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' THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER: SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 189?: PERSONAL. MENTION. Mr. T. B. Crawford, of .Winston, is in the city. ' ' ';" '3; v;v -;-r:-; .Mr. A. M.. Burton, of Charlotte, is: at the Bonitz house. , - 'A Mr. E. Osborne, of Charlotte, spent yesteday in the city. !; ; : ' Prof. H. B, Battle, of Raleigh, is reg istered .at f The Ortan. ' - V4v.v-- Mr. usmona L. Barrlnger, of Char lotte, is at The Orton. v:" : -t . .- Mr. Archibald Johnson, of , Thamas ville, was here yesterday. '.. Mr. D. A. McAlWerv of Fayetteville, was on our streets yesterday., , Mr. A. J. Cottlnerham. of MaTrtnn. wfla in thf ritv VPRtprrlAv nn hnsinpss - . , . Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Chadbourn have returned from their bridal tour. Mr. J. S. Funchess is spending his vacation at Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. Messrs. John and Norwood Giles, of "New York, are visiting relatives in the Mr. Henry Grimes, of Kenansville, is among the traveling men at The Orton. Mr. R. E. Wilkins, of Charlotte, is spending a while at Wrightsville beach. Mr. Frank McLean, Jr., of Maxton, js visiiiiig inenas ana relatives in the city, much to the delight of their many friends, who are pleased to see them again. ' ' ' ' Mrs. Henry T. "Wrightson left yes terdavo spend theiummer at Queens town, My. . Mrs. C. L. Haywood returned yester day from a visit to her old home at Durham. ; Mr. W. E. Thomas, of Washington, D. C, was registered at 'the Bonitz ' house yesterday. ' - Dr. Robert DuVal Jones, of New Bern, arrived yesterday to spend Sun day in the City. '. Mr. James C. Lodor, and ' family moved down to Southport yesterday to, 6pend the -summer." Mr. E. L. Johnson, and family, of Charlotte, were among the arrivals in the city yesterday.' Mr: Z. A. Hinson and family, of Char lotte, arrived yesterday to spend Sun day at the seaside. Mr J V PnTO rf CVi o rlrtttn i o Kara Mr. James A. Peoples, of Asheville, is visiting in-our city. Mr. and Mrs. G, W. Horsey, of Phil adelphia, arrived yesterday and will spend awhile at Ocean View. Mr. J. D. Edwards, of the traffic- de partment of the Atlantic Coast Line, left yesterday on a visit to his home at 'Mrs. , J: R. Smith, received a tele gram this morning announcing, the death of' her sister Mrs. R. H. . Wells, near Magnolia. Messrs. W. A. Breeden, Harris Bris tow, Tom Hamer, and B. F. Fuller, of Bennettsville, are spending Sunday at Wrightsville beach. Hf TXT T CM,:.. . AT Ji i mx i . vv . x. o tinnier, iuua.ccuini, or Wilson, accompanied by Mr. Sam S. Smith, of Raleigh, arrived in the city yesterday after a pleasant sojourn at Seven Springs. They left for Castle Haynes farm where they will spend the summer, j , Miss Lizzie Morrison, a beautiful and attractive young lady, of Danville, Va., arrived in the city yesterday and will spend a couple of months in our city and at the Seashore hotel, on Wrights ville beach. She is at present' the guest of Mrs. G. T. Flynn. Mr. R. H. Jordan, Mrs. A. Roach and family, Miss Hattie Orr, Miss Ruth Chambers, Mr. and Mrs; George Fitz simmons, Mrs. L. A. Dodsworth, Mrs. TT S PM-iarlwirlr Mr nnfl Mrs. ' John F Oates, Miss Daisy Gates, Miss Daisy Cutlett, and Mr. W. Pink Cannon, ar rived from Charlotte yesterday and are guests of the Seashore Wrightsville beach. hotel, an Twelve Pages Today. V The Scotland Neck Commonwealth of the. 17th has our thanks for the fol lowing: Last Sunday's Messenger was a cred it indeed to North Carolina journalism. It contained twelve pages of good read ing matter, ar large proportion of it pre pared especially for that issue. "Among the interesting original arti cles was one three columns long on "Pirates of Carolina" by Mr. W. C. Al len of Wilson, formerly principal" of Vine Hill Male- academy of Scotland Neck. Also an interesting page in The' Messenger were . some gleaings from "Vance's Letter Book" by its Raleigh' correspondent. We congratulate our Wilmington contemporary on the fine service it is giving the state. It 'well deserves a good patronage, and its en terprise of late is good evidence that it is 'receiving at least liberal patronage,! if not all it deserves." . . ISulldiag JNote. f ; ; - -Mr. Vance Norwood has begun the erection of two dwelling houses on Red Cross between Third and Fourth streets. Mr. F. v E. Hashagen has awarded the contract to Mr. L. H. Vol-ler-s for the erection of a two story res idence on the corner of Sixth and Orange streets. These houses are to be erected under the supervision of Archi tect II. E. Bonitz. The work on all these houses is to begin Monday. Cyclone Up the C. F. & T. V. Railroad. A severe cyclone : passed through Gulf, N. C, Friday night, tearing up trees by the roots, leveling( telegraph wires and poles and blowing the new Masonic temple from- its pillars. The crops are . even with . the ground, and destroyed in imany places. 