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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Death Of Mr.. L. j. Haughton

The sad news was received here last
evening Of the death in Pittsboro on
Sunday morning Of Mr.. Laurence ].
Haughton, Of Pittsboro. His death was
the direct cause of a paralytic stroke
which fell upon him some ten days
since. He was, we think, about 70 years
of age and a man who had led an ION
orable, ~high-toned, Christian life. He was
uncle to Miss Maggie Haughton and
Mrs. Thos. c. James. of this city, and
his wife is the sister Of Mrs. Josh T.
James. He leaves several daughters,
but only one SON., Mr.. Edgar l.. Haugh-
ton. Captain Thos. H. Haughton, Of
Charlotte, and Mr.. Willie G.. Haughton,
Of Spartanburg, are his nephews.
The funeral services will take place
this afternoon at 4 o'clock in st. Bar
tholemew's Episcopal church, Pittsboro,
of which the deceased gentleman hal
for many years been a member.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Spinal Column Fractured

Captain Jack H~fghsamith, engineer on
the government dredge Ajax, NOW at
work ON the channel of THE Cape Fear,
at for Anderson, was in the city yes
ton. He was brought to the city for
SCOTS Hill. He WAS called home by
a Telegram, summoning him to his SON,
Mr.. Tom Higfhsmith who was Ithrown
by a mule last Sunday week and sus-
tanned a fracture of the spinal column.
The young man was not aware until
three or four days afterwards that he
was seriously injured. We regret to
learn that he is now lin a serious condi-
ton. He was brought to the city for
treatm emit 10y DR.. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Special and Technical Examinations April
25th

The United States civil service commits
aminations for special, technical and pro-
government service for April 18th
at the cities market I'D" in it's
schedule of examinations. Owing to the
fact that there are not enough eligibles
for these higher grade positions to meet
the demands of the service, the commits
sion will waive for this examination its
general requirement that applications
must be filed in complete form ten days
before the examination. However, appii-
cations must be filed far enough in adj
vance to allow time to ship examination
papers to the cities selected for exemina-
ton.
The commission is especially DESTROYS
of securing additional eligibles for the
following named registers, and it re-
quests that all suitable persons who de-
sire such positions apply at once for ex-
amination:
Assistant surgeon, marine hospital SER
vice; air, coast and geodetic survey; as
sistant, department Of agriculture; assist
ant examiner, patent office; hospital
steward, marine hospital service; inspec-
tors and assistant inspectors of hulls
and boilers, inspection service
marine engineer, marine hospital SER
vice; meat Inspector, department of ag-
riculture; sanitary inspector, marine hos
pital service; weather observer, depart
ment of agriculture.
These examinations are open to all
reputable citizens who may desire to en-
ter the service and who comply with the
requirements, without regard to race OF
to political or religious affiliations. AL
such citizens are invited to apply. They
with entire impartiality and wholly
without regard to any consideration save
their efficiency as shown by the grade
they attain in the examination.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
The Rev. DIR. Webb's Epitaph

A monument is to be erected at the
grave of the Rev. j. Wesley Webb, d.
D., in Huntington, West Va. He died
of grief soon after his son William
was murdered last fall. The monu-
ment will bear this inscription:
Here lies the body of j. Wesley
Webb, a firm believer in the Lord Jesus
Christ, J~effersonian democracy and the
Methodist Episcopal Church."
Relatives say that DR.. Webb made
the above request on his deathbed. He
was in the Methodist Episcopal confer
ence for more than thirty years, ten
years of which he was stationed at
Wheeling, West Virginia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

