HOLT,
Commissioner In Chancery.
Curry & Glenn, p.q. Jul 1S-4t
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
The Larger the Better

Mrs. Locutte-This is my new even
ing gown. What do you think of it?
Mr.. Locutte-Whew! Don't you-er
wear anything else with it
Mrs. Locutte-Oh, yes, few flowers,
of course.
Mr.. --Well-er-yOu'd better
get about two dozen sunfioWers.-
Philadelphia Press
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Pollination of Fruits.

In the apple and pear orchards wind
is said to play very small part in the
dissemination of pollen. Bees, fiee
and other pollinating insects, as rule,
visit large number Of flowers in suo-
cession on the same tree, and there
fore do not bring about true cross pol
hnation- In the case of apples and
pears only 9 small proportion Of the
flowers are habitually fortified give
to six per cent. in the former and about
10 per cent. IN tho latter case Rural
World
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

FINE WHITE LAWN SHIRT WAISTS
at 9Sc.-Made with several rows of
embroidery and cluster of tucks; 9TH
ers trimmed with lace insertion. All
have stock collars with turn-overs and
bishop sleeves with hem-stitched cuffs.
Fasten either in front or back. Well
worth $3.50. specially cheap at CSC.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

rRELxdB FOR BERRY BUSHES.
let the row Of bushes be arranged In
small clumps four feet apart in the
row md protected by such trellis as Is
shown in the sketch. Inch and half
stuff Is used for lengthwise and up
right supports, while the clumps Of
bushes are held In compact shape by
two pieces Of lath at each clump. At q
distance Of four feet the tops will
nearly meet each other, while the
stalks at the ground can be worked
about with ease.
would cover the entire ground be-
tween the clumps and between the
rows, If there are two or more of
these, with coarse meadow hay put on
thickly. This keeps down the weeds
and many berry sprouts and keeps the
ground always porous, moist and cool,
conditions that are especially attrac-
tive to raspberry and blackberry
plants. Once year this mulch will
have to be renewed. as it gradually de-
Gays and becomes worked into the soil,
adding humus and making the earth
lighter, more retentive of moisture
and richer in the material that the
berry plant requires as food.
Practically, then. the only care the
bushes need is an annual pruning and
nulch1ng. A little attention now and
then to the few struggling weeds and
shoots that force a way up through
the thick mulch will. of course, be re-
quired, but first and last there will be
less work In this way of caring for the
bushes than by any other that Is or
dinarily practiced. The gradual dying
out of once thrifty bushes that one
sees in SO many farm gardens is due
almost wholly to lack of proper thin
ming out and pruning and to the chok-
ing of the bushes by grass and weeds.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
CONNECTIONS.


Train No. connects at Harrisonburg,
Va. chesapeake Western Junction) with
Valley r. r. trains for all points in the
Valley, North or South of Harrisonburg
and for points South or North via Southern
BY. OF Valley R. B., and Harper's Ferry,
B. 80; also via StauntOn, Va, G. o.
Train No. 4 connect at Elkton, Va, with
N. & W. train No. for all points South.
Southwest and Northwest, via Roanoke,
Va, Winston-Salem, N. c., Bristol, Tenn,
or Columbus. Ohio.
Train No. connects at Elkton, Va, with
N. 6 W. train No. 4 for Luray. Front Roy
al, Riverton, Va, Charlestown, w. Va,
Hagerstown, Md, and points North and
East via Hsgerstown. Md. and Cumber-
land Valley and Western Maryland X. KS.
Pullman Buffet Sleeping cars through from
Elkton to New York, via Harrisburg and
Philadelphia, Pa.
For information as to rates, tickets,
routes, etc., apply to any agent OF the
Chesapeake w estern Railway, or
A. 8. WElSIGER,
Gen, Freisht and Pass. Agt.
Harrisonburg. Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

PARAsoL S Extra fine
Black Twilled Gloria Silk Parasols,
warranted not to split, with extra long
pearl and carved ivory handles with
silver mountings, silk tassels, $500
value. sale price, $1.25.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

Bobbie-"Youk know them preserves
out in the pantry wot you told me not
to eat 20 Mother-"Yes." Bobbie-
"You know you said they'd make me
sick if I ct 'em, didn't you ~ Mother
Yes" Bobbie-''Well, they didn't. :"
Ohio S tate Journal
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
No Business.

