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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27
The Automobile In South America.

the Automobile In south America.
In the enterprising cities of iBuenos
Ayres automobile carriages are no un-
common sight, in the form both Of pri-
,vate vehicles and Of delivery wagons.
Cycle roads now radiate from Buenos
Ayres to-, distances of 60 and 10 miles
in the surrounding country, and under
the care Of the Argentine Touring club
these roads are reserved for the use
Of bicycles and automob iles. -Youth'a
Companion, II 81 sas u
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

First Medical Student-f'I believe in let.
ting we'll enough alone" Second Medical
Student-"Then you'll never make success.
full doctor" -Philadelphia Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27
Suicide,

=. A young farmer by the name of Vic
tor stenhelm committed suicide at the
home Of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sand
lund, near Cokato, by blowing his
brains out with q shotgun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27
DESERTED VILLAGES.
Small European Towns That Have
Been Left to the Ravages
of Time.

'AAAoSCS CAASoAAS CO-udy "ucIC1A IL AOt
to be found single inhabitant. II
is interesting, moreover, to trace the
cause of such desolation, both in Eng.
land and abroad, where empty towns
are almost ubiquitous.
The public attention was recently
drawn to the case of the village OF
Congleton, on the Macclesfield high
road, which consists of over 60 houses
and cottages. not one of which IL
occupied.
But this instance is by no meana
unique. In county Donegal, Ireland,
there is a small town in similarly
deserted condition. Over 100 houses
60 to form it, and the public build.
ings include Roman Catholic chapel
police station and little post office
Yet not one of the houses is occupied!
Why? Because of the banshee! The
unfortunate little town acquired the
reputation of being haunted, and the
superstitious Inhabitants have one by
one deserted the place.
Nor is this cause of desertion
unique. Not in Ireland alone, but in
England and Scotland, too, there are
villages of smaller or greater size rep.
uted to be haunted. Some of these
are entirely and some only partly un.
inhabited, but. one and all. they pre-.
sent the appearance of having been
branded with mark recommending
man to avoid them.
In the Auvergne mountains OF
France there are two adjacent vii.
lagos without Inhabitants. In this
case ghosts are not responsible fol
the state of affairs, though. More
tangible and material beings have
worked the desolation. The villages
are the hunting grounds of fierce
wolves!
Wolves are by no means uncommon
in France. Indeed, the sum of $4,000
is paid annually to keep down the
scourge. The villages in question
were particularly infested, as in the
entire neighborhood, with the cruel
child-eating monsters. and the raw.
ages of the beasts become so frequent
and the death rate from this cause sc
high that it was decided that the vii.
lagos were not inhabitable, and the
Inhabitants moved lower down into
the valley, where the wolves were
found to be less venturesome.
It would appear that drains are
equally as powerful factor in the des'
olatingof village as wolves, for sever
al cases have been noticed wherein 9
bad system of drainage was response
blefor the total emptying Of village
One of these cases is reported from
Wales, where what had been a pros
porous little settlement was vacated
after the outbreak of an epidemic fe
yer attributed to foul drains which
the people were too poor to have SCI
Alright.
In the north of Scotland another
village was deserted for the sam,
reason, the Inhabitants in this cas-,
taking temporary shelter under .
series of unused railway arches which
they had bricked up so as to form
more or less comfortable summer
houses. Meantime more permanen,
buildings were erected by their futur,
occupiers.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease,
the FEET Cure s Bu1ions Swollen Sore.
Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens FootEase makes
new or light shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, Csc. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Qlmstad. LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

Sweet Labor.-"How is it you're such a
great .worker?" asked the grasshopper. "Be.
cause I love work." replied the busy bee.
II couldn't be happy without it. In fact.
you may have noticed, when my busiest sea.
son is on I'm in clover Philadelph
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27
Horrible Fate.

Horrible Fate.
Mrs. Marryat-We're thinking of naming
the baby Mary, after Johns mother.
Mrs. Newitt-O! horrors! That would be
awful.
"Why, what do you mean?"
"Gracious! She'll be Named for ife."-
Philadelphia Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II. 1900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

Each package of PUTNAM FADE1Ess DYES
colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly.
Sold by all druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

As rule, when man suffers from ennui
he makes lot of other people tired.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

:, Tsacher..."Willie, where is the capital of
the United States?" WILHELM the trusts"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

A Prudent Man.--1key-."Do you believe
in luck, fader?" His Father-"Vell, yes;
but I don't depend on it. Brooklyn Lite.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27
Norman Elders.

