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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
THREE PISTOL SHOT WOUNDS.
Ton Lucas, Colored, Resisted Arrest
and Fired at Captain Furlong. who
Returned the Fire, Hitting the Negro
Three Times.

Captain job j. Furlong, of the po-
lice force had an exciting experience
late yesterday afternoon with Tom
Lucas, colored, at the latter's home on
| Thirteenth street, between Market and
Princess, while attempting 70 arrest
him for fast driving and it resulted in
Lucas receiving three pistol shot
wounds at the hands of the police cap
tain.
About 6 o'clock Tom Lucas was
driving his dray up Market street at
a speed far beyond the limit prescrib-
ed by law and whipping the horse at
every step. Captain Furlong saw the
negroes fast driving and set out on
foot to arrest him. A young man went
ahead On a bicycle to C the ne
gro when he stopped. He turned into
Thirteenth street, between Market
and Princess, and had unhitched the
horse from the dray and put him in
the stable by the time Captain Fur
long arrived.
The negro was standing in the yard
and when Captain Furlong entered
the gate, the negro ordered him to
stop, but the officer advanced and by
the time he reached the corner of the
house, Lucas pulled his pistol and
| fired at him twice at close range, but
neither ball took effect. 1t was then
tudI SdpIdlu uIlOilS pulleO his plS-
tol and shot at the negro four times.
The negro ran away and the chase
led over fences and through several
yards and after the negro had run
about an eighth of a mile, he fell in a
ditch. Captain Furlong arrested him
and escorted hin to the city hall.
DR.. Mcmillan was summoned and
upon examination found that three
balls had taken effect in Lucas body,
one in his right shoulder, one through
the fleshy part of his neck and the
other grazed the right side of his head.
However, none of the wounds are dan
gerous. He was sent to the city hos
pital, where the balls were successful
ly extracted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
NEwBERN's TROUBLES SETTLED
Harmony Brought About at LaSt-State
Associations Wise % Col. Tay-
lor'S Good Work.

For a long time Generalization in
rates and a chaotic condition of af-
fairs in the fire insurance business
have prevailed in New Bern. n. c. Re-
peated efforts have been made by the
southeastern Tariff Association to
change the aspect of affairs, but with
out much success. At length the ex-
ecutive committee Of the North Caro-
lima Local Agents Association took UP
the matter and appointed Colonel
Walker Taylor, Of Wilmington, as the
representative of the association t. at
tempt a reform. He seems to have
moved in the matter with dis0imina-
ton and good judgment and has Sc
cured a very satisfactory adjustment
Of h difficulty. He induced every
agent In New Bern to become a men,
Der OF the state association and pro-
cured a signed declaration, which was
published in The New Bern Journal.
This adjustment of affairs gives gen.
eral satisfaction to the companies in
the S. E. T. A, and reflects credit
upon the agents at New Bern. Colonel
Taylor and the North Carolina Local
Agents Association.
The following agents signed the
agreement to write insurance only al
the rates named by the Southeastern
Tariff Association: George Hender-
son, N. c. Hughes, J. F. Ives, William
H. Oliver, E. H. Powell, S. NJ. Brin-
son, w. P. M. Bryan, Henry r. Bryan,
Jr, j. l.. Hartsfield, n. p. Street.-In-
surance Herald, Of Louisville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
Y. NJ. c.. A.
Six Young Men Have Expressed Their
Intention to Represent the Whining
ton Association I'm Greensboro.

The annual state Young Mems
Christian Association convention,
which will V at Greensboro
April 9Th to Sth inclusive. bids fair 70
be one of the most interesting as well
as successful conventions ever held by
the association.
There will be at least six delegates
to the convention from the Whining
ton Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton and there will be a party Of ten
or more who will go to Greensboro On
Sunday. April 8th. President Willian
l.. Latta says as many others as desire
TO 90 will be welcome. He urges thai
all who contemplate going will signify
their intention by handing in their
names before Saturday evening In Or
der to make all necessary arrange
ments for their entertainment. while
at the convention.
State Secretary A. G.. Knebel writes
that a large crowd will be present and
the convention will be one of the best
ever held.
As stated previously in The Mesoen-
ger, the railroads have agreed TO of1er
a rate of one and a third fare for the
round trip.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
THE GROWTH OF HEMP.
Agricultural Department Agent Here
to Examine into the A~daptability of
Our Low lands for that Purpose.