5 - The elder Vanderbilt said: , "Damn the people." .'So did the younger .Van derbilt, and President MdKinley was one of the people. Nashville Sun. THE C F. & Y. V. CASE. Judge Simon ton Files Hl Decree In the Supplementary Proceeding The Form er Decree of Foreclosure Affirmed fi&l Hmor Judge Simcmtbnof ;the United States circuit court, on yester day filed with Mr. W. H. Shaw, clerk of the United States court here, his de cree in the supplementary proceedings held at Asheville, June 9th. It Is as follows: ' ; ' " The United States, of America," Eastern District of North Carolina. - In the Circuit Court,4 , , ' Fourth Circuit.; In Equity.' The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company . - - . ' - . . . - - The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail way Company, et. ah-" Consolidated Caus,c. . . : . . ;' A decree for the sale of the railroad property was entered on4 the 31st day of March. 1897, 'By. that decree it was ordered that the property be sold as a whole. The mode of sale, whether in divisions or as an entirety, Is wholly within the dis cretion of the court. Among the reasons given, by the court for this mode of sale was the passage of an act by the legisla ture of North Carolina at its last session, annulling section 698 of The Code. The effect of this act; would be that If a sale were made by the road in separate divisions, doubt would exist as to the right of the purchaser to obtain a charter of Incorporation. The counsel for the New York bondholders asked a rehearing of the decree upon the weight of this reason. Their request was "granted and the case reheard. After, an exhaustive argument the apprehension existing in the mind of the court has not been relieved. On the contrary, the difficulty in obtaining, under the law of North Carolina, a charter for a division of, this road, were.it sold in this way, and separate purchasers had, seems more manifest. It is not a. Question what would be the ultimate, decision of a court of last resort as to thh right of such a purchaser. But it Is' the existence of a doubt on this point, and the necessity for the solution of the doubt by judicial pro ceedings. It is urged with great force that each division, If the divisions were put up .separately, would be subjected to the same disadvantage, and that it would operate equally upon all. That under these circumstances the jmode of ascertaining the relative value of each division would not be impaired. But this Is not the case. Those interested in one division may not feel the force -of the doubt, and they would be willing to go up to the full ex tent of the value of their division. On the other hand,-: those interested in the other divisions and the general public who are invited to sales of this character, may feel the full force of the doubt and be delivered from bidding the value of these other divisions. In such case the bids would form no comparison of value. Giving careful reconsideration of the whole matter, the conclusion heretofore reached has not been changed. At this hearing another matter has been presented by way of petition, showing the relation of the South Carolina Pacific to the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad. It appears that this first named road, by contract between the two corporations, was practically merged into and made a part of the f ormer-Joad. . That by way. of fortifying this agreement, and of provid ing for casualties, a lease for thirty years of all its property and franchises was made by the South Carolina Pacific Rail road Company to the 'Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company, and that certain shares of stock in the former company were assigned to the latter com pany. It also appears that these shares are the property of. the North State Construction Company. All of this mer ger and lease antedated the mortgage in this case. ; Under these circumstances all the right, title and interest of i the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railrpad Company and of the parties to this suit, should be sold at the same time and as a part of the pr ;.p. erty of the Cape .tear and Yadkin Val ey Railroad Companv. and the decr.ee mkst be modified to meet this result. It has. been suggested that the provision that any purchaser at the sale ordered, when the property is struck off to him, shall at once pay to the master commis sioners on account of his purchase, a suf ficient sum to make up-together with the amount already deposited by him as afore said "twenty per cent, of his accepted bid," may be too onerous. Let the decree in this particular be so amended as to strike out the words "twenty per cent, of his accepted bid" and to Insert in lieu "thereof the words "the sum of two hundred thousand dol lars." Let the decree also be amended so as to require that the cash portions of the monies arising from the sale be deposited in solvent national banks in the state of North Carolina, in such amounts as to each bank as will render the deposit per fectly, safe. In all other respects the decrees ot March 