This year Is the 1aoth in the career o
Carthage. 1t IS proposed to celehr
the anniversary.
w. =. Houston has been elected presi.
company that Is TO build the second cot.
ton nil In Monroe
A white child was born within two
miles OF Wilson, n. c.. on Saturday. who
has two well formed and well developed
heads. and each head h supported by a
freak.
Raleigh. Post: THE Post Is pleased
that Senator Pritchard and Congressman
Skinner have acted upon its urgent sug-
gestion and called he attention OF the
authorities TO the ~defenseless condition
OF our coast.
Greensboro TelegramThe great cooking
teacher, Mrs. s. r. Rorer. will be the at
traction ar the State Normal the latter
part Of next month. Mrs. Rorer will ar
rive about April 6 and viii remain for
about one week.
oxford Orphans Friend: A letter just
received from Bro. Waiter E. Moore
Grand Master. informs Us that the Hon.
Garland s. Ferguson OF waynesville.
Haywood county will deliver the grafton
at the asylum June 24th.-TThe revival
meeting at the Baptist church conducted
by Rev. Thomas Needham continues
with undated interest
Durham Sun: A suit has been entered
IN the superior court mere against the
Southern Railway by l.. j. Andrews. ad-
ministratcr for c.. M. Andrews, for So
000.O damage. Tt will be remembered
that on December 24th. 1897. e. NJ. An
drewS was hurt on the train between
Chapel Hill and University station. from
which II is claimed that he died IN jan
uary 26th, 1898.
Ekn Times: A young man in Yadkin
county procuredhLs bride and license and
wasmarried by a Madison county justice.
When the papers were returned TO Reg
lister Hail, he informed the groom that
his marriage was Illegal. This aroused
the spleen of the Madison justice who de-
cIared that, as he was under the civil
service. the right was legitimate. Truly
a tree is known by its frlit and the fus-
ion legislature by its justices.
Winston Sentinel: ]. T. Gibbons, edi-
tor of the Herald, the colored paper re-
Gently started here, was this
morning on east Seventh street by Mat.
Scales, a negro who has a reputation for
fighting. Mat. Scales was tried this morn
ing before Squire Beckerdite for making
the assault on Gibbons. One dollar and
cost was the result of the trial. Some of
b friends say they are confident
that Scales was hired to make the at
tack and that this fact will develop
sooner or later. 1t is also reported that
the colored ~janitor told Scales. while the
Scrap" was in progress, to give Gibbons
a good beating.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

Who can fail to take advantage OF
this offer. Send 10 cents to us o a
generous trial size or ask your drug
gist. Ask for Ely's Cream Balm, the
most positive catarrh cure. Full size
o cents.
ELY BROS. IS Warren ST., NY. City.
I suffered from catarTh Of the worst
kind ever since a boy, and / never hop
ed for cure, but Elyis Cream Balm
seems to do even THAT. Many ac-
Quaintances have used it with excellent
resutts-Oscar Ostrum, 45 Warren
Ave, Chicago, III. a-a1An-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Putting on Her Summer Dress

The steamer Wilmington was hauled
S. w. SINNERS ship yard yesterday.
She will have her bottom scraped and
will be generally O~verHauled and paint
ed for the summer run to Carolina
Beach. She will come off in about ten
days with her summer taggery ON for
the season.
While the Wilmington is ON the ways
the tug Navassa, Captain Tom Taylor,
will take her u between Wilmington
and Southport.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
A Decision on Interstate Passenger Rates

A Decision on Interstate P~assenge Rates
Washington, April 4.-The interstate
commission today
ed it's decision in the case of the Savan-
hah Bureau of Freight and Transpor-
tation against Charleston and Sa-
vannah Railway Company i'm an opin-
ion by Chairman Knapp.
Passenger fares ON the Charleston n
Savannah railway; between Savannah
and points i'm South Carolina, exceed
the combined state rate new in force,
but most of them, including the fare
between Savannah n Charleston, are
less than the sum of state rates in eff
feet prior to the South Carolina statute
ON March 9, 1896, which limits passen-
ger fares in that state to 3A cents per
mile unless otherwise provided by the
state railroad commission, end aibro-
gates a special rate of 4 cents q mile
provided for this railway in an act of
1894.
The interstate fare between Savan-
nah is equal Ito 1926 cents per mile.
Round "trip tickets between
and Charleston, limited to ten days
are sold by the railway for s7.Uv, or
about 3 cents a mile. The conditions
governing local passenger traffic in
South Carolina on the Charleston and
Savannah railway and thus applying
on the Interstate passenger service of
that railway between Savannah and
Charleston, are substantially dissimi-
lar.
The commission decides that the
federal statute contains 40 provision
under which the Interstate fares must
necessarily De reduced because h
South Carolina mileage rate was lower
&c by the state act of March 8, 1896, and
varied according to a different mileage
rate which may be fixed by the state
commission; and that the interstate
passenger fares of the Charleston and
Savannah railway between Savannah
Ca, and points in South carolina, are
not unlawful upon the evidence in this
case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

