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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

The Annual Meeting mt A-heviiie Last
Week Rev. II. y. ivey Elected Presi-
dens-Trip tn Niagara Falls >eptem.
Der 2Gth

The recent meeting OF the North Car
DINA Press Association held at Ashe-
Vile was beneficial to hos who at
tended, as the business transacted was
important and the apers read at the
meeting were calculated to do good.
The following officers were elected:
President-Rev. T.. n. Ivey.
First vice PRESIDENT. }. Soylin.
Second vice president-eorge L
Hackney.
Third vice PRESIDENT. A. Robin
son
Secretary and reasurer-J. 3. Sher-
rill.
Historian-C L. Stevens.
Orator-Rev. J. c. Troy.
Poet. D.. Boone.
Executive committee-Dr. T. ~.
Ivey. J.. 3. Sheriff.. II. A London.
Thad. r. Manning. ]. B. Whitaker. r.
r. Clark and r. a. Deal.
The following delegates 10 the Ma
tional Editorial association at Buffalo.
N. Y. were chosen:
II. a. London. j. B. Sheriff.. ]. B.
Whitaker. Jr.. w. c. Dowd. Will
J. A. Thomas. j. J. Farris. DR.. L w.
Crawford. T.. w. Whitehead, A J.
Maxwell n ]. ]. Stone.
A banquet was rendered by the citi-
zens OF Asheville at the Swannanoa on
Wednesday night. and no banquet ever
given was more heartily enjoyed.
BY special request, and through the
courtesy OF the manager, a trip was
afforded those who desired TO go to
Biltmore, the magnificent estate OF
Mr.. George Vanderbilt. This was in
deed a trip worth taking@ revelation
and it Is alone worth a trip to the
land OF the sky to see.
0- @hA oCfh ~ sAfz ,r1Nnsh ahA AHKsAa
On the 29th of this month the editors
will ltake a trip to Niagara
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
THE TRIAL OF THE POPS.
Marion Buffers Brother George, Ex-
Congressman Fowler and sixteen or
Seventeen Populists Hauled up Yes
terday For Lfbel

The Messenger a few days ago an
nounced that warrants had been issued
against George E. Butler, Esq, Of Gin
ton, brother OF United States Senator
Marion Butler, Ex-Congressman John
E. Fowler, also Of Clinton, and sixteen
or seventeen other populfsts of that
town and Sampson county, on the
charge Of criminal libel The warrant
was sworn out by John d. Kerr, Esq,
Mr.. H. d. Chestnut and other demo-
Gratis OF Clinton and Sampson county.
The action for libel was based on a
certain slanderous article signed by
Butler, Fowler and others, published
in the Caucasian, Senator Buffers pa
per, OF August 18th. asserting that
Messrs. Kerr. Chestnut and others
tried TX steal the election in Sampson
county on the Ind Of August.
The warrant was made returnable
before Mr.. J. F, Woodward, justice Of
the peace, at Warsaw. Duplin county,
and the preliminary hearing was set
for trial there yesterday morning.
Butler, Fowler and the other defend
ants put in their appearance before
Justice Woodward at Warsaw yester-
day, with F. r. Cooper, Esq, Of Clin-
ton, and Henry L. Stevens, Esq, OF
Warsaw, as their attorneys. The
prosecuting witnesses Were also pres
ent with their lawyers, John D. Kerr,
Esq, and Henry E. Faison, Esq. About
300 citizens, democrats and populists,
We're present to bolster up their re.
spective sides.
The defendants counsel objected to
the proceedings and moved to dismiss
the action for lack of jurisdiction on
the part of Justice Woodward to try
the case in Duplin county as the ac-
cused were citizens of Sampson county
and should have a hearing in their
own county. The prosecuting atttor-
neys claimed that the court had juris-
dtction, as the paper containing the
libellous publication had been circu-
lated in Duplin county, which, within
the purview Of the law, constituted an
offense committed in Dupl1n county.
After argument, Justice Woodward
ruled that the court had Jurisdiction
and overruled the motion to dismiss
the action.
The parties were then called for trial,
but their counsel asked for a continu-
ance on the ground that material wit
nesseS for their side were absent and
could not be gotten to the hearing
Justice Woodward thereupon continued
the hearing till Monday of mex week,
September 10th.
The prosecutors We're anxious tc
have the hearing yesterday so the de
PENDANTS could be bound over for trial
at the term Of the superior court OF
Duplin county, which conveneS tomor-
row.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

