The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-28
(SneciaI TO The Messenger.)

yer III. Allen presiding, but it prom
S TO be d short session, as the ln'
,ortant cases are to come up in July.
The Onslow county court house is d
new handsome and propoctionate brick
structure, showing a good S2o,ooo III
yestment. The offices on the first floor
with .freproof vaults, and first class
eauipments, and the court above
with it's big windows and church-ilke
f~urnishment is very pleasing, and 1t Is
hoped will help to give Onslow county
a quicker gait.
jacksonville is according to pOpula-
ton 400 one of the best and most va
ried shippers in the state, II mas
manifold advantages whereby 1t can
hc made a center for gardens and or
chards, yet strange to say it has nelth-
er a telephone or a bank.
Forty-five miles from Wilmington
and 80 from Newbern, on b a. L. Il.
railway, and with the ~naviGabie New
river spanned by drawbridge, and a
Zig territory of land and the sea to
draw from, it is gratifying to know, at
last. that an election will be held LII
Nav in reference to having a graded
school, with public sentiment in favor
thereof. 4 bank is also being Orgaliiz-
ed, but Il telephone line is very much in
allegiance, and the other railway also.
But they are bound to come and the
best thing the citizens can do is to pull
together, instead of pulling apart.
nHiCa cOn1inO nv rail for river
points is transferred to gasoline boats,
namely, the Hattie s., which is about
80 feet in length and has two 6-hOrse
power gasoline engines, and sails three
days in the week, and the new Mamie
Lewis, lately launched for passengers
as well as freight. The Mamie is AZ
feet overall and has O-hOrse power en-
gine and has gone 20 miles QOaded) in
> IA hours. The schedule till Septem-
her is Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days. going to the mouth of the river
each trip.
There are few small towns that have
such a we'll appointed and c~OmmOdiouS
railway station, and big business is
there all the year. Jacksonville ships
from 200 to 300 tons Of fresh. also Win
ter salted fish annually, and quantities
OF beautifully speckled trout, which
bring from II 1-2 to Is cents Il pound
Cotton goes about 1000 bales, and pea
nuts 1000 to 5000 bags a year, and
lumber is hustled out at the rate of two
and three car loads a day, and so cases
@of eggs, some days, by freight and big
quantities by express, and it receives
from 100000 to 100000 pounds of.
o. mprch0 n6iSn nor month DC acL-cnnx -jIIc
sells lots of goods, and is the distribut.
ing point for many villages, and cross
roads inland, and for points along the
river. From 6 to 10 cars bring horses
and mules, fall and winter, and 4 or 5
Nnitue bring buggies and wagons, and
fertilizers.
George II. Bender, railway agent and
manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph office, was born in Wilmington
and has been railrOading - years. He
began here, INC was at Newbern six
years, then back to Jacksonville, where
his marked ability and sunny DISPOSE
ton make him universally popular. The
Southern Express Company also does a
big business, shipping produce, gar
den products. and the famous New
river speckled trout to Philadelphia,
Norfolk and Wilmington. and has han
died here 60 barrels of fresh fish in a
day.
NJ. b. Humphrey, the express agent,
says this is a great produce county, and
as dealer he has shipped LOO dozen
eggs, and 500 chickens in a week. and
as broker he has built Il capital trade
i'll groceries. He is also member of the
YscIn;l firm, Of IIrn,DL.Nr and tx-o,x-
lately established, and owns good prop
critics in town. He is a native son of
Onslow county, a business man or ex
cellent method and a courteous gentle
man.
The Jacksonville postoffice receives
two daily mails by rail, and has three
rural free delivery routes, and two star
routes, and a closed pouch goes with
II of the rural free delivery routes
Il is a busy office, but DR.. JOhn Grill
nan, ID. ID. s, is a fine postmaster. and
efficiency and courtesy result.
The present aggregate stocks in the
stores and shops approximate $4,000
but more stores are in prospect.
j. ID. Walton, farmer, is having 4
twO-story frame 24x60 feet, nearing
completion and will put in a genera
stock, and Clerk of Court J. W. Benton
,contemplates building two brick stores
for rent, and Ex-Sheriff T. W. Har
sett will build a ~comomdious earrias;
repository. He is treasurer of th'
Jacksonville Supply Company, VIII,
have just completed a two story bricl
2SxS0 feet on the square, which will
be opened for the fall trade.
w. b. Murrill, the main merchant O.
the place, will likely build a big empo
rum, and judging by his beautiful new
residence, whatever he builds viii
adorn the town. His truck farms nea
town compare with those of Whining
ton, and his plantations show maste
management. He is n who certainl.
a eurtailed the acreage of cotton, al
though he owns a big cotton gin.
The East Carolina Cattle Company i