Miss Prim (severely)-Married wo
men. above all others, have no bust.
ness to flirt.
Mrs. Gay-,Business Of course, not;
it's Observation-Disclosures Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
ENCOURAGEMENT.

,,Iwonder," said the young author,
'why the critics aren't saying any
thing about my book 2''
Perhaps they are.'
II haven't read word from any Of
them orcerning it."
"Thetr opinions may be unfit to print,
you ."-Chicaeo Record Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Had to Decide

Two jolly SONS of Erin halted at a
way-side inn.
'Phwat does the soign say, Pat ?"
asked one.
Accommodation for mon an haste.
read the other.
''Thin Its 60 in"
''Hould on"
s'Phwat for %
Switch av us will be tn mon an
which tn baste?''1Chicag0 News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

Our special sale of mons
Clothing is now in full blast,
A rare chance to buy cloth
ing at a great saving of
money.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
-$SR>SOU7HERN
RAILWAY

No.7,-Da1ly-Localfor Charlotte and In
termediate Stations, witch connection for
Harrisonburg daily, and Staunton week
days.
No. 35.-Daily-United States Fast Mail
through Pullman Sleepers to Jackson
Vile via Savannah and to Atlanta and New
Orleans, connecting at Salisbury with sleep
er for Asheville. KNOXVILLE, Chattanooga,
Memphis and at Charlotte for Augusta; at
Danville for Birmingham. Dining Car
service.
No. 39.-Daily-NEw YORK and ATLANTA
Atlanta, Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays
Sunset Route Tourist Sleeper, Washington to
San Francisco.
No. 33.-NEw YORK AND FLORIDA EXPRESS
Pullman Sleep1ng-cars New York to Au-
gusta with connection for Aiken; and New
York to Port Tampa. Through coach to
Jacksonville. Dining car service.
No. 4l.-"Washtngton and Chattanooga
Limited via Lynchburg" first class coach
and Sleeping-car service Roanoke, Knox
Vile, Chattanooga and M emphis. Sleeper to
New Orleans. Dining car service.
No.37.-Daily-Wa Observation-Disclosures
Asheville, Hot Springs and Nash
Vile, via Salisbury and Chattanooga; to
New Orleans, via Montgomery and Mobile
to Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham.
Pullman Observation and Library Sleeping
car to Macon. Dining Car service.
Trains, except No. 2, from Staunton by
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway connect In
Union Station at Charlottesville with
Southern Ry. trains
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

''John,'' said the practical wife to
the poet, couldn't you manage to
dash off enough love songs between
now and breakfast to get a couple of
sacks of flour p
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
It Has Become Necessary.

II Has b6COm6 N6C6SSdry.
The Governess-I know French and
German
Mrs. Uptodate-That is not suffici.
emit. l want some one who can teach
my children Scotch.-Town and COun-
try.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Bargains in Summer Dress
Goods.

1000 yds. fancy SC. lawns, all
shades.
10 and 124c. fancy organdie and
dimity lawns, reduced to Sc.
Soldid colored organizes. lOc. quail
ty reduced to TIC.
12.c black and white lawns, all the
rage, reduced to Sc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

ROCKING CHAIR SPECIAL.-Ladies'
comfortable Swing Rocking Chairs, in
solid Oak with cane bottoms, one to q
customer, special. 81 so.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

Felt Window Shades, with spring
rollers, at &c.
124c heavy White Pique at 10c.
10c pure white Pearl Shirt Waist
buttons, at sc.
Large Tin Wash boilers at 49c.
Glass Syrup Pitchers at 1Oc.
II piece Decorated Chamber Sets,
S. value, at 1898.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Bargain Sale in Boys and
Youths Clothing!