The Mormon elders are conducting
open-air meetings and making a
house-to-house. canvass of Little Falls.
looking for converts to their faith.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27

- Te Cure Z Cold in one Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift fails to cure Csc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-04-27
Lucid Reasonin9

!. ''Why Do Men Gamble y is the title Of Z
brochure now attracting attention. A lot of
men gamble because few men win.-N.Y
press. s
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SIS Per Week.

man with rig to introduce our Poultry Com
pound and Lice Killer among Farmers. Ads
with stamp, Acme Mfg. Co., Des Moines, Ia.
As we travel the path of life, we always
fancy that the other fellow has the best side
Of the road.-Town Topics.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
WHIPPING POST BY CHOICE.
egr Girl Publicly Whipped by Her
Father Rather than Have Her Pros
ecuted for a Brutal Assault Upon an
Aged Lady.

A special to Wednesdays Charleston
News n Courier says of the assault
on the old lady near Greenville, S. c.,
by a negro girl and the latter's sub
sequen punishment:
Yesterday, at the home of Wat Ashe-
more. six miles out on the Augusta
road, Amy Latimore, a law-abiding
and respectable colored man, of thai
section, owning several hundred dol
lars worth of property, administered
a public whipping to his daughter, a
stout girl of 16. The whipping was Sc
we're, but it was not cruelty done.
About twenty-five lashes were applied
across h back with a stout, supple
hickory about the size of a buggy
whip, n when the operation was
over the hickory was worn to a FRAGILE.
The father whipped his daughter
rather than have her prosecuted on a
charge of assault and battery upon
Mrs. Jane Williams, the aged mother
in-law of Mr.. Ashemore. a Satur-
day morning the girl, who had been
employed as ~laundress, brought some
clothes to Mrs. Williams, who, seeing
that they were not properly washed,
upbraided her for her slovenly work.
The girl became impertinent and Mrs.
Williams ordered her out of the house.
She stood in the door and refused TO
go, n Mrs. Williams attempted to
shove her out, and shut the door on
her. The girl pulled the old lady out
of the door n threw her violently to
the ground injuring both her arms and
shoulders. The father of the girl was
informed of what his daughter had
done, and it was agreed that she be
publicly whipped and the prosecution
against her would be dropped. He
promised to do this to the entire salts
faction of the sagrieved persons. Ten
O'Clock this morning was set for the
time of the whipping. The attendance
at the whipping was not large. Only
one neighbor was there as a witness,
and Magistrate Rhodes and his con-
stable were present officially to con-
duct a legal p~rosecutiin if it SHOULD
be required; and Captain J. D. Ashe-
more, a brother of Wa Ashemore, was
master of ceremonies and saw that the
girl was not cruelty punished. The
father prefaced the punished with a
lecture, telling his daughter that he
hoped the punishment would be a les
son TO her, and reminding her that she
had needlessly brought pain and hui
initiation on both himself and her.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
STEAMER BADLY DAMAGED