I was reading am advertisement OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in The Worcester En-
terprise recently, which leads me to
write this. q a t%ruthfully say I
never used any remedy equal to it for
collie and diarrhoea. I have never had
to use more than or two doses to
cure the worst case with myself or chill
dren.-W. A. Stroud, Popomoke City,
Md. For sale by r. r. Rellamy. iAjA
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Three Small White Boys Robbe q yacan,
House

Three small white boys, Walter
Groom, Tom Walker and John Marine,
aged 9, 10 and II years, respectively,
were placed on trial in Justice McGow-
ans court yesterday, charged with
breaking into an ~unoccupied house,
owned by a Mrs. Darby, and stealing
itherefrom a humble OF window shades
and other articles.
1t appeared that the boys had no in
tent to commit a robbery, but were
ony acvting in a spirit OF mischief, so
Justice MCGOWAN dismissed the case,
after the parents of the youthful house
breakers had promised ITO freely use
the rod, MISREPRESENTATION
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Another New Brick Building

Our enterprising citizen, Mr.. I. Shrier,
ed ON Grace street next to Mrs. New
bury's building. 1t IFS to lbe two stor-
les high and the front will be of press
ed brick and>~ galvanized iron. The
windows will he plate glass and it will
be a neat structure.
Messrs. NJ F. Costin and w. J. Hud-
son are the builders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

"A word to the wise is sufficient" and
a word from the wise should be suf-
ficient, but YOU ask, who are the wise?
Those who know. The oft repeated
experience Of trustworthy persons may
be taken for knowledge. Mr.. w. NJ.
Terry says Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy gives better satisfaction than any
other in the market. He has been in
n drugbusiness at Elkton, KY, for
twelve years; has sold hundreds of bot
ties OF this remedy and nearly all other
cough medicines manufactured. which
shows conclusively that Chamberlain's
is the most satisfactory to the people,
and rs the best. For sale by r. r. Bel
lany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
The Second Shipment

The second Shipment of strawberries
from this part Of the state was made by
express yesterday.
They were very fine specimens of the
Lady Thompson" and Middleton va
rieties, and they were raised by Mr.. w.
A. Riach, on his farm near this city. The
shipment was one crate and went to
Lord & Spencer, Boston, Mass.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
BuCklen'a Acnica SalYe

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Eruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price rs cents per box. For saie
by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Committee I7eeting of the First Baptist
Church

The pulpit committee of the First
Baptist church met in regular monthly
session Sunday afternoon, but did not
transact any important business of
public note.
1T was decided that after the depart
ure of Rev. w. b. Oliver, to invite diff
ferent ministers to fill the pulpit each
Sunday, until a pastor can be OBJ
tanned,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Men to Work on the Fort

The government tug Easton came up
to the city yesterday and left at 4
o'clock with about rs men ito work on
Fort Caswela. About 20 of the men
We're white and the others colored.
The Easton also carried down a sub
marine mine thai came by the Atlantic
Coast Line consigned to Fort CasweIl.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
rheumatism Cured.

My wife has used Chamberlafn's
Pain Balm for rheumatism with great
relief, and I can recommend it as
splendid Imminent for rheumatism n
other household use for which we have
found it valuable.-W. J.. Cuyler, Red
Greek Herald. tFNor sale by r. r. Bel
laIny.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

Under the caption. Yachting Notes"
the Sunday New York Herald contains
the following article. which will be Pc
rused by the elite OF Wilmington with
much interest:
A letter from the steam yacht Narada,
~. 7. 7. c.. Mr.. Henry Walters. dated
Venice. March 18th. has reached this city.
The cruise has bee extremely enioya-
bic. The yacht intended to leave Venice
Tor Alexandria on March End, then go to
Fort said, next to Constantinople. and
to Beyrout- All were well"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

It's a poor hotel chit that can't carve
a name for himself
Dress may influence a woman, but
it's the hat that dominates her.
When "a nan undertakes to paint the
town he never uses water colors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
RESPECTFULLY
WILLIAM D. M'MILLAN
Superintendent of Health.

