The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-16
WOMEN FIGHT ON THE ROAD.
One Slashes the Other with a knife
Formers Enjoy Themselves-Trus-
tees OF Wholesale Grocery Com
pany, Etc.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial TO The Messenge.3
Fayetteville. y. G, August 13.-Yes-
rett. two negro women living in the
western part OF the county, were on the
road TO a church meeting, when a quar-
rel took place Over some trifing matter.
and the McFadyen woman, drawing
knife, siashed her companion in the
face and body, infiicting serious
wounds, and is now in Jail.
The farmers Of Carver's Creek town.
ship met yesterday for the enjoyment
Of their nnu picnic. and there was
a large crowd in attendance. the day
being passed very pleasantly. TIL
m of the Riverside section had
their annual gathering on Thursday.
and over 500 people Toasted on the good
Things of that h~ospitable country
around a table $50 feet long.
Dr. @. d. Kugler. aged about 40
years, died at his residence on Hills
boro street yesterday, and his-remains.
accompanied by his wife, were carried
last night to Greenvifle, Pa. DR.. Kug-
Ter came to this city a year or two ago.
and bough valuable property on Har-
Nsngton Hill, a commanding eminence
horth OF town. for the purpose of es-
tablishing a sanitarium for consump-
tives. but his i'll ealth compelled him
to the enterprise.
Mr.. James Kirkpatrick, a faithful
Confederate soldier of Gray's Creek
township, who has been in the High
smith hospital some days for treatment,
is now much improved.
The writer has just made a tour of
the edifice, and extensive exterior and
interior work which has been going on
all through the spring and summer on
the Highsmith hospital has effected a
complete transformation in that ex-
cellent institution, greatly increasing
its capacity for efficient service in the
care of patients and the alienation of
suffering, and adding to it's equipment.
while the correct taste which has car
acterized the whole plan of improve
ments has made the. entire extensive
structure, main building and Cochran
Annex, a model of beauty and elegance.
Careful supervision has followed
every step of this work, from the foun-
dation to the roof. that nothing might
be left undone when all was finished
so that the lighting and heating ar
engagements are faultless, the painting
of the inner and outer walls is of fine
finish and put on for years, the corrid-
ors and stairways laid in handsome
linoleum, and the rooms made light.
airy n cheerful. Special pains have
been taken with the culinary depart
ment, which is equipped with every
appliance for convenience, the minimize
ing of labor, the economy of material,
and, above all, for absolute Cleanliness.
The nurses quarters are so situated
as to place them in instant
cation with any part of the hospitaf,
and yet give them a cosy home to them
selves when off duty, and their parlor
on the gSound floor, with fountain and
i grass nlOt in front will affnr1 thpno n
charming place to receive their friends,
while the grounds in the rear are to be
cleared up, planted n made. a pretty
retreat for the recreation of GONZALES
cents and nurses.
One of the most desirable additions
to the. hospital will be the large sun
parlor or the front, enclosed in glass.
which will be used for the comfort and
pleasure of patients, closed or opened
at will, in cold or warm weather. The
wooden floor of the lobby or main hail
Of the building on the ground floor will
be removed, and will be replaced hH a
solid concrete base, overlaid with a
beautiful tesselated pavement in mo-
casio. The medicine rOom, with a care
fully locked and guarded department
for the dangerous drugs; the operating
room, equipped with all the appliances
for the most difficult operations; the
lavatories. the hot and cold bath-a1l
combine to make one of the mOdee
hospitals of the South.
Captain J. D. McNeill. chairman OF
the city committee on finance, yester-
| cay formally himself as a
candidate for the State Senate, as
plain, old fashioned Democrat SUBJ
ject to the action of the county con-
Iention.
At a meeting OF the creditors of the
S. c. Williams Wholesale Grocery Conn
pany, held yesterday afternoon in the
office of S. H. MacRae, referee in
Bankruptcy, Q. K. Nimocks, J. B. I'm
derwood, Jr., and NJ. F. Crawford were
appointed trustees to wind up the af-
fairs Of the company. =
Mr.. E. H. Jennings leaves today for
Hot Springs, Ark
Mr.. NJ. Mel. Matthews, the popular
| proprietor of the Hotel Lafayette, fs
| quite sick, the correspondent regrets
to know. He designs going to Buffalo
Lithia Springs next week for his rheu-
matiSm.
Thaddeus Young killed a bald eagle
| yesterday on the east side Of Cape Fear
river, about s miles from the city, meas
| uring Z feet, Z inches across the wings.
Three white men were arrested here
today, charged with selling whiskey.