Philadelphia, March THE steamer
Westoyer. from Jacksonville for this
CITY. was seriously damaged this morn
Ing by collision with one of the stone
ice picks in the river at Mar
cus Hook. twelve miles below Phila-
daIphia. The weather was very thick
at the time and h MISSIONER struck
the Dier. bow first. Her entire bow
from three feet above the water line
was completely torn away and her for
ward compartments hlIed with wafer.
Tha collision bulkhead was all that
saved her from sinking The respon-
sibiIity for the collision has not yet
been determined.
The Westover is commanded by cap
tain JOY and is a vessel of sos tons.
subsequently h proceeded up lhe
river under her own steam ana arrived
at he dock this afternoon The vessei
carried a cargo of lumber.
The Westover is n of the steamers
that pIy between here and Jackson
vile. She is of steel and was ouii' %, a.
Wilmington. Del, in 1873. Sne roS
feet long, breadth % feet n draws
12.4 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
FOREST FIRES ON THE RAMPAGE
Threatening the Suburbs of Fayette-
Vile Knitting Mills Doing Good
Work Changes in Business Read
able Gatherings.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. n. C.. March I.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., March L.
A woods fire started, it is said, by
mischievous boys touching a match to
the dry ledge just west of the silk fac
tory, swept over the tier of hills in
that section all day yesterday; and,
but for very hard work by a large
force of men, much property, besides
the valuable timber destroyed, would
have been consumed by the flames.
Frequently it looked as if nothing
could save the residences of Mr.. Mel
vim, the old homestead of ex-Judge
Shepherd, the John M. Rose country
place, now owned by Mr.. John R. To-
lar, of New York, while the dwellings
Of ex-Judge r. P. Buxton, DR.. H. w.
Lilly (now vacated), J.. NJ. Lamb and
Mrs. Davis were in no little danger.
The knitting mill lately r~eorganiZed
by Messrs. w. S., A. J.. and j. P. Cook
and H. NJ. Pemberton, is now turning
out 100 dozen pairs of socks per day,
with 1000 dozen pairs on hand. But
this stock will go rapidly, for the pro-
prietors find no difficulty in getting
sales for their goods. Next week the
company will occupy the new building
also, and the working capacity of the
plant will be more than doubled.
Mr.. S. H. Darden takes the postmas-
tership at Little River academy, in the
western part of this country, Mr.. J. G.
Adams having sen in his resignation.
Yesterday DR.. J. v. McGougan, q
young surgeon of enviable reputation
for his skill, performed a successful
amputation of the right leg of a negro
boy in the Jail hospital.
Mr.. w. G. Clark, who has for years
successfully conducted a grocery bust
ness in the heart of the city, has es-
tablished a branch store in the Dob
bin House" on upper Hay street.
Mr.. D.. j. Wilson, Jr., has purchased
from Mr.. Williams, the Hay street
Palace cafe and bakery, and expresses
himself much pleased with the patron
age extended to him so far.
One of the neatest little enterprises
in u industrial rogress is Mr.. Clar-
ence Sedberry's Wayside Dairy, whence
the customer gets only the richest Jer-
Sey milk and cream. His delivery wag-
on is as handsome as a turnou for
Central Park, and is constructed for
the comfort of the man serving the pa
irons in inclement weather.
Fayetteville feels no little pride In
the still further advancement of DR..
| j. A. Hodges, born and reared in Cum
berland county, who has just been
made medical director of the South
| Atlantic Insurance Company, of Rich
K mOnQ, va. his career mas DeeIl OiS
| of uninterrupted success since he de-
voted himself to the profession of med
icine.
1.-The lights are fled, the garlands dead,
And the banquet hall deserted"
But the merry-makers had their
last innings before Lent, as follows:
A complimentary entertainment to
Miss Anita DeRosset, of Wilmington,
| by Miss Mamie Alexander; one in hon
- Nf;- I-a Dn-n- Nnxr-
bern. by Miss Kate Broadfoot; delight
full card parties by Misses Kate Haw-
ley, Maud Haigh and Maggie and Bes-
sic Mcneil.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
MOVING ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Clearing the Decks for Ac-
tion Fayetteville Postmastership.
Republican Meeting - Paragraphs
Wor Their space.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., FEBRUARY %.