At the regular monthly meeting Of
the Second Advent church. cid Friday
night. Elder j.. w. 5. Harvey was elect
ed assistant pastor to Occupy the pull
pit during the absence OF the regular
pastor. Elder j. p. King. Mr.. Harvey
was elected by a unanimous vote and
his election meets the approval OF all
who know him. He is a thorough gen.
tlemanand will allow nothing TO come
between him and his convictions. He
is one of the pioneers Of Adventfsm in
the south, having been united with the
church at Wilmington for over twenty
years, during which time he has been
a most jealous worker for the advance
ment OF Christianity in this city. The
church is to De congratulated by its
friends upon the selection OF Mr.. Har-
vey and they wish him success.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

There were three important suits in
srituted in the state and federal courts
on Friday against the Clarendon Wa
ter Works company, which promises
I o be fruitful of considerable litigation.
Mr.. Clarence L. Parker. who had the
contract to bore an artesian well for
the Water Works Company brings two
Of these suits, both in the United States
Circuit court. In one he alleges that
he has completed his contract and that
the defendants owe his $2,494.42,
which it refuses to pay, and so he
asks for judgment for that amount.
In another case he sues on two
causes of action, one for the value OF
certain pipe and the other for dam
ages TO tools. engines, rig and imple-
ments. He alleges that the defendant
has w~rongfully taken possession of
his poperty, used it and permitted
others to use ii, cut n destroyed
certain of his tools Of trade, and, not
only refused to let him remove his
property, but nav elected himself
and employees from it's premises with
threats OF personal violence. For
these reasons, he asks for ten thou
sand dollars in actual damages and
ten thousand in punitive damages.
The third suit was instituted in the
state court D. T. w. dTllllLn, anu TIE
First National Bank of MorrisViIe, n.
Y, against the Clarendon Water
Works and C.. L.. n K. S. Parker.
The complaint alleges that the plain
tiff Griffith has a chattel mortgage for
1850, and the plaintiff bank a second
mortgage for 81, $50 on the material
and tools belonging to Parker, which
are On the Water Works premises. 1t
also says that the Water Works Com
pany claims to have a chattel mort
gage for 1000, on the same property,
but the mortgage has been satisfied
by the defendant Parker, and that the
Water Works Company, has taken
possession of all of the property, n
are converting it to it's owns use, to
the impairment and damage Of the
plaintiffs security. They ask for a
receiver to take charge of the proper
ty and an injunction to stop the use
by the Clarendon Water Works Com
pany of the fixtures n tools covered
by the mortgages. Judge w. S. OBJ.
Robinson, on August 30th, granted an
order restraining the Water Works
Company from interfering with the
property, and directing it to appear
before. Judge Moore, at Burgaw, Sep
tember 18th, and show cause why the
order should not he made permanent
and a receiver appointed.
Iredell Meares, Esq, of this city,
n Messrs. Bryan & Bryan, a law
firm of Charleston, S.. C., appear in
the federal court suits for the plant
Tiff.
In the suit brought in the state
court by Gilbert Griffith and the bank
the plaintiffs, are represented by
Iredell Meares, Esq, and Mr.. Robert
Ruark.
No pleadings have yet been filed by
the defendants.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
SHERIFF MACRAE WAS HOT
An Oficer on the Revenue Cutter Re-
sfsts the State Authority in Rufusine
to Allow Deputy Sheriff Mills to
Serve a Warrant on a Man on Board.
The ship Sailed Off With the MAJ

