The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-11
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, n. c., December 8.
This morning William Stunkel, a
plumber here, who had recently begun
business for himself and whose age is
about 80 years, was struck by-aSrun-
away horse, while riding on his wheel
and died %from his injuries this after
noon A negro grocer, simon Rayner.
was in his team. which was Being
driven by tae MANAGE o. the sTift
Meit aCompany, when saddenly TAhs
coupArg broke and both men weta
thrown out. The horse dashed along
West Target street toward Fayetteville
street and met Mr. Stunkel who was
riding in the opposite direction very
rapidly, with heed down, on account
Of the high wind ard dust. The shock
threw the unfortunate man attleast 20
feet and he fell On the sidewalk almost
in front of the Office of the associated
charities, the place being only a few
Yards from his place of business. His
mother and sisters and Mr.. Richard
Giersch, his Observation-Disclosures in
n few minutes and he was taken tojthe
hospital. The deceased was Il prOmi-
nent local Elk. ~ a
Governor Glenn and Commissioner
General Joseph E. POgue left This
morning to visit the jamestown Expo
sitiOn site and look into matters con
nected with the North Carolina build
ing here.
A charter is granted the J. l.. FOunt
Company, wholesale and retail NOR
chants at Falkland, Pitt county, capital
stock 1875, 900.
Ten men were convicted in the fed
eral court yesterday and eight today;
and all were placed in the county jail
here, some to serve there and others
to 90 to the ~penitentiary at Atlanta.
Five ~pOstoffice inspectors are here at
tending this court.
This year up to date eighteen new
lodges Of Masons have been granted
charters.
The state board of agriculture will
tomorrow make the usual seIni-annual
inspection of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college on which such excel
lent report has been made by the COM
mission.
An order is made that all the pupils
in the public schools in this city must
De vaccinated. This is merely for Il
precaution as there are only o per
sons now at the pest house and the two
sick in the city have been released from
quarantine.
Farmers say that almost all the
cotton is picked now. The weather Tor
picking has been simply wonderful fpr
? the past six weeks. Practically no ralR
has fallen in three weeks. The cotton
remaining unpieked lis on clay upiands.
Strange to say a field of several acres
Is yet near Raleigh which has not Deem
touched.
Persons who came in today from
JOnesbOrO brought news OF the sudden
Death there this morning OF Mayor >.
H. Watson, who fell dead upon the
street. 1 - a>#
The Raleigh dispensary continues TO
be a money maker and IS egarueG oy
a great many persons as the BEST Soit-
ton of the whiskey question d SAFES
during November were S3,oOo NOR
sham they were in November, 1906. it
d must be remembered that half, at least
of the whisky sold is outside OF this
county and the extension OF prohlDltIon
territory Increases the. number of buy
ers here. Of course no liquor is shipped
away; it ali has to be taken. chatham,
Johnson, Harnett, Nash, and
counties and part of Durham, get. WINS
KEY here. This makes it very easy TO
2 understand the increase in sales.
D. E. McIver, Of Sanford, says ina
town will soon have the electric power
q and light current from the
Falls plant, work on which is no" De
ing so rapidly pushed by Mr.. MaxWeIl
The Masons make d cry gratifying
showing in North Carolina THIS year
The gain in membership is 1,6Oo.
PRINCIPAL John e. Ray of the State
Blind Institution returned today IRON
Morganton where he went to appear at
INTERPRETER at the hearing which It was
thought would be held yesterday IL
regard to the charges made by MT. III
Tngshast of Convese College, S. &.
against Superintendent Goodwin OF the
State School for Deaf Mutes. The at
torney for Mr.. Tillinghast asked fol
further time and this was granted, AND
81 the case comes up tomorrow. Theirs
viii be a. full hearing. Superintendent
Raw agrees with n. B. BrOughton, eX'
Trustee of the deaf mute school thai
the charges amount to nothing and NJ
talks very plainly in regard to them
The corporation commission has un
der investigation and comparison al
existing rates, both tolls and exchange
of the Bell Telephone Company ant
all the other telephone companies doins
business in this state with a9vfew O.
changing such of these as are found K
be unreasonable or unjust: Il -
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One Prisoner Catches Another.
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