4 Oh Inc MeSSenSST.D
Fayetteville, N. c., FEBRUARY %.
Tomorrow and tomorrow night
Thursday the democratic precinct
| primaries will be held throughout
Cumberland county, including this
city. for the purpose Of preparing for
the county convention, and for the or
~ganization of clubs devoted to the up
lifting of white supremacy. Mr.. H.
L. Cook, the new chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, full of zeal and
vigor. is highly gratified at the news
brought to him daily from all parts
Of the county. The opposition to the
franchise amendment, arising mainly
from mlsconception of its interest, is
rapidly giving way, and the Indifferent
are becoming earnest and determined
10 win in the coming campaign.
March 3rd, next Saturday, ends the
term of the present capable incumbent
OF the Fayetteville poStmastership, Mr..
w. ID. Caster. The office has largely
increased Of late years in importance
and value, and is a plum" on which
not a few eye are longingly fixed. Elk
Judge L. H. Sutton, A l.. McCaskill,
eX-register of deeds, and ex-Postmas-
ters w. P. Wemtss and Benjamin
Henderson (the last a colored mani
have had their claims presented by
their friends to the administration at
Washington; but the general impress
sion is that McCaskill leads in the
contest, by the influence of Senator
Butler, with whom ne is connected by
marriage.
There was a meeting of the republic
cans of the county in the town hall
yesterdays gathering of fifty or sixty
at most, all tOld. A. L. McCaSkilI
presided as chairman, and the follow
ing executive committee was elected:
Ex-JudSe K. P. Buxton, Messrs. A. A.
Slocomb, A. l.. McCaskill, S. H. Cot
ten and William Russell. The Cumber-
land populists have already held their
meeting, but they took no action to-
wards falling a convention.
A telephone for H. B. Downing is
constructing from Cedar Creek to this
city, a distance of about twelve miles.
Mr.. D.. H. Mclean will address the
citizens of the upper Cape Fear sec
ton at Rhodes Mill tomorrow. Cum
land has a ballot box stuffed and
rowned with votes for Mclean for
secretary of state when the time
comes.
A strong open letter to the people of
Fayetteville has been issued by the
chamber of commerce, of which Mr..
A. H. Slocomb is president, urging
prompt and decisive action with re-
gard to sewerage and w~aterworks.
The funera services of Mrs. Cattle
Mcqueen, an exemplary Christian wo-
man, sister of the late Rev. Kenneth
Mcdonald, ook place from Big Rock
fish Presbyterian church last Sunday.
Rev. P. r. Law conducting the exer-
cises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard M. Cook, Of
Bergen Point, N. J., with their infant
son, are paying a visit to the parents
OF Mrs. Cook, DR.. and Mrs. D. T.
Haigh, on Haymount.
Mr.. d. G.. Rogers and Miss Alice
Reynolds, of Hope Mills, were united
in marriage at Roslin on Monday;
also Mr.. E. T. Autry and Miss Malinda
Guy, of Flea Hill township, at 10
o'clock Sunday morning in this city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
NEGRO POSTMASTER ARRESTED.
Making the Fifth I'm This state to Get
into Trouble. with Uncle Sam-The
Tobacco Warehouse Fire-Delegates
to Ecumenical~ Conference.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., March /.

Raleigh, n. c., March /.
| Q. w. Battle. negro postmaster at
Battleboro. was arrested yesterday
n jailed at Halifax. failing to give
bond. The warrant was sworn out by
Agent Connolly. A white man named
Stokes succeeds Battle as postmaster.
The latter is the fifth negro postmaster
to get in trouble in northeastern North
Carolina, the others being Hargett at
Rocky Mount, Pittman at TiIlery, Ba-
ker at Lewiston and one at Roseneath,
BERTHE county.
The burning tobacco was still smok-
ing today. despite the torrents of rai
which fell all night. There were very
nearly 100000 pounds burned, about 50,-
600 having been rolled out in ~hogsheads
and saved. 1t is hoped by many people
here that yesterdays failure of the
water company to have anything like
the proper pressure On, which result
ed in much loss and damage, will has
ten the purchase by the city of the
water plant. With a high wind the
loss would have gone into perhaps hum
dreds OF thousands of dollars.
The insurance commissioner said to-
day was h last on which annual
statements could be filed and that no
less than fifteen companies had failed
TO file them.
Rev. DR.. F. d. Swindell and Joseph
G.. Brown, OF the part of the North
Carolina NJ. E. conference, and Rev.
John L. White, on the part of the Bap-
lists, are delegates from this state to
the great Epumenical conference of
Protestant denominations on foreign
missions, which is to be held at New
York, April 21st to May 1st.
The supreme court decides that
where a husband signs as a witness a
contract his wife has made it gives
his assent to such contract.
After next Monday no briefs can be
filed in the supreme court after the
day on which the case is argued, save
by special permission of the court, for
good cause.
In the superior court here today was
devoted to the hearing of evidence in
the $50, 600 damage suit of Samuel Co
ley against the Southern railway, for
the loss of an arm while yardmaster
at Goldsboro.
Golfers will be interested to know
that Vardon, the champion, will play
at P%inehurst next Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
HOW MAJUBA WAS FOUGHT.


