The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-20

Transfer Of Valuable Property Sc
rious Runaway-Protracted Meet

ing.
Especial TO The N~essenger)
Fayetteville. May 17.-At the term OF
Cumberland Superior court ended last
week. Judge PEBBLES confirmed the sa!..
OF the Acknowledgements hospital. made
April 9Th. by Commissioners Broadfoot
and Rose. n yesterday formal trans
Ter OF the property was made, deeds
delivered, ETC.. and DIR. J. F. Highsmith
gave his check for the purchase money
$2s,oO0. 1t IS now the Highsmith hos
pital' J. T. Highsmith. NJ. D.. proprie-
Tor. and owner OF practically all the
stock, the other incorporators being
Mrs. Mary Highsmith and Mr.. :. III
Strange. This property includes the
cochran annex, which embraces the en-
cots. the noble charity of Mrs.
cochran. and the other wards of the
annex These endowed cots are ALWAYS
occupied. and the good work done can
hardly be estimated. Several improves
inents will be made in the new High
smith nospitaI. as to convenience and
attractiveness, as its euuipment ia AL
ready admirable. A new parlor and
oining room for nurses will be nut in
on the ground floor. and part of the
space between the annex and the main
guiding will be utilized for a pretty
plot with shrubbery and fountain. DIR
MARION cooper OF the University Med
lcaI college OF Richmond, Va. will take
Inc position of resident hospital physI-
cian during the summer months.
sunday afternoon. while Mr.. +. G
No"iin was riding oil Haymount, his
morse became frightened and bolted.
TnrnyyinO Mr. Av
turning the conveyance. Tn animal
ran on down Haymount. and at the
uppef Hay street crossing OF the ATTAIN
Tic Coast Line railroad came in coIlis-
ION with the rear car OF a freight train
and was badly injured-so badly that n
may have to be shot
me Democratic county executive
committee. Mr.. II. L. Cook chairman
met yesterday, and set the time for
uoiulng the primaries at Saturday, 2sth,
instant throughout the county ana
friday, 9TH instant, in the city. IL
also called the county convention. to
send delegates to the State and Con-
sressional conventions. to meet In Fay
etteville on the 4th of June.
ON Thursday afternoon Rev. DIR.
Morton, Of Rocky Mount, Will arrive
here. and conduct a protracted religious
meeting in the FIRST Presbyteriap
church, where services are now goine
on, Rev. ID. p. McGeachey preaching
TO- large congregation last night. Mr..
McGeachey also delivered a very ahIa
sermon last Sunday.
Ihe Fayetteville Independent Light
Infantry attended st. Johns EpIsconat
church last Sunday in a body, the oc-
casion being the annual sermon tn the
by the rector, Rev. /. w.
hughes who is chaplain of the corps.
ana who delivered a polished. scholar
ly discourse.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. s. H. Mac
Rae entertained a number of friends at
a piazza party" at the beautiful Hav-
mount home, THE Homestead where
the commodious colonial was
set out IN tables for six-handed euchre
and delightful refreshments were serv-
ed.
Hon. E. w. Pou delivers the address.
tomorrow at the Commencement eyer
clses of Red Springs Presbyterian col
iege for Women. This evening TIL.
iunna Association of the college
mold their annual banquet.
MT J. Mel Brown. a prominent citi-
zen or Robeson county, fell lead on
the streets Of Red Springs Monday az
ternoon, having just ridden In from his
farm a few miles distant.
Mrs Z. NJ. Wilson, of Washington
CITY, mas been making a visit to Can
tain and Mrs j. b. Underwood.
Mass Eliza Williams has returned from
a pleasant visit to Washington City.
AT the meeting of the Retail Mer-
chants Association last evening the
president, Mr.. T. Crawford, was elected
delegate to the State with
authority TO appoint his colleagues, the
association is in good condition, and
increasing in rpQr.horcA;-