Boys double breasted Knee Pants
Suits, special-9Sc.
Boys So double breasted wool Knee
Pants. in neat patterns, from to Is
years, at $1.48.
Boys 3-piece Vestee Suits, with
sailor collars, So value, at 81 %.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

Ladies white lawn waists, tucked
back and front, made in latest style.
81, so value, at CSC.
Ladies' $500 taffeta silk waists in
all cOlors, we'll made, 81. so.
SPECIAL-Ladies' percale waists, in
all colors, at Csc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

1000 yds. Fancy Lawns, the sea-
sons newest styles, only &c.
Ladies' 81 Kid Gloves, in white,
black and all colors, at rs.
Double-width turkey red Table
Damask at 164c.
Csc packag Writing Paper, ruled or
unruled, sc,
&c. apron check Ginghams at sc.
Ladies Percale Waists. all sizes, at
80.
Ladies' Black Figured Skirts, well
lined, at 79c.
1Oc, wide all silk Neck Ribbons, in
all cOlOrs, at &c.
Ladies' fast black ParasOls, natural
wood handles and pearl handles, at csc.
Ladies' 75c. bias gored, erect form
Corsets at 49c.
Mems 124c. high rundown line n
collars at 7c.
15c. madras ginghams at &c.
Ladies' gowns, nicely trimmed, at
400.
Fringed edge Napkins at &c.
1Oc. white check muslin at &c.
Ladies' So white pique skirts, well
made, at 48.
Box of highly scented soap, A cakes
to box, at 10.
81 nottingham lace curtains, 3 yards
long, at 75c.
No. 60 all silk taffeta ribbon, Csc.
value, in all cOlors, 124c,
Ladies' 12tc. fast black seamless
hose Sc.
Ladies' 81 IS trimmed shirt waist
hats, choice 4Sc.
Childrens trimmed leghOrn hats, in
all cOlors, CSC.
Ladies' SOC. trimmed rough straw
sailors at 25c.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Just Received.

1000 pair mems ladies'
and clildren's Drummer's
Sample Shoes from 80 cents
tc $3.50, worth almost dou-
BILE the price.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

FAN SPEcIAL.-Ladies' Fans, spe-
cial, 10c.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Dress Goods Special =!

Five yards As inch SOC. fine black
French Serge, including yards Per
caline, II yards Shrunks Canvass Vel
veteen Binding, q yards Waist Lin
ing, 1 bunch Whalebone, q yards
Casing, card Hooks and Eyes, l
Spool of Thread, Spool Silk, dress
complete. including $l.0O pair Black
Kid Gloves, special, only $3.50.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
BARGAINS Sale in Skirts and
Waists.

Ladies' walking skirts, six rows of
stitching at the bottom, at $1.4a.
Ladies' 75c. madras waists, made in
latest style, at 4Sc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
Bargains in MattIngs and
Rugs.

100 yards fancy china mating at
124. Csc, heavy seamless china mat
tings, 1Oc. Fancy japanese mating
at %. Large rugs, value. at 39c.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

Linen colOred Crash, for skirts, at
&c.
Pompadour and Side Combs, at 10c.
1Oc. Dress Duck, in black, navy and
all cOlOrs, at SIC.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
FLAVIN & WATSON. Metal Workers,

FLAvIN 4 WAlSUN, Mtldl WUrkcrS,
IGN .Augusta st., staunton, Va.
MUTUAL PHONE No. 2I6.
Sole Agent for Peck-WilliamsOn Furnace.
Excelsior Stoves, Ranges and Repairs.
Tin and Galvanized Spouting.
Lightning Rods and Fixtures.
Cornice Work and Finals.
Metal and Slate Roofing.
Steel Ranges.
ney as heretofore jun 1S.1y
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01
HARRisoNBURe TO WASHINGTON.

tWeek Days. 'DalIy.
Immediate connection in Union Depot at
Washington for and from Baltimore, Phil
adelphta and New York
G. 81. Ackert, General Manager,
8. H. Hard wick General Passenger Agent.
l.. 3. Brown, General Agent.
Washington, ID. G
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-01

Mems 124c. high rundown line n
collars at &c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17
DEATH OF JUDGE HARRIS.
Prominent Georgia Lawyer and
S~on-in-Law of Captain 4. L.. De-
Rosset. Of this City. Died Ncstcr-
day ut His Home in Carter>NiIIe.
Georgia.

