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Tombstone epitaph., 1900-01-07

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Tombstone epitaph., 1900-01-07

ALI ASSAYS MADE IN JUPLIcArE
 Discount made on c number oJ assquS. Samples by mail or express wlll re oeive prompt attention
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

US. his fine discrimination in song and
sermon, es q hearer and his courteous
not to say courtly bearing in every
company. his tender sympathy with
the Sorrows or wrongs Of men. his
chivalric regard for women. his smile
that cannot be initiated?
we miss him here today in this Sea-
mems Bethel service and at this Home
to whose interest he gave his heart and
hand. But he Is here in our hearts
and in the sweet influence OF his pres
ence felt from former occasions and in
the deeds wrought In his behalf.
Our friend lives on and caunot cease
to live in the cherished we
hold Of him: and in our heart OF hearts
we enshrine him. not TO worship or ad-
mire. but TO love. and with the wish
that there were many more such rsa
Us.
Permit me To utter a personal word
OF grief. ms my friend has gone T. n
US in personal presence TO see the face
OF the King: and our gratitude. that he
welcomed me TO his sick room md
wished me 10 come often and ray
with him. and that he called me his
friend.
In the Land tina knows m setting
sun, I hope to meet him AID enjoy
with him those things which his heart
is now finding ana shall expand to
know more and more forever.
Captain James McDougaid said that
he had known Captain Cowan sine
1870. and knew him to be a true mar.
and that his life was worthy II imita-
tion OF all good men.
Ii vas ordered hat the proceedings
be published and a floral -. butte be
secured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN hfssET.

The Service In 1t. Andrews PresSy-
terian Church. and Interment I'm
Oakdale Cemetery Lovely Flo raj
The remains OF the late Captain
John Bisset were buried yesterday
morning In Oakdale cemetery and n
wide circle OF sorrowing friends and
acquaintance were present TO pay q
last tribute OF owe and respect. The
funeral service was conducted at 10
o'clock from st. Andrews Presbyte-
rian church by Rev. ~ u. Mcclure.
the pastor.
a very large congregation was pres
ent and among them were many off,
Gals N employees OF the Atlantic
coast Line.
The floral offerings were magnificent.
An especially beautiful floral tribute
was a broken column presented by the
Society of St. George ms st. Andrews,
of which the deceased was n member.
At the conclusion OF the services in
the church the remains were commit
ted 10 the grave in Oakdale cemetery.
The pallbearers We're: Honorary,
DR.. w. ]. Love. Captain John +. Dr.
vine, Mr.. a. ID. Brown and Mr.. Ker-
nan. Of Rocky Mount: active. Messrs.
II. G.. Smallbones, r. D.. Cronly. n. N.
Davis, William M~cSeweeden, James
McDougaIl and w. II. Sprunt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
New Spring Goods at
Wi|mington's Big Racket Store.

