The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
A FouRrH.
Fearfully Hot weather In Raleigh.
Professor Joyaer still ul-Suits
Against Railways.
Messenger

Raleigh. ~. c., July s.
1t was a scorching hot Fourth. so hot
that the small boy y n was numerous
lily at work making = noise as early as
{ O'Clock a. m, wilted later in the lay.
There was no observance OF the day
here. other than the closing Of build
Iings and the display OF Gags. In the
Afternoon there was n base ball game.
durham against Raleigh and IN excur-
sion from Durham. and the evening a
large lawn party In one OF the parks.
in aid or the base ball association.
There were no accidents here yester-
day and no fires. The day passed on
very we'll indeed.
The intense a Is affecting the
Icrops. There Is great need Of rain along
the Southern border OF h state. The
icrop report TO be issued next Tuesday
Is not apt to be a good one. Il Is a crit
ical period with several crops, notably
corn and tobacco.
It is said that the street railway here
may be extended sooner Than expected
stephen B.. Weeks. OF Sante Fe. New
Mexico. Is indexing the colonial and also
the state records. His work Will hard
lly be finished before the end Of the
Iyear.
A letter from Greensboro today says
the condition OF State Superintendent
Joyner, who has fever. is not encour-
laying. Yesterday his temperature was
as high as 10i degrees.
There Is an interesting contest for
the postmastership at Monroe. There
are fou aspirants and ZACH Is said Z
have employed counsel There are
charges and counter-cha-ges. n IL Is
reilly a very pretty scramble indeed.
President Winston. OF. the Agricuf-
tural and Mechanical college yesterday
addressed laboring men from the fac
tories at Gastonia-
The annual report and the financial
statement of the penitentiary have not
yet appeared. One of the directors
says the excess OF receipts over expen-
lditures for the year was about $500.
The year ended March 3lst.
Suit for $50 600 is entred against a rail-
way here by a man who lost a leg and
an arm. A man who was walking on n
track was killed and half n dozen
lawyers wanted TO bring suit. but the
railway paid $3.50 and ended the mat
tie quietly. 1t appears strange that
persons walking on a track can get
damages, but the heirs OF a lawyer got
SO, 900 because he was killed that way.
The annua meeting of the North Car
Iolina Society Of the Cincinnati here was
we'll tende Wilson CT. Lamb, OF
Williamson, presided and NJ Del.
Haywood, of Raleigh. being secretary.
The following were elected active men,
bers: DR.. Robert J.. Brevard, OF Char
lotte; w. A. Hoke, Lincolnton: Hay
wood Clark, OF Wilmington; James Al
lston Cabell, OF Richmond: Isaac Ridge
way Trimple and William Hall Harris.
of Baltimore; J.. w. Grant, Of Atlanta:
Lawrence Lamb, of Memphis. Heriot
IClarkson. of Charlotte, was elected an
honorary member. an honor rarely be-
Istowed.
The corporation commission will de-
vote next week to the annual assess-
ment of railway property for taxation
The friends OF II. G. Common declare
he has a large majority OF the instruct
led vote in his candidacy for the nomina-
ltion for associate justice.
A special term of superior court be-
tgins here next week. There are eleven
divorce suits on the docket. Tehre are