An agent of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. with h corpora
ton of the Seaboard Air Line railway.
vas in Wilmington this week to ex-
anime the low lands hereabouts to dis
cover the ~practicability of growing
Chinese and European hemps. A plot of
IL acres was planted upon lands of
Mr.. James Sprunt at the Oaks, nine
miles below h city. and a similar
plot of IL acres upon the and of Mr..
W. E. Worth. near Wrightsboro, north
of the city. The agent is of the opinion
that these vast tracts of comparatively
low lands are eminently adapted to the
production Of the finest hemps, as
they are to trucking crops of celery,
asparagus. lettuce. etc, but to prove
it, he has planted some half dozen va
rieties Of Chinese, Italian, Russian and
American hemp seed to determine
which is best adapted to the soil and
climate. Our people will watch the out
come. as the hemp business is said 10
offer a very profitable new industry to
the country
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

1t is very lard to stand idly by and
see our dear ones suffer while await
ing the arrival of the doctor. An AL
bany On. " dairyman called at a
drug store there for a doctor to come
and see his child, then very sick with
Group. Mo- finding the doctor in. he
left word for him to come at once on
his return He also bought a bottle
Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
which he hoped would give some re-
lief until the doctor should arrive. In
a few hours he returned, saying the
doctor need not come, as the child was
much better. The druggist. Mr.. Otto
Scholz, says the family has since
recommended Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to their neighbors and friends
until he has a constant demand for it
from that part Of the country. For
sale by r. R. Bellamy..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

Messenger readers will learn with
deep sorrow of the death Of Judge
| Dossey Battle, who since 1898 has pre-
sided with such marked ability as
Judge Of the circuit criminal courts
| for the Eastern district of North Car
DINA, which occurred at his home in
Rocky Mount yesterday morning
| about 7:30 o'clock, after an illness of
probably three weeks. He was first at
This, with a complication of heart
trouble and Bright's disease, caused
his death.
Judge Battle was about 81 years Of
G and was born in Nash county.
He graduated from the University of
North Carolina and studied law under
Judge ". H. Battle, Of the University,
and procured his license to practice
his chosen profession in 1867.
He practiced law for a few years
and her assumed the editorial man
agement of The Tarboro Southerner.
o 1888 he retired from The
Southerner and came. to Wilmington
as city editor of The Messenger, filling
that position for probably three years.
About eight years age the deceased
resumed the practice of law at Rocky
Mount, the firm being Battle & Thorn.
1t was in 1898 hat he was elected
judge of the circuit criminal our for
a term of four years, and when the
law governing the courts was changed
by the last legislature he was r~e-elect-
ed by that body to complete the term
under the new regime.
Judge Battle was to have convened
a term of criminal court in this coun-.
ty on Monday, Marc 18th, but was
prevented from doing so by severe
illness, from which he never recovered.
Judge Battle during his term Of Of
flee established an enviable reputation
as a jurist, conducted his courts with
a remarkable degree of dispatch, and
with the utmost fairness to the pris-
one at the bar and counsel. EXcep-
lions were rarely taken to any of his
rulings n reverSalS of his decisions
by the supreme court were rarely ever
made. He was a man of high charac-
ter and great popularity.
Judge Battle leaves a wife and two
children, a son and a daughter-Dos-
sey Battle, Jr., and Miss HELENE, who
nave the SincereSt sympathy of a
very wide circle Of friends in their sad
loss of husband and father.
The funeral will be conducted at 4
o'clock this afternoon. The interment
will be with Masonic ceremonies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
MANUFACTURING co.
Applies for Charter-Propose to Manu-
facture Baking Powder, Snuff
Tobacco In Wilmington.

Application for a charter for the
Atlantic, Manufacturing Company was
filed with Clerk of the Superior Court
Taylor yesterday and the incorpora-
ton papers were sent to the secretary
of state last night.
The Atlantic Manufacturing Com
pany will manufacture and sell baking
powders, snuff and tobacco.
Wilmington is the place designated
for conducting the business. The time
for the continuance of the corporation
is thirty years.
The capital stock subscribed is $4,000,
with the privilege Of increasing the
same to an amount not to exceed $780,
600. The shares are divided into $1O0
each and issued fully paid up and non
~assessable.
The following gentlemen are the IN
co-rporators: G. ". Worth, John F.
McNair, n. L. Vollers. S. P. McNair
and D. L. Gore.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