31st, 1S97, is hereby reaffirmed and ' CHARLES H. SIMONTON, Circuit Judge, loth June, 1897. ' Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. The Churches Today, : ' white. ? i v Services in St. John's church today, by the rector, Rev. Dr. Carmichael, at 7:45 and 11 a. m. Sunday school at 5 p. m. V St. I Paul's Evangelical Luthernan church, ' cornel of Market, and Sixth streets, Rev. K. Boldt, pastor. English service -at 11 a. m. German service at 8 p. m. Sunday school at 4:30 p. m. :A11 seatsfree. r If F '' St. Matthw English Uuiheran church, Fourth street ahoVe Bladen street, Rev. G. D. . Bernh.ei.rn, pastor. Morning service at 11 a., m.; evening service at 8 p. m.; Sunday school ; at 9:20 a. , m. All seats f red, -and every person welcome. . y ; ? ' ;r ) Owing to the absence of Rev. W. Oliver, of the First Baptist church, there will be no regular services today There will be prayer - and praise ser vice at 11 a. m. in the lecture room. COLORED, till i. i Grace. Lutheran Mission, Rev. Aug. Burgdorf, pastor. Services at the new Phoenix hall at Fourth street. bridge at 11 a, m. and 8 p.rm. Wednesday t 8 p. m. Sunday school at 10 a, in. The Mt. Calvary Baptist' church has bought a lot on Second and Bladen streets and has erected a new church on it. Services': frbin now on willbe held at 11 a, an., 3 p. m. and. 8:30 p.' hi.; Sunday school ' at 1 p. m. The public is invited. Rev. Ci: B. Waters, pastor. St. Stephens A..M. E. church, corner Fifth and Red Cross streets, Rev. E. J. Gregg, pastor. Preaching this day at 10:30 a. m. and 8:15 p. in. by the pas tor; at 3 p. m. :Rev. Jas. Samuels: ev ening subject, "A ' Valley Full of Ditches." ..- ' v At a called church mee'ting. on June -14th, the First Baptist church, colored, Rev. R. T. Hoffman, D. D., of Nash ville, Tenn., pastor, an invitation was extended to all to be present, at 'the services today at 11 a. in., 3 p. m. and '8 p.m. " . Minister Woodford Confirmed . ... ' Washington, June 19. The senate to day confirmed the nomination of Stew art Im Woodford, of New York, as min ister to Spain, . : ,:'".. ;s . Joe 8mith of Wilmington. ' v The'.VlnjdIcatoT a "wWely circulated Insurance magazine "published at New Orleans, has tlie following in its issue of June iyt3a; , . . , v. i . , No report of fhe proceedings of the South Eastern Tariff Association at Old Point. Comfort, can be considered "complete'' that does not contain an account of the speech of Joseph Smith, of Wilmington; and how St. George Kempson can pretend to have furnished ta "complete" report when -no mention whatever is made of that memorabie event, passes unders'tand- ing. . . il-f--- ' : The question was being discussed by the convention as to whether anything should be added to the rates in Ala bama, on account, of rhe new law 1m jposing the 25 per cent, penalty. :witJh whioh law we are all familiar. A-reso-Itftion had been offered that such addi tfion' to the rates should :be made as the executive committee might consider adequate to Tecoup-the companies' from the effects of 'the operation of :tbe law. . ; Many argunrents pro and con . had' been advanced, and the question Imng, as it were in a 'balance. Then "up rose Mr. Joe. Smith, of Wilmington,; and after 'being recognized by the chair, ; spoke somewhat as .follows: "Mr. Chairman I am opposed to" the resolution, and I'll tell you why. It seems to me the situation in Alabama may be illustrated by thfe. story bf that little boy who ran away from the poor house out here in Virginia. While walking along the public road he was met by a gentleman who had been in strumental in getting the boy Into that institution. - The gentleman stopped and spoke kindly to the- lad, inquiring why he had left the poor house. 'Well, sir,' said the boy, 'it's something like this: They treated xis awfully Tough and we cut up about it, and just then the old pig died and they made us eat the pig. Then we cut up more and raised a big'ger row; about the way they treated us, and the old cow died and they made tus eat the cow. We still kept: grumbling and fussing about the treatment they gave us, when my granmother died. Then I ran away, for I was afraid they'd make me eat my grandmother if I stayed.' " "And so it is, Mr. Chairman with the insurance companies. The mbre th'ey cut up (the worse they m'ake It for them. We have had the pig and the cow, and I tihink we lhad better stop or we will have to eat our grandmother next." Mr. Smith sat down amid roars of laughter from all sides. The vote was then taken and the reslohrtiori was lost by a large majority. The Teachers' Assembly. (Correspondence of The, Messenger.) Atlantic Hotel. Morehead City, June 18. The North Carolina Teachers' As sembly at the seaside is a. success. There are several hundred teachers present. The crowd is not so great as in some former years, but the absen tees are mostly the babies and children. Allow a crusty fellow to say that their absence somehow gives him pleasure. However, he loves the babies at their homes. The new department