The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02

Miss Marie b. Farthing, the trained
Nurse who took a dose of morphine or
Hast Sunday night and who came so
Gear dying from the effects of it, died
D IT the James Walker Memorial hos
pitaI early yesterday morning from
acute pneumonia.
The death of his young woman is
peculiarly sad and will be learned Of
with sorrow by all who knew her. Her
home was at Boone, Watauga county,
and she came to Wilmington several
ago to become a trained nurse.
rial hospital for some time and then
went out as a nurse. Hers was the
part of a young woman going to a
strange town far from home to buffet
with the world and make her own liv-
ing. She was only q years of age, but
she had succeeded in doing what many
men have failed to do, make a living by
her own toll.
When the young woman breathed
her last no relative was near, but her
father reached here yesterday on the
II O'Clock Seaboard train. He is an
old man whose head is gray with the
SHOWS Of many winters and his heart
was almost broken when he learned of
the death of his daughter. A telegram
was sent TO the parents of Miss Earth
ing on Monday and the father left his
home in the extreme western portion
of the state for Wilmington, but alas.
to find his daughter was no more. The
were sent off last night on the
$50 train of the Coast Line and were
accompanied by the GRIEF stricken par
emf. Boone is 80 miles from Lenoir and
Is not On a railroad and the remains
will not reach their destination until
tomorrow.
Miss Farthing boarded at the home
or Mr.. William J. ClemmOns, No. 1I3
walnut street. She was not we'll on
Sunday night and retired several hours
earlier than was her custom. Some
thing after 10 o'clock Mrs. Clemmons
heard her breathing very heavily and
went to the young woman's room
to see if she was i'll. A knock on h
door brought forth no respon so Mrs.
Clemmons entered tie room when she
found Miss Farthing in AN uncosc3ous
condition. Physicians were at once
telephoned for and it was only n few
minutes before Drs. Russell and Bull
LEX arrived. They worked with the
young during the entire night
EIt when morring came she was still
unconscious. About Z o'clock Monday
morning she was sent to the James
walker Memorial hospital n late that
afternoon she regained consciousness.
she was at a loss to know what she
vas doing in the hospital until told
Hha she had done Then it was h a
she explained how she made the terri
lie mistak>, She said there were two
small boxes in her trunk, one contain
ing morphine tablets and IL other
ealomel tablets. It was her intention
to take the calomel and instead she
took morphine.
Miss Farthing appeared to be on the
road to recovery early in The day Tues
day, but late In the afternoon acute
pneumonia developed and in her already
weakened condition the medicine
given had no effect In stopping the
disease and it was only a few hours
before the unfortunate young woman
had passed from tbs world.
Miss Farthing waS a member Of st
Andrews Presbyterian church and DR.
Mcclure, her pastor, visited her or
Monday and again on Tuesday and she
explained to him how the mistake oc-
CURED.
The remains were carried to the un-
= dertaking establishment of MIR. ]. T
WooIvin and were there prepared fol
burial. They remained at the under
taking until carried tt
the station yesterday afternoon. Be
fore leaving, a short talk was made b!
Rev. DIR. Mcclure, who was one of tbs
last ones to talk to Miss Farthing be
fore she relapsed into unconSciousness
Those who acted as pallbearers were
- Honorary, captain Donald MacRa
and Mr.. Hugh MacRae. Active, Messrs
p. Q. Moore, J. B. Mercer, William
Greasy, r.. NJ. Sheppard, J. H. Scaroor
and Henry Angel.
MIR. FARTHING INJURED.
FVEnile ON his way to Wilmington MI
/. Farthing met with a painful accioen
which occurred while or the train be
tween L~fncolnton and Charlotte. Nd
Farting did not have the shade OF tn
window by which he was sitting dow
and some one threw a rock into tn
:. train which struck him on the hea
infiicting a painful wound.