As a result OF the second democratic
primary held yesterday Mr.. VI. s. Will
lard is nominated for the house Of
representatives and DR.. w. F. Stokes
for county oroner. AS Messenger
readers are aware, the second primary
was held only for the selection of can
didates for these offices n the two
who received the highest votes, only,
iii the first primary for each of the two
offices could receive votes. Under his
rule votes were cast yesterday only
for Mr.. NJ. S. Willard and B. G. En-
pie, Esq, for the Legislature and for
DIR. w. F. Stokes and Mr.. J. C. Walton
for coroner.
There were no votes cast for either
candidate in Federal Point township,
and no official returns were received
from Harnet township last night.
However, the returns from the several
wards OF the city and from the other
country precincts give Mr.. Willard 11o
majority over Mr.. Empie, Mr.. Willard
having received a total of 1,210 votes
and Mr.. Empie ,095 for the Legislature.
The returns for coroner show that DR..
Stokes majority is 651. he having re-
ceived lab votes and Mr.. Walton 762.
THE TABULATED STATEMENT.
The result of the primary as shown
by the official returns is as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

We have saved many doctor bills
since we began using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy in our home. We keep
a bottle open all the time and when
ever n Of my family or myself be-
gin to catch cold we begin to use the
Cough Remedy, and as a result we
never have to send away for a doctor
and incur a large doctor bill. for
chamberiain's Cough Remedy never
fails to cure. 1t is certainly a medi-
cine of great merit and worth.-D. s.
Mearkle. general merchant and farm
er. Matte, Bedford county, Pa For
sale by r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

ash quotations Wer~ as foiioNs.
Flour easy. No. > yellow corn. s1Ac;
red 6skGSsec: No. . corn. s7%135ac;
No. . oats. 24hG2ii4c: No. : white.
c6EG27&c; No , white. ssA nes&c:
mess pork. per Dbl. SlI.S5I1sse: lard.
per 100 lbs. S6.45G6.57n: short ribs
sides. loose. ss.55G6.s0: dry salted
shoulders. boxed. s6.25G6.5e: short clear
sides, boxed. Ss.S5G6.se; whiskey. dis
~tillers' finished goods. per gallon. SIPS.
New York. March 2s.-FLOuR-
Market was moderately active and
firmer in sympathy with wheat's ad-
vance. Winter extras $2.6oG2s5.
WHEAT.-Spot market strong: No.
, red S0hc. Options opened steady and
on war news. together with reports OF
serious French crop damage, advanced
a cent a bushel. The strength in no
visions also helped buli operators 10y
alarming shorts in the afternoon. The
close was strong at 1Mlxc net ad-
n March closed at $3.50: May
closed at 7Skc: July closed at 1880.
CORN.@Spot steady; No. . 45Ac.
Options opened steady and were later
advanced in sympathy with provisions
and wheat together with a fair export
trade: closed firm at Ac net advance.
May closed at 1850: July closed at
43Nc.
OATS.-Spot steady: No. . 2SI&c. op-
tfons duh all day with little change.
closing steady. May closed at 2SAc.
LARD.-Strong: western steamed
S6.T719; refined strong; continent s.. 20:
South American SIPS; compound 5000
6kc.
CHEESE.-Firm: fancy large white
13c; fancy large colored 13I13Lc: fan
cy small white 13d13hc; do colored
1874 @13kc.
EGGS.-Steady: southern at mark
liAQ12c; western at mark 11nllAc.
RICE-Quiet.
COTTON SEED OIL-Moderateiy &C
tive and higher on the rise in provis-
ions. Prime crude 331zc: prime summer
yellow 36Ac: off summer yellow nom
inal; butter grades 37G39c: prime
winter yellow 39c; prime white 3s039c;
prime meal 26.50M27.00.
SUGAR.-Raw firm; fair refining
8 31-32c; centrifugal, 90 test. 1 1890:
molasses 3 25-32c: refined firm.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady: strained.
common to good s1.70. Turpentine
quiet.
Charleston-Turpentine market firm
at 5112c; sales none. Rosin firm and
unchanged: sales none.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm a.
SEC; receipts 29S: sales 76: exports 49,.
Rosin, pales nominal: other grades
firm: receipts 937: sales none: exports
II. 1916.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
State F1remen,s Tournament.

Chief Chas. ~Schnibben. chairman Of
the firemens tournament finance con-
mittee, calls a meeting OF the commit
tee at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon In
In order to begin active work for IL
State Firemen's Convention and Tour
nament, which will be held here In
July.
The committee Is composed OF the
following gentlemen:
Chief Chas. Schnibben (chairmaA)
Hugh MacRae, A b. Shedding. Jas II
Chadbourn. Jr., j. A Taylor, z. g
Parmele, w. E. Springer. j. R. KeniV
Geo. r. French. J.. w. Harper. T. J.
Gore, Jno. G. Bosch and Aartel
OBrien.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
STREET GRADING WORK.
Progress OF the Surface Drainage Sys-
tem-Stone Curbfng Ordered.

