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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

Tarboro SOutherner: A peanut fac
tory of capacity to handle the crop
marketed here would be remunerative
to the investors and help the price of
the product TO the farmers.
Wilson News: The celebration Of the
10Th anniversary Of the founding OF the
Methodist Protestant church in North
Carolina will be conducted in the vari-
Gus churches of this denomination
throughout the state during the month
of April.
Charlotte News: Mr.. Zeb Vancer-
burg. a machinist at the Mecklenburg
Iron Works, vas painfully injured yes
terday afternoon. While working with
some machinery he got his wrist caught
and before he could extricate himself
his arm and hand was badly mashed.
Red Springs Citizen: Our cemetery
is rapidly filling up.-Mr. A. w.
Walker, while in the discharge of his
duties on the yard of the Red Springs
Lumber Company last Monday morn
ing met with a very painful accident.
His foot was terribly bruised and
mashed. though no bones are broken.
Charlotte Observer: The coal at Big
Stone Gap is of a very excellent quail
ity. There IS a very great abundance
OF very fine steaming coal. Authorities
say that il would be entirely suita bile
for the navy. 1t is to be hoped that the
sixty-six miles of road for which the
charter vas obtained with be built
from Linc0lnton TO Cranberry. that the
Cranberry narrow guage will be broad
ened, that the new road, the Cranberry
road, and the coal road owned bv
Moore & Schley. will all be ~consolidaf-
ed, making a first-class through CON
nection for Charlotte and the south
EAST.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

More Mills to be Built There-Railway
Bridge Injured by the Preshets
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Weldon, \. c., April II.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Weldon, n. c., April II.
1t has been decided that Roanoke
T -pids is to have another mill. The
new mill is to be a silk mill and will
be situated at the junction, a mile and
a half from the town.
Hon. Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
wFo has been here for the past few
days, looking after his interests here
expresses himself as highly pleased
with his investment in Weldon, and
contemplates in the near future build
ing several m~anufactu- ing establish
ments. He will also erect about 100
cottages for the operatives of his new
mills.
Captain w. H. Day, of Raleigh, was
here this week. He said in conversa-
ton with your correspondent, that We'll
don has the brightest future Of any
town in North Carolina.
Many Halifax people rejoice to hear
that Justice Walter Clark dissents from
the opinion of the supreme court in the
Day case. Judge Clark has many adj
mirers in his native county.
There is not a case of smallpox in
Halifax county now. By the prompt
action of DR.. j. E. Green, the superin-
tendent of health, the disease has been
stamped out and all the patients are
now we'll and allowed to go in and out
at pleasure.
There is some criticism here in the
sacrifice the state made in selling So
900 acres of heavily timbered land for
81 per acre, especially when it is re-
membered that General Ransom re-
Gently sold the timber on $500 acres Of
land for about $3.50 per acre-$40,0 900
cash, and he still has the land.
Chief Engineer Gwaltney, of the Sea-
board Air Line, arrived here yesterday
with a squad of hands to examine one
of the pillars Of the Seaboard bridge,
over Roanoke river, reported unsafe.
The pillar is said to be badly damaged
by the recent frequent and heavy fresh
cts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

guisher upon all gushing rhetoric from
ignorant spouters or writer's who never
found out that several other brigades
greatly outnumbering Pickett's men
went in, went farther. and suffered
much. The only bad behavior was the
left brigade of Heth's division, (Petti-
grew in command) Brockenborough's
Virginia, that gave way, and thus open
ed the way for an ~enfilading fire from
the left upon the three other brigades
that behaved so grandly of Heth's COM
mand. There were three North Carroll
ma brigades in the charge-Pettigrew's
own splendid brigade that lost co ire
mendously, and Lanes and Scales that
were the supporting brigades.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

