The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-05

Regular Neetinx Of the Bears Yes
tober Term of the Superior Court-
other Matters of PubIic Interest
Disposed OF.

The board Of county commissioners
Of New Hanover county held its regular
monthly meeting yesterday afternoon.
all the members being in attendance
Chairman McEachern n Commission
ers Vollers, Alexander. Montgomery and
Holmes.
~ Williams, was allowed to list prop
erty in Cape Fear township without
liability TO double taation.
The petition OF NJ. :. willard, c. w.
Worth, James n Frank Canady, Of
Greenville Sound, asking the board TO
have a public road cut TO Greenville
from q point on the shell road near tn.
Martin place, was continued in the
hands Of the committee.
Thomas j. Ashley, OF Wilmington,
was exempted from poll tax on
OF physical disability.
The action of the chairman in appoint
ing l. ID. Cherry to survey lands enter
ed in Cape Fea township by O. NJ Fill
yaw and W. NJ. Cherry, was approved.
Captain Cherry was also appointed 10
survey lands entered by 5. Z Carter in
Cape Fear township.
The reports Of the register OF deeds,
clerk of court, and superintendent of
health were received and placed on rec
ord. DR.. w. D.. Mcmillan. county SUI
perintendent of health, reports that
during the month he treated 1874 patients
dl Ills OlllCS AIN paul ~ VISITS " ID pa
tients at their homes. He states that
h Jail. convict camp and county home
are in good sanitary condition and that
there are only a few cases of chills and
fever at the convict camp. a few
cases of typhoid fever have occurred in
the county during h month.
h assessment on property of Mrs.
Rebecca S~ternberger at WrightScville
Sound was reduced from $3.50 to 500.
AS it appeared that the axes on the
property OF John G.. Daniel in blocks
307 and 31S which had been sold for
taxes by S. H. Manning, sheriff, in 1880,
had beer paid, and as proper receipts
for the same were shown, it was order
ed that the property be restored to its
rightful owner.
1t was ordered by the board, that the
city of G~oldsboro be sold not exceeding
five carloads of rock from the Castle
Haynes quarry for the repair of the
streets of hat city. The price named
is $3.50 per ton.
An application from Mrs. Bertha JUS
tice to admit her child to the deaf and
dumb asylum, was referred to the n
nance committee with owe TO act.
Mr.. Matt j. Heyer having been sub
stituted for Mr.. ]. w. Norwood on the
bond of H. Mel. Green county treasur-
er, was approved.
The board allowed County Attorney
w. B. McKoy SIS in fee for his appear
ance before the superior court in the
good roads bonds case.
The following jurors were drawn for
the term of the superior court of New
Hanover county which ~convenes Mon
day, October 9Th, for the trial of civil
cases:
First Week-C. B. Render, H. B. Tay-
lor, L. w. Solomon, John Dyer, John ID.
Dosher, Jr., A. L. Price, j. w. Scott, Jr..
J. G. King. ST., l.. B. Bissinger, Saml
Bear, Jr., T. M. Earnhardt. Geo. S. Lee
Grand, w. H. NJ. Koch, j. NJ. Bryan.
BENZ. A. Merritt, Eduard Ahrens, W.
H. Stokeley, George Irving.
Second Week-Dr. T.. B. Kingsbury.
Louis Gordon, E. P. Owens, s. A.
Schloss, George w. Rogers, George T.
Bland, John H. Strauss. William HI.
Brown, w. L.. Harlow, 7. w. Wood, II.
w. Mason, Matt j. Heyer A. b. Brown,
B. NJ. Lehue, Branch w. Jones, f. F.
Johnson, levitt c. Love, S. p. Cowan.