The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
CHRISTMAS AT GREENSBORO.
Quiet and Orderly in Every Sense
An Accident That Was Ludicrous.
Another Seizure of Birds.
Especial to The MeSsenger.)

The Christmas. just over, has
been az unusually quiet and we'll be-
haved one here. There is not a man
in the lookup this morning, and
yesterday morning there were only
six, who had been placed there for
protection only from themselves, and
were turned out at sun rise to seek
more egg-nog if they needed it. There
was not a saloon open IN all the city
yesterday or last night, not even a
side door The saloon keepers agreed
among themselves, just as they did
Thanksgiving day, to close, n the
agreement was kept 10 the letter.
Christmas eve night, the city was one
long loud continuous bedlam OF
sound, made by the young men drag
ging cow bells, etc, but there was
no bad behavior from any source Last
night. the COW bell crowd took a lit
tie the advantage of the permission
to hoo fire crackers, and some got
to firing toy pistols or something OF
that nature, in front of Vests candy
emporium, the latter leading in the
fun. The policemen gave the mem
berS Of the party personal warming
to d~esist, but it had no effect. and
resulted in Mr.. Vests and ten others
being arrested; they gave bond foI
their appearance before the mayor.
There has not been 4 crime Of any
sort committed, so far as the law
officers have been informed. Last
Christmas, his correspondent had the
unpleasant duty of sending out about
a half column list of serious casuali-
ties, resulting from careless handling
of fire works; this year there has not
been a single one of any Importance
reported. The only one eVen ap-
preaching seriousness, was urso luo,-
crous United States Commissioner
Wolfe, woh has many friends and
who is getting along in years, needs
a lubricant occasionally. knowing
this, his friends were thoughtful
enough to send him several round
packages wrapped in straw Of the
dimensions of a quart. There were
Jour of them unbrOken sitting OF his
table yesterday morning, in his steam
heated office in the Southern Loan
and Trust Company's building. Sit
ting there with his elbows on the
table, his head resting on his hands,
a favorite attitude of his, his gaze
was directed particularly to n pack
aged. marked "Old each" Suddenly
and without warning, old Peach
exploded, knocking "Old Henry
against q Jockey Club" and these
falling against or into the "MonOnga-
hola" were completely wrecked on
the stone or cement floor The only
other damage to Squire Wolfe, was a
despatched face and clothes, the for
tunate barricade of straw between
him and the glass and the peach"
preventing them from knocking him
completely up.
In the afternoon at the BenboW
Hotel, there was a magnificent
Christmas tree, for the benefit "
pleasure of the entire complement of
"heIp" there. and the presents were
helpful, ornamental and profuse.
Chief Clerk Roland Harriss. received
no less than II cravats alone, one for
every year of his existence, for he is
not as old as he looks. At the Gull
ford Hotel last night, about forty
couples of the ounge set Of young
ladies and gentlemen, had a brilliant
reception in the parlors, and at eleven
o'clock adjourned to the dining room,
where a splendid banquet awaited
them. Hon. r. D.. Douglas acted as
postmaster, and appropriate toasts
were eloQuently responded to by
Messrs. Martin Douglas, Archie Dali
ton. Fred Strudwick, Julian Meyer
and Worth Ross Of the young gal
lants.
At West Market Street church last
night there was a notable Sunday
school entertainment in the form OF
Rotations, tableaux, music, songs
ana addresses, Ine cNuTcn DeiHS liz
with highly entertained and pleased
auditors. There were other Christ
mas trees n entertainments, the
night before at some Of the churches
and more to follow tonight.
Every employe Of the Express
Company received a handsome pres
ent in cash as did the employees OF
the various manufacturing plants
here, including a cash prize Of $3.50
oooh, ~ thn +u-n haCt conductors and
two best motormen Of the Green's
Electric Company, the period OF
"trial' having been on for the past
three months. This company also
presented each Of its IS employees
with n fine turkey.
Game Warden Weatherly returned
last night from Winston, where he
had been to prosecute a warrant
sworn out against Henry D. Shut, a
Junk dealer there, for violating the
game laws by shipping partridges out
of the State. The trial resulted in
the binding over TO court Of the de-
PENDANT in n bond of a hundred dol
lars. Packages of birds. in barrels
mixed with rabbits have been cOnffs-
Gated here several times, sent from
Winston to a Richmond firm. with
out the name Of the shipper. Wealth
erly. who is also 4 good detective.
traced the tailsmanic initials on the
packages to the junk dealer at Win
ston. He finally hit upon a barrel at
his place OF business just ready for
shipment. He made an examination.
| and found II cartridges "nested" in
the centre Of the barrel with rabbits
at each end. Shut, so the game
warden says, had made his bill out
for six dozen quail" to the receiving
merchant at Richmond and he vas
fussing at the loss Of he one bird
for there were only II in the lot.