The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-22

Rdlelgn, N. e, Bureau,
April 10Th, 1904.
The state charters the Highsmith
Hospital Company, Of Fayetteville. to
which will be attached a nurses train
ling school. The capital stock is $780,
1000, and DR.. J. F. Highsmith owns
NEARLY all of it.
State Auditor Dixon says that, while
heretofore from $4,000 to $4,000 of
pension money has been I'M
}calied for. because of the death OF
pensioners. ne thinks his year aft
Ileast $4,000 will be uncalled for. He
tmade out warrants for S2O2.O 900 on ac-
counts OF pensions, because he knew
quite a number of the pensioners
would die and the amounts would NOT
Zoe called for, but the warrants would
Toe returned.
Inc state superintendent of public
obstruction Is informed that one dis
irrfct IN Rutherford county has voted
i'm favor Of local taxation for schools.
\ FRIENDS of Francis D.. Winston as
Isert with great positiveness that he
VIII certainly win the Democratic
domination for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
n afternoon the funeral of Mr..
Richard Bullock Sewell was helS here
from n First Presbyterian church
he was the oldest native of Raleigh
residing here. The active paIl-bear-
Iers were six of his old slaves. and one
OF the mourners was Harry Boykin,
also one of his slaves, who was de-
voted to him and who stood at the
root OF his bed when death came.
Arrivals-James A. Bell, c.. HI. Duls.
Charlotte; r. NJ. Pogue, Wilmington;
w. A James, Jacksonville; DR.. J. w.
Petty, Greensboro; G.. F. Bason, Gas
'tonia; c. d. Bennett. Charlotte; H.
b. Baugh, Greensboro; w. A. Self,
Hickory; ]. A. Godfrey, Jonesboro.
In a few days h active campaign
70 raise funds for the Masonic Temple
here Will be resumed. 1t had been
the hope that the corner stone would
be laid this spring, but nothing is to
be lone until all the money is at hand.
A farmer living a few miles north
or here yesterday plowed UP the re-
mains Of a soldier, beside the body
being the carbine, which was of the
Spencer pattern. The man was prob
a Federal soldier.
State Entomologist Franklin Sher-
man has issued a circular on the
much importance to farmers. 1t is
one of a series of circulars which he
is glad to supply to persons interested.
The Supreme court this week takes
up h appeals from the twelfth dis
trict. Of these there are only eleven
as follows: Fisher against Brown,
Boyd vs.. Railway. Walker VS.. Rail-
way. Cogdell VS.. Telegraph Company,
Conner VS.. Manufacturing Company,
VS.. Telegraph Company, Hol-
brooks VS.. Railway Company. Ratl
life VS.. Railroad Company, Holder
VS.. Manufacturing Company, Fore VS..
Planning Company, McGraw VS.. Rail-
way.
The state charters the Durham
Tobacco Plant Company;
capital stock, $4,000: w. T. O'Brien
and others stockholders.
Yesterday afternoon from the First
Baptist church the funeral services
of ex-Mayor Dodd We're held, under
the direction of the Masons. he having
been a charter member Of William G..
Lodge. There was a very large
turnout of the Order o0d Of the gen.
eral public as we'll.
1t was so cold on Sunday that the
ground was a little frozen-something
quite unusual this late in the year.
A large edition has been made to
main building at the Roman Cath
olic Orphanage here
1t is said by officials of the dispen-
sary that the sales are holding up
very we'll indeed. 1t is thought there
would be a considerable falling of
after the old weather ended.
Among to-day's arrivals were Paul
D.. Means. Concord; ". D.. P. Sharp,
Brevard- Nixon. Charlotte; X.
W. Winston. Durham; Francis ID.
Winston. Windsor; w. A. Mills. Troy;
,. P. Jones, Hickory; w. G. Means, ,
Concord.
Up to the reftting of the Marlboro
very few travelling men had been stop
,ing over at Raleigh Sunday, but now
they come here in numbers.
At the Chavis colored schoo! mere
:, department is to be added in which
will be taught. is the
eolored high school, One of the
white public schools il also designated
"a a high school. this system being
found to be very convenient n prac-