The bad negro is a terrible nuisance
every where. One huge negro named
Henry Stephens precipitated a riot at
Pana, Illinois. Result seven killed and
eight others badly wounded. The ac-
count says that two whites, Jour negro
men and one negro woman are dead.
Others will die. Tine dispatch says:
1.-The trouble occurred on the prin-
cipal business street, which was crowd
ed. Stephe.-s was parading the street
armed and defying arrest He attempt
ed TO shoot the sheriff, whereupon sew
eral deputies opened fire. Stephens
ran, shooting Unfortunately ard kill
ing an innocent onlooker. He was cap
tured after a hard chase, but vas so
badly wounded that he will probably
die.
Following Stephens arrest, negroes
began shooting in every section OF the
city, but chiefly with rifles from tow
err on the company's mines. The sher-
if collected a posse and set about 10
restore order"
If that had occurred in Wilmington
or in the south a dozen lies would be
told about it, and no little maudlin
sympathy by the acrimonious northern
negrophilists would be INDUCED. II
does make a difference where race
fights occur.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
GOLDsBORO NEWS ITEMS
Death Of Claude kennedy-First Com
cert Of the Choral Society Set for Nav
9th-Smaflpox Stamped out

Correspondent OF The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, N. c., April II.
The death Of Mr.. Claude Kennedy,
the 1~S-year-old son OF Mrs. W. H. Bor-
den, occurred at the home OF Mr.. ". H.
Borden in this city yesterday at 1
o'clock p. m. Claude was taken sick
Saturday afternoon, but was not con-
sidered dangerously i'll until Sunday
night. His death was caused by con-
jestion OF the liver. He was a bright
young man. just entering upon man
hood, and will be sadly missed Her
many friends deeply sympathize with
Mrs. Borden in her great affection. TIE
funeral will be held this afternoon at
1 o'clock from the house.
Tuesday, May 9Th. has been fixed
upon as the date for the first concert
which will be given here in the opera
house by the Choral Society. and it is
being looked forward 10 Y iIh much
pleasure. This is the first thing Of its
kind ever undertaken here, and no
doubt will be largely ~patronized. The
society will be assisted by Miss Alice
Jones, Of Raleigh; Miss Emma Lime
bach, OF Salem, and Mrs. George c..
Royal, Of this place. 1t has already
been told that the society will give
| Mendelssohn's "Athalie."
Many Of our citizens took in the con-
cert at Mount Olive last Thursday
night, which was given for the benefit
of the new Methodist church they are
trying to build. and came back greatly
pleased with their trip, and even more
so with the comedy which was so cred
itably given.
Wayne superior court convenes here
Monday, April 18th. JUDGE George H.
Brown, Jr., of Washington, presiding.
Smallpox in Goldsboro is now a
thing Of the past. and the people in the
neighboring towns need not fear OF
coming here 10 do their trading"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
HOME FOLKS

In a soldier fight at Savannah be-
tween two North Carolinians and four
or five Virginians the former were bad
ly injured. A dispatch says that "Pri-
vate James Murdoch, of Company NJ,
1st North Carolina, is at the govern
ment hospital in a critical condition.
Private Cook, of the same regiment and
company, is also at the hospital con-
siderably bruised. Both men were in
jured yesterday afternoon near Avon
dale range by three members of the
4th Virginia regiment. One Of the Vir-
ginia men got hold of a heavy railroad
fishplate and struck Murdoch with it,
and while he was down pounded him
into insensibility before he could be
rescued by his friends. Cook attempted
to aid Murdoch in his fight and was
badly used up. Three Virginians have
been arrested, but the officers will not
give their names. Murdoch is likely to
die from his injuries. Cook is not bad
Iy hurt"
Naturally there is great feeling in the
two regiments. The men engaged had
been drinking.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
STATE PRESS

