The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-29

Calendar OF Court CaseS-Destroying
a Building by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lettuce Raising-Personal Notes
Telephone Service-Public Building.
Especial to The Messenger.)

NSPOSldI ~ II SICSoSiSSI
Fayetteville. March 24.-Of the cases
published for three days OF the calen-
of Superior court next week, suits
against railroads figure prominently.
as follows: a. J. Mallard. Jr.: E. VIII
liams; J.. S. McNeill; ]. H. Wyne; Jas.
Farmer; E. j. Johnson-all plaintiffs
against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Company. OF course, until they
develop in trial, their exact nature
annot be given, but they are probably
mostly damage suits.
Yesterday. by direction of the board
of health, and by order of the munich
pal fire committee. Assistant chief
Pool. with a squad Of men from the
hre department. set fire to and destroy
ed the building on Winslow street, re-
Gently used as a quarantine Station
against smallpox
The Autryville school has closed. and
the concluding exercises were unusual
ly interesting and beautiful. The
teacher. Miss Addie Smith. who has
achieved phenomenal success in her
work during the session, has returned
to her hame at Goldsboro.
Fire Chief ]. S. Mcneil IS paying a
visit to his friend. the fire chief Of
Charleston, S. G.. He expects to not
only enjoy much pleasure from this
visit, but gain valuable information
from an inspection of the Charleston
fire department. which is said - be
a model Of completeness and efficiency.
Mrs. j. E Crane and Mr.. H. X. Per-
kins. Of Massachusetts,, and Misses
Chicester. Of New Jersey, are newly
arrived guests at pine View" the
winter resort Of Mrs. J. B. Broadfoot
on Haymount.
Rev. c. G. vardell, president of the
Rod Cnrinoc Drachyy+nrian Uyon,arpo
college, and Professor J. A. Macarthur,
superintendent of the Red Springs
Military academy, spent yesterday in
town.
Mrs. w. H. Pemberton will spend
some weeks with her friends FIJI Fay
etteville. by whom she is warmly wei
coined.
Judging by the beds which he has
seen. and by the accounts from others
which he has not visited, the correspon-
dent estimates the Fayetteville lettuce
crop to be very good. considering the
weather trials to which 1t has been
subjected. The amount Of this crop Is
astonishing, with Fayetteville as the
center, and taking in only the suburbs.
Leaving out the big growers and ruck-
ers in the outskirts and outlying dis
tricts, many causes have combined to
build this up into an extensive indus
try. Fayetteville is a city OF magnih-
cent distances" and its people are
blessed with abundant yard and gar
den space. Except where horses, cattle
and men servants are kept on the lot,
the householder has found that he can
buy ordinary vegetables as cheap as or
cheaper than he car raise them, and
hence he has been DESTROYS Of utilizing
his Ian with a money crop. With mo-
a few lettuce growing is a good deal
OF fad. but Eve here the main
chance" is not neglected. The writer
knows several prominent women OF this
city. who make their pin money
every "a from their lettuce beds. and
1t Is no a bad allowance Of pin
money" either.
Mr.. G. A. Holderness. Of Tarboro.
general manager of the Carolina Tele-
graph and Telephone Company. Is here
to investigate the complaints of inefi-
Gent service by the exchange, and
this evening will have a hearing before
a called meeting Of the board OF alder
nren.
Congressman G. p. Patterson has no.
titled the chamber of commerce that be
has arranged for a hearing OF its COM
mittee before the Congressional COM
mittee on Public Buildings on Friday.
April LIST. with regard TO a public build
ing in Fayetteville to cost $50. 900.
Alex Evans. negro. was arrested by
the United States Commissioner yes
terday. charged with passing counter
felt money.
Mr.. T. J. Melvin, the efficient and
popular clerk OF the Marsh-Highsmith
hospital is quite Ill with grippe.
Mrs. w. A Walton, of Morganton. Is
here to see her mother on Haymount.
who is suffering greatly from a broken
hip. caused by a fall.
Mrs. G. NJ. Rose has returned from a
visit to her daughter. Mrs. b. A. Nor
gan. at Greenvflle. sc.
Last evenings meeting OF the newly
organized Merchants Association"