1t is an extra ordinary incident of the
South African war that the surrender
of General Cronje should have occurred
on the anniversary of the BOer victory
over the British at Majuba hill, Feb
ruary q, 1881.
Remember Majuba," a British bat
tlecrS much heard, finds it's cOunter-
part in the recent American cry, Re
membeT the Maine" Beyond the fact,
wev that Paardeberg is a distinct
British success. the parallel does not
extend far At Majuba comparatively
few men were engaged and the Beers
won in the face of odds. while at Paar-
deberg the odds were largely in favor
of the ViCtOrS.
In the main struggle on the summit
OF Majuba hill-the battel itself-a
body Of Beers, who numbered between
15s and 200. defeated 554 British troops
under Sir George COlley. The British
loss was 81 killed, 134 wounded and 50
prisoners. The Beers lost n killed
and five wounded. General Joubert,
the present BOer cOmmander-in-chief,
commanded the Beers. He had several
adj other troops at the foot of the
hiIl-their exact number is Variously
estimated, but only 80 to 200 scaled
the hill and took part in the battle on
the summit.
Maiuba is in Laing's mex. the noun
tian pass connecting Natal and the
Transvaai. Colley occupied the hill,
whose sides were $500 feet high. and so
steep hat the British a no idea the
Beers would attempt to scale them.
But the burghers climbed from rock
to bush until they reached the summit
where they 10 cover and attacked
the British with the result already
stated.
The battle of Majuba was soon fol-
lowed by the treaty of peace. which
the Gladstone government concluded
with the BOers.-BaltimOre sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
A BIG FIRE IN RALEIGH.
Tobacco Warehouse Burned-Not Suf-
fcieat water Pressure Another Cot
ton Mill Baptist Female College
Fund.
Messenger Bureau.

NNS~A0SA
Raleigh, N. c., February %.
There was quite a large fire here
this morning, beginning at 10 O'Clock.
1t was in the old Lipscomb & Faison
tobacco warehouse, in which the entire
Fifth Maryland regiment was quarter
ed when here in 1891. The building
was foar stories high and of wood and
was entirely destroyed. In it were $50
h~ogsheads, of tobacco, some of which
was saved. Julius Lewis owned the
Building and E. l.. Fleming the tobac-
co. Several buildings near by were
damaged, the residence of Mrs. George
Williams being nearly destroyed
The state charters the Capelsie cot
ton mill at Troy, capital $4,000, A w.
3. Capel and others. This month the
following eight cotton mills have been
chartered: Enfield; Harriet at Hen
dersen; Lowell and Lorayin CASTOR
county: ~6mithfield; Wennonah at Lex
ington: Lily at Spray; Capelsie.
Vardon. the worlds gof champion,
will play an exhibition game at the
magnificent golf links at Pinehurst
next week.
Friday evening the aldermen of Raj
eigh will settle the question of submit
ting to the popular vote whether the
and build on a new lot an auditorium
city shall sell it's city hall n market
and market. Many persons say the
people will vote for it; some say the
project will be defeated.
The consul for Brodie Moring. the
negro youth still suspected of murder
ing his father, say they can acquit him
before a jury; that nc body has yet
been found and that there is no proof
of the fathers death. Today a fresh
search for the bOdy began.
1t is now apparent that the legiSla-
ture will be urged to transact consider
able business at it's session in June.
1t is asserted that it will attend only
to Such matters as the constitutional
amendment.
1t is certain that Raleigh will become
a first-ClasS pOStoffice.
The Epuorth League committee of
the N ID. church, North Carolina
conference, meets here April 3rd-5th,
with geo delegates. Rev. H. NJ. Du-
bose, general league secretary, will at
tend.
Up to this late Rev. MI. Struggled
the agent for the Baptist female uni
Versity here, has collected in cash
$50, zoe. This indebtedness is now $25,-
Another building. a dormitory, must
be erected this year, to accommodate
15e more students, making 300 in all.
N building will cost SIS, OO0.
There were at the outbreak of the fire
here this morning hardly any pressure.
1t is the second time such a thing has
ever occurred. The trouble was at the
pump house and the city will max a
strict investigation. There is much
criticism. The waterworks are pri-
Vately owned.
1t is assured by republicans here that
Senator Pritchard will be made judge
of the western district.
A. ] Marshall will be tried here
again in May on the charge of counter
feitiug. He can't be convicted.