work is a suc cess. Ot course the work is notperfect and at the first trial has not worked without some hitches; but it is evident ly on the right line. The difficulty in the way is the fact that the commit tee has made the programme too full, and by working several departments at the same hour, has scatered the teach ers too much. All that is lacking to make the work a grand success is to havefonly one department at work at a time, and let the departments follow jgach other regularly every half hour, or three quarters of. an hour. The 'teachers could then attend any or all the f departments as they choose, and every class would be full and enthu siastic. The work done so far has been admirable, and is a credit to the teach ers and to the state. So far as I am a judge this work has been equal to any summer work I ever saw or heard. It has been thorough and intellectually of a high order. Al though by dividing the attendants the classes are smaller than they should be, yet the matter given has always been well considered and has shown that these teachers are able, thorough and .up to date, without belonging to the modern fast crowd. No teacher should fail to be here next week. Any teacher can hear enough to keep him in mental pabulum and then rest or duscuss it. While the mental pow ers are thus occupied - in the morning one can find abundant amusement and recreation in the afternoon sailing, fishing or surf bathing. And, best of all to some tastes, the other part of the inward man is Well provided for the fare is ail one can ask. It is as good as anyone - needs. Those of brilliant imaginations can also " be abundantly supplied here with wonderful advent tures and . marvelous fish stories. . Come brethren and hav el as happy, good time. It was .proposed today to have next year's session brought within a week, but "these teachers know a good thing when they 'see and taste it. They do wned the motion. . A week Is not quite enough for as good . a thing as this. Ten days will barely do. A North Carolinian Honored. At the commencement on Thursday, Western Maryland college bestowed the degree of master, of arts upon Mr. Martin Hicks" Holt, of Oak Ridge in stitute, the second time this honor has been - conferred upon a North Caroli nian. This is one of the- largest, 'best equipped and most progressive colleges in the state of Maryland. The Latona Races. Cincinnati, June 19. While the horses were at the post for the tobacco stakes at Latonia today Remp kicked Lord Zeni on the leg,. Causing the latter to go lame. .Lord Zeni was then ordered scratched and twenty minutes allowed for a new book. Simon W.. was the favorite at 4 to 1 in both bettings. First race selling, one mile; Fresco, 6 to 5, won; Simple Jack, 15 to 1 and 6 to 1, second; Parson, 10 to 1 third. Time 1:43. Second Race Five furlongs; Eleranor Holmes,? 13 to 5, won; Flora Louise, 7 to 10 and out, second; Ella Johnson, 10 to 1, third. Time 1:03. Third Race selling, onem lie; Serra no 2 to 1, won; Gaston even and out, second; The Socman, 5 to 1, third. p3me 1:43.. s; .-. ; Fourth Race the tobacco stakes, sell ing one mile; Simon W., 109, 4 to ;5 won; Talacua, 6 to 1 and 8 to 5, second; Dunois, 8 to 1, third. Time 1:40: ; Fifth. Race selling, 5 furlongs; Mill Stream, 5 to L won; Chicopee, 3 to ; 2 and 1 to 2, second; Opponent, 4 to 1, third. Time 1:03. '' Sixth RaceA-selling, one mile; Sidkel, 3 to 1, won; Orimar. 6 to" 5 and 1 to 2, second; Viscount, .4 to 1, third. Time 1;42. .,,,fft y p - T .,. tv : Public Schools. I ' 4? J ,-WIhnington,. June 9. v The 'objection -to Section of the new school law is, that! lt.will close .up some of country schools that have been es tabHshed many years. We stated this in our last letter, and shall now proceed to show why and where It will apply. "There shall not be established in any school dis trict a greater number of schools for either race than will give each school an average of fewer than sixty-five pupils." Let us take Cape Fear township. The census of 1895 gave 71 white and.326 negro Children, and this census will show now very little change in numbers. Cap Fear township now has two districts, the sixth and, tenth, with two - white and three negro jschools. . The sixth embraces Acorn branch" and its neighborhood, and extends, to and beyond the Holly Shelter road,, taking in the negro school at the six mile post, and in the district now are one white and two negro schools; the tenth district is that section of the'tawn p 2' Caslle ' Haynes, and there are one white and one negro schooL You will see that as It requires no fewer than &R. aY"age of sixty-five pupils for each school and there are seventy-one children only, that one of; the white schools must be closed. The negro schools will be con tinued. ' - . . -. Let' us consider the application for Har nett township, which has three districts at present, the fifth, seventh and eleventh. You will bear In mind that we have stated that the unit of the school system will be the township, and that the districts