Sheriff Walter G.. MacRae was 'hot
in the collar" yesterday because an
officer on the United States revenue
cutter Algonquin refused to allaw
Deputy Sheriff G. w. Mills to go on
board to arrest a man for whom he
had a warrant.
While the cutter was in port on Fri
day, w. NJ. Fillmore, one of her quar-
termasters, assaulted a young white
man by the name of John Brown, who
drives a delivery wagon for the gro
Gerry of Mr.. F. A. Montgomery. Mr..
Brown was pretty badly punished, and
he took out a warrant before Justice
G. w. Bornemann, charging Fillmore
with assault and battery.
In the meantime the Algonquin la
gon down the rive, but h return
ed here yesterday morning, and Deputy
Sheriff Mills went on board yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock to arrest Fill
more. He says a man, evidently a
QuartermaSter, met him, and when he
had tol him he wanted to arrest a man
al get him." Deputy Mills read the
warrant to him and demanded the man,
but the cutter officer told him he
should not have him and that he had
no right to come on board to arrest
him.
When Mr.. Mills persisted, the cut
ter man told him he would call a lieu
tens.nt.
He then went off with the warrant to
call the lieutenant and in a few min
GteS that officer came up on deck
I.tArty Mills demanded the prisoner
OF HIM. but the lieutenant told him that
ht could not ret him, as he a other
use fol him..
Deputy Mills told the officer that he
| would consent the authorities wheth-
er he had the right to go aboard
to arrest the sailor and if he did he in
tended to have him. He then came UP
town and shortly after he left, the Al
gonquin slipped anchor and went to sea,
Deputy Mills, on his way up town,
met Sheriff Walter G.. MacRae and in
The sheriff was very mad, and determ-
ined to go down and take the sailor of,
or know the reason why. He consult
ed some lawyers, the custom house
| and the postoffice authorities, and they
informed him that he had a right to thu
man.
Sheriff MacRae accompanied Deputy
Sheriff Mills to the cutters wharf tc
take Fillmore, but the vessel had gone
He will have his man, however, wher
the cutter gets back.
In the meantime Sheriff MacRae has
protested to the secretary Of the treas
ury and preferred charges against the
lieutenant. 1t is said that the penal
ty is dismissal from the service.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
THE FORT W SEAWALL!
MORE BIDS OPENED YESTERDAY FOR
THIS WORK
A New York Firm Gets the Contract
for Putting I'm a Fill of 5OO,OOO Cubic.
Feet Of Earth-The Wall to Cost Some
SECS OO-An Iron Pier at the Fort
More Fortifcations.

Sealed proposals in triplicate for
about 100000 cubic yards OF earth or
sand fill al Fort Caswell. at the
mouth OF the Cape Fear river, We're
opened yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock
by Captain E. W. VanC. Lucas. chief
Of the United States engineer corps,
in charge of river and harbor improve
ments in his district. The bids were
opened at the office Of the engineer
corps in the postoffice building. and
they Were as follows:
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company.
Of New York, 13 40 cents per cubic
yard.
w. R Bonsal & Co., of Hamlet, n.
c., is cents per cubic yard.
Anderson-Murphy Co, of New York,
16A cents per cubic yard.
The Trenton Stone and Construction
Company, of Trenton, n. j., Is cents
per cubic yard.
Reiba II. Broadhead. Easton. Pa, 20
cents per yard.
Captain Lucas will recommend that
the contract be awarded to the lowest
bidder, which is the Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific Company, of New York. The
recommendation will ge forwarded to
the secretary of wal who will award
the contract.
The work is to begin within 80 days
after the approval Of the contract by
the secretary Of war. 1t will cost $685.
500.
The fill is to go in behind the great
sea wall which is to be built at Fort
CaSwell to prevent the island and for
tifications from being damaged by the
sea during high water on the occasion
Of storms.
NJ l. l. n n 80 -
covering about a mile and a quarter OF
the island. 1t will have a stone re-
vetment fifteen feet wide at the bot
tom, by a concrete wall
twelve feet high above low water al
around the face. The fill for which
the bids were opened yesterday will be
made behind the wall and level with
it's top the entire length of the wall.
The entire work, according to the en-
gineers' estimates, will cost about 1925
600.
IRON PIER AT THE FORT.
The contract for the construction OF
an iron pier at Fort CaswelI has beer
awarded to Messrs. w. r. Bonsal &
Co., of Hamlet, N. c. Work will com
hence on this improvement in ter
days, and it will cost $4,000. The pier
will front towards Southport INK will
have a frontage over the water of 81
lineal feet, and reach back over the
water to the island a distance of 33t
feet. 1t will be a fine structure. AND
will be completed in fou months.
MORE FORTIFICATIONS.
The Messenger learns that the ap'
preparation for Notifications will sooI
be allotted, and that the allotment fol
Fort Caswell will provide for a second
ary battery of three or o big guns
This means that an additional ant
large amount Of work will have to b,
lone in constructing the gun emplace
e
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
A PAPER MILL WANTED
The North Carolina Press Association
Sets on Foot a Movement for a Con-
Germ to ~Circumvent the Paper Trust.
A Committee Appointed to. Work up
the Matter.

Mr.. T.. w. Whitehead, editor Of the
returned yesterday from Asheville,
where he went to attend the annual
meeting of the North Carolina Press
Association the past week.
AT the session of the association
on Wednesday the editors adopted
a resolution looking to h establish
ment of a paper mill in North Carroll
patronage and support Of the associa-
tion to such an enterprise. A COM
mittee was appointed to investigate
into the feasibility of erecting a paper
mandatory in the state, with ~inStruc-
tons to report back its findings as
early as practicable. to the executive
committee of the association. The
committee consist Of Editor u. w.
Whitehead, Of The Southern Lumber
Journal, of Wilmington; Editor ]. B.
Whitaker, of the winston Sentinel, and
Editor w. C. Dowd, of The Charlotte
News.
Mr.. Whitehead was made chairman
of the committee. He tells The Mes
senger that the committee will go to
work in earnest and he is confident
that g strong company to manufacture
paper car be organized in h state.
When he was in Ashevile he saw
General Julian S. Carr, Of Durham,
| and when that gentleman heard Of the
proposition to have a paper mill, he
heartily approved Of b movement,
saying he was confident that it would
pay as an investment. He showed his
faith in it by authorizing Mr.. White
head to put him down for 500 0 OF
stock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
THE CHAMPION COMPRESS.
1t VIII Begin Operations for h Season
~Tomorrow-A German Steamer Ex-
pected Tomorrow to Take on a Car 10
of Cotton for Europe.

Cotton has arrived here In such
quantity the past week that the Cham
pion Compress, employing 400 white
and coIored hands, will tomorrow begin
operations for the season. The three
machines I'VE a capacity. of conmpes-
ing 1000 bales of cotton a day, 50 that
an ordinary steamer can be loaded in
a few days.
ken is expected in port tomorrow to
take on a cargo of cotton for Europe.
She will be the first cotton steamer to
arrive this season
There are now ashore in the port
about 5000 bales Of cotton, and h re-
ceipts the coming week will probably
be more than that.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

Mr.. w. E. Lockhart, of Monroe. came
down TO the seaside yesterday.
Mr.. S. A. L. johnson. OF Abbttts-
burg, made business calls yesterday.
Mr.. w. N. Smithson, of Rocky Mount,
was registered at The Orion yesterday.
Messrs. E B. Wright and E. G.. Muse.
Of B~oardman. came up yesterday TO
spend Sunday at Wrightsvflle Beach.
Miss Lizzie Mulford, who has been
visiting relatives in h city, returned
to Florence yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Thomas nee Mise
Eva Anderson), of Wilson. are visiting
Miss Ethel Barnes on Market street.
The Messenger had a pleasant all
yesterday from DIR. w. B. Murphy, OF
Tomahawk- He was IN the city on bust
ness
Miss Chloe Judd, OF New Hill. ~.
c., who has been visiting Miss Nor
than for several weeks, returned home
yesterday morning, exceedingly to the
regret OF her friends.
Mrs. w. H. Shaw has returned from
Monroe. entirely restored to health.
Monroe has a wonderful artesian well
h a flows hthia water Of fine quality,
and one that produces water containing
a large per cent. of magnesia and sui
phur. She found these waters very
~efficacious.
Mr.. w. w. Holiday returned yester-
day from an extensive trip with Mr..
James f. Post, treasurer OF the At
lantic Coast Line. They visited many
northern cities, including Boston,
whence they went by steamer to Hall
fax, Nova Scotia, and Chariottetown,
Prince Edwards Island. He left Mr..
Post I'm Boston.
Mr.. Henry E. Gibbons, our former e.
teemed fownsman, representative OF
Messs- w. r BousaI & Co.. OF HAM
! let, who have been awarded the con-
tract for the construction Of the Sic. 600
iron pier at Fort Casweell and who
are also the contractors for the stone
for the sea wall at the fort, returned
yesterday to Hamlet.
Mr.. Clayton Giles. Jr., on yesterday
received a telegram from New York
stating that Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
Giles and Miss Lucille Murchison arrived
z that port yesterday on the steamship
deutschland. They have been on a
European tour and spent some time al
the Paris exposition, % which Mr..
| Giles Is a commissioner, from North
Carolina. It will be seen IN our dis
patches that the Deutschland made on
this trip the fastest time on record
acroEs the Atlantic
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
Going to Take a Long Journey

Mr.. George r. Casey. the efficient
and clever master a painter in the
Atlantic Coast Line shops here. viii
ave Wednesday to attend the annual
convention Of the Master Car and Lo-
connective Painters Association. which
meets in Detroit Mich, next week.
He will go by way of New York N
Niagara Falls and before he returns
home will take an extensive trip, going
as far as Windsor. Canada
The Master Car andLoconFOtive Pain
ters' Association has a membership Of
260, and at its meeting the best meth
DDS and the latest improvements are
discussed. much to the benefit OF the
master painters who attend.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
COTTON RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS
During the Year Ending Yesterday
2S2,36O Bales Were Received In Will
1fngton and 2S9,26O Bales Were Ex-
ported-Breman Took Nearly All the
Receipts.