will find that it is easier to get North
ern capital to go in with Southern cap
ltal thar to invest without such coop
Grafton. Every own in the state ought
to devote its energies to increasing it's
manufacturing interests. Towns can
not grow by swapping calico and sugar
for cotton and tobacco.-Raleigh News
and Observer.
We expressed the fear several weeks
ago by the antitrust law enacted by the
Legislature lately in session at Raleigh
was too weak 10 meet the requirements
Of the occasion. We feared that it had
been doctored too much in the senate.
The house bill contained one feature
the trusts dreaded and that was the
provision denying them the power Of
our courts to enforce their contracts.
This was stricken out in the Judiciary
Committee of the senate. 1t applied
only to violators Of the preceding four
sections, who are, in the language of
the act, deemed guilty of a conspiracy
to defraud." = = The Raleigh Post
reports Attorney General Walser as
expressing the opinion that the act
will in no way interfere with the ope-
ration Of the trusts in this state" that
he "will not institute any action against
trusts, as he considers the law ineffec-
tive and does not thik that such action
could accomplish anything"
We do not know why Mr.. Walser omit
ted to mention the nam of the Amer
lean Tobacco Co.. in his catalogue of
combinations that he, along with the
people of North Carolina, views with
alarm. Certainly it is by long odds the
worst rust operating in our state. Some
of the trusts the Attorney General men
tons concern our people very remotely
if at all, but the Duke combination robs
them by the millions every year. = =
One of the ablest lawyers in the state,
the Hon. G. B. Watson, told us recently
that he did not believe the act was
worth a fig; that it was not as good as
the common law.-Webster's (Reids-
ville) Weekly.
Success has opened a new era. Men
of none everywhere now see that in
the future the South is to be the seat
Of the manufacture Of the f1eecy staple,
and in the organization of new enter
prises there ought not to be any diff
Guilty in securing enough capital from
North and South to double the cotton
mills of North Carolina in the next ten
years. In the new growth, however,
we must look chiefly to our own peo-
pie doing nine-tenths Of the work and
furnishing most Of the money, but they
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
A CONSPIRACY EXPOSED
An Attempt to Spirit Away an 1mpor-
tant Witness In the noIineux Murder
Case

New York, April ia. S. Col!ar,
Jr., Of Nashville, Tenn, who came TO
this city TO secure the arrest under eX-
tradition of Nicholas A. Hickman, an
important witness against Roland b..
Molineux, was arrested today on the
charge Of being concerned in a conspi-
racy against Hickman.
Colyar was accompanied to this city
by Captain Caster, Of the Nashville
police. 1t was alleged that Hickman,
identified Molineux as the renter of q
letter box in his establishment in this
city, was Percy f. Raymond, who wa
sentenced to two years Imprisonment
in Nashville in 1894 for lanceny, and
who escaped from the penitentiary. 1t
is now alleged that the whole affair was
a plot to spirit Hickman away. The
extradition papers which were obtained
for Hickman have been revoked.
Chief OF Detectives McCluskey exam
ined Colyar at police headquarters. At
terward McCluskey, said that Colyar
had admitted that he had induced a
woman referred TO as Blanche Graham,
to make charges against Hickman.
Colyar is said to have met this woman
in Providence, r. l..
McCulskey, stated that Barlow S.
Weeks, counsel for Molineux had said
to the police that he himself believed
that the proceedings in Tennessee
against Hickman were caused by a con-
spiracy. Mr.. Weeks only discovered
this after the action Of the police. Nc
Cluskey said hat Colyar comes of
good family, but had been arrested
twice for horse stealing in Tennessee.
he stated that the conspiracy was a
"fimsy" thing which any one could see
through. At the time of the alleged
crime attributed to Hickman McClus-
key said, there was positive evidence
that hickman was in New York city
and that he had been in his present res
idence for ten years.
hickman was put under technical ar
rest yesterday. The district attorney
appeared ]. the supreme court later in
he day and secured a writ of habeas
corpus with the object Of obtaining the
release Of Hickman and bringing out
the details Of the conspiracy. The dis
trict attorney alleges that Hickman
was not the mar asked for in the ex-
tradition papers The habeas corpus
was returned and as the result OF the
proceedings Hickman was discharged
from custody.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
THE CRUISER RALEIGH
Soon 20 Arrive From Misunderstanding
Reception 10 be Given Her I'm New
York-uay be ordered TO Wilmtng~
ION. n. e..