of each township will be consolidated to con form to the new law. There are four schools, in district No. 5 being one white and one negro school at Wrightsville, one white and one negro school at Greenville. There are two schools in the seventh dis trictone white and one negro; the white school is located near the three-mile post on the old New Bern road, and the negro school about one-fourth of a mile distant in East Wilmington neighborhood. The eleventh district has two white and two negro schools; one white and one negro school about one mile apart, located in the neighborhood of the seven-mile post on the same road, and one negro school at the ten-mile post and one white school at the eleven-mile post. The census of 1895 gives the three districts which Will compose the Harnett township district 234 white and 341 negro children, and as it is will require 325 pupils for the five white scnoois and. there are 234 only, that two of the white schools must be closed and the five negro schools remain open jviasonDoro township now has one white and cue negro " school located near the Masonboro Baptist church, and one negro school at the "four-mile battery.' K on the old Federal Font road, and these consti tute the schools of the fourth district. In this township, one-half mile distant from Mr. D. W. Trask's residence, is one white school, and this neighborhood is known as the third district. These two districts will compose the Masonboro district. The cen sus of 1895 gives this tawnshio 149 white and 97 negro children, and, by our reason ing, one of the negro schools will be closed. This is the only negro school affected by the new law. Federal Pont ownship is comnosed of districts No. 8 and 9. In these districts there are four schools two white and two negro and in the neighborhood of Mr. Stephen Rey's and about three-fourths of a mile apart is locatedjone white and one negro school, and these schools are about four miles from the nearest school house in Masonboro township and about eleven miles from Wilmington. About four and one-half miles beyond, on the Federal Point road, is the next, negro school, and about three and one-half miles still fur ther down is the white school of district No. 9. This road is fearfully heavy, and from point to point it appears to be twice the actual measured distance. After the consolidation of these two districts the Federal Point township district will have 39 white and 141 negro children, and, ac cording to the law, it appears that both white schools must be closed and the two negro schools continued. We have given these statements and the locations of the several schools as infor mation to the public, and those familiar with the geography of the county and the settlements or neighborhoods of the people will see that the committees and board of education at the time the schools were established, acted wisely in the selection of these school sites and fol lowed the rule that generally governed the board's' action in doing the greatest good to the greatest numbers. If it be a good law that closes the schools above men tioned, I fail to see it in this instance. That the law makers, contemplated the closing of many of the schools in the state is evident after reading State Su perintendent Mebane's letter, published in The Biblical Recorder of May 19th, for the power is given to him to interpret the school law. We quote what he says in re ferring to the benefits to be derived from the additional privilege tax to be voted for in August: "But consider how little would be the tax of each one in a town ship in order to raise $1,500, and then have this supplemented by the state with $500, making $2,000, in addition to what school fund you now have. Suppose where we now have twelve schools in a township we make only eight strong schools. Each one would receive from the $2,000 $250. Add this $250 to your regular school fund, etc. This is enough to show that the law makers considered the effect of making the sixty-five puipls a mini mum average to justify the estab lishment of a school, and possibly it may b well to enforce this law in. some coun ties of this state, but I seriously doubt its eood effect in New Hanover county. I purposely gave the locations of the sev eral school houses in this .county to snow that lessenine the number of them and thft conseauent remoteness of a school hnnsft from the locality of the school clos ed would virtually deprive 200 children of school advantages. The children in the section where the school house is closed cannot walk the distance to and from the next nearest school in this county, say from five to eight miles. It is simply ab surd and foolish to insist upon it. Boys and girls educated in these schools know what it Is to walk through mud and wet grass to school and sit during the session with wet feet and damp sKirts until sick from the exposure, The distance now never exceeds two and one-half miles. In the matter of educating the plain people We must meet squarely the honest experi ence