The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23
WOUND MAY PROVE Fatal
Young White Boy Assaulted a Negro
With a Baseball Bat-Appeals IN
rfaree Murder Cases Settled-No
summer School ut the n. and NJ.
Messenger Bureau,

3a.slgii, y. e, MAJ Il.
Yesterday afternoon Howard Reg
ers. a white boy, became involved in a
row with a negro about his age. The
negro applied Il vile epithet to him and
Rogers seized a baseball bat and STRUCK
the negro over the head, infiicting a
that it was at first thought was
not serious However, late last night
there We're serious developments and
the white boy was placed in the city
prison, n opinion of the physicians a,
the hospital being that the negro could
not ike. His death is still expected at
any time. The white boy, Rogers. Is
the son of a respected blacksmith on
Wilmington street.
Appeals in three murder cases were
settled yesterday in the Supreme court.
the convictions and sentences in two.
State VS.. Will Adams, from Wake, and
State VS.. Garland. from Mcdowell, DC.
ing affirmed, and a new trial allowed
iii the case of 3. +. Blivins from Mitch
ell county. The ruling in the Adams
case means that Adams must hang for
the murder of Mary Bridsers and two
children, near Raleigh, two years ago.
And Garland, from Mcdowell. must
serve a seven years sentence for kill
ing I've Calicutt, colored, because the
negro refused to put some wood In the
stove in the depot at Marion, in De
cember, 1904. Blevins was convicted
of manslaughter for the killing of J.
J. Buchanan, as he claimed, in self
defense. The new trial is because the
trial judge failed to present the self
defense feature Of the rase in the light
that the defense asked that it should
be in his charge.
Governor Glenn, tie state officials
and the ~gOveruo"'e el sonal and gen.
eral staff LET. his m'Tning for New
Bern to attcal the ceremonies i'll on
nection with the rn> Cling Of the o
-lment to the Ninth New Jersey Vol
unteers. The Raleigh Light Infantry,
under the command Of Capt. W. T.
Moody, also urn! I-Cns as a special
escort for the governor. The governor
and state officers 0f New Jersey will
also attend the ttl.r onies which con-
tinue today and Tomorrow.
1t has been definitely settled that
there WIFI Je no SUMMER school at the
y. and VI: "clleg" this year, owing TO
the fact thai the allowance from the
Peabody fund is no longer available
and it is found to be impossible to
raise $1,000 among the business men
of Raleigh toward the expenses of the
school.
The Odd Fellows of Raleigh last
night celebrated tie election of Mr.
Perrin Busbee, Of this city, as grand
warden in the Crand Lodge Of North
Carolina.
George S. " Eitney. of New York, as
O.: Gu for thu A and NJ. College football
team next SESSION. :st season he
coached the SuNanee University team,
which lost only cnc game during the
season. y. and NJ. has the best pros
peet for a successful football season in
the history of athletics.
Last night Mr.. James I. Johnson,
Ral-igh's new mayor. was initiated
into the mysteries OF the order Of Elks-
Every LTk was oil hand. and it is IN
derstood that the. mayor was puc
through in great shape.
The deadlock in the contest before
the Raleigh aldermen for city attorney
continues. the board being equally df-
vided between Walter Watson, present
incumbent, aud W., B. Sow, with one
vote for r. n. Simms. There have
been five sessions of the board for the
purpose of electing an attorney, the
l.allots at each session being the same
A land co>apy has just been or
sanized here and secured control of an
admirably located western suburb of
the city and named it Glenwood i'll
honor of Governor Glenn. The street
railway will be extended to the prop
erty which will be developed. It is near
tie Methodist orphanage.
National Councillor w. E. Faison, Of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics, announces the appointment
CT Hon. George Hood, Of GoldsbOro, to
a seat on the national judiciary, the
supreme court OF the national council =.
Z. G. Cobb takes Hoods place as one
OF the national representatives from,
North Carolina. The national council
meets this year June Goth at Nashville.
Tenn. At that time Mr.. Faison retires
as national councilman and will be
succeeded by w. J. S. C~ilCreast, Of
massachusetts. Faison says the report
for the last year will show upwards Of
10000 new members added to the or
der.
George Mclean, who has been i'll
Philadelphia some time under the alias
OF George White borrowing the eX.
regro congressman's name) has been
brought back to Raleigh TO answer III
the Federal court the charge of viola,-
ing the postal laws in Johnson county.
United States Marshal H. c. Dock
cry has gone to Atlantic City as SUI
preme representative from North Caro-
lima for the Supreme Council OF the
Royal Arcanum. He will return by
Washington and represent North Caro-
lima in the Southern Industrial Parlia-
ment.
General james ]. Glenn, private sec
rotary TO Governor Glenn, has return
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