Register of Deeds Norwood reported
the issuing OF eighteen marriage Ii
censes during h month Of March, and
that ne had turned over + the sheriff
the amount Tue sheriff, 1855.
The jury for the mex term Of the su-
perior court was drawns as follows:
Henry McKoy, Elijah Leonard, Hugh
MacRae, J.Hicks Bunting, JAS s. Potter
T. Van Sneeden, ]. A. kennedy, Will
liam Blanks, C. II. Fore, Edward Muir
rem, IT. W. Meares, Henry Litgen,
Frank Meier, n. E. Ferrow, J. A.
Brady, VIM. Farrow, j. Il. Howe, G.
w. Rodgers, c. n. Heide, Abram
Bishop, w. T. Spooner, Henry T.. Howe,
Jas. E. Morris, D. II. Penton.
The meeting was next declared ad-
journed. -zAAaA1iAuKIkAllAf 11se
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-19
The Road win BE Buiit.

]. b. Harrison, vice president of the pro-
posed Black Diamond Railroad. has received
a proposal from New York financial syn
dictate offering to furnish the $4,000 900
necessary to build the road. The route from
Chicago to Port Royal, S. c., was recently
inspected by Sir Thomas Tancred, repre-
senting an English syndicate. 1t is under
stood he will make favorable report on the
survey. Mr.. Harrison believes this has
moved the New York capitalists to seek the
bonds. He declines to state whether the
offer will be accepted. but intimates that
the Englishmen will be given the option, as
they took the initiative The road is now
sure to be built. If constructed as surveyed,
404 miles of the road will be located in In
diana, and the grand total surveyed and
ready to begin the construction on May l.
1899 is 1872 miles. A circular issued by the
company says: mo money will be wasted
upon expensive terminals at Columbus, o..
and Indianapolis. Ind The money neces-
Eary to get an entrance into these cities will
be more than is needed to build great manu-
featuring belts which. in due time. will be
located upon by manufacturers. The Black
Diamond will get the first chance to supply
them with raw material and fuel, and then
an equal chance to get its share of the fin
1she1 products to haul away"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-19
AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices in Produce at the Sea-
boards Commercial Metropolis.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-F1our-Receipts,
14775 brls; exports, 7,14S brls. Market quiet
and a shade easier; winter patents, $1,000
1856; winter straights, $2.45Q3.55; winter
extras, So. 7Oa29O; winter low grades, $2.4O@
265; Minnesota patents, $1,000; Minnesota
| bakers, $3.S5QI4 Corn meal nrm; yellow
Western, 76Q77c.
Rye steady; No. Western, Gle, f. o. b.,
afoat. Barley malt steady; Western, 60q7Oc.
Wheat-Receipts, 20,584 bu; exports, 1888
bu Spot easy; No. 2 red, 771sc, {. o. b.,
afoat. Options after opening easier on cables
rallied on adverse Argentine news, only to
| suffer a second decline near the close
through heavy unloading by scalpers The
close was 150%c net lower; March, T434Q
| 759sc, closing at 74s4c.
Corn-Receipts, 4,S75 bu; exports, 170,642 blu.
| Spot easy; No. 2, 413sc, f. o. b., afloat OPP
lions opened steady on covering, but later
weakened with wheat and closed 1sQAc net
lower; May, S9%G4Oc, closing at 397sc.
Oats-Receipts, 144OO blu. Spot steady; No.
2, S21kc; No. 2 white, S4c. Options dull.
Hops steady; State, common to choice 1896
crop, 7QSc; 1897 crop, 11G13c; 1898 crop, 10
| @21c; Pacific coast, 1895 crop, 7Q1Sc; 1897
crop, 12Q19c; 1898 crop, 1SQ21c.
Cotton-seed oiI-Trade light but prices well
sustained; prime crude, 171AQ1Sc; prime
crude, f. O. b.. mills, 141141ac; prime summer
yellow, &c; off summer yellow, 200t2lc; but
ter grades, 25q27c; prime winter yellow, 27@
271ac; prime white. 26c. TaIlow dull; city, 3l5
Q3 9-16c country, 3ssc.