Excellent Roadway Is being made in
the surface grading work being done
by the streets and wharves committee.
Superintendent Of Streets Perry has
about so men and forty odd carts at
work on an extensive grading scheme
on Red Cross street, between Sixth n
Seventh. A two foot cut is being made.
a grade of nearly two and a half feet
is to be made on Red Cross between
Seventh and Eighth.
Cuts made during the last few days
are two feet on Seventh, between Red
Cross and Walnut: two and a half
feet or Walnut, between Seventh and
Eighth.
There is a fill of w feet on Walnut
street. between Fifth and Sixth, and
another is to be made on Sixth street
between Walnut and Grace street. The
grading Of Fifth street from Castle
and Campbell is completed except for
s~urfacing UP. AS soon as the general
rought grading, cuts and fills are
pushed throughout the city a force of
hands will be put to work s~urfacing UP
the new grades and placing curbing.
ETC., ready for Macadam, which will be
put down just as soon as the rock
Quarries n crusher are gotten in full
operation which cannot be very lone
now. On all the streets being graded
and surfaced eight feet Is being left
for the sidewalks and from seven to
ten feet for grass plats. An order has
already been placed for a supply of
stone curling.
The new steam pump for keeping the
water rising in the city quarry is ex-
pected to be gotten in operation within
the next few days and hen the work
of getting out rock from the quarry
will move on with full swing so that
by the time summer is at hand very
great and beneficial changes in the
condition of the streets will be in evil
dence on every hand.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

A very large crowd gathered to
ascertain beyond a. doubt that Mr..
Willard was elected, MI. Empie hap
pened to come in and in a very grace
full and cordial way declared h a now
that the contest was over and the re-
suit declared he was as strong a Will
lard man as any of them n three
hearty cheers were given for Mr.. Will
lard, the victorious candidate, and Mr..
Empie was also heartily cheered for
the manly way in which he accepted
the result of the primary and pledged
his support to his erstwhile opponents.
When the second primary ballots had
been officially canvassed last night by
the county executive committee, they
adjourned to meet on Friday morning
at IL O'Clock when the final reports as
to the nominations made in both the
primaries will be prepared and certified
for formal presentation to the demo-
cratic county convention which will be
held in the court house on Saturday,
March 31St.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

A r. De Fluent. editor Of The Journ-
al. Doylestown. Ohio. suffered for a
number of ear from rheumatism in
his right shoulder and side. He says:
My right arm at times was entirely
useless. I tried Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. and was surprised to receive re-
lief almost Immediately. The Pain
Balm has been a constant companion
Of mine ever since and IL never fails"
For sale by R r. Rellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

The poll holders at the several voting
precincts yesterday were as follows:
First Ward-J. Z. McIver, c. T. w.
Render and John Hand.
Second Ward-P. Heinsberger and j.
G.. Love.
Third ward-C. H. Keen and :. r.
Hatch.
Fourth Ward-W. F. Robertson. and
Joe Love.
Fifth ward-Jno. F. Littleton, T. G..
Landen.
Cape Fear Township-W. H. Shearin
and c. Casteen.
Harnet Township-W. F. Alexander
and w. 3. Canady.
Delgado Mill-Jesse Williams and r.
II. Pendergraft.
Masonboro Township-C. B. Bishop
and B. S. Mumford.
Federal Point TOwnship-T. j. Bur-
nett.
1t will be of interest to note in this
connection tina Mr.. Burnett, poll hold
er of the Federal Point precinct, came
to the city during the afternoon and
reported that he kept the polls pen
until noon and up to that time there
had not a single vote been cast. He,
therefore, closed the ballot boxes and
came to the city.
The contest at the polls over the leg
islative nomination, especially in the
CITY pTecluClS, very HluCH eACeeuSu III
interest any feature of the first pri-
mary. The lines were sharply drawn
and exceptionally hard work was done
by the friends of both Mr.. Willard and
Mr.. Empie.
An especially notable feature of the
vote on the nomination for the house
of representatives was that Mr.. VIII
lard received a vote very much in ex-
cess of the highest received by Any
non1i6orn in tho fret urinary tho
highest then, that which nominated Mr..
Rountree, having been Ito, while On
yesterday Mr.. Willard received 1,210
votes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


New York, March 2S.-Money on call
steady at 3 to AZ per cent. last loan
at 4 per cent; prime mercantile paper
at 4A@5h per cent; sterling exchange
strong with actual business in bankers
bills at $4.S6@4.S6h for demand and at
s4.S2k94.S21s for sixty days; posted
rates at s4.S3h and s4.S7; commercial
bills at $4.S2@4.S2h; silver certificates
at 6OA @61A; bar silver at SOS; Mexi-
can dollars at 47%c. Government bonds
easy; state bonds weak; railroad bonds
strong.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 2S.-4 p. m.-Cotton.
Spot, in limited demand, prices 1870
lid higher. American middling fair
5 25-32d; good middling 5 Sled: mid
ding sgd; low middling 5$d; good
ordinary 5 3-16d; ordinary sd. The sales
of the day were 1000 bales. Of which
500 were for speculation and export and
included 500 bales American; receipts
1900 bales, including Is, 300 bales
American. Futures opened steady and
closed quiet at the advance.
American middling. low middling
clause: March 5 23-64@4 24-64d sellers:
March and April 5 22-6465 23-64d sell
ers; April and May ) 19-64@5 20-64d
value; May and June 5 17-64d buyers;
June and July 5 14-64@5 15-64d sellers;
July n August 5 12-64d sellers; Au-
gust and September 5 3-64d value; Sep
TENDER and October 4 47-64d buyers;
November and December 4 31-64d sell
ers; December and January 4 29-64d
sellers; January and February 4 27-64d
buyers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Quiet at CSC; net receipts
S1S bales.
Norfouk-NominaI at CSC; net re-
ceipts $50 bales.
BaltimOre-Nominal at 9 15-16c; net
receipts 728 bales.
Boston-Steady at 9Hc; net receipts
1853 bales.
Wilmington-Firm at 9kc; net re-
ceipts 231 bales.
Philadelphia-Steady at 10hc; net re-
ceipts 1873 bales.
Savannah-Steady at 9kc; net re-
ceipts 2,705 bales.
New Orleans-Easy at 9%c; net re-
ceipts 6.7S7 bales.
Mobile-Nominal at CSC; net receipts
1910 bales.
Memphis-steady at 9 Tic; net re-
ceipts 237 bales.
Augusta-Steady at CSC; net receipts
502 bales.
Charleston-Nominal; net receipts
So bales.
Cincinnati-Quiet at CSC; net receipts
27S bales.
Louisville-Firm at csc.
St. Louis-Quiet at 9 7-16c; net re-
ceipts 4S7 bales.
Houston-Quiet at 8 9-16c; net re-
ceipts 7A bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, March zS.0otton quiet;
middIing 9Hc; net receipts 52z; gross
receipts 947; sales 100; stock lbs, Sol; ex-
ports to Great Britain gu; TO the CONT
rel $50; TO France 7S3.
Total today: Net receipts 1853; ex-
ports to Great Britain 971: TO France
7S3: to the continent 12.476: stock 1885,
$50.
Consolidated: Net receipts 1874; ex-
ports to Great Britain z2.533: to France
IA. 347: to the continent 36.053.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts $500. 5s3; exports 20 Great Bri-
continent 2.05S.69s
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands SIC; middling gulf 10kc: sales
1000 bales.
Futures closed quiet n steady
March s.34, April 9.34, May 9.3e, June
9.29, July 9.27, August eli, September
s.47, October s.19, November sos. De-
cember SOC, January Sy07. February
SOS.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Ohicago, March 8.-The leading flu
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos.
March -. s5k esx &x ssx
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30
JUDGE O0SSEY BATTLE DEAD.
COMPLICATION OF LA GRIPPE, BRlGHTS
DISEASE AND HEART TROUBLE
THE CAUSE.

He Died in Rocky Mount Yesterday
Morning-Had Been III for Several
Weeks-was Too Unwell to Con-
vene Court Here Monday. March
I2th-Was an Able and Popular
Judge-The Funeral Today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

There are some Simple Remedies m
~dispensabie In any family. Among
these. the experience Of years assures
US, should be recorded Pain-Kiiler. For
both internal and external applications
we have found 1t of great value; espe-
cially "a We recommend IL for colds,
rheumatism or fresh wounds and
bruises--Christian Era. Avoid subet-
tutss. there Is but one Pain-Killer,
Perry Davis Price 25c and Soc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-30

To secure the original Witch Hazel
Salve, ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, well known as a certain cure
for piles N skin diseases. Beware
OF worthless counterfeits. They are
dangerous. r. r. Bellamy.