l have just returned from New York,
where 1 have bought a large stock of
new goods. Miss Alma Brown has
been in the northern cities for over
two weeks getting the latest ideas of
the new Paris styles.
1 nave the largest stock OF MIL
LINERY L ever had and will show the
ladies a treat in NEW SPRING
GOODS.
Wait for our opening mex week.
We will have among numerous other
attractions a large number of FINE
PATTERN HATS, and the greatest
variety of flowers and fruits ever
shown in this market.
We have purchased a large line of
NEW DRESS GOODS. Challies, Dimi-
ties, Lawns, Ginghams, new silk-strip-
ed Challies, all sorts of Spring Wool
Goods and a fine line of Silks.
We have many good things to give
away for a price.
For this week we will sell 10 yards
good COLORED LAWN at 2kc per
yard.
We will sell a lot of COLORED
DIMITIES, worth 10c, for &c.
A lot of CHINA SILKS, plain colors
and polka dot, for 33c per yard.
A nice lot of JAPANESE SILK, new
patterns, 45c per yard.
A nice line new PLAID SILKS at
45c per yard.
Fifty ready-trimmed LADIES'
HATS at soc each. Another big lot,
your choice, worth $3.50, for -s1.00.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Chapel Hill. n. c., March "a.
The university has not yet recovered
from the great cloud of sorrow that
swept over it on Wednesday in the
death of Professor May. The funeral
exercises were conducted Wednesday
afternoon and a large concourse of
sorrowing friends were present. The
casket was taken to the depot of the
Southern railway, accompanied by all
the students. The remains were TAX
en- to Boston, Mass, the home of the
deceased, the following gentlemen act
ing as an escort as far as Washing
ton, D.. c.: Professor w. CT. Toy, and
Messrs. F. NJ. Osborne and j. A,
Moore.
DR.. ]. William Jones, Of Richmond,
Va, chaplain Of the United Confed-
erateerate Veterans n a distinguish
ed Baptist minister, has honored and
instructed the university during the
present week, acting as university
preacher for March. On Sunday night
he delivered a most excellent lecture
on Life and Christian Character of
Robert E. Lee. Monday night he
delighted a large audience with an en-
joyable talk, full of anecdotes and in
teresting occurrences on The Boy in
Gray, or the Private Soldier as 1 knew
Him." Thursday evening he delivered
an impressive n interesting lecture
on Robert e. Lee, the Mode Man"
Besides these lectures, which were
very enjoyable and highly instructive,
he has conducted the chapel exercises
in the morning and preached two ex-
cellent sermons before the student
body. DR.. Jones visit was greatly en-
joyed and it is hoped hat he can
find it possible to return here before
long n again give the students the
benefit of his knowledge and ability.
Dr. Alderman has been confined to
his room for several days with the
grippe. He is much improved and
hopes to be out very Soon.
Several other members of the faculty
and quite a number of students have
also been suffering from grippe. ?
Carolina plays her first game of ball
for the season 1900 this afternoon. The
game will be against Oak Ridge insti-
tute and promises to be very interest
ing.
Professor Cobb delivered a lecture
las Saturday before Whitsett institute
on yellowstone National Park His
lecture was illustrated by stereopticon
views and was from personal observa-
ion
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
WRECK OF THE CHARLESTON
The Officers of the Cruiser Exonerated
From All Blame.

Washington, March 26.-In accord
nee with the naval regulations, Ad-
miral Watson convened a court of in
quiry at Manila to fix the responsible
ity for the loss of the cruiser Charles
ton. The report of that court was
made public today at the navy depart
ment and is a complete vindication of
the officers and men of the Charleston
from all aspeFsions heretofore passed
upon them, including one to the effect
that they were intoxicated when the
ship struck. h findings and opinion
of the court are as follows:
1.-The evidence adduced shows most
co~nclusively that every precaution re-
quired by United States regulations
upon a ships approaching land vas
aiken by Captain George w. Pigman
to insure the safety of the vessel un-
der his command against accident.
Proper lookouts were stationed. Leads
men with leads were in both chains
and were kept in constant use. The
Sir William Thompson lead was used
and ready, and the patent log careful
ly standardized. That a vigilant look-
out was kept by the officer of the deck
is shown by the fact Of his discerning
the chow or broken water ahead,
which was Immediately reported to
the captain and the course of the ship
changed at once to go clear. The cap
tain and navigator were constantly
upon the bridge:
THE chart supplied by the bureau
of navigation showed clear water
where the vessel struck, and the sail
ing directions also gave no informa-
ton of any dangers t. navigation in
this immediate locality.
The court is Of opinion: That, in
accordance with the evidence adduced,
the captain and officers of the United
Sto%4- Ia&o ro-A;- II -.
exonerated from all blame or respon-
sibility and that no further action
should be taken in the matter of the
wreck of that vessel"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
BLOOD POISON CURED BY n. B. IL
Bottle Free to Sufferers.