Captain 4. l.. DeRoSSet on yesterday
received a telegram from Cartersville.
Ga, making the sad announcement OF
Il e death of his son-in-law, Judge j.
Wa Harris, of that city. He had been
in bal health about a month. and for
a week has been seriously i'll with
m~iningitis.
In 1890 Judge Harris married Miss
Annie DeRosset. daughter of Captain
Armand L. DeRosset, of this city. and
she and three children survive him.
He also leaves three children by a
former marriage. Mr.. a. L. DeRosset,
Jr., of Atlanta. was with his sister at
h beside of her husband, and Miss
Tallulah DeRosset, of this city. ar
rived at Gainesville yesterday.
Judge Harris vas a prominenf man IN
Georgia, having been a memler Of the
house of representatives many years,
solicitor n judge, and at the time
of his death was a member OF the state
enate and chairman of the judiciary
committee of that body. The relatives
and friends of Mrs. Harris deeply
sympathize with her in her bereave-
ment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17
KILLED BY a TRAIN.
Albert Combs Head Severed from
Body. Evidently by own Desire.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro. n. c.. October 14.-The
mangled remains Of Albert Combs were
found beside the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad track near his home
in the suburbs of this city last night.
The head was lying a few feet away
from the body and both were in a po-
sition to Indicate that the dead man
had deliberately placed his neck across
the track in front of the incoming pas
Senger train.
A circumstance which warrants this
supposition is that Mr.. Jus Kleinert
met Combs near the scene where he
was killed earlier in the night and at
that time Combs jumped on the track
in front of a freight train and was pull
ed off by Kleiner., just in time to save
his life. Combs aid then that there
would be another train along soon.
kleinert watched oVnbs until he went
home. Mrs. CONS says this morning
that her husband came home and be-
gan to curse and abuse her and soon
left without saying where he was going.
He was not seen alive any more.
The engineer who was running the
train did not see anything on the rae
and did not know he had killed a a
until about II o'clock last night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17

sive Step-RepubIican Registers
Under "G~randfather" CIausc-wiIl
Attend State Fair.
Correspondence of The Messenger
GoldShnrn- n @ October IL

Correspondence of The M~essenger.)
Goldsboro, y. c., October II.
Hon. Lee S. Overman, the democratic
war horse from Rowan, will be the at
traction at the opera house on Thursday
night and he will no doubt draw a large
audience. He speaks in KinstOn on the
18th and at LAGRANGE on the 18th.
Mr.. Thomas H. Enniss. of Raleigh,
was in the city today working up an
interest in the approaching state fair.
He was trying to induce our merchants
n manufacturers to put floats in the
trades parade and it is probable that
some will do so. The Goldsboro Rifles,
Captain H. B. Parker, Jr., will attend
the fair and participate in the competi-
tive drill. The other military company
of this city, Captain George E. Hood.
will meet tonight and decide whether
they will go or not. The Goldsboro
brass band will probably accompany
the military.
The board of aldermen met last night
n granted the request of the Elks to
allow the carnival week attractions to
occupy the vacant lot nea the Atlantic
n North Carolina freight depot and
run their performances without license.
The board also decided to macadamize
ten blocks in the centre of city where
the travel is most frequent. Walnut
street is being prepared now for paving
n the work will be done as soon as
an engineer can be secured to have the
work confOrm to the latest scientific
requirements.
Hon. Charles r. Thomas, democratic
nOmine for ngreS from this district,
made a speech in the court house here
Monday to an audience composed of the
best people of the city. He is a good
speaker and he made a most favorable
impression. His is calm and
deliberate and his arguments are force
full and persuasive. His en~unciatiOns
of democratic principles were delivered
in Il plain and practical without
any attempt at embellishments while
his scathing arraign of the republican
party and it's p~leadingS were sufficient
to invoke the contempt Of every law
abiding citizen of the state.
Major H. l.. Grant, clerk of the feder-
al court and leader of the republican
party in Wayne. has registered under
the grandfather clause in this city,
showing that he has confidence in the
constitutional amendment enacted by
the democrats. which some of his party
were so foolish as to denouncS as I'M
constitutional.
Waller L. Names circus will be here
on the 9th. The Elk carnival will be
here all of next week and on the follow
ing Monday the circus will be here.
a republican who stands high in the
counsels of his party states that the
convention which meets in this city ON
Wednesday will put out IL full county
ticket with the exception of sheriff and
if they do lot endorse Mr.. ]. III. Grant.
the Independent candidate, they VIII
not put UP anybody to run against
him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17
KILLED BY EATING CABBAGE.
Sevcra1 Deaths i'm we.tern North
Carolina Said TO Have Resulted
ed in the vegetable.