Rice firm; domestic, fair to extra, $40
| sac; Japan, 5AQ512c.
Molssses firm; New Orleans open kettle.
good TO choice, 24Q34c.
Coffee-Options opened steady at IN
changed prices, ruled exceptionally inactive
and without speculative feature, selling be-
| ing arrested by continued small receipts at
Rio and Santos, liberal warehouse deliveries
in the country and firm attitude of spot hold
ers and buying being arrested by European
apathy and the fact that the market has
already advanced about &c some looking for
reaction, but afraid to sell, closed quiet
and unchanged to points lower. Sales, 1900
6.10c; October else. Spot coffee-Rio market
firm; No. T. invoice, 63lQ67sc; No Z, jobbing,
A@ssc. Mild firm; Cordova, 72015c
7sugar-Raw barely steady; fair refining.
sugar, 33sc; refined steady; mold a. sac
standard A, &c: confectionery, sc; cut loaf
59sc; crushed, 53sc; powdered, SIC; granu-
lated, 51sc; cubes, SIC.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-19
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, baltimore,
l. Cincinnati and other Places.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. T.-Flour steady and I'M
sh nat N Fed cash ee1o sso Sd
track. 7OAd71c; December 6sc; May, 7Osc bid;
July 64se No hasd cash SgSSSc eas6
S514c bid; December S2Ac bid; May, SSAQS34sc
Oats lower No. 2. cash, &c bid; track M1sc;
white, 2sc. Rye easier at 52hc bid: Flaxseed
quiet at s102. Prime timothy seed, 80. Corn
east track, Sc Hay steady; prairie. IS. 1905
Cotton ties lower at 6Oc; bsgging lower at 5A@6c
1sG22c; dairy dairy. i4@i8c .Eggs quiet at, zoe Pork
quiet; standard mess. jobbing, $S25. Lard quiet;
prime steam So choee 500 Dry-sat meats se cts
ribs, $475 shorts, $4.S7k. Bacon-Boxed shout
ders. IS; extra shorts s512A ribs. *5S7a shorts Is
bu corn, $4,000 bu OATS 5000 bu.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. H.-wheat-No 1 red
Northern spring firm at 6s Id; No. red Western
spot, old, firm at IS 1O1zd December quiet at 80
10Ad; January nominal; March quiet at Ss sad
Extra India mess dull at Cos; prime dull at COS
Porl-Prime mess, fine Western dull at sos
Hams-Short-c easy at 34s. Bacon easy at 31s;
short-ribs duh at 3Ss; long-clear middles, light
dull at 2Ss long-clear middles, heavy dull at rs
steady at GAS. ShoulderS-Square easy at 23s
Lard-Prime Western dull at &s. Cheese-Amer-
lean finest white steady at ATS I'd; colored STEADY
at ass. Tallow-Prime city steady at 2Os Sd.
BALTIMORE Dec. 17.-Flour dull and
changed: receipts, 1000 brls; exports, 1850
712s671kc; steamer No 2 red, 69169Ac; receipts.
300 bu; exports 112, 600 bu Southern wheat by
sample 671721ac; Southern wheat on grade, $50
72c. Corn easier spot and month, 39A@S92c;
January, SS94Q39c; steamer mixed, S6Ac; receipts,
145 40 Blu; exports III, AGO bu; Southern white
corn, 3G4@29Ac Oats-No. white, 3212c; No. 2
mixed 31lac receipts, 1888 blu; exports none:
Butter steady and unchanged. Eggs firm and
unchanged Cheese steady and unchanged.
TOLEDO, Dec. 17.-Wheat lower and weak; No.
g cash or December, 60660l4c bid; May, 705sc.
Corn active and steady: No q mixed cash or De-
cember. S5c Oats dull and easy; No. mixed,
&c Rye dull; No 2, cash, 5414c. Clover seed
active; prime, old, $4.15; new, cash or December,
S4.55 bid
CINCINNATI, Dec. 17.-Flour quiet. Wheat
easier; No red, 651kc. Corn firm; No mixed.
351sc. Oats firm; No. mixed, 29D29lsc. Rye
steady; No. 2, SIC. Lard quiet at %9Oq5. Bulk
meats steady at $3.50. Bacon quiet at $3.50.
Whisky firm Ct 1926 Sugar steady. Cheese
steady.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17.--wheat lower; De-
cember, 6Ss4c No. 1 hard. csc; No. Northern,
&c Flour higher: first patents So 7003.S0: sec
ond patents. $S.5cQ3.6O; first clears, s. 7OQ275.