Deprecated. obstinate cases, the l<bnd
that have resisted doctors, hot springs
and patent medicine treatment. QUICK
ly yield to b.. 3. B. CBotanic Blood
Baim), thoroughly tested for 30 years.
b. B. B. has cured sue indications an
mucuous patches in the mouth, sore
throat, eruptions, eating sores, bone
pains, itching skin, swollen glands. stir
joints, copper spots, chancres, ulcera-
ton on he body, and in hundreds OF
cases where the hair and eyebrows
have fallen out and the whole skin
was a mass Of boils, pimples and ~
GERS this wonderful specific CON-
pleteiy changed the whole body into
a clean. perfect condition. free from
eruptions, and skin smooth with the
glow Of perfect health. b. 3. Z. Is tz1e
only perfect cure for blood poison. SO
sufferers may test B. q. 3. and know
for themselves that 1t cures. a trial boz
tie will be sent free Of charge.
3. y. B. for sale by druggists at 81
per large bottle, or s large bottles I'm
srsatnsAt) IS. For trial bottle, address
; BLOOD BALM CO., 80 Mitchell street.
Atlanta, Ga
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

In some cases the external signs Of Contagious Blood Poison are so slight that thu
victim firmly withint thu grasp of the monster before the tn nature of the disease
is now II other cases the blood is quickly filled with tisp poisonous virus d The
swollen glands mucus patches in the mouth, sores o. scalp, ulcers on tongue, sore
throat eurions on kin. copper c0Oed SplOtcheS ad falling hair AM eyebrows
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

Nice Childs' or Misses STRAW
HATS, in assorted colors, ready band
ed, special, 10c.
A lot of Ladies' LEGHORN HATS
for 10c.
Twenty-Five dozen Ladies UNTRIM-
MED HATS, worth from .25c to Soc,
for 10c each.
Another lot of SPRING HATS,
worth from $500 to $1,000 per dozen,
at 33c each.
Twenty-four punches fine DOUBLE
VIOLETS, assorted ~colors, worth Csc,
now 14c.
a lot of SILK MOURNING Wells,
worth 75c, for 35c (for wells only.)
We are receiving new EASTER
CLOTHING for Men and Boys. We
have a line of eighty Boys Suits as
samples, worth from $500 to $500 each.
We expect to sell these suits for $1.99
each.
We have MEMS SUITS at all prices.
A good wool suit as low as $500.
a lot of WOOL PANTS, in good pat
terms, for $1.00 per pair.
We have just received a line of
MEMS SAMPLE HATS, which is the
most complete line of Hats in the city.
Prices run from tic to $3.50. We also
have our MEMS and BOYS STRAW
HATS ready for inspection.
I have more goods than 1 ever had
in my life and the prices 1 will guar-
antee to be the lowest
Bring your card and get it punched
and get q present free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.

Funeral Services of the Late Professor
notwithstanding Lectures and Ser
mons by Rev. DR.. ]. William Jones.
Many Cases of Grippe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
4 FIENDISH
A Lady Struck I'm the Face by n Brick
Bat Thrown Through u Window The
Miscreant Not Appetizer ded.

A gentleman who was in the city
yesterday told a Messenger represent
tative of an outrageous act perpetrat-
ed about one mile east of Red Springs
last Friday night by unknown parties
Mr.. Jefferson d. Gibson, wife and
daughter, Miss Cora, were sitting
around the fire place between 5 and 8
o'clock Friday night, when suddenly
a brick bat was thrown through the
window. 1t struck Miss Cora Gibson
over the left eye, making a very pain
full wound. AT the instant the brick
was thrown a pistol was fired.
The perpetrators OF the cowardly
crime ran away without leaving any
thing by which their identity could be
traced.
Mr.. Gibson te~legraphed to Laurin-
burg for blood hounds but before they
arrived a very heavy rain fell and the
trail was destroyed SO that the hou dis
could not follow ii.
So far as the Messengers informant
was advised no clue has as yet been
obtained which would lead TO tho ap-
prehension OF the guilty parties.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
HIGH AND DESERVED TRIBUTES
PAID THE LATE CAPTAIN JOHN G0WAh
BY VARIOUS 0RGANlZAT
AND THE PEOPLE.