Especial TO Charlotte O~bserver.)
Knoxville. Tenn, October ia spe-
cial from Newport, Tenn, located near
the Tennessee-North Carolina line.
says: Information has reached this
point of the death OF several persons in
North Carolina, near the state line,
caused from eating boiled cabbage in
which a snake worm was found after
the cabbage had been eaten. 1t Is
claimed that the snake worm is to be
found in the best part of the cabbage
crop CT this section and that the farm
ers of the vicinity in which the deaths
have occurred are destroying the crop
altogether since the recent deaths. One
Of the snake worms was captured by
John Rollins, a well-to-do citizen of the
infected section, who exhibited it in
Newport yesterday. He states that the
cabbage crop which this year is very
large is going to waste. The snake
worms is said to be about eight OF
ten inches long and about the size of a
broom straw. 1t is very poisonous.
Last year two persons were killed in
Cooke county. Tenn. by eating cab
bage which contained the snake
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17
SOUTHERN STOCKHOLDERS MEET
Directors Elected and COmpan,
BuSineH. Ratified.

Richmond, Va, October 14.-At the
annual stockholders meeting of the
Southern Railway, held at the Compa-
ny's office here today, twelve directors
were elected. classified as follows:
Directors of the first calss, elected
for term Of one year; Alexander B. An
drews, Raleigh, N. c.; Joseph Bryan,
Richmond, Va; Samuel M. Innan, At
lanta, Ga; Robert NJ. Galloway, New
York.
Directors of the first class, elected
for term of two years; Adrian Iselin,
Jr., New York; Charles Lanier, New
York; Edmund D.. Randolph, Norfolk;
James T.. Woodward, New York.
Directors of the third class, elected
for term of three years: Harris G.
Fahestock, New York, William w. Fin
ley, Washington, D. c.; Samuel Spencer,
New York; Charles Steele, New York.
The lease of the property of the
Southern Railway Company was rati-
fled.
The acts and proceedings of the board
of directors since the last annual stock
holders meeting were ratified and ap-
proved.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17
FIRE WIPES OUT . TOwS.
Most Destructive CONDENSATION in
History of North California

Asheland. Ore. October H--Ine most
fire in the history Of north
ern California visited TIE town OF kla-
mathon, at the crosSin, of the Kama
thon river today, n wiped ont the en-
tire business portion Of h place, a rew
saw mill. a sash. door ani hox factory
and more than five million feet of saw
ed lumber. and did damage estimated
at s350.0o0. The Southern Pacific rail
road company's station, freight, rolling
stock side racks were also destroy
ed. Most of the dwelling ousfs Of the
town which were situated on al eleva
ton were saved as well as one hotel on
a back street. The conlagratior was
visible eighty miles away.