The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-04

Graded School Teachers Elected.
Masonic Officers InstaIled-Abcr-
deem and Rockfsh Railroad-Offi-
GERS Struggle With q Negro-Lawn
Partx-PersOnaI Notes.
Especial to The Messenger

Especial to The MeSsenger.)
Fayetteville, June 29.-The trustees
of the city graded schools ave filled
the vacancies in :he faculty AUS b.
the resignation IF Messrs. Stafford and
Couley, by the electio nof Messrs.
Everett, of Martin county, a grad
uate of the University of Ten
nessee and J. F. Caltram, of Johns
ton county, a graduate of Trinity Col
| lege. The board appointed Messrs. Ii.
L. Cook, A. II. Slocomb and w. L..
Hawley a committee to consider the
| matter of increase of teachers salaries,
| and Messrs. A. H. SIocomb, j. 4.
Oates and n. J. Bell to consider the
matter of sewerage for the buildings
| and grounds of the school.
The following have been installed OF
fcers of Phoenix Lodge, No. 8, of Ma
sons: E. L.. Re,nsburg, w. NJ; J. ..
HoIlingsworth, 5. w; J. M Rogers, J.
w; |. w. Clark, T.; 7. T. McGilyary,
S.; G. G. Rose, S. d. Jefferson. j. ID :
c.. NJ. Watson and J.. d. Grady, Stew:
J. Johnson, Til. This is n Of the CD
est and most influential Masonic lodges
in North Carolina.
Major B. r. Huske having declined a
place on the board of public works ON
account of the pressure of private bus
mess, the board of aldermen have elec.
ed to succeed him Mr.. John Fl. CulbTeJh,
of the wholesale grocery house of CuI-
breth and Company, n of the most
successful young business men Of the
city, and unive' sally regarded as III
every way fitted ior so important a po-
sitiOn.
The correspondent learns that Mr.. j.
M. Matthews, health officer of the city
has prepared indictments against seve-
raj householders for neglect and vio,a-
ton of the city ordinances in REGARD
to the sanitary condition of their prern-
Uses. The municipal government is
bestirring itself 20 minimize epidemics
and sickness as far as possible during
the summer.
Mrs. Lee Holmes, of Wilmington,
who has been the guest of the Misses
Mallett on Rowan street, has gone to
visit her sister, Mrs. Harry Ardman, at
Salisbury.
Mr.. Thomas H. Mcmillan, a native OF
this place, now a leading business man
of Savannah, Ga. is visiting relatives
here.
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriff
Monaghan arrested a negro, Robert
Davis, for vagrancy, but only after the
negro had knocked him down twice,
the plucky officer doing the third
knocking down, and finally subduing
his man.
Mrs. Herbert Lutterloh has gone to
New York on account of the serious ILL
ness in that city of her sister, Miss
Sallie McRee.
Mr.. William Macarthur, a successful
business man of Florida, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Alex. Macarthur.
The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad,
of which Mr.. John Blue is president.
now has a handsome new brick bui!u-
ing, used as passenger station and Tor
the offices of the road. The road is do
ing an excellent business in traffic a;1c
travel, and has i double daily passen-
ger service between Aberdeen and Hope
Mills, a distance of forty miles.
The lawn party and entertainment
at the armory last evening were well
attended and 1nuch enjoyed. The
chief attraction was the competitive
drills between tie Grays and the
Blues, in which the prizes were: WOE
by Private George Williams Of the
Grays and Sergeant Alex Brown of the
Blues, and were presented in a grace
full speech by Mr.. @. K. Nimocks.
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