The Funeral Conducted From st.
James Church Yesterday Very
Larg Attendance-very Numerous
and Beautiful Floral Offerings-Ap-
propriate Resolutions Adopted by
Board Of Audit and Finance TO Whom
Deceased Was Clerk for Twenty-Five
Years-His Life and Character Ex-
tailed b. Members of the Seamen's
Friend Society.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

Cotton sells for 10 cents at Salisbury.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
How's This /.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known f.
J.. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe MIN perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRAUX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
Mercury
Potash Ia
Make
Wrecks,
Not Cures

back hotm system COVERT pm fora while butt mAsom gain wnefn These powerful mnkp produces mNmal
rheumatism dh most offensive sores sand ulcers causing the ids aMnM and niger nakm drop off Mercury and
potash make wrecks, not me. and those who h@t been ded with these d. are after Tree m aches and pain
bTadd tMmgd down. builds Pad nugoahsh the gT health s. S. s. Shem ya hde for tn specific vmsM and
the only cure for Contagious Blood Poison No matter in what stage or hw hopeless the en nay H even
new. md rmW: an experience of nearly fifty years. has proven it sure and uEmng mf rhKd disease NEte
only purely vgaMehd medicine n0
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~7a@ ~2@ ~~ hesitate mG for y Information advice wanted We make mos hwe What
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-11-14
Forest County and the entY.Eigath
District.

The official table of the vote cast in this
county at the recent election, published
this week, shows Forest county up to
splendid advantage as one of the rock
ribbed Republican counties of the State.
For the head of ticket, President Nc
Kinley, the Republicans cast 1909 votes,
the largest ever given any candidate in
the county, and the heaviest majority,
594, ever given National or State candi-
date. The nearest approach to it was in
1894, when Governor Hastings had $50 of
a plurality over Singerly, which was
caused largely by the stay-at- home Dem
ocrats. The President leads both in the
number and majority of votes received,
thing which does not often happen.
Col. Clearwater's vote and majority for
Congress are both under McKinley's.
This was the case in the entire district,
indicating that the Republicans lacked
confidence in their ability to elect him,
together with a tendency to trade where
it could be done TO advantage of their
lOSal blShSl. lidO llC pCOplO DClltNtu
what the Republican papers of the dis
trict were telling them and what they
kept prominently before them during the
progress of the campaign, Col. Clear
waters majority would have been as
great as is McKinley's in this district,
which is about 150O There is no use
crying over "spilt milk" but we cannot
help regrettiug, with all the rest OF the
good Republicans of this county and dis
trict, that so splendid an opportunity was
lost sight of
Much of the credit for the excellent
fight put up on the Congressional con-
test, aside from Col. Clearwater's person
al popularity, and good work, is due
Editor Baker of the Ridgway ADVOCATE,
who was untiring in his efforts to COM
pass the election'of the splendid Republi-
can candidate. He was ably assisted by
the Republican papers of the district
They could preach the right gospel but
couldn't do all the voting.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-11-14
Halls plurality ..............
Col. Ouay'S Victory.

The utter rout of the yellow journals of
Philadelphia is another subject for con-
graduation in the recent election.
Throughout the entire campaign, subsi-
died by page advertisement from John
Wanamaker, they have left no stone un-
turned to defeat the election of Colonel
Quay to the United States Senate. Col
onel Quay's statement to the press before
leaving for Florida shows that in the
coming Legislature he is certain TO have
over $50 votes on the first ballot in Joint
assembly out of total of 254. This as
sures his return to his old seat beyond
the shadow of doubt. 1t is a fitting eli
max to Republican successes all over the
country that Pennsylvania's next Legis-
lature will be controlled by the stalwart
Republicans of the State. The insUr-
gents, boilers and party wreckers have
been taught a much needed lesson. They
have been effectually rebuked for the
violence and abuse they have hurled
against the Republican State organiza-
ton and the slander and villifcation of
Mr.. Quay. John Wanamaker has been
turned down and the papers which he
controlled in Philadelphia and elsewhere
thoroughly discredited by the people all
over the State. Henceforth the Republic
can party will move forward more united
and determined than ever before.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-11-14
McKinley's Great Plurality.

