The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-20
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
McNein Case ON Rchearins Of n Re-
hearing-St. Mary's and Peace Have
Largest Attendance I'm Their His
tory Adnistcad Jones Declines
Reelection.


messenger BUREAU
Raleigh. ~. c., September Is.
In the Supreme court today argument
OF cases from the Third district was
concluded and the noted case OF Mcneil
vs.. the Charlotte and Durham railroad
was called for argument on the rehear-
ing. This is the case in which Editor
Mcneil. OF The Carthage Blade sued
for damages for injuries sustained while
he vas riding on a free pass hat had
expired. the conductor allowing him to
ride on IL at his earnest solicitation.
OF two jury trials the first verdict vas
for 5000. and the second on a new trial
allowed by the Supreme court q $4,000
verdict was rendered. This was affirm
ed. then a rehearing allowed and an
other affirmation followed and now
there is a rehearing OF a rehearsng. Oh
the ground that the plaintiff has no
standing in court or just ground for
the suit.
The executive committee OF the State
Hospital for the Insane at Raleigh. IN
session Yesterday and today. report the
affairs in excellent condition. but the
institution terribly crowded. They de-
clare that appropriations for material
enlargement by the next legislature Is
an imperative necessity.
Charles B. Ellis. manager OF the Bell
Telephone exchange at Selma was unit
ed in marriage last afternoon in this
CITY to Miss Willette Highe. the cere-
monv being at the home OF the bride In
the presence OF a few friends. They
went to Selma last night where a re-
a.--;N- 900 ta,4-zl t1.-, 1A-t s~A
Miss Highe was for sometime an oper>
ator in the exchange here
Chairman F. D.. Jones, OF the Repub-
lican Congressional executive commit
tee for this, the Fourth district, was
here today in hopes of getting the COM
mittee together and naming a candidate
for Congress 10 pos Ed w. Pou.
Democratic Congressman, but other
members did not show up. Jones says
he hopes to have a candidate named
within two weeks.
Both St. Mary's school and Peace In
stitute opened today with the largest
attendance in their history. Every
! room in both Institutions is taken and
several applications have been refused
by both for lack Of room.
Parties who arrived here from MI.
! olive since the cyclone yesterday tell
; OF some remarkable. freaks OF the wino-
In one instance a dwelling was blown
! down and four small children were car
! rfed by the wind into the yard u1nurt-
At another house a Mrs. Cox was sit
ting in a chair in front OF her house.
! when the force of the wind smashed
the chair. damned the woman in a cor
! ner and overturned the house. pinning
the woman down so that it required
| hard work by three n~eighbors TO extri-
cate her. However she was unharmed.
! Senator simmons has received a teie>
gram from Senator Aldrich of Rhode
! Island notifying him that he cannot
meet him in Beaufort until September
: 25th. They were TO have met there
today for the purpose of comforting as
to the possibilities for deepening the bar
f; by government appropriation.
Armistead Jones, for the past several
years chairman &c the Wake county
Democratic executive committee, an
&: nounces that he will not stand for re.
, election and he will be succeeded by
j w. B.. snow who led the victorious fight
in the Democratic primaries for the
reform ticket of county COMMISSION
ers whose majority was about 1,oOO.
The official count of the Democratic
primaries returns shows that c. Ell
!ington's majority over n. b. Brough-
ton for she State Senate was 2O4. Ell
! lington was on the ticket with the re-
F.. form county commissioners whose ma