ION. M.
Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Washington, April ll.-Assistant
Attorney General James Z. Boyd has
been named by Mayor VanWyck, OF
New York, as one Of the committee 10
arrange for the reception to the cruiser
Raleigh on her arrival in this country
from Manila, The cruiser left the Azo-
res islands six days ago, and is expect
ed TO reach New York about the 18th
instant. Being the first Of Admiral
Dewey's fleet TO return home since the
magnificent victory in Manila Bay on
May !, 1898, il was due to Captain
Joseph Coghlan, the gallant COM
mander of the Raleigh, and the heroic
crew of the ship, that they, on coming
home, should enter first the principal
port of the United States at New York
and give the great metropolis an OPP
p~ortuuity TO welcome them as New York
alone can do.
Colonel Boyd is making an effort to
have the secretary OF the navy SEND the
Raleigh TO North Carolina as soon as
the fete at New York is over. The Off
GERS and crew have on board the ship
a piece Of Spanish artillery captured
at Manila, which is 10 be given TO the
State os North Carolina or to the city
of Raleigh as a trophy of the war.
Colonel Boyd thinks that he will sue
coed in having the ship and crew sent
to Wilmington, n. c., where the pre-
sentation of the gun can be made, and
where the people of the state will have
al opportunity of doing honor to the
gallant commander.
The Raleigh fired the first gun at
Manila and took an active and effective
part in the noted naval engagement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

North Carolina from Cherokee to
northern border will be in mourning
Dor if Governor Dan Russell vacates
and removes his domicile to New York.
The late venerable Robert Kyle, of
Oxford, met us one day soon after a
certain citizen had left "for good" and
returned to his farm and said: There
are dry eyes in town today" Russell
should distribute a few locks of his
hair especially to the state museum
and other receptacles of precious me-
MORALS. Good bye Gov, and may your
shadow eve grow less while you
tabernacle in the flesh.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

Raleigh is to have the fine cotton
mill proposed. How the Messenger
would rejoice to see a half dozen large
cotton, wooden and silk mills soon on
the way in this city. Just why Will
mington has never taken hold of cotton
manufacturing in earnest we do not I'M
derstand. We verify believe our town
is as favorably situated for manufac-
turing as Charlotte Or any other town
in the state. If not why not.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
Meeting OF Southern Cotton Will Wen

Charlotte, n. c., April IA special
to The Observer from Sp%artanburg, S.
c.. saws that there was a meeting this
afternoon at the Spartan inn, of south
ern manufacturers of wide goods Of
pri,tcloth construction. The meeting
was preliminary TO a permanet organl-
cation for the purpose Of controlling the
price Of southern made convertible
goods and wide printcloths. The meet
ing was harmonious. 1t is hoped that
this organization will be Of great bene-
fit to all manufacturers Of this class OF
goods.
Captain F. Dilling, Of Kings Noun
tain y. c.. was elected president n
Mr.. J. G.. Wardlaw, of Gafney, S. C.,
secretary. The executive committee
will meet on Thursday at the Spartan
inn. The regular meeting OF the Or
ganization will be held at the Manufac-
turers' Club, in Charlotte on the 10th
instant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
Another Suicide Over the Dreyfu. Case

st Quentin, France. April 11.-Loc-
rimier' the sergeant-major Of artillery
n former secretary OF the late Lieu
tenan Colon Henry. who
suicide on Mon3ay evening, here. had
oeen suffering from melanchoIia since
ne heard of the sui-de % Lier,tanan+
Goionea Henry in the fortress Mon
saIerien, Paris, in August last. The
seant-ma1o had not retired from
lne army, as at first but
was preparing to return to ME raaiuenr
pa next. He recaived a
couple OF letters yesterday and after
leadlng them, he went into a stable and
hanged himself.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

1t is announced that Chairman F. NJ.
summons and Mr.. Charles B. Aycock
will be among the speakers at the
democratic rally in Atlanta on goth
inst They are men of decided talents
n know how to talk to the people.
III they speak as we'll to Georgians as
they do when on their native heath
n are addressing North Carolinians
they will be listened to with interest
and admiration. Do your best boys"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

We rejoice that the first North Car
Dina did not go to the Philippines.
We are surprised it was even willing to
go there t help butcher the patriots
fighting for independence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14
Forty.Five Persons Drowned

Malta. April 1.-THE British steam
er kinswell. Captain Humphreys, ar
rived here today and reports being in
collision with the Greek coaster Maria
in the Mediterranean OF the coa q of
rlpoii. Ine Maria was sunk, forty
nve persons going down with her.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