There is no longer any doubt that Nc
Kinley's popular plurality over Bryan
will be much larger than it was four
years ago. Then he had a plurality of
6O3,jl4. The present outlook is that his
plurality will not be far from 800 900. In
1896 Gen. Palmer, the Presidential can
didate of the gold Democrats, received
1885, ,42i votes. 1t now seems certain that
McKinley's plurality this year as COM
pared with four years ago will be in
creased by perhaps 1900 more than the
entire vote cast for Palmer. This would
indicate that practically all the Palmer
men of four years ago had voted for Nc
Kinley this year and that at least 10000
more Democrats had been attracted TO
the support of the Republican ticket be-
cause ofthe prosperous times and the ex-
pansion policy. This, however, would
hardly be correct conclusion, because a
considerable portion of the increased
plurality of Mckinley is due to the fall
ing Of In the Democratic pluraities in
the Southern States, where thousands of
Democrats who really desired the success
OF Mckinley but were afraid or dsin-
clined TO vote for him, remaining away
from the polls. McKinleys majority
over all the candidates this year will
probably exceed 100000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-11-14
The Great Harry.

England's first war vessel of any pre-
tensions was called the Great Harry.
She was double decker and was built
in 1909 by order Of Henry VII, from
whom the boat received its name Up to
the year 1915 the Great Harry was the
only vessel of the kind in the British
service. She caught fire in 1903 and was
totally destroyed. The Great Harry was
of peculiar construction. Her stem and
stern stuck high above the water, and she
had four masts, three flush decks. a half
deck, quarter deck and roundhouse. She
had a capacity Of 1000 tons, carried 50
guns, was 13S feet long, 3S feet beam and
cost tl4,OOO. The Great Harry's spars
were very tall, and she was very "crank"
in a storm.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-11-14
PROcLA Nj ALTON.

WHEREAS, The Hon. w. NJ. Lindsey,
President Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for
the county OF Forest, has issued his pre-
cept for holdings a Court of Common Pleas,
Quarter Sessions Of the Peace, Orphans
Court, Oyer and Terminer aud General
Jail Delivery, at TioneSta, for the
County of Forest, to commence on the
Third Monday of November. being
the 10Th day of November, 1900. No
tice is therefore given to the Cor
oner, Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables of said county, that they be then
and there in their proper persons at ten
o'clock A. NJ, OF said day with their
records, inquisitions, examination, and
other Iemembrances, to do those things
which to their Office appertain to be done,
and those who are boundin recognizance
to prosecute against the prisoners that are
or shall be in the Jail Forest County, that
they may he then and there to prosecute
against them as shall be just. Given un-
der my hand and seal this 22nd day of
October, A. ID. 1900.
j. w. JAMESON, LIS Sheriff.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-11-14
How 1t Happened.

The landslide for Mckinley and Roos-
evelt was what yerybody expected. Mr..
Bryan, who had taken the conservative
old Democratic party by the nape of the
neck and dragged it out into the mire of
Populism, and lot of other wild-eyed
issues, did not have the confidence even
of the leading men of that party. They
were appalled, at the audacity of this Don
Quixote of Reform, and stood almost
speechless in the face of his mad pranks.
He put free silver plank into their plat
form against the Judgment of the ablest
and best men of the party. He insisted
upon hauling down the flag in the Phil
ippines in the face ofa treocherous and
ungrateful foe, who should be a friend,
and who is now trying to beat back the
tide ofcivilization and progress to realize
his savage dreams of empire.
Mr.. Bryan outraged all of the sacred
traditions and obliterated the ancient
landmarks of Democracy by attempting
to divide our people into classes and to
array ona against the other.
Possessing great power of endurance,
immense lung capacity and the talent for
talk, he rushed about the country saying
many foolish and unstatesmanlike things
and appealing to the pi eiudices instead of
the reason of the people. He talked as
though, if elected President, he would at
once usurp the power of Congress and
the courts, and become the Nemenis of
evil and Injustice everywhere. He bore
aloft on blood red banner and painted
devils ofImperialism, Trusts, and Mill
tarism, and assured the people that they
would be eater up by these monsters un-
less they followed him.
BY refusing to be frightened at these
pumpkin devils of an Imagination made
fervid with the fire of an intense smb-
ton to gain the Presidency, the Ameri-
can people exhibited a degree of sober
common sense that argues we'll for the
of our institutions. Hence
there is abundant reason why everyone
of us, OF all faiths and of all parties,
should rejoice and be glad Pmry.
Spirit: