The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
LITTLE CHILD BADLY BURNED
Careless Handling Of a Match
Probably the Cause
Painful Accident to Captain Clark.
Officer Refires After Long Service.
Running Railroad Line-Pythians
i'm Regular District Convention. e


evening Anna, the little daughter Of
Mr, and Mrs Fl. F. Drake. was ba,:ly
burned-it. is supposed from carelessly
lighting a match. Her clothing vas
rearly all consumed. and Mr.. Drake
received bad burns on his hands in
extinguishing the flames
Yesterday afternoon an enormous
iron lathe. which was being unloaded
from a freight car. superinten ded BY
Captain L. ". Clark, slipped, striking
Captain Clark on the face and body. in
licting painful injuries.
Officer J. I'll. Benton, who has been
on the police force of Fayetteville for
thirteen, years, tenders his resignation,
and retires from the service, having
taKen a position with the Armicia
PepSi-Cola company. His record IS
that of a brave and faithful officer, and
during his long term OF active service
he has over and over confronted grave
peril, and faced death. A few years
ago he was forced to take a life 10
save that of Chief of Police Flowers,
shooting a desperate Croatan dead on
Market square, who was attacking
Captain Flowers with a knife.
An engineer corps of eleven men, OF
which MIR. William Moncure is the
head, ran their preliminary line in-o
the eastern part of the city yesteriny,
Gil company. They are very reticent
or " ~ a0n,nonu thov ranrQsan-- e
tut their coming, taken in connection
with the right way recently obtained
by Mr.. j. G. Shaw around town. is
taken 10 mean the reaching Il 10
this point of he Charleston and Ra-
leigh railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lutterloh have
returned from an extended winter trip
to Florida.
Yesterday afternoon a telephone
message called Mayor Mcmillan from
his headquarters to the office of the
register of deeds, where he found Mr..
Wilkes ane Miss N. Davis, and MI.
Plckens and Miss NJ. Davis, of Robson,
waiting Il get married, n he tied
the knot after his graceful fashion.
A large passing crowd was attracted
into the court house to witness the
double marriage
The knights of Pythias of District
No. 4, Cumberland lodge hall yestcr-
day afternoon at 5 o'clock and held
its regular district convention. which
was called to order by Mr.. Charles G..
Rose, L. c., of Cumberland lodge, VIII
delivered the address of welcome.
which was ably responded by Mr.. VII
son. grand vice chancellor of North
Carolina.
Mr.. Rose then turned the meeting
over to MI N M. Lawrence, Jr., dep
uty grand chancello: of the fourth
district Upon the roll call Of lodges,
the following were found TO be repre-
sented: Washington Duke Lodge, No
165; Cape Fear Lodge, No. 1876; Cum
berland Lodge, No. S; Smithiel(
Lodge, No. 81; Rowland Lodge, No
So; Lumberton Lodge, No. 35.
All the lodges represented were re-
ported to be in a healthy and prosper.
Gus condition.
Following the report of the lodges
The convention took a recess uni
1880 p. m, when first degree work was
exenplified.
Promptly at 9 o'clock the doors OF
the banquet hall were thrown open &c
the visiting delegates and a large mum.
Der of invited guests.
The elegant spread of every varistr
Of good things which met the gazt
Of all present showed that the enter.
tainment committee had spared no eff
fort to make the evening an enjoyable
n to all. There were present more
than two hundred persons, many Ia
dies among the number.
The POSTMASTER, Mr.. y. B. AIexan-
der, made a short but eloquent address,
the subject of which was, Does Py.'I-
Church," He then introduced Hen.
A. S. Barnard, grand chancellor. of
Asheville, who was present by invita-
ton to deliver the principal address Of
the evening.
Mr.. Barnaro's address on the origin
and purpose of Pythianism VA simply
a classic--one which held his hearers
spell~"o1lnd from start 10 finish ard
which proved MIR Barnard - be ar
orator Of the first rank.
The toast, "Pythians Outside Of
the Lodge Room" was responded 10
by Rev. w. NJ. Farley, of Fayetteville.
"Pythianism as a Character Builder
was responded to by Mr.. r. L. Goodwin,
OF Dunn. and Rev. G. G.. Vardell, of Red
Springs, in a very happy style, re-
sponie1 10 the toast, The Indies"
Mr.. c. C.. McLeon, of Greensboro,
ives next called upon and responded
in a very graceful manner with a
short, trI eloque IT .peeeh
Messrs. j. D.. Mutt, of Wilmington.
and ". ". Wilson. of Raleigh. were
then called upon, and delighted their
audience with flashes of wit and sal
lies of humor.
At II O'Clock the banquet was adj
5ourned, and after an exchange of
greetings with the delegates and others
The guests departed