So Captain Bill Day gains his case
and holds the "~penitentiary fort" 1t
was supposed by reason of the charac-
ter of the supreme court that it would
decide for Day. The decision may be
just, but the ablest jurist in the court,
Judge Clark, dissentS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

The Jim Crow" bill had a very hard
time Of it before the legislature, and
as passed was a poor thing and failed
to meet public demands. Now it is re-
ported that the act has been lost. Who
lost it?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

Just how far the decision in favor of
Captain Day will reach we cannot saw
but it may involve a great deal and
prove a sort of "Pandora's Box for
the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

Fayetteville Observer: A negro
named Brewington was drowned IN the
Cape Fear river near DR.. s
eleven miles from Fayetteville, Tues
day afternoon. Brewington. with Mr.
Alexander MeAllister were in a bat
teau fishing when the boat capsized-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

The Messenger copied from an ex-
change a notice of the illness of Mr.. J..
P. Caldwell editor Of the Charlotte OBJ
server. We have not seen any an
nouncement Of his improvement, but
sincerely hope he is on the rapid road
to recovery. He is an excellent news
paper man and a successful one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

Inc steamer Kairos, which was dis
aJivu In mid-ocean nearly a month ago.
us Douno Tor Great Britain, arrives
az Halifax without assistance. She had
beer in tow OF two diferent steamer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-14

The Messenger seconds the nomina-
tlcn OF editor Clark of the Landmark
for the mayoralty of Statesville.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

Miss Mary A. Enright. Of Portland. Or.
who has a nephew in the First Washing
ton regiment, and who IL deeply Interested
I'm the troops, has suggested another en-
terprise which has for It's object the rails
ing OF funds for the reception to the volun-
teera She has donated magnificent wax
doll. nearly four feet tall, and Handsomely
Creased, which she proposes shall be given
20 the most popular child In the state. Il
ID proposed to dispose Of the doll by allow
Ing people to name by vote the most pop
plar child In the state, 10 cents being
charged for every vote. The child receiv-
ing the highest number Of votes win b
made the happy possessor OF the don. which
= valuable one. and the fund for thu
celebration and welcome for the troops
would be augmented materially.
According to Mias Enrtght's plan, there
would be no limit to the number Of votes
to be cast by any individual.
Another means OF adding to the funds
needed by the general committee for the
celebration was suggested yesterday by .
theatrical man. You have considerable
histrionic talent in Seattle" he said. why
not utilize II to advantage In the work.
undertaken by the citizens committee? 4
magnificent bill Of specialties. selections
from well known dramas. and music could
be given in one Of the Seattle theaterA
All the members Of the profession sojourn-
ing here at the time would be glad, ! am
sure II the matter were taken hold Of. to
aid In such q meritorious enterprise. The
boxes could be sold at auction. and the
choicest seats could be disposed Of In q
similar manner. Such. an entertainment
should be good. II properly handled. for Z
considerable sum. and the entertainment
would be well worth the money"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

Hon. hudson W. Lyons. Rsgistsr Of thu
United StateS Treasury. In q letter from
Washington. d. c.. says:
April I'D. 1854
Pe-ru-na Drug MIS- Co.. Columbus. o.:
Gentlemen-I find Pe-ru-na TO be an ex-
ceilent remedy for the catarrhal affec-
tions OF spring and summer, and those
who suffer from depression from the heat
OF the summer will ind no remedy the
equal Of Pe-ru-na
JuD0ON W. LYONA
No man u better known In the financial
world than Judson w. Lyons. His name
on every piece Of money of recent date.
makes his signature one OF the most ia
miliar ones In the United States. Hon.
Lyons address ID Augusta. Ga He il q
member Of the National Republican Com
mittee. and ID . prominent and influential
politician He Is q particular friend OF
President Mckinley.
A. C. LOckhart. West Henrietta. ". T..
writes:
About fifteen years ago I commenced
70 be ailing. and consulted q physician.
He pronounced my trouble species Of
dyspepsia, and adviBed me. after he had
treated me about six months. to get :
leave Of absence from my business and
60 into the country. I did 30 and got