The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-27
Especial to The Messenger.)

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Raleigh. N. c., May 24.-The State
Board of Medical Examiners this after
noon the names of the new
doctors. Nfnety-six applicants regis
tered. three withdrew, seventy-two were
granted license and nineteen were re-
jected. Those granted license are:
John H. Martin. Poindoxter; William
I. Moore. Valtaire; r. N. Littlejohn,
Charlotte: Albert D. Edwards, North
WilkesbOro: E. A. Billings, Charlotte,
Layton w. Harris, Charlotte: T. F.
Reynolds, Leicester; j. 3. Gibbs. Burns
vile; r. H. Bradfort, Charlotte; H. c..
SOlomons, Buckshoals; H. H. Garner.
Asheville; E. H. Lyonstein. A. a. Mich
OILS. Painter; ]. B. Riddle, Bridsewater:
9. E. Mclean, G%astonia; w. l. Taylor,
HarTells Store; j. o. Plummer, Color
ed) W~arrenton; E. L. Hoff1er, (colored)
G~reenVille; j. b. Phillips; Spring Hone:
r. B.. C. Lamb, Elizabeth City; E. A.
Iockett, Winston-Salem; ]. L.. Nichol-
son, Washington; j. w. McGhee, Madi-
son; ]. G. Busby, Salisbury; C. S. Hicks,
Durham; n. A. Orr, Charlotte; A. w.
Greene, POwellsville; John l. Myers,
Wilkesboro; T. H. Wright, Charlotte;
w. p. Simpson, WILSON,; w. H. Ander-
son Wilson,; Miss Carolina J. Young
High, Southern Pines; w. n. Dalton,
Danbury; w. VI. Strong, Charlotte; J..
j. Stewart, Newton; w. F. Smith, Sails
bury; H. E. Bowman. Davidso; F. l..
Sharpe, Statesyille; Marshall @. Guth-
RE, Southport; j. H. Stanly, Four Oaks:
w. A. B~radsher, Roxboro; 4. Mcneil
Blair, Southern Pines; ]. r. Lowry,
County Line; j. E. Ward, Wilson; Dot
pdine H. Reed, Washington, d. c.; B. E..
Love, L~eesburg; Charles c.. Orr, Char
iotte; S. P. Lee, Dunn; John A. Borne
man, Wilmington; John Ray Williams,
Asheyille; May S. Miles, Greensboro;
T. ]. Holt, Smithfield; w. H. Coffman,
AsheVille; r. J. Orr, Robbinsville; S.
c. Highway, Murphy.
The first honor was won by Marshall
c. Guthrie, 81 II; second. H. E. Bow
man, 81 IL; third, W. A. B~radsher,
81 81. Guthrie is a graduate of the
Medical Department at Raleigh Of the
University Of North Carolina.
Ex-Sheriff Justice Shepherd, special
master of the Federal court is hearing
the case of the Southern Railway
against the Greensboro Ice and Coal
Company and the corporation commits
Sion; this being the case in which an
injunction is sought to prevent suits for
penalties. Justice and Battle appear
LOT the QS1enS6 ana BuSDGe and North
rop for the plaintiff.
The Southeastern Tariff Association
has agreed on a reduction of ten per
cent on dwellings which have fues
built from the ground.
President Winston, of the Agricul-
tural n Mechanical college, has a let
ter from his son, Patrick Henry Win
ston, a cadet at the United States Mill
tdry Academy at West Point, saying
that he been elected captain of the
base ball team next year. Ernest
Graves, son of the late Professor
Graves, of Chapel Hill, is first base
man on the team and is also captain of
the foot ball team. 1t IS expected that
raves will win the highest honors Of
his class for scholarship.
At the banquet at the Agricultural
and Mechanical college today. Con-
gresham Kitchin made a striking
speech. He this evening made the an
nual address. Hundreds OF persons
saw the final dress parade of the cadet
battalion. So many cadets had left
that h battalion was skeleton, hav-
ing strength of barely 275, while it
started with 500. The band was SO
depleted in the same way that it is very
poor.
Honors will be announced at the col
lege tomorrow. The most proud honor
Is tnd1 WnlCh Is AWARDED seniors VINO
have made over 80 per cent during the
whole 4 years course The honor men
are ]. B. Harding, r. P. Reese, Will
liam Kerr, ]. c. Temple. Speakers and
their subjects tomorrow will be r. p.
Reese, Society Dependence on the En-
gineer;" ]. B. Harding, Our Textile
Growth" G.. H. Hodges, Power Trans
mission" William Kerr, Our Agricul-
tural Opportunity E. P. Bailey, DE
mocracy and Education"
Attorney James H. Pou has returned
here from Wilson, where he appeared
in the most singular suit ever brought
in his state. In a railway wreck at
Lucama, in that county, three weeks
ago, due to a collision a pas
senger train and a freight, an express
car and two cars loaded with guano
were burned. A man named Lafayette
Lucas bought the guano and the ashes
and began to distribute this upon his
farm nearby. A few days ago some
negroes who were loading the stuff
upon wagons, in order that It might be
hauled away found a diamond, a fine
gem, cut and later Others were picked
up in the debris, until up to today no
less than 26 have been found, valued at
$500. The whole community is widely
excited and search is being made in the
fields where Lucas had hauled the fer
tlllzer. The question which has now
arisen is as to who is the owner or the
diamonds, Lucas, who bought the t
or the finders. The case in which At
torney Pou appeared his client, Henry
Jones, is n of the finders, he having
picked up a diamond valued at over