Yesterday ended the cotton year.
During the year the receipts at the port
Of Wilmington have been 2S2, $50 bales,
against 291, 365 bales last year.
The exports for h year have been
2Ss, go bales against 1855 47 bales last
year.
WHERE THE EXPORT WENT.
The exports this year have been as
follows:
To Bremen, Germany, POP, 040 bales:
to Falmouth, England, 1898 bales: to
Client, Belgium, 27,039 bales; TO Liver
pool, England, S,30S.
The domestic exports were as fol-
lows:
To New York, 9.4S5 bales. By w. &
w. railroad, ass bales; by the W. C. &
A. railroad, COS bales; by the c. C.. rail
road, 157 bales; by the A. & Y railroad,
166 bales: by the W. & N. railroad. so
bales; by the Cape Fear railroad. so
bales.
The local consumption was 1858
bales.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
Business Trends Northward

Business seems 20 have its trend
northward on Front street. The
handsome Elk building to be occupied
by the Western Union Telegraph Com
structure, thefine lev store of
Sternberger Bros, and the beautiful
three story building for the wholesale
drygood house Of Messrs. !. III. Bear
& Co., make quite a community of the
prominent business concerns Of the
city. Only one building IN the vicinity
Is vacant just now but no doubt that
will be rented shortly, as it is so
eligfbly situated right in the midst of
all the new business community. It
is M. I. Shrier's pretty two story
brick building. II he doesn't rent it
he is contemplating putting on
another story and covering it into a
hotel. II will he held for rent only a
short while.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
THE SCHOOL
The School Authorities Propose TO
Make it a "Dafsy''-A Handsome
School BuildinR-Mfsses X eathley and
Virgins to be the Teachers

Professor Washington Catlett, county
superintendent of public schools, stated
yesterday hat all the public schools
1st Of October.
Referring to the new school to be es-
tablished at the Delgado Mill. he said
The teachers appointed to take charge
of it are Miss Lilly Keathley as prin-
cipal, and Miss Augusta Virgins as
assistant. They are graduates Of the
State Normal college at Greensboro,
and ave first grade certificates. They
are accomplished young ladies and ex-
perienced teachers INC have been Sc
lected for he Delgado school with a
view to making 1t one OF the best In
the public school system Of the county.
The new building just erected in Del
gado village for this school is a commo-
dious and well equipped one for the
purpose. It is built in the shape of a
T and contains two rooms, one 20 by
"a feet and the other Is by rs feet. The
two rooms r divided by folding doors
that can be thrown open when the hal
Is used for entertainments. There is
also a nice rostrum for this
The building is well ventilated, has
o doors and numerous windows,
and a piazza extends along the entire
front. 1t will be comfortably heated
by a coal stove. The seventy-fve new
handsome single desks have been
placed AND the school house Is certain
~ very inviting to the beholder. 1t Il
painted pea green In keeping with the
color adopted for all the public school
buildings.
The other new school building al
Middle sound is also quite pretty. II
is equipped with 40 single desks OF the
latest improved pattern The cos OF
the fixtures for the two schools was
$341.6S.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
An
Invitation
10


All the world knows Of the wonder.
full cures which have been made by
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. yet some women do not realize
that all that is claimed for it is abso-
lutely true.
If all suffering women could be made
to believe that Mrs. Pinkham can do
all she says she can, their suffering
would b at an end, for they would
at olce profit by her advice and be
cured.
There is no more puzzling thing than
that women will suffer great pain
month after month when every woman
knows of some woman whom Mrs.
Pinkham has helped, as the letters
from grateful women are constantly
being published at their own request.
The same arrangements which make
painful or irregular periods with
dull backaches and headaches, and
dragging-down sensations, presently
develop into those serious infiamma-
lions of the feminine organs which
completely wreck health.
Mrs. Pinkham invites women to
write freely and c~onfidentially to her
about their health and get the benefit
of her great experience with the suf-
ferings of No living person
can advise you SO well. No remedy in
the world has the magnificent record
Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound for absolute cures of female
Ills. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn,
Mass
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
a Shooting ARRAY.

At White Oak, Bladen county, yester-
day, a difficulty occurred between Mr..
Fennel Melvin and a negro named
Stokes.
Melvin used a pistol and shot Stokes
through h arm and glazed the side
of his head with a bullet. Stokes had
attacked him with a fence rail and
deals him a very sewers blow. Neither
or the men are fatally injured. They
were given a hearing before Justice
Bryant AID were bound over to court.