The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-18
RALEIGH AND SOUTHPORT II. II.
President III The Company Rcfure the
Board of Aldermen en- Franchise
scccial Ls.sies for School DISTRICTS
Dancing by Plaonograph-Ncss and
rcI>nfal Notes.


Especial 10 The Nessenger.l
Fayetteville. Jury AT last even
ing's meeting Of the hoard Of aldermen
President Mills IF the Raleigh and
Southport RailE sad was present with
his attorney. Mr.. d. 7. Oates, and the
amended franchise granted to the road
was passed, providing for certain stree.
crossings. and To- working the stress
over which the railroad received the
right OF way. Bids will be opened Ly
the city Oh the LIST Of August for thc
sac OF the $4,000 bond issue for The
enlargement OF the electric light plant
At the special meeting of the board
Of county commissioners yesterday lev
les Of 50 cents on the 800 Of real prop
erty and SO cents on the poll We're or
dered for Grays Greek, Goodwin AMI
Stednan school l~isticts.
\ pleasant german, complimentary 10
visitors in the city. was given in Nc
kethan's Hail. last evening, a novelty
being that The music was from a Dhon-
ugrapn. The following were on the
floor: Mr.. ]. c. Thompson and tiiss
Brown. OF Davidson; Mr.. Joseph Ac-
kethan and Miss Mary F. Robson; Mr..
T. II. Sutton, Jr., and Miss Maggie
Carson: Mr.. Claude Rankin and Miss
Mary Mcneil; Mr.. Jack Tillinghast
and Miss Isabelle Glover: Mr.. S. w.
Tillinghast and Miss Kate Elliott, OF
'ThorDlsccre;" Mr.. 4. {. Van Devan-
ter AMI Miss Lillian Haish; Mr.. Wal
ter Jessup and Miss %Spainhour; Mr..
Thomas Hunter and Miss Jessica Cross
we'll; Mr.. Morrison Burns and Miss Ma
ricn Slocomb; Mr.. .. II. Heflin and
Miss Ida White; Messrs. \. B. McMii-
Ian, +. 5. Mcneil, D. S. Owen, f. F
P~emherton, James Taylor.
ri. Eugene r. Watson has taken a
position with the Standard Navai
Stores Company of Fenton, Mass.
Colonel J. B. Starr is taking his an
nual outing in camp, with n anu
complete outfit, At McDougald's pond III
the southwestern part of the country.
Eli Smith and Eufhn Thagood were
arrested last night by Officers Benton
and Buckingham, charged with the lob
berry Of the restaurant Of Joe James On
Person street, AMI We're committed 70
jail.
One Of the largest funerals among
the c1lored people for many years was
hat over the remains Of George Fur
ney from the cOlorSd Presbyterian
church, as ne was one of the leading
and most esteemed citizens of his race
He W8s fer many years in The railroa i
service AMI about two years ago lost
his leg while shifting trains besides fe-
ceiving other injuries, which disabled
him Tor the rest of his life.
The Fayetteville board Of audi and
finance is now complete by the cleo
ton OF Mr.. J. c. McDiarmid, of the Nc
Diarmid Wholesale Lumber Company,
a young MAJ of fine business stand
ing and capacity.
Mrs. Milton Bacon, of Albany, Ca, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Ms w.
L. Handy.
Miss Fannie Strange has returned
home after a visit to friends in Eng
land, near London.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcclellan
have returned to Brookvale, Fla.
Messrs. J. F. Harrison, president of
the Fayetteville Ice and Wood Compa-
ny, and L. B. Hale, city editor of the
Fayetteville Observer, have eturne1
from a pleasant cutting among the
mountains of western North Carolina.
. IltI lidi-y NII-14II-'oh IAiNhdo "i&
be glad to know that Mrs. George RI.
Huske, who has been a patient in the
Highsmith hospital for some weeks,
will soon be able to get out.
Three negro tramps, Pearce, Jones
and Hamsley, who said that they We're
from Wilmington, were arraigned be-
fore Mayor Mcmillan yesteday. Pearce
and Hamsley paid the costs and depart
ed, but Jones was sent TO the changing
for thirty Gays, and also bound over TO
court for carrying a concealed weapon
superintendent Jones of the city cleo
trio light Plant is now installed in his
new commodious headquarters on
Graen street.
4 queer freak Of the elements took
place here a day or W ago. At an
hour when it was almost dry enough in
the city for the dust to fly, a cloud
burst deiuecd Harrington Hill, the
northern suburb, the water running over
the ground ike a mill-Tace. Some per
sons declare that there was a rainfall
of six inches.
Mr.. z. J.. Hale. Jr., business mana
ser Of The Observer, has returned from
Wrightsville.