of those who get down,, as it were, nmoner the neoole and by actual contact with them learn what petty, trifling obsta cles they throw in the way to keep chil dren from the schools: don't; for pity's sake, make others. No; this reducing the number of schools in New Hanover county fend making the distance to walk greater will dr. harm the children will not be TnAe tn attend in fact, they can't. We hone the school authorities will see their wnv otest r to keen all the schools open An honest, intelligent school board, with In telligent men of "good business qualifica tions " as committeemen, with proper le gal restraints thrown around them, should run the public schools of this county. There ought to be some discretionary nowers delegated to these men, for there are always penalties for neglect of duties They should be paid for their services, at least enough to reimburse them f or ex penses incurred in the discharge of duty. Expecting good service for no pay is an absurdity, and bad, unfaithful service is still worse. The public school laws and the establishment of public schools, if we understand correctly, were intended, to provide a means to educate the children of our state whose parents or guardians were unable to secure the blessings of an education in any other way, and for years these schools were attended only by this class of children. These schools have, by good management, grown into popularity and now you will find within the walls of the public school houses the children of the rich and poor, without friction or dis cord on this account. It Is claimed that great progress is being made in the ad vancement of public education. Those who desire to teach have better advantage now than ever before in preparing for their" work; there is a broader and strong er effort to build up the eschools; there is increased levies of taxes and additional .voting privileges will be given In August of this year to still further tax. yourselves for this object; but, In the face of this, why contract the privileges of the , country Children? Two hundred children of school age In New Hanover county suddenly de prived of schooling is an important mat- ter to be looked after. The parents ; and guardians of these children are plalu peo ple and cannot afford the expense of send ing the children away from home to school and as these schools must be closed there is no alternative but-to keep them home. Is It true that the matter of education is getting to be a hobby and is being rode to death by some? We are not opposed to education with the purposes that governed when the schools were first opened, but Is it certain that the efforts for higher education at the expense of the tax payers is the panacea" for all th ills-wo bear? This Is said with the full appreciation of the fact that we axe tread ing on dangerous ground, but we believe the day is not far distnat when our peo ple will open their eyes and see the sub ject of general education in another light and when the significance of this ; pre diction will be better understood. t The school law says that no branches shall be taught in the public schools ex cept "spelling, defining, reading, writing, arithmetic. English grammar, geography, elementary physiology and hygienie and the history- of the state and the United States. Provided : the committee may make special arrangements to allow other branches to be taught." When the state carries out gaithfully this law, without the proviso even, it will have done a good work. : , ; , CAPE FEAR. A BAD'MTTIiE CYCLONE. Sad Death of a Virginian Getting ptoady for the Tournament The Queen's Jubi lee A Remarkable Operation. j (Correspondence of The Messenger.) '.. . Fayetteyille, N. C, June 19. At 3:15 o'clock yesterday, afternoon "a wind blew out of a cloud" an Sangry looking cloud : from the northwest which was decidedly cyclonic and de structive in character. In its full force it - swooped down on that part of Hay street between the Atlantic Coast Line and Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail road crossings, and magnificent trees uprooted with the wreck of telegraph poles bestrewed its pathl f -: '' fLr-' ' "The wind blows hairs from my head, -".mother; . . ' :;t'V.':' Two by two, it blows 'them away' Mr. John A. Augustine, of Richmond,, Va., traveling salesman for an oil house, died at the Hotel LaFayette at 9 o'clock this morning. It is greatly regretted that Mr. Augustine declined, almost to the last moment, to call in medical aid thinking that he could prescribe for himself. The cause of death was rupture of bowels apparent ly, though it is impossible to speak positively without a post mortem ex amination. The remains will be , con vey ed to Richmond this morning. Pursuant to proceedings of a meet ing on Thursday afternoon, a commit tee is now canvassing the town for sub scriptions to aid in defraying the ex penses of the state Firemen's Conven tion. The people are not indifferent to the importance of the matter, and the results will, no doubt, be satisfactory. On Monday evening at 5 o'clock there will bo a public meeting whence to send a congratulatory greeting to Queen "Victoria on the occasion of her jubilee. No community could more fit- tintrlv pivo iitPrfinof tn tbid mpa?