The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-05
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1t is announced from the office Of
tAdiutant General Robertson here that
"a band is being organized in Raleigh
to take the place of the Third Regi-
mcnt band that was disbanded in
iReidsv:i!e last week.
The appeals to be argued from the
rFourtcentf: district next week are as
follows: State VS.. Garland: Horton
1fvs. Railroad. Huet VS.. Lumber Com
,panv; Edney VS.. railroad: Rayburn
VS. Casualty Company: Bridges vs.
iPaiiroad. Then there are cases set
ESPECIALLY for hearing out Of regular
OF der: Rowe VS.. Lumber Company.
Company. from Durham and Jones VS..
Water Company from Durham,
The entire session of the Wake
County Superior court tooay was de-
viled to the hearing of argument in
the noted damage suit of Pegram VS..
ISeaboarj Air Line. demanding $25.-
loco damages for the building of JOIN
NJ. Wilson in the Hamlet cotton conf
press fire in 1902. The trial has been
liz progress for the past week
In>the case of State VS.. HOugh from
ICaharrus county the Supreme court
lallows a new trial on the ground that
Wher Hough killed Hartsell he was on
own ground, a reason to be-
llieve that Hartsell would kill him and
Twas therefore not obliged to retreat
&c the wall" as the law woul express
IL. h two men became involved
Through improper advances mad by
Hartsell to his wife and it appeared
That Hartsell had told IIoueh's wife
that he intended to- kill him. In the
trial Hough was convicted of
mar:laughter ard sentenced to six
months on the county roads Of Cabar-
las county. 49,.
\ ruling Of interest is made by the
ISupreme court in the case of Hester
Tvs. Traction Company from Durham.
1.-The Supreme court holding in this
lease a land owner in a toWn has no
more right to the sidewalk in front
Of his property than he has to the
middle Of the street. In the ase in
!ouestion the plaintiff owned property
lat the point of a curve in the street
car track and it was fotlnd tina the
rack Gus in a few inches: on the side"
walk. The plaintiff brought suit cor
the Supreme court ruling
him ont. however. on the ground that
The had no claim
The secretary Of state today issued
Ia charter for the Shuford-Rogers com
|pany, of Fayetteville, the purpose be
ing the manufacture and sale of cloth
ing. The capital is $4,000 and the in
|~Corporators are NJ. E. ShufOrd, B. i,
Rogers and II. +. Schenck.
The committee from the board of
trustees of the a. and NJ. College spent
today here going over the college with
ii view to making a Semi-annual report
to be submitted to the trustees consti-
|tuted by the state board of agriculture
lat the annual meeting May Doth. The
commencement begins May
|31st. The committeeman here are A.
Cannon, Horseshoe; J. P. McRae, I.au-
|rinburg; Capt. c. NJ. Allen Auburn: j.
NJ. Forehead, Rocky hook; Commission
|er of Agriculture s. L. Patterson, w. S.
Primrose, Raleigh: d. \. TOmpkins,
Charlotte; David Clark, Jonesville; W.
H Raglan. High Point. This year is
n of the most successful
in the history of the college.
The last case tried by retiring Mayor
A. NJ. Powell was one for operating d
blind tiger and the prisoner was sent
to jail in default Of 500 bond to an
.sWer the charge in the Superior court.
Mayor Johnson and the new board of
aldermen assumed the reins of city
this morning in due form,
the oath of office having been admin
istered at noon to the incoming officers.
Thomas Badger, the new police justice,
will hold his first court tomorrow.
AyOung mar giving his name as De-
Young called at the station house this
morning and ~impOrtuned the police to
arrest him as a vagrant, if there was a
yagrant law here. He said he was
from New York, had no work, no
money and would not beg. He wept
while begging the officers to lock him
up. He was given a meal and work
secured for him in a sash, door and
blind factory.