(' tingiy give utterance to tms message. purely, essentially English by tradi- tion, descent and birth as this people 'are. ' Drs. E. L. and T. M. Hunter have nnpratinn the feet of tbp. rarripr rf The North Carolina Baptist. The boy badly wounded it, rendering it neces sary to cut the ball open. By the ap plication of ether-chloride the foot was frozen hard, and the flesh cut open safely and skillfully. , A delegation leaves here tomorrow for the Nashville exposition, consisting in part of Hon. and Mrs. W. J. Greenr Captain and Mrs. N. W. Ray, Colonel J. B. Starr, Captain A. B. Williams, Captain J. B. Smith and others. The Wilmington Presbyterians who have the opportunity of hearing Rev. A. J. McKelway tomorrow will enjoy the pleasure of a pulpit acquaintance with a very forceful, scholarly, well- equipped preacher. FUN There was a young maid in Dubuque, Who ate an - assortment of cuque Umbers and cream, And now, it would seem, She is gone ibeyond praise or rebuquff. Indianapolis' Journal. Mrs. Brown "I hear that the man Miss 'Gray is to marry Is quite wealthy." , . Miss White1 "Yes, I understand that he is in immoderate circumstances." Boston Transcript. A Well, and how did yon sleep last night? Did you follow any advice and begin counting? B Yes. I counted up to 18,000. A And then you fell asleep? B No; then it was time to get up. Tit Bits. Plain Sailing "It seems to me," said one young woman, "that Harold talks more clearly dn the tariff than any one else I have ever heard."" "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "He has the advantage of not knowing enough about 4t to get his ideas confused.' Washington Star, Voter I challenge 'Shamus Macfogar ty. He's no dimmicrat. " ii Chairman Give in yer ividince.: j "Voter His wife borrows butter- oof Mrs. Robinson, a republican. ' ' :v- Chairman But I hear she niver pays it back. Yer all right, Mr. Marfogarty. Ye can Vote. Boston Transcript. Corporal (to soldieT) :"WhY ' Is the blade of the saber cxirved,. instead of Private "It is curved in. order ts give more ' force to the blow." ! Corporal "Humbug. The saber, fs curved so as to fit the scabbard. If ; t were straight, how would yem get it into the crooked scabbard, ' blockhead ?" Fliegende Blatter. ' "I have never met," he said, "more than two really lovely women."" "Ah!" she said, looking up innocently into his face, "Who was the other?" ' "So he Is to marry Miss Croesus?" "Yes." ' "She's hot very beautiful. I wonder how he ever happened to look in her direction." .'' ' . , ' : ' ' "Why, you see, he's an enthusiast in his line." , ? And what's his line?" v. - - "He's a stamp collector." Chicago Post. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Senator Tillman is right Let's find out just who have been sugared by the Ha vemeyers Nashville Sun. ' - ' "Let us not despair: . The republican administration "has. given the south-a speech. Atlanta Constitution. r , In some of the newspaper offices .the editors have their waste baskets full of prosperity. Atlanta Constitution. If those 4,000,000 bottles of champagne are opened at one time that - Paris dy namite explosion will not te- a drcum stance to the queen's jubilee. "Wash ington Post. , , ' - - Those persons who affect to "believe there Is no real war over Cuba can have all their doubts 'thoroughly removed by taking a glance at the local Cuban, or ganizations. Washington Post. 10 - lilllY - IHTRODUGE : : ' ,, - Vi - C0UP0D17D CELERY IIEEYinE I have reduced the price from $LD0 to 50c a battle. . It is a: great Blood and Nerve Tnlc, tones up the system, aids digestion and improves the appetite. JSkyw is the tins to take It. . . . , J. H. HARBIN, ' Pole PiMser ione:S5. " ' Fe lei Let H it ISBACH.UGHTS.:. Best, fiosi Ecoooiiw. 'Origifl!iv''Pot52i Both Sellers and Users of Infringing Light win do prosecuted. CHAS. M. WELITLOCK ' Agent f or Welsbach Lieht Co. COURT OF THE HIED SHIES. Eastern Disinci ot Horiti Carolina THE STATE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW-YORK Against WILMINGTON, NE WBERNE & NORFOLK R'Y CO. WHEREAS. On the2fith rtnvftf TtTav icqt in the Circuit Court of the United States for me eastern district of North Carolina a decree was made in the above entitled suit by the Honorable Charles H Simnntnn Circuit Judge, foreclosing the mortgage of tiie wumingron, unsiow and East Caro lina Railroad Company and the - East Carolina Land and Railway Company now consolidated into the Wilminerton. Npw I berne and Norfolk Railway Company, the- uclc"UdI1' merem, saia mortgages being iucuuuucu auu ueserioea in said - COm- plalnant.s bill of complaint; and WHEREAS, It Is therein ordered, ad- judged and decreed that all the corporate property now owned or hereafter to be acquired by the said Wilmington, New- I oenie aim iNorioiK Jriaiiwav (Jomnanv In - v,ul'lld- w operated as one continuous line from the fMtv nf Wilmington to Newberne in the State of in ortn Carolina and all Its estate, right. line, interest ana equity of redemption therein; that is to say, all of its railroads now constructed and in operation extend ing irom Wilmington to Newberne in the said State of North Carolina and yet to be constucted, including extensions, branch es, curves ana siae tracks, and Including rights of way, road bed, superstructures, iron, steel, rails, ties, splices, chains, bolts, nuts, spikes, all , land and depot grounds, station houses and depots, via ducts, water tanks, bridges, timber, mate rial ana property purchased or to be pur chased or owned by it, for the construe tlon, equipment or operation of said road; all machine shops, tools,-implements and: personal property used therein or upon or aiong saa raiiroaa at us stations; all en gines, tenders, machinery and all-kinds of rolling stock, whether now owned or here after purchased by said railroad company, ana an oxner property or tne said com pany now owned or hereafter to be ac quired, and all Its rights or privileges therein or appertaining thereto, and. all revenues, tolls and incomes of said rail road and property, and all franchises and rights of said railroad company, and all jpiupeny anu ngms acquired or nereaiter to be acquired by virtue and under au thority thereof, be sold under the direc tion of Alfred M. Waddell. the under signed Master Commissioner, and-the pro ceeas or saia sale applied to the. satisfac tion of said judgment, interest and costs, except sucn as is otherwise provided, for in saia aecreev ana WHEREAS. It is further ordered. ad- Judged and decreed that said Master Com missioner shall sell said property for cash, or for cash and bonds, and as an entirety; and WHEREAS, It is further - ordered, ad judged and decreed that notice of the time and place and terms of said sale be given by said Master Commissioner by adver tising' the same at least five times a week for four, consecutive weeks preceding, the day of sale in one or more newspapers published in the cities of Wilmington and Newberne, in the State of North Carolina, and also in tne Manufacturers Record ot Baltimore, Maryland, and that the said sale shall be at public auction- in the City of Wilmington. North Carolina. In front of the County Court House of New Han over. County at the time and place as said Master Commissioner shall In said notices or said sale appoint; and . - WHEREAS, It is further ordered, ad judged and decreed that said Master Com missioner shall receive no bid at said sale for a less sum than two hundred and fifty inousana aonars, ana no Did ' rrom any person who . shall not. first deposit "with him as a - pledge five per cent, of the amount of such bid In cash, or twenty- five, thousand dollars in the bonds secured by either of the mortgages described in said complainant's bill of complaint, and in ease the said property and premises are sold, ,the purchaser thereof t shall forth-. with deposit with said Master Commis sioner the sum of five thousand dollars to be deposited In the Registry dT this Court. suDjeet to tne oraer or tms, court in tnis cause' and the deposit , so received from the said bidder to be applied on the. pur chase price; the balance of the purchase price may be either paid in cash or the purchaser may satisfy the same in whole or in part by paying over and-surrender ing bonds secured by the said mortgages of January Izth, 1891, i made ; by . the said Wilmington, - Onslow i and , East Carolina. Railroad Company and the East Carolina Land and Railway Company, and over due coupons belonging thereto, at ' such price or value as would be equivalent to the distributive amount that the holders of said bonds would be entitled to receive In . case the en tire amount was paid cash. . For more particularity both as to the property to be sold and the term of the sale, reference is made to the decree of foreclosure entered in the above suit" J.'. NOW THEREFORE, Public i notice Is hereby given that I, Alfred M. Waddell, provisions of said decree, wilf on Thurs day, the 13th day of July, 1897, at 12 o'clock m. of that day, m tne city ox Wilmington, in the State of North Carolina, in front of the Court House of New Hanover County, in said City, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in ? accordance with the terms and conditions cf said de cree, the above described railroad of the Wilmington, Newberne and Norfolk Rail way Company and all the property,' lands and premises : appertaining thereto, the proceeds thereof to be applied as is by said decree provided and directed. ALFRED M. WADDELL. , . Master Commissioner. , United States Circuit Court, - Eastern District of North Carolina. oiDiiJuii, xxs.x, j.ixixiico 6z xi.ua SELL, New York. JNO. D. BELLAMY, Wilmington, N. C. Solicitor for Complainant